17 High-Impact Tasks to Prepare Your Blog for the New Year

byakolipenouko

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6 years ago

No, that is not the title of this blog post. It’s that of the latest blog post on bloggingwizard.com.

The writer advises us to slow down blog post publishing in December arguing it is the holiday season and people are focused on spending time with their loved ones instead of visiting your blog. Rather you must concentrate on getting your blog ready for 2020.

How can you prepare your blog for the New Year?

They suggest the following tasks that will dramatically bring a spike in your blog’s traffic and revenue.

1. Remove unnecessary clutter

2. Give your blog a fresh look

3. Find and fix broken links (404 errors) on your website

4. Run a content audit to improve content performance

5. Create your first digital product

6. Set up email automation to sell products and promote content while you sleep

7. Take some time to learn more about your audience

8. Create landing pages for each of your lead magnets

9. Learn a new skill to increase your earning potential

10. Set up social listening for your brand and competitors

11. Plan a social media giveaway for the New Year

12. Take your branding to the next level with a fresh logo

13. Plan out your content for the next 12 months

14. Stockpile content ready for the New Year

15. Put systems in place to support the growth of your blog

16. Prepare for the next phase of your blog’s evolution

17. Orientate yourself and your blog with a foolproof plan

There is enough information on each task to enable you take the necessary actions which are also easy to do.

Ready? Go read the piece here.

N.B.: I have no relationship whatsoever with bloggingwizard, neither do I gain in any way by sharing this post here.

I’m doing it as a way of helping those who may need the information, the same way I found it necessary for a solution I have been looking for all this time.

Happy blogging in 2020!

Akoli