Content Plans for Another 365 in 365

Photo by Thom Milkovic on Unsplash

Photo by Thom Milkovic on Unsplash

Having reached my goal of 365 blog posts in 365 days, I’ve been thinking about what I should do going forward. Producing this much content is definitely a struggle at times, but overall I enjoy writing and generating video content, and so I’ve decided to continue down this path. However, I’m planning to change things up a bit. Following my own advice to various ISV customers and MVPs, I will be “templatizing” more of my content. What this means is that many of my posts will follow defined templates, which is a great way to stick to a schedule. I’ve done this with some of my content, such as the #M365AMA series, but I’ll be expanding the model.

Here is what I am going to “templatize” over the next year:

  • Weekly #MVPbuzzChat interviews with MVPs. This is a continuation of the series I’ve been publishing over the last year, with new interviews dropping every Monday. If you are a current or former MVP or Regional Director and would like to participate in this series, please let me know.
  • Monthly #CollabTalk TweetJams + post-tweetjam interviews. The tweetjam has been running since January 2010, with no plans to stop this monthly community discussion. With the Twitter-based discussion, I will continue to publish 2 blogs posts per month: the panel overview with questions to be covered, and the follow-up interview with one of the tweetjam panelists.
  • Multiple #M365AMA panel discussions. I plan to continue publishing 5 to 10 of these videos and blog posts per month, answering community questions with a panel of MVPs and experts, including the occasional Microsoft employee. This is a great example of “templatizing” content.
  • Weekly Productivity Tips. My newest commitment is to publish weekly productivity tips as blog posts. I have a backlog of content for this category, and plan to publish a minimum of once per week.
  • Blue Plate Special. I realize that this is a departure from the rest of my content, but at least once or twice a month I will be blogging about some of my favorite bands/musical artists. If you’re a fan of 80’s new wave, emo, indie, and electronic music, you’ll enjoy this series.

I had planned to write more on partner / channel topics, but so much of this overlaps with content I am creating for AvePoint. There will be other posts on business topics, as always, but for now these are the primary topics and templates I’ll be following. Enjoy!

Christian Buckley

Christian is a Microsoft Regional Director and M365 Apps & Services MVP, and an award-winning product marketer and technology evangelist, based in Silicon Slopes (Lehi), Utah. He is a startup advisor and investor, and an independent consultant providing fractional marketing and channel development services for Microsoft partners. He hosts the weekly #CollabTalk Podcast, weekly #ProjectFailureFiles series, monthly Guardians of M365 Governance (#GoM365gov) series, and the Microsoft 365 Ask-Me-Anything (#M365AMA) series.