Comments on: Run a SWOT Analysis on Your Blog

By: Ian Pratt

Ian Pratt — Tue, 26 May 2009 12:45:39 +0000

Hey, great topic, it is good to see folk sharing information and wisdom for free on the net. SWOT is often mis understood. The best approach is to get a good template and then use it to define each SWOT section.

I use SWOT to summarise my strategic analysis, rather than using a SWOT to do the analysis.

However in saying that I do think the analysis can be fast tracked using a good template.

Have fun and good luck with your blogging. (I’m not ready to start a blog but I am learning a lot)

Ian

By: AC

AC — Tue, 05 May 2009 16:03:24 +0000

That’s a great idea, Darren.

A bit of a self-promo here, but if people want to use a free tool to create a SWOT analysis and share it with their community – and by share I mean not only show them, but allow them to collaborate in the creation of the SWOT analysis – please check our site @ wikiswot.com

Keep up the great work Darren. Hope this tool is useful to you too!

By: Dodka

Dodka — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 16:04:54 +0000

I just did SWOT on my blog + asked my spouse and one reader to do it too.

Result – Well, we all wrote approx. same things in S. and W. section. But boy, writing and reading their “opportunity” box gave me some great ideas on how to develop my blogging.

I really really suggest to use others’ eyes to do swot analysis, not only yours!

By: Conrad

Conrad — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 16:17:41 +0000

Awesome! I’ve just signed up for your latest 31 Day Blog Challenge and I’m going threw your welcoming email now. Going to implement SWOT tonight still.

Thanks for this great information!

By: Sandy

Sandy — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 15:21:43 +0000

Useful exercise indeed! I just need to find ways of turning threats into opportunities…

By: Janet_Gourmet Traveller

Janet_Gourmet Traveller — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 21:16:03 +0000

I am a marketeer but have not thought of doing a SWOT analysis for my blog. Just did, kind of fun. It’s more motivating by joining the #31BBB. Glad I have made a start and hope to keep up.

By: Anamika

Anamika — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 21:10:26 +0000

I have never tried a SWOT analysis for blog. I would do it now.

By: MaverickBlogging

MaverickBlogging — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 00:56:07 +0000

I do a mini SWOT every day in my head . . . gets to be pretty exhausting.

By: Lilly

Lilly — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 05:33:19 +0000

This is exactly what I need although my question is this and I am looking for answers from anyone here. How do you really assess your weaknesses. Its hard to do yourself and I find if you can ask you readers they are all polite and find it hard to tell you what they really think.

By: uwak

uwak — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 04:48:16 +0000

like our body…..important to know detail about our blog…stregths….weakness….next strategy ….miss and goal….all is good strategy to be success……….very good posting

By: Harvey

Harvey — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 16:17:27 +0000

Thanks for these tips, they have been very helpful

By: David H

David H — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 22:51:28 +0000

Hi
great posting – I have also found wikipedia and http://www.rapidbi.com/created/SWOTanalysis.html to be of value.
keep up the good work
D

By: J David

J David — Sun, 09 Sep 2007 15:12:25 +0000

This is kinda funny, because in my strategic management course the other day, we were learning to forget SWOT, because it is outdated and far too broad. Then again, when applied to a blog, I can see it as an excellent starting point for analysis.

Thanks for the great series!

By: Sue Waters

Sue Waters — Sun, 02 Sep 2007 02:00:31 +0000

Hi Darren

Just wanted to thank you for the 31 Day Project. As a result of the sweet twist of chocolate reward – we ended up forming a community of bloggers who undertook this challenge and we discovered that knowledge gain from the 31 Day Project was greater working as a team than working as individuals, because each individual sees a different perspective of the task – giving participants greater “food for thought!”

While the chocolate was the reason for the team forming chocolate became immaterial, as we discovered how much more important connections and community becomes. We hope to keep our community going – and thank you for making it happen – by creating the 31 Day Project.

Perhaps should also apologise if at some stages, we might have thought mean thoughts towards you (boy some of the daily tasks were hard!). The truth is that leaders, like you, need to sometimes set hard task! and inspire us to keep going when it all feels just TOO hard.

WE would also like to tell you that the winners of the chocolate for both the “blogger who gained the most” and “reader who was the best commenter” was Al Upton and the Minliegends. Why – because these kids are 8-9 years old – we hope by awarding them the prizes we will encourage them and other school kids to become involved in blogging.

The full explanation of why the Minilegends won, and more about the blogging team is here:
http://aquaculturepda.edublogs.org/2007/09/02/and-the-winners-arethe-minilegends/

Sue

By: Brian Auer

Brian Auer — Sat, 01 Sep 2007 05:03:08 +0000

This is great stuff — I was aware of some of these tactics, but I didn’t know that the group of them had an acronym. This kind of thing might be good to do every six months or so to keep us bloggers on the right track.

By: Syokkahwin

Syokkahwin — Fri, 31 Aug 2007 15:34:58 +0000

You have become Michael Porter of the blog world..nice..thanks for the pointers..one of the key for blog’s competitiveness is its ability to continue to innovate, to create something new that’s not available anywhere else!

By: Shine

Shine — Fri, 31 Aug 2007 14:43:28 +0000

Thanks so much for this reminder towards the end of this 31-day series. We do need to check our alignment from time to time to make sure we are staying on course. And this comes timely for I’ve been considering how to streamline my blog.

Great post.

By: cdm

cdm — Fri, 31 Aug 2007 10:14:24 +0000

Hi,

This is really a great advise to all.

Because, without one’s own SWOT analysis, he can not make a progressive improvement in one’s life.

I think this site is also useful to know about the common Indian SWOT : http://oh-indian.com.

Hope this information helps.

By: analogstuff

analogstuff — Fri, 31 Aug 2007 10:06:06 +0000

I think it is tough to implement. I really liked lot of your other suggestions on this 31 day series but not this one.

By: Sean

Sean — Fri, 31 Aug 2007 00:52:37 +0000

I am thinking of going over your 31 days to Better Blogging.

I usually don’t like analysis, so I never ask myself question about my blog.