Whenever you’re about to launch your blog, here is a blog launch checklist you want to consider using to make sure you tick all the boxes so-to-speak…
- Blog name
- Banner for the blog
- Setup Blog software (WordPress, Bloggger.com, etc.)
- Determine who will be on the Blogroll
- Get first blog post ready
- From e-mail address for the blog – not personal e-mail
- Categories for blog posts
- Tags for blog posts
- Keywords to focus on
- YouTube videos to be embedded
- Other blogs to link to
- E-mails to be sent:
- Friends & Family
- Suspects
- Prospects
- Clients
- Suppliers and colleagues
- Blog directories
- Forums to link back to the blog
- RSS subscription
- Search function on the blog
- About Page content for SEO optimisation
- Authors descriptions
- Unique Selling Proposition/Theme/Topic/Subject
- Products to sell/endorse
- Get images and icons
- Get Affiliate links
- Research
- Writers
- Contributors
- PR
- Other blogs
- Online PR
- Offline PR
- Cartoons and avatars
This checklist is a work-in-progress, if you have additional points and suggestions, please post a comment!