Blogging 2017: Growth, engagement and planning

Blogging is more than just writing.

Blogging for me began in the Fall of 2010. I had no plan, no direction, and no real end game. My sole purpose in blogging was writing. Over the course of the six plus years that I have been blogging, I have learned that it takes more than great writing skills to blog successfully.

Year after year, I promised myself, and my readers, that I would blog more professionally. Blogging as a business was low on my radar, and honestly still is. However, blogging often brings a number of opportunities that require good business sense.

I have had so many doors open for me through blogging, most occurring within the first two years of starting. Brands have reached out to me to help with promoting their products, I have hosted events and appeared as a reoccurring guest on a local morning radio show. I've written two books, interviewed celebrities and attended and/or been invited to numerous events and concerts.

What I have not done, but should have done, was build from all of those things. I should have built my audience, I should have built a business plan with strategies to grow, I should have built a stronger engagement plan for my audience.

So, going forward in 2017, I resolve to do better with blogging.

My 2017 blogging goals are:

Growth- I would like to grow my audience and grow my brand.

Engagement- I would like to engage more with my readers. I want to hear from you. Let me know what you would like to see more of on here and what you want me to get rid of...

Planning- I plan on creating an editorial calendar and some events of my own.

What are your 2017 resolutions when it comes to personal and business undertakings?





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