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31 Essential Steps When Starting Your Blog
What to do in your first month
1. Decide if blogging is right for you
2. Set big goals with realistic expectations
3. Find your passions
4. Decide on a profitable blog niche that align with your passions
5. Decide on a blog name
6. Purchase your domain name, sign up for hosting and install wordpress
7. Customize your blog
8. Take a great headshot or use a good picture
9. Connect Google Analytics
10. Install necessary plugins
11. Write your about Me Page
12. Write your Disclosure Page
13. Set up your domain name email address
14. Set up your social media pagers & set up rich pins on Pinterest
15. Populate your Pinterest boards
16. Research your topics for your first three pillar posts
17. Outline your three pillar posts
18. Write your first pillar posts
19. Write your second pillar posts
20. Write your third pillar posts
21. Interlink your pillar posts to each other and create pinnable images
22. Research what freebie would do well with your audience
23. Create your freebie
24. Sign up for an email marketing client
25. Setup your freebie and add it to the top of your pillar posts
26. Create a landing page for your freebie
27. Apply to Pinterest boards
28. Join Facebook Groups and network with others
29. Launch your blog!
30. Promote your posts and freebie on Pinterest and Facebook
31. Evaluate your 1st month and write down an improvement plan for month 2
This creates a private checklist in your account.