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Posted on September 27, 2008 - by Jonathan Davies
The Vision - Making A Plan For Your Blog (Part 1)
In this short series I will be discussing what you need to think about when starting a blog, when I started my first blog over a year ago I didn’t have much of a vision and it cost me. However I leant from that and am here to tell you how you can stop yourself from making those same mistakes.
The Vision
Who, What and When.
These are the three aspects that are very important for any blogger. Who is your blog aimed at, what will it be based upon and when will you take the time to work on it?
Try picking a niche so that you can cater for their needs. By doing so you can keep them interested on a post by post basis. If you suddenly do a post completely off topic then they might feel alienated. Remember, if you do find another topic that doesn’t fit with your current blog, there is nothing stopping you from starting another!
You’ve also got to consider that your niche of choice perhaps, might already be blogged about and therefore it may be very hard to penetrate that area. You have to come to the decision early on if you can take on these blogs. Normally through some innovation or just going that one step further. If you can’t come up with anything; move on. I have found myself pouring over this one blog post idea when I could have simply moved onto the next. Quite often, I’ve found my second idea to be the best as I’ve already worked out all the possible ideas from the first.
It’s a great idea to state from the beginning how many posts you intend to do. By doing this you are making a commitment to your readers that, if you want them to take you seriously, you will uphold. Most readers don’t like erratic posts; if you decide five times a week: Stick to it! It might also help you to tell everyone that you want to do X number of posts. Then they will (hopefully) complain when you don’t meet that target.
Always ask yourself: Where do I want to be in a month, two months, even a year. If you set yourself targets and push for them they don’t seem so far away. In the next post of this series I’ll be talking about that in greater depth.
