One of the more popular questions I get is “How do you write a blog post everyday?” I think the “why” question is more interesting, but the “how” comes up more often. Here’s my routine:

• Keep a list of possible topics on my iPhone (I usually add 1-2 topics per day)
• Major news or announcements immediately become top priority (like Salesforce.com buying ExactTarget/Pardot)
• Review the list of potential topics and take the one that is most interesting (weekends are toughest since professional conversations are where most of my ideas come from)
• Time box the writing of the post to 25 minutes — crank it all out and let it marinate a bit
• If traveling, write a few posts in advance, otherwise write each post on the day it’s published
• Find a rhythm and stick to it (my original goal was to write one post a week and I found…