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If you were suddenly unable to create new posts for your blog, how long would your blog survive?

1 day?  7 days?  A month? Anyone got blog posts pre-scheduled more than a month in advance?

I’m just curious to find out who’s the most prepared in case of an emergency.

The holidays are coming up soon in the U.S.  Emergencies crop up, planned or unplanned.  Things happen that make it difficult or impossible to sit down and write new material for your blog.

At the moment, I’ve got zero pre-scheduled posts.  (Bad blogger, bad.) :)  I’d like to build up a reserve of at least a week (if not two to four weeks) and keep it going at that size, so that if I ever need to step away from my blog for a few days, the posts can continue to appear regularly and readers can continue to get frequent updates.  So I’ll get to work on that.

A good pre-scheduled post reserve is a must-have for any business blog or corporate blog that thrives on posting regularity - which is probably the vast majority.  Readers unsubscribe from feeds after a while if you stop posting and don’t explain why - regardless of whether you’ve had an emergency, you need to keep them informed as to when they can expect you to publish again.

How many of you have a blog post reserve?  How do you maintain it?  Have you ever had an emergency prevent you from posting for several days or weeks?  Spill them beans.

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