Blog Management 101: How to keep your blog up and running

We all know that blogging is not that easy when it comes to posting quality content for our readers that often we run out of ideas to post.
The best thing to do to maintain your blog up and running is to manage your blog just like it is your business or job which I think most blog today is directed towards this idea. How to manage your blog to keep it fresh and updated?

Plan. Planning is asking yourself, what particular topic will I be posting? and when am I going to post my article?
What particular topic will I be posting? This question will be your guide in selecting topics to blog about, but be sure that every topic you write is related to the subject of your blog.
When am I going to post my article? This means that you have to have a time frame for posting your ideas. Always have a scheduled time or date when to post and create a sense of anticipation for your readers to expect. Stick to your scheduled posting at all times.
Organize.Organize by keeping a to-do list of your posting schedule and cross off items when you are done with them and give yourself a reward when you finish an item.
Build. Add new ideas when you think of them and write them down by this way you can start building ideas out of your scribbled notes.When writing a post always draft them first before posting them to give you time to review and edit your articles as ideas sometimes pour in bit by bit as you go on.
Do some research about what you are going to post to make your post better and in good quality.

This may not be a complete guide but so far this is what I have been doing and it helps me a lot. Remember that managing your blog is essential to keep it up and running and blog management is a continuous process as your blog grow the demands of managing it grows too, but this are the basics in blog management.