Blog Editorial Calendar Cheat Sheet: 66 Hacks to Get You Writing Now

Blog Editorial Calendar Cheat Sheet: 66 Hacks to Get You Writing Now

In the last couple of weeks, we’ve looked at the 5 Ws of your blog editorial calendar—because it’s not enough to know what you’re going to write about, you’ve got to know who, when, where, why, and how as well.

But this is the WHAT post, when we finally talk about…

What the flying zucchini am I going to blog about?!?

I’m not talking about the overall topic of your blog. (If you need help with that one, that’s a whole other post!) …

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The No. 1 Mistake Small Business Bloggers Make—And How to Fix It with an Ideal Reader Profile

Being the savvy business chick that you are, you’ve probably heard the advice before that you should have an ideal customer profile to help you with your marketing efforts. Everything you do in your business is directed at that one (or one of several) imaginary perfect person.

The same is true with your blog. You’re not talking to the entire Internet, you’re not even talking to most of the Internet. You’re talking to one specific archetype of a person, and your ideal reader will see herself in …

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The One Blogstorming Tool You Can’t Live Without

One of the biggest complaints I hear from small business owners is not knowing what to blog about.

Well, I am about to solve that problem forever.

Enter Quora. Quora is a totally free website that leverages the power of the hive mind to answer questions.  So, a user can go on and ask any question they can think of, and other Quora users will help answer it.

But whether or not you ever use it to ask a question Quora is a blogger’s best friend.

Here’s how: When you’re not sure what …

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