5 Reasons I Love Google Drive for Blogging
Folders
You can create as many folders as you want in your Google Drive, so you can have a folder for just Blog Stuff, another for school, another for personal information, etc. Whatever works for you!
Google Docs
Under each specific folder in Google Drive, you can then create as many Google Docs as you want. This allows you to separate ideas or posts based on the type, if you wish to do so. It definitely makes it easier (and quicker) to find the information you need! For example, I have Google Docs for book reviews/blog posts, another for the posts I want to do on my trip to London, and even one for things I want to put in my entertainment Bullet Journal.
Automatically Saves
I love that whenever I’m writing in Google Drive, it will automatically save for me. This means I can just write and write without worrying about losing any work I’ve done if the computer unexpectedly shuts down or I accidentally log off without saving.
Collaborative
You can share specific Google Docs with people by putting in their email and this way you can write back and forth. When I was creating the Keep It Together link-up with Alexandra, we created a Brainstorming Google Doc within Google Drive and this way we could talk about imaging, when it should be every month, and more without worrying about a bunch of different emails. It was all in one spot and easy to work with!
Easy to Update
I also really love that if you create a Document in Google Drive and you then want to change the title, you just click on the box with the title, delete what’s there, and then add your new title. And since Google Drive automatically saves for you, you’re good to go! I’ve definitely had to do this before – I made a Google Doc to recap an author event I went to but once the post was on the blog, I didn’t necessarily need that Google Doc anymore, so instead of deleting it, I just changed the title to something else I could more regularly use.
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I must have missed your post on your entertainment bullet journal. It looks great by the way.
It is so convenient when your work is automatically saved! Google Drive sounds really good!
That is really smart to talk to each other over google docs rather than emailing back and forth!
I love that I can update documents on my phone. I keep track of workouts at the gym that way. The auto-save really comes in handy then, too.
I’m also currently sharing a document with the family with Christmas ideas, since I live with 2 of the hardest people to buy for!
Google Drive is pretty handy. I only use it for one thing, converting a long excerpt into a small window on my post so that readers don’t have to scroll endlessly to get to the bottom of my post. Love that feature. I’ll have to investigate more features soon. 🙂
I haven’t used Google Drive before because if I’m being honest, I wasn’t really sure what it did and what it was good for! Now that I know I think I need to give it a try! It seems like it is very useful!
I used to use Google docs more, when my son was helping me edit my blog, but I mostly use notepad on my phone now. But I’m thankful for the info here and will check back into it. I do like the auto save feature.
I SO need to get with the times. My kids keep telling me to use Google Drive to make my blogging easier. I think you’ve convinced me;-)
I have been avoiding Google drive like the plague! But after reading this I might give it a try! I need more space anyway!! Thanks for sharing!!
GREAT post!! “Automatically Saves” is the key for me!! I’ve lost so much work from working directly in Blogger or Microsoft Word. And you should see how many folders I have on my Google Drive just related to bookish things!
I rarely use Google Drive, but these sound like good reasons to use it 🙂
I have never used Google drive for blogging, but have used it for other collaborative projects, and that’s the strength for me.
I love Google Docs! I don’t use it for blogging specifically (like, I don’t create posts there) but I definitely use it for bookish stuff. I have docs to track my arc requests, pending reviews, books to check the library for, top ten Tuesday topics, and most importantly, my master list of all the books I own. I access Google docs practically daily.
Great idea! I have never thought about using Google drive before 🙂
Google drive really is the best! We use it for so many things, and Chris and I share a lot of documents.
I used Google Drive for group projects in school, but I never thought about using it for blogging. It would be really helpful for collab posts.
I use this for work but had never consdiered using it for blogging. Excellent recommendation!
I don’t use google drive for blogging, but I use it a lot for my tour company and assistant work. It’s so handy that you can share and both have the updated version always. And I agree they make changing very easy and the automatic save feature is great too. I use a lot of their forms as well, which are easy to use too.
I completely agree – I use Google Drive when collaborating with other bloggers. When I was in the corporate world I also used Google Drive for everything. It was especially good for sharing documents with masses of people. Instead of sending updated versions out they could just get the latest version in the drive 🙂
I don’t use it often, but my son uses it for school and we both love that it automatically saves. That is such a lifesaver!
I’ve never used this, but it sounds great! And you’re so organized, I love it! The automatically saving sounds super helpful.
Google Drive is a life saver, especially with school. My old computer loved being weird so having it on Drive really helped with saving my work when my connection acted up according to my old laptop. I used to use it for blog posts, but now I use it more as a backup for the pages on the blog instead of actual blog posts themselves. Probably not a good idea to do that. ?
I’ve started using Google Drive for my blog and I love it! It’s easily accessible and it’s free!
Google drive is the best! I love the autosave feature, and being able to carry on working from your phone when you started on your computer rocks.
I don’t make the most of Google Drive, but I do LOVE Google Docs!!
I am a recent converted but a fanatic now LOL OMG yes to everything you said here! Now I cannot live without Google drive! WHY did I take so long to discover it! It is AWESOME for my writing too! Now I can keep all my projects organized. Great Post Lauren!
I don’t use this at all and never really thought of it. I use Dropbox for most of my graphics/pics/documents relating to the blog and I have a simple blog list folder tab on Chrome.
Karen @ For What It’s Worth
I only use it for Google Docs and there is still a lot I need to learn, but it is a lifesaver for blogging and submitting drafts to companies, etc.!
Carrie
curlycraftymom.com
Oh my gosh yes to this! I love it for all of my work aspects too 🙂
I actually don’t like it because it can easily get full in the free version. But I’m glad that it helps you with blogging. 🙂
I always find it interesting to see how other people blog! I’ve never used anything but Word to write my posts, and I use an Excel spreadsheet to keep track of ideas, and my blogging calendar so I know what to post and when. Google Drive sounds like it makes everything pretty seamless! I’ve used it for my Aus YA Bloggers group so we can all edit the same doc and it worked really well. Maybe I need to spice up my blogging tools next year and use Google Drive. It might even give me some new ideas, haha 🙂
Google Drive is great for so many things! My daughter sends me her papers to proofread and I use it for some of my own blog work and spreadsheets. I love that I can get to the info from any computer.
I use Google Docs for a lot of spreadsheets and stuff for the blog. I agree that it works very well for collaboration or sharing.
Yes! I use Google Drive for my blog as well – it’s so convenient and accessible!