Goal planning ideas for Mum Bloggers
Happy New Year!! ohhh 2020 was a bit of a washout! What with the pandemic, kids being homeschooled for most of the year, hubby being unwell (recovering now), no travelling or returning home for Christmas and a few other lows along the way. I’m not sure whether to cry or laugh over 2020 so decided to be thankful. Thankful that we made it through the year!!
I have written this post with my fellow Mamas in mind who maybe feeling a little overwhelmed with the whole blogging and taking care of their family. The aim of this post is for you to start thinking about some of your own goals for 2021 that will really help you to get back on your feet and start or continue with your blog.
To help make 2021 your successful year for your blog, I have put together some goal ideas you can adopt for your own goal setting plan and free printable worksheets to help you to get started. Feel free to download them and share among your blogging friends.
Blogging Goals
Here are some suggestions to help you to get started with thinking about your goals for your blog in 2021.
Aim for a blog post once a week
If possible try and aim and write at least one blog post a week depending on the type of blog you are running and who your audience is. This article is written with mums in mind so some weeks you may not get one blog post out, and other weeks you become super Mama blogger. Try to remember why you started your blog and where possible try to commit some time to it each week.
Sort out your legal pages
You may have all ready done this, in which case you can skip this goal but if you haven’t then I recommend that you don’t skip this goal.
Your legal pages are important especially if you are using affiliate links, ads, collecting info like credit cards or emails etc. All websites are required to have certain policies in place. Depending on the nature / style of your blog you may be required to have other legal pages. Therefore, contact an attorney for advice. I am not an attorney and I am not proving legal advice. I am just outlining some of the policies which are maybe required.
Disclaimer Policy and Disclosures Cookie Policy Terms of Use Privacy Policy
There are many places over the internet where you can purchase these legal documents from an attorney. Wordpress also offer a plugin called WP Legal and for a small fee you have access to 25 policy templates. For more information on what legal policies you require contact an attorney.
Create a branded look for your blog
Years ago when I heard the word “brand” I would picture a big corporations like Nike and apple. Now, however bloggers and small businesses are create a brand for themselves.
Creating a branded look for your blog isn’t just about having a color scheme, a font, or logo. It is dictating how people perceive your blog, whether they connect with your mission and values and being able to identify you on different platforms.
There are many online tools you can use for free or paid to help you create a branded lood for your blog. Such tools include : illustrator, photoshop Visme, Adobe Spark, Design Wizard, and PicMonkey. For those new to design, I recommended Canva. Canva is a graphic design platform, used to create social media graphics, posters, presentations, documents and other visual content. They offer many templates which are ready to use and offer free and paid subscriptions. Check out Brand Your Blog: A Step-By-Step Guide by Robyn Roste
Start an email List
Building an email list will help you to build relationships with potential customers. People pay more attention to something that lands in their email inbox than something they see on Instagram, which will be gone. The email will stay in your potential customer inbox.
The first sept to starting an email list is to choose your email marketing provider. There are many options, the ones I see most bloggers using are Mailchimp and ConverKit. They both have free and paid options. For instance ConvertKit is free up to 1000 subscribers which is great when starting out.
Once you have your maketing email provider sorted you can start building your email list. I recommend watching this short video from Neil Patel who talks about building an email list fast
Other goal ideas
Some other goal blogging ideas that I want to mention but not go into too many details in this post includes:
Pinterest (if your are not all ready on Pinterest). Pinterest acts as a great free Marketing platform where you can share your blog posts. Tailwind and Canva are great websites to help assist in creating your Pins and Scheduling them.
Affiliate Marketing – Affiliate marketing is one of the most popular ways bloggers make an income! You would promote an affiliate link with products/services you enjoy or recommend. When someone followers your link you will receive a small commission if a sale is made.
Go back and update old posts – This is good for days when you want to work on your blog but don’t have much time. This may include:
- Adding opt in forms to grow your e-mail list.
- Adding some freebies.
- Adding some affiliate links.
- Working on your SEO.
- Updating content such as writing and images.
Goal planning printables
Now I have talked about some goal planning ideas for 2021 it’s your turn to start developing your own. What do you want to achieve this year with your blog? Download your planner set for free below. Feel free to share among your blogger friends.
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GET YOUR FREE SET OFF BLOG GOAL SETTING AND PLANNER SET AND START CREATING YOUR GOALS FOR 2021
My goal for 2021 is to produce a new piece of content at least once a week for this blog and also for my store Kirsty Gallery while also working on all the above goals. I am also developing my skills as a Graphic Designer and there are many new projects I want to try. Find me on Behance.
I hope you enjoyed this Goal planning ideas for Mum Bloggers post. I would love to read your blog posts so please leave links in the comments below.