I’m on vacation and I’ve had at least one post a day the whole time. How? Simple: I scheduled them. I wrote the posts ahead of time, and had enough in reserve that I could have some days of bliss without worrying about things. This isn’t tricky. It just takes some prior planning.

In Chris Penn’s case, he built a project that’s pretty easy to research and put up. In my case, I just blogged like I normally do, but I wrote an extra 3 posts a day for five days, so that I had two weeks of content. (Yes, that’s a lot of work, but you can do it at whatever pace works for you).

The one thing I don’t recommend doing is stopping for your vacation. I mean, you can slow down, but don’t let your media slow down. Why? Because your community and/or your audience are quick to find replacements, because they come to rely on your media as part of their diet, because every post is an advertisement for what you do best.

This isn’t a how-to post; it’s a recommendation. Keep your media making alive. We notice the difference.