Your New Blog - The First 8 Weeks: Set up Your First $1,000 Month!

Use this worksheet to make the launch of your blog a success! Taking things one week at a time makes the whole process a
lot less overwhelming. If you complete this checklist in 8 weeks, your blog will be off to an amazing start!
Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4

□ create top menu □ clean up any design □ add items to your

□ create and add 1-2
□ place social icons in issues like font size, footer: social icons,
DESIGN high-profile location things not lining up, contact info, link to top
graphics in sidebar
linking to top post(s)
image placement, etc. posts
□ create 2-3 blog posts
□ create category
(do this weekly) □ create shop page with
□ create 1 "evergreen" introductions to show
CONTENT □ create "About" and
blog post up at the top of your
"shoppable" pics using
"Contact" page affiliate links if possible
category pages

□ research blogs and □ find social accounts

□ comment on and □ search for and join a
social accounts with with a similar audience
interact with content few blogging Facebook
TRAFFIC similar audiences to
produced by the people groups and take note of
& following size to
your own target exchange shoutouts
you found last week what people are doing
audience with

□ create sponsor page □ look at what other □ choose a core group

template that you will bloggers are doing in □ explore and join of stores that you're
MONEY update monthly with your niche to make affiliate networks affiliated with to focus
your stats money on

Week 5 Week 6 Week 7 Week 8

□ create a graphic for □ add more options to
□ create custom sized □ install a related posts
your favorite your menu including
images for your plugin (we use one
DESIGN Facebook page that go
store/product and put it
created by zemanta)
sub-menu items
in your sidebar using an featuring categories or
with your brand look and set it up
affiliate link your best content
□ commit to a □ publish a
□ post an 8-week
□ create resources page consistent posting comprehensive product
update of your blogging
CONTENT with affiliate links to schedule for your blog, review post of
journey- readers LOVE
your favorite products Instagram and all other something that you can
honesty & candidness
platforms affiliate link to

□ link to 3 other blogs □ analyze where traffic

□ find 5 posts that you
on your own blog and □ find 3 related link-ups is coming from via
TRAFFIC email them to let them to participate in
can link to within other
Google Analytics and
posts on your own blog
know focus on those areas

□ reach out to 3 brands

□ add any applicable □ create another □ create media kit and
and offer online
affiliate links from your graphic as described in rate card template that
MONEY new networks to older the design category of
promotion either in
you will update
exchange for product or
posts this week monthly/quarterly
money
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