Building a Blog – A Checklist for Success

After Google's announcement that they would give priority to responsive, mobile friendly websites when someone searches from a website, I'm seeing more small business owners rely on WordPress for their content management software.

With WordPress comes an opportunity for a company blog. Many may find the concept of blogging to be a bit overwhelming and intimidating.

Let me guess. You are smiling. Either in agreement or otherwise. If you're a blogger, you know the self discipline it takes to create, evaluate, proofread, monitor links and keep it updated. If you've tried to blog, you know the challenge of learning and making decisions. And if you've never tried it, but just read blogs, maybe you feel, "how hard could it be?"

For those who are ready to get started, I have a treat for you. Here's a tool that will help you. Mike Wallagher's How to Start Blogging guide. He claims that it has helped to launch 9,500 blogs. And maybe so. He has a very complete guide to help someone who is trying to navigate the world of the blog. And that often describes a do-it-yourselfer Small Business Owner.

Mike approached me about adding his guide to my list of resources, which I plan to do. But I also felt that it warranted a full blog post of it's own. After all, if so many small business owners are trying to start their own blog, they're no doubt trying to make all those decisions for the first time. And Mike's guide can help!

If you've used Mike's start blogging online guide, please leave a comment below to let me know what you've thought of it.

Thanks,
Chris