Comments on: Building a Blog Plan for Success

By: Shawn

Shawn — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 20:16:56 +0000

@Andrew GR

I’m glad you enjoyed the post. To answer your question about traffic,my daily traffic had been around 25 visits. My best day had been 252 from an article I wrote about compassion for a contest.

My probogger guest post brought 790 visitors after it went live, and so far 217 the next day. My subscriber count jumped from 8 to 34.

I am very happy to see the new visitors to my site! I hope many of them drop in now and then.

If you haven’t visited my site, click my name link and drop by!

By: w&b

w&b — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 18:05:34 +0000

just started a new blog. these suggestions would definitely come handy to question my motives and settle objectives. thank you.

By: matsonian

matsonian — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 07:07:14 +0000

Excellent advice. We used QuickPlanner Plus to create the strategic plan for our blogs. Ultimately having this plan lead to a successful, focused and interesting business.

By: Jessica Bond

Jessica Bond — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 03:34:40 +0000

Thank you for this great tip on applying a business plan to your blog. You are right on target!

I have just started a new blog and find your posts extremely helpful.

Thank you,
Jessica Bond
Medical Careerist

By: Andrew G.R.

Andrew G.R. — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 19:32:54 +0000

Great post Darren! Great post Darren! Great post Darren!

I’m starting to wonder if it’s time to blog about the ineffectiveness of how many blogs credit guest authors.

Honestly, this is a trend I’ve noticed on many of my favorite blogs. I’d love to hear from guest bloggers and if the traffic they receive meets or beats their expectations. Or worse yet, disappoints!

By: CatherineL

CatherineL — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 18:17:19 +0000

Hi Shawn – this is a brilliant business plan for bloggers. And a great idea too, because if bloggers take their blogging seriously, they need a plan just as much as any other business.

By: Uncleche

Uncleche — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 17:07:27 +0000

Wow! I have got many solutions here, especially the one which talks about being broad enough to have plenty to write about, but narrow enough to stay within your niche.

I greatly appreciate the content of this article.

By: Proinvestorsblog

Proinvestorsblog — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 17:03:41 +0000

Great Tips! Always looking for ways to improve my blog and increase traffic

By: arham

arham — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 16:32:00 +0000

Is good to have a road map but more be better if our road map is flexible which give us a feel free is mean we are not depending with the RoadMap…

oh ya, the flowchart is like what I made on my college project ;-)

By: Chase ROper

Chase ROper — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 16:27:27 +0000

This is something I’ve needed to do for a long time, but never really had something to model it after. As always, thanks for posting such invaluable content!

By: Pat Henderson

Pat Henderson — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 16:26:03 +0000

Great Blog! Coming from working in the software development world, “roadmap” hit me between the eyes. Why I didn’t I plan a roadmap for my own blog is a mystery to me. Another point I will consider is a more narrow focus. I want to write about motorcycling, but when the season is unfavorable for riding, random musings are what I post most, sprinkled with motorcycle genre. Thanks for the great tips.

By: Ron@TheWisdomJournal

Ron@TheWisdomJournal — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 15:53:32 +0000

I wish I had been able to have a mentor or something. Though I’m only 8 weeks old, I have managed to garner 448 feed readers, though.

I still don’t know what in the world I’m doing.

By: Web Tool Tips

Web Tool Tips — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 14:59:47 +0000

How timely, I’m just in the middle of planning a future for my blog. Cheers!

By: Pras

Pras — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 13:37:49 +0000

Very useful info..I too always believe that proper planning is required to make our blog a successful venture in the long term.

By: Make Money Talks

Make Money Talks — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 12:44:10 +0000

Nice post, and some great tips!

By: Sampath

Sampath — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 10:51:35 +0000

This is a very good article explaining of planning a blog. it is very important for a successful blog. This is a must read article for any blogger.

By: Protycoon

Protycoon — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 09:09:56 +0000

When I started my first website I never really had a plan.

For my latest website I had everything planned and set out from the start, and it has paid off!

Only a few weeks old and is going well!

By: MindBlogger - Blogging Tips, Tricks and Tools

MindBlogger - Blogging Tips, Tricks and Tools — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 08:41:22 +0000

Brilliant post Darren!

I was able to gain a lot of insght into my blogging life through your post. Thanks for that.

If a newbie blogger is able to get the maximum out of this post, then that basically the best thing that he ever did to his blogging career.

On the contrary, I believe that whether a blogger starts blogging for money or not, it’s imporatant that monetization comes after building his or her blog good. Generally, from what I’ve seen, blogs that had been monetized way before the blog had been properly widegtized live short.

And then again, about your tips, I believe it’s really imporatant that you have an editorial calender. This allowed me to brainstorm and build content overtime, knowing that I’m blogging about that specific thing, that specific time.

It did not only imrove the quality of my posts, it also saved my time!

By: Lipton

Lipton — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 07:47:41 +0000

Great post again Darren :)

I have a road-map / plan for my site, not just focused on the Blog, but overall.

In fact one thing that I think will be a trend is Blog/site mashups, which is what I’m trying to do in my niche right now. Contacting other fansites that have a niche service.

Mashups or mergers is the way to go I think to build up a better site/product/service to whatever community you’re in.

By: Anwar Daniels

Anwar Daniels — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 06:46:11 +0000

as a new blogger, this is EXACTLY what I needed. thanks shawn, there’s a ton of info here.