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Humans are fascinating creatures!

They can easily spend thousands of dollars in buying expensive gadgets or beautiful cars even if they struggle with paying their bills at the end of the month. Being this kind of person is not coherent with a successful blogger persona.

Intelligent people understand that they should not go beyond what they can afford.

First Things First

You cannot build a house without first gathering the needed materials. If you try to do that, you will end up losing time, resources and money. Instead, you need to have a long term plan before doing anything and taking the right decisions is the most important part of it. As a blogger, it is essential that you take an approach on accomplishing the things that matter for the current stage of your blog’s growth. For instance, there would be no real point in worrying about monetizing your blog if you have not acquired a traffic base first. This just serves as a way to lose focus and time over what really matters.

A Clever Blogger Schedules

There is something that all successful bloggers have in common. They know what needs to be done, they feel it. Wasting time is not what they would ever do. On the contrary, they invest their time properly and make the most out of it. In short, they schedule. Don’t think that they create a real step by step procedure on what will happen 3 days from now. However, they have a plan on what SHOULD happen in 30 days, they set up milestones, watch how they evolve, evaluate and correct them. I thought that giving you an example of an effective schedule would be a nice idea. Using it as is now is not really the point. What you need to do is go in your own pace, but be consistent and stick to the plan. Let’s start scheduling, shall we ?

Days 1-15 : Go Live, Write Your First 10 posts

The first thing that you need to do, is of course start working on your blog. It is always a good idea to create the basis of your blog by writing about 10 posts. Try to include topics that you feel confident about, the ones that you would think they have the potential to go viral. After all, your first goal is to start blogging. In order to do that, you need to create your first content.

Days 16-31: Put Your Blog Aside For a While, Guest Post And Network

Now, you may groan a little about that. I am sorry, but this is what you have to do now. You have just created some nice posts in your blog, but nobody knows about you. Would it make sense to keep on writing more content for your blog, just to look at it while it rains outside ? Beginners think that they should just keep on creating more and more content and people will eventually find their blog. It does not work like this though. You have to spread the word about your blog.

A great way to do this is guest post for other blogs. Write posts, but write them for other influential blogs of your niche. This way, people that are interested in your niche will get to know that you exist. Better yet, if your guest post presented some valuable information to them, they will visit your blog. Your networking with the market that you target has just started. Further expand with socializing in blogs, forums and social media.

Days 32-63: Iterate Between Writing For Your Blog And Other Blogs

A successful blogger is a passionate writer. He wants to please the crowd. Even if that means that he does that by means of writing for other blogs. Now that you have already written content for other blogs, balance things a bit. For every 3 posts that you write for your blog, write 1 guest post for another blog. Decide whether you want to write multiple or single posts for a blog. Writing multiple posts serves for better interacting with a blog’s community, while writing a single post for each blog, gets you more backlinks that increase your search engine results over time.

Days 64-95: Establish a Visitor Base, Make Everything REALLY Easy

By now, you would have noticed that we are on the two months milestone. You should have created more than 10 guest posts and thus slowly gain some publicity. It is now time to work on converting them to loyal visitors. Make everything easy for them. Provide paths. If they want to subscribe now, it should be dead easy, a single click. If they want to comment, the form should already be visible. Make your blog a great experience by predicting what they would ask for. After all, selling a product is much more efficient if people do not need to subscribe in order to checkout the items that they have placed in their shopping cart, isn’t it ?

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Spyros is always on the run for new online marketing and blogging ideas. He uses his blog to provide blog tips that help webmasters manage, market and succeed with their blogs. He is always interested in networking with people, so if you like, please follow him on Twitter.

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  1. Jeevan Jacob John says:
    I would have to say, You have done a good job Spyros. But I would have to mention this too " To Newbie Blogger, I mean to bloggers who are starting out their careers, this may sound like an easy job". I am not saying that you did make it easy. I am saying that they may feel like it. I would have to say, None of these are easy tasks. From creating content to Guest posting. Its not the number, its the quality. One should also remember that writing the same thing (written by others) is not a good thing. As a newbie blogger one must be able to understand and write high quality articles to succeed within a short period of time. I mean unless one has a history of creating successful blogs, one would not be able to do all of this in a span of 100 days. Anyways, Great Article Buddy Keep it Up ! - Jeevan Jacob John
  2. Rose says:
    Hi, I am a newbie learning to be a good blogger. Thank you for great post and all great comment here. I think that I still need a lot of reading, and learn more. If you don't mind.. any recommendation would be really appreciated. Thank you.
    • Hesham says:
      Just an advice for the future, use your own "personal" image instead of the one you are using, and add a page about your site "about me" or "about us" is important. Good luck
      • Rose says:
        Hi Hesham, Thank you. Yes, I think sincere is important. I thought the whole night that I should add about me page. Will do as your advise. Thank you once again. ;-)
  3. Jason Jumat says:
    Great advice here. Planning ahead is a major thing as every website or blog must be seen as a business ans should be treated as such.
  4. Henry Pena says:
    Excellent suggestions. I entered the #blog30 challenge, so my strategy will be a little different... I started a new blog specifically for this challenge and I'll be writing a blog each of the first 30 days while commenting on other participants' blogs. I've already mapped out the first 30 blog posts... and I even posted what it will be! http://brandthyself.promanageronline.com/blog30/get-immortalized-be-in-my-ebook/ Do you think that's a good idea?
    • Spyros says:
      Hello Henry and thank you for the nice words :) I think that this is a really good idea that you want to pay attention to networking. Actually, one of the best ways to get links back to your blog, is participate in the conversation that other people started, by adding to it. However, make sure that you also create some posts on genuine matters as well. Versatility is important, you need to go back and forth in blogging :) And please keep us posted on the results ;)
      • Henry Peña says:
        100 million percent agree! Versatility is EXTREMELY important. Having Versatility gives you the freedom to try new strategies and change old strategies that aren't working so hot. Being versatile gives you the flexibility to go with The Flow instead of constantly fighting the current. I blog about a WIDE variety of topics in different niches... all on separate blogs... and practice Versatility in my posts and in my connections with awesome people such as yourself! ~HP~
  5. Dennis Edell says:
    Somewhat agreeing with the above, I'd say especially for a beginner it might be best to schedule daily and weekly before monthly, and as others mentioned, on your own blog first. This is where I sorta wasted the first couple years, yes years, with no real plan or schedule of anything.
  6. Kevin says:
    Awesome insights! I had never thought about guest posting that often but it makes sense.
  7. Keith says:
    Was just curious what stage you are in, I see you guest posting everywhere I go, but you haven't updated your own site in 2 weeks. Are you getting any traffic?
    • Spyros says:
      Actually, it's a week since my last post, not 2 weeks. Been a bit slow lately due to other online endeavours. Most guest posts that you see now have been sent out from me more than 2-3 weeks ago. I think that my blog starts to get some steady daily traffic, but i need to work more on that. I will update my blog as well, of course :) But since i merely believe that marketing is much more important than content, i tend to spend more time guest posting and promoting.
      • Keith says:
        Must be me, but the first article I see on your site was May 13th, maybe I don't know how to navigate it ;) I certainly get your point on marketing, and we have already debated that, so I won't go there this time :-) but I think that if you don't update atleast several times a week (2 at the VERY least) you will not be able to retain regular readers, which usually help to do marketing for you if the content is good....
        • Spyros says:
          Well, yeah it's you ;) Because the last post was on 18th of May. Look closer. And i agree with the frequent posting. It's just that real life can get you some times. I'm sure you know about it. But i think i will post today or tomorrow for sure.
          • Keith says:
            Even though we don't always agree, I would welcome any guest posts too from you, and I promise I would not make you wait for than a few days to get it posted :-)
          • Spyros says:
            Keith, if we agreed on everything, it would be too dull :) Disagreement is what makes the dialog interesting. Moreover, different ideas serve for better opinion forming. And most times, they reflect to a person's experience, which means that there is no absolute truth (especially when blogging :P) And thank you for the offer to guest post at your blog. This shows that you are an open minded person, always a great asset for influential bloggers.
      • Hesham says:
        Glad to hear that your blog started to get some steady daily traffic regarding guest posting on other blogs, but you I think you should also update your blog more often, you don't want people to visit reading same old stuff!! this will even double your traffic!
        • Spyros says:
          Yes, you are right Hesham, both of you guys. *Sigh*, hope i had more time :) But i will update i promise :D
          • Hesham says:
            Cool.. you better! because I am starving to promote your coming posts and share them with our followers ;)
          • Spyros says:
            Thanks a lot :) It's great that you are always there to help people Hesham, to offer first. And this is why you're so successful. Thanx again ;)
  8. Biodun says:
    Awesome post Spyros, yes getting networked is great! Getting integrated into some of the communities in your niche is essential to make a successful blog, real relationships within your niche makes a significant difference between an average and a successful blog.
    • Spyros says:
      Yes, it is always about that. You may provide your best effort to help people, but as long as they do not know about it, you're just talking to yourself.
  9. Justin Germino says:
    Interesting model, when I started blogging almost two years ago I focused strictly on content writing, I hadn't even done a guest post on another blog until almost 8 months after I started a blog. My philosophy is to have content on your blog before you mass guest post or you won't have enough content to bring readers in and keep them engaged. Now at where I am running 3 blogs, I write 90 blog posts per month just to maintain my three blogs and it leaves little time to write guest posts for other blogs. I don't have much referral traffic as a result, but with 20k unique visits and 77% of my traffic coming from search engines you tap into a different traffic source than referrals. I do think you gain traffic and visibility faster by becoming a mass "guest article writer" and commenter on other blogs, I just feel you should have an established blog before you start writing content for others. I would focus on the first 30 days writing at least 2-3 articles per day, I like to see 90-100 posts on a single blog just so you can have that "burst" of indexes on search engines. Then I would start with the promotion and guest posting, that is the only thing I would do differently than your recommendations.
    • Spyros says:
      Really depends on the niche to tell you the truth. I've been creating much content for different blogs in the past, only to find out that if i had bothered to market them with the passion, i would get much better results in terms of traffic. Especially if you are in a competitive niche, content alone won't do it. If, on the other hand, you are on a small niche, you can go famous just using content. However, nowadays competition is fierce in every field. This is why promoting is so important.
      • Justin Germino says:
        I agree with you completely on that front. Promotion is necessary, there are just too many blogs in nearly every topic niche to rely solely on search engines to provide traffic.
  10. Dev says:
    Hey Spyros, Awesome Post. These are some solid points buddy. And yeah, Guest posting is one of the easiest thing I have ever done to increase my traffic. It also helps to increase brand awareness, backlinks, etc.. ! I have done 2 so far :D !! Thanks for sharing this great Post.
    • Spyros says:
      Thank for the nice comment man :) I think i've done like 5 or 6 till now and i'm waiting for some to be accepted. We'll see how it goes :)
  11. Gail says:
    Thanks Spyros, We all need good ideas for how to better manage our blogs and time. I've saved this to refer to again when I launch the two new blogs. I'm still working on getting more consistent at posting on my primary blog, plus at CommentLuv on top of urgent client work. When it all comes together I'll write a best practices for blog management post and link this one in.
    • Spyros says:
      Hello :) I'm glad that you liked this article and i really hope that some the ideas can be useful to you. And it's very nice of you that you want to link to this post. I appreciate that :)
  12. DiTesco says:
    Solid and indeed a plan is an absolute must to achieve ones goal. Thing is do you know what goal you are trying to achieve? You won't know until you make a plan, right. Thumbs up and one final word - these tips are good and work well when combined with "action".
    • Spyros says:
      Action is always the most important thing. Unluckily, it takes time and especially if you have many things to do offline, it can suck you up quickly.
  13. Elizabeth Peterson says:
    This is great - short and to the point. Good tips too! It's good to read something like this to ground myself and remind myself of the things I should do as a blogger. Guest posting is something I offer to other teachers on my blog (educational blog), but I don't do enough of it myself. It makes sense to do this to direct traffic to my site. That is the goal after all. :-)
    • Spyros says:
      Thanx Elizabeth :) I also value the linking part of the guest post a lot. It helps on getting search engine attention by adding authority to your blog.
  14. Mars Dorian says:
    some valid points - you are right - one needs to have a strategy, otherwise you're just vaporizing your precious time ! Guest posting is kick-ass, I have done 12 so far this month, and it brings back a lot of value. I'd even go further - write more guest posts that posts for your own blog !
    • Spyros says:
      I got a bit rammed for saying that you should write more guest posts that actual posts for your blog :) But i really believe that as well !
    • Justin Germino says:
      I would only be able to write more guest posts if I get more content contributors to guest post on my own blogs, this way it frees up some time to write on others blogs.
    • Dennis Edell says:
      Mars - The point to guest posting is referral traffic to your own blog, yes? I'd be somewhat embarrassed to point them to a blog with one monthly post (example).
      • Spyros says:
        Actually, that is not really the point. Referring traffic can be a boost but it will not last for long. The long term benefit is the most important thing, getting organic traffic via getting more backlinks. And of course, one post per month is too little. But if i were to write 30 posts in a month, i would most probably give 10-15 or them for guest posting purposes.
        • Dennis Edell says:
          Actually the most important big picture is the relationship built between you and the blogger and his/her readers, but all that could be chalked up to a difference of opinion. As stated, 1-per month was just an example, 10-15 is great, that's about what I blog...he was not referring to anywhere near that amount.