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# [Reduce, Reuse, Recycle - 9 Ways to Green Your Blog](https://www.brainzooming.com/blog/reduce-reuse-recycle-9-ways-to-green-your-blog)

 Written by [Mike Brown](https://www.brainzooming.com/blog/author/mike-brown) | Jun 9, 2011 9:50:13 AM

<https://www.brainzooming.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/reduce-reuse-recycle-blog-May-25-2022-01-56-48-67-PM.jpg>The underlying** green principles of reduce, reuse, and recycle** aren’t just for environmental matters. You can also **apply **these green principles **to your blogging**. For those of us who create a lot of content, [**blog sustainability** is a **matter of creative survival**](https://www.brainzooming.com/blogging-challenges-ideas-for-tough-blogging-times/6032/).

### **Reduce**

**1. The number of words**

[Writing fewer words](https://www.brainzooming.com/in-praise-of-short-blog-posts/4548/) **can save blogging time**, if you start with that objective. Writing long posts and editing them to be short, however, can take a disproportionately long time. When you** set out to write a shorter post **(i.e. in the 100 – 200 word range), **going in with a brief outline **can make reducing words a real time saver.

**2. Time spent writing**

** ** Get a [kitchen timer](https://www.brainzooming.com/to-my-kitchen-timer-%e2%80%9ci-got-you-babe%e2%80%9d/636/), and **set a limit on how long you’ll spend writing** a blog post. Forcing yourself to **write for only 20 minutes** on a single post gets you in great practice for writing quickly AND shortly.

**3. Posting frequency**

If you’re struggling with the posting schedule you have, consider **reducing how often you post**. You don’t HAVE to write every day. **Pick a less frequent schedule**, **communicate it** to your readers, and **stay consistent** with the new schedule as you enjoy your new free time.

### **Reuse**

**4. Your links**

Face it: not everybody is reading everything you’re posting. Plus (fingers crossed), you’re picking up new readers all the time. If you have major subject in your blog, **link back to earlier pieces that expand on the points you’re making** in a current post.

**5. Popular posts**

Look at your Google Analytics and **see what readers have been reading the most**. Create posts which **highlight popular posts built around specific topic areas **your readers enjoy.

**6. Images**

Just because you've used an image once doesn't mean it can't be used again. Get proficient on basic editing software – **crop a picture to focus on specific, different elements** within it. **Add effects** to it as a way to **use an image for multiple posts**.

### **Recycle**

**7. Popular post themes**

**Update popular topics** or **combine them into longer, more comprehensive articles**. You could also build on comments readers shared and turn those into related posts.

**8. List posts**

List posts are often more about the list and less about the explanatory text associated with each item. **Pull out a single item from a list post** and **expand it** into a more fully-developed blog post.

**9. Multiple posts**

**Take multiple posts **on a specific subject and **[aggregate them into an article](https://www.brainzooming.com/socialmediaroi/) or [ebook ](https://www.brainzooming.com/resources/ebooks/)**you can offer as a download on your blog.

### How Creatively Green Is Your Blog?

Try these 9 ideas and you’ll be doing your part for blog sustainability. **What other ways do you reduce, reuse, or recycle with your blog? **– [* **Mike Brown*](https://www.brainzooming.com/category/social-media/about-brainzooming/mike-brown/)

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