How to setup a blog - introducing the blog checklist

Recently, we’ve been hit with a lot of requests for information on blogging. If you haven’t already seen the presentation entitled, “How to Start a Business Blog”, I strongly recommend that you click the link start flipping through the slides.

Before I start a new project, I generally like to conduct a few hours of research. What am I looking for? In this case, I would probably try to identify 5-10 different blogs that are esthetically pleasing, have good content/contributors and that I enjoyed reading.  If you’re thinking about starting a B2B business blog, and want to get some good ideas, check out yesterday’s post, “The Best B2B Marketing Blogs.”

Which brings us to today’s post…

I’d like to talk a bit about visualization & mind mapping. After you’ve reviewed the presentation above and found some blogs that you like - it’s time to organize your thoughts. One of the best ways to do this is by creating a visual diagram of the steps you need to take in order to effectively implement your ideas. If this sounds like a huge mountain to climb don’t worry…we’ve come across a great map and would like to share it with you.

A few months ago, Lynette Chandler, created a blog setup checklist for a friend of hers. Use it to make sure you've covered all the bases when setting up a new blog. There are two different versions of this tool available for download, a mind map version if you are the visual type and a PDF linear version if mind maps aren’t your thing.

Click here to check out the blog setup mind map.

Click here to check out the blog setup checklist pdf.

If you’re looking for other great website related tools and templates, don’t miss our Online & Social Media section at www.demandmetric.com.