In the digital era we live in today, anyone can create a blog. Finding a starting place can be difficult without a new blogger checklist. Plenty of resources are available to help guide you through the process. Blogging doesn’t have to be expensive. Bloggers come in all forms; whether you want to create a safe space to share your thoughts, experiences, or your passions.
Here is my quick and dirty new blogger checklist to consider when jumping on to the blogging train.
How much you decide to share is up to you. You’re in control!
manifesting the blog creation process
- Establish you niche (target audience + theme)
- Establish your blogging goals (private/public)
- Decide on a blogging platform (wordpress/blogspot/wix/etc.)
- Finalize your blog name
- Find a theme/layout for your blog
- Find a webhost (for wordpress self-hosted)
- Review marketing techniques to promote the blog (social media)
setting up the blog
- Register the domain
- Connect the domain to the webhost (dns), install wordpress, and install theme
- Decide on a contact email (generic gmail/yahoo/etc. or domain-based)
- Create a contact page
- Create an about page
- Create a privacy policy page
- Connect your social media on the blog
- Consider google analytics or any traffic analysis platform
- Upload a favicon to your blog
- Create links to connect pages together
- Set up security parameters; strong password, multi-factor authentication, and spam protection
- Perform a quality assurance check to ensure all links are active
execution
- Plan blog posts
- Gather supporting content (pictures or other references)
- Create blog post
- Review search engine optimization compatibility (keywords)
- Promote on social media (twitter, instagram, facebook, pinterest, etc.)
sustainability
- Create blog editorial calendar for future posts
- Look for collaboration opportunities (if interested)
- Engage with other bloggers
- Join blogger groups for mutual support
- Promote previous blog post
- Revisit your blogging goals
- Review all links and remove dead links
blog post ideas
- Outfit of the day/week
- Experiences
- Get ready with me
- Day in the life
- How-to tutorials
- Weekly summaries
- Thought provoking (i.e. adult friendships)
- Recent reads
- Daily thoughts
- List of things
- Smashing goals
- Weekly/monthly finances