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Did you see the recent three part series I posted on The SITS Girls about Blogging Basics?

Yes? No? Maybe So?

Regardless of whether you had a chance to read through everything, we’ve got a post round below, as well as a special treat in the form of a printable!

Blogging Basics

Here are a few of the highlights from the Blogging Basics series:

Post One: Understanding and Finding Your Niche

  • Finding Your Niche
  • Vetting Your Niche
  • Researching Your Niche

Post Two: Secrets to Building Your Community

  • Building Your List of Potential Community Memebers
  • Getting Others to Guest Post
  • Creating a Monthly Newsletter
  • Your Social Media Presence

Post Three: Blog Business Checklist
This final post contained a list of Daily To Do’s for bloggers, which we have now converted into a PDF so you can print it out and check off your daily to do’s. Do this every day and watch your blog business grow.


DOWNLOAD YOUR FREE BLOG CHECKLIST HERE

A Couple of Expert Tips:

  1. Make sure your social media icons are on the top of your page.
  2. Have a Contact Me page and include an email address.
  3. Your About Me page should be well thought and interesting. It’s your front line. Check out more details here.

About the Author:
Stefanie Mullen is the co-author of Chicken Soup for the Girlfriend’s Soul and owner and founder of Ooph.com, a site devoted to the parenting of tweens and teens. She is the co-host of Your Family Matters on WSRadio.com. Stefanie has been featured in the New York Times and has appeared on NBC, Fox, KUSI and NPR. Connect with Stefanie on Twitter @Ooph.

About Francesca

Francesca has an extensive background in content marketing, public relations, and social outreach. She oversees all Operations at Sway Group, including our robust metrics capabilities. Prior to joining the online world, Francesca oversaw viticulture and oenology at various wineries in both California and Italy, and managed regulatory affairs and facility approvals at the biotech company, Genentech. Francesca has been featured on CBS Sacramento and Food Blogger Pro’s podcast. She has also hosted an AMA webinar and spoken at Social Media World.

Reader Interactions

Comments

  1. Christine says

    Aw I love this list. I will be printing it off as soon as I can. Sometimes it can be overwhelming trying to stay on top of all the little tasks!

  3. Magdalena says

    I love this post. It’s very helpful. Thanks a lot 🙂 The daily checklist will make me better organized and keep me focused on every important issue connected with my blog and other social media.

  6. tavia. says

    This is great! I get kind of paralyzed by all the possible things I could/should do, then spend hours fiddling with plugins and not actually driving my blog forward.

    I’ll print it and save in in a plastic slip page in my blogging binder so I can use a dry-erase marker on it daily.

  7. Nessa says

    I love (and downloaded!) the checklist. I’m not really trying to make my blog into a money-maker but the list is a great reminder of some stuff I should be doing anyway when it comes to blogging.

  12. Leslie Limon says

    OMG! This checklist is just what I need to remind me of all of the things I should be doing when I get a chance to blog. Thank you for the printable. 🙂

  13. [email protected] says

    So I have a question on one of the Twitter items – follow at least 10 new people per day – I had read that you shouldn’t be following too many more than are following you. If I follow 10 new people a day, I’ll quickly surpass that ratio. Is that okay?

    I’m not doing most of this. I post daily. Tweet a link to my post and then have a tip. Link to my post on Facebook and have an afternoon tip. I pin only when I have a recipe (3x a week). I have Google alerts but I never get time to read them. I don’t have an editorial calendar. Wow! I thought I was doing good.

    One more question. How do I schedule Tweets?

  14. Jimmie says

    What a thorough list of things to do. It’s a bit overwhelming if I feel that I must do each thing every single day, but it’s a great checklist to look at occasionally to see that I’m hitting all the main blogging and social media tasks.

  18. Kate says

    Great to have a list like this, thanks! I don’t post daily but otherwise these are good tips to remember.

  20. Heather - Not Everyone's Mama says

    I need to work on some of these more. Even after 6 years of blogging, I forget.

  21. Kim @ Coffee Pot Chronicles says

    A lot of work for a blog. Yikes! LOL.

    I can see how important it is though and although some daily tasks may not be feasible for me, I’m still up for trying. I’ll be at BBC Las Vegas and look forward to your session.

  22. Laura says

    I’m going to print this out, but I’m pretty sure I don’t have time to post daily…student teaching…work…writing lesson plans…TEENAGER!!

  25. Ginny Marie says

    I just put this checklist in my blogging folder! I think it will help me view my blog as more of a business than just a hobby. Thanks!

  26. Felicia says

    I’m so glad you made this checklist available to download. It’s really going to come in handy for me. Thank you for all the wonderful tips!