Are you confused about what resolutions to follow to build a profitable blog in 2023? Then, you are in the right place. No matter what niche you’re in, if you want to succeed online, you will need to follow a strategy to start making money online. For this reason, new year resolutions for blogging can come in handy. Now without further ado, let’s discuss the new year resolutions for 2023.
Top 10 New Year Resolutions for Bloggers in 2023
Top 10 New Year Resolutions for Bloggers in 2023
1. Create a profitable blogging strategy
Whether you’re launching a new blog or have been blogging for a while, there’s one thing you’ll need to make money from your blog which is a “blogging strategy”. If you’re just creating content day in and day out without a strategy, you’ll definitely experience failure in the long run or you’ll burn out a lot sooner. That being said, here are a few quick tips for you to create a profitable blogging strategy that you can use to start making more money from blogs in 2023 and beyond. Create an editorial calendar for your blog’s content For years, we struggled with one thing: blogging consistently. Not only us, but a ton of bloggers fail to build a profitable blog simply because of one reason: inconsistent blog posting. That said, the #1 way to build a successful blog is this: BE CONSISTENT. So how can you be consistent with your blog posting schedule? The answer is simple: create an editorial calendar for your blog’s content. Here are a few great benefits of using an editorial calendar for your blog.
Easy to keep track of your blogging schedule Easier to come up with a ton of blog post ideas You can easily handle your breaks (such as weekends and holidays that might influence your blog topics)
That being said, here are a few quick tips to create an editorial calendar for your blog.
Determine how much you can dedicated to your blog in a week (make sure you spend at least 10 hours a week to see better results) Determine your blog posting frequency (is it posting twice a week or twice a month, and start working on it) Create a list of blog post ideas that you can work on
A quick tip: If you’re a WordPress user, you should install this awesome plugin called Editorial Calendar (which is also free). You can use this to plan your content well in advance. You can also drag and drop to move posts, edit posts right in the calendar and manage your entire blog from your dashboard. It’s so easy and highly effective. Create a blog sales funnel What’s the point of publishing new blog posts or more articles without having a blog sales funnel? A blog sales funnel is something you can use to turn random website visitors into email subscribers and repeat customers. If you want to build a profitable blog in 2023, you will need a blog sales funnel. Here’s what a blog sales funnel looks like; Here’s how you can create a blog sales funnel for your website in 2023.
Create a landing page Create compelling CTA (call to actions) that define your target goal (which can be either building an email list, making sales, offering your products or services, etc.) Provide freebies (freebies such as eBooks, videos, plugins, tools, free trials, etc. work like a charm to convert first time website visitors into leads) Build trust (you can use an email list or your videos or articles) Start pitching your products or services (after a week or so, to get people to buy your stuff)
2. Work on a NEW promotional channel
There’s no point in putting all your eggs in one basket, as you can NEVER trust just one traffic source. Google might penalize you or you could suddenly get content strikes from social media sites like Facebook, as most social networking sites are promoting more “paid stuff” to make more money. Therefore, it’s always a smart strategy to come up with a new promotional channel for your blog or website in 2023 to be able to drive more traffic and sales. That said, here are the top 3 promotional channels you shouldn’t ignore in 2023, as they are going to send you a TON of traffic in the long run. YouTube: Whether you know it or not, on mobile alone, YouTube reaches more 18-49 year-olds than any broadcast or CABLE TV network. Also, 77% of YouTube users are between 26 to 35 years old! That’s the power of YouTube! So if you want to target young adults, YouTube is the BEST platform. You can implement these YouTube SEO tips to get more views on your videos. Instagram: Instagram is another rocking marketing platform you should be focusing on in 2023. It’s an image-based sharing network that lets you mostly target millennials. Make sure to use these tips to grow your Instagram followers. Facebook groups: Facebook is the BIGGEST social media platform that is used by billions of people worldwide. The best way to get more out of Facebook is to start a Facebook group for your business and start sharing useful content on a daily basis to build your community from scratch. Quick Note: You can be part of our Facebook group from here where you’ll find amazing blogging advice. So what are you still waiting for? Make social media your #1 resolution for 2023.
3. Declutter your website
What’s the first thing your visitors see when they first land on your website? Your website design, right? If it’s messy and filled with too much clutter, no one will want to spend time on it even if your content is good.
Remove all dead links: You can use tools like Broken link checker, Screaming Frog, Xenu link sleuth, etc. to easily find and remove all the dead links from your website. Remove or update old blog posts: Instead of creating new posts to increase traffic, make sure to first revise your old blog posts and see if you can update them. If you find any topics that are no longer valuable to your audience (such as Google+ related content, as Google+ has shut down their operations now), you can simply remove and redirect the URLs to your best performing posts using the 301 redirect plugin. Declutter your website sidebar: Enough said! There’s no point in using too many widgets that don’t add any value. It also increases your website loading times by a great extent.
Read: How to Quickly Make Your Blog Profitable Starting From Scratch in 2023
4. Start writing more
One of the best resolutions every blogger should follow in 2023 and beyond is to improve their writing. Why? By writing more, you will be able to create content that actually sells. Write more. But writing is not an easy task especially when you’re new to blogging. Writing is even harder if you’re a non-native English speaker, but just like anything else, writing is also a skill that can be mastered. Here are a few quick tips to write more as a blogger in 2023. Write often: This is the single most effective tip if you want to hone your writing skills. There’s no other shortcut to getting better at writing besides writing more and as often as possible. We recommend you write at least 500 words every single day. We recommend you to check out 750words which you can use to write 750 words every day. This definitely improves your writing as a blogger even if you’re a beginner. Read more blogs: Read blogs like Copyblogger and other copywriter’s blogs, so you will know how to write captivating content that actually gets read and goes viral online.
5. Start investing money into things that matter
There’s no better investment than learning. If you’re spending money on the right products and courses, you can definitely take your blog to the next level in the coming years. That being said, here are 2 ways to start investing money in order to get the best ROI in the long run.
Invest in the right blogging tools: You should be getting access to the right blogging tools such as Semrush, Ahrefs, Moz, email marketing tools like Drip or GetResponse and web hosting sites like WPX hosting, etc. to be able to build a money making blog, because it takes money to make money online. Invest in courses and eBooks that talk about blogging, marketing and growth hacking your way to online success
6. Give a new look to your website
How often do you blog? When was the last time you changed your website design? If you’ve been blogging for a long time, 2023 would be the perfect time to make new changes to your website design. Give a fresh look to your website. Increase the page loading times. Move to a faster web hosting service like WPX hosting. Install a cache plugin. Improve the overall navigation of your site. Your audience will definitely appreciate it. If you’re thinking about your budget, you don’t need to hire a designer and spend thousands of dollars to create an appealing and unique design for your websites. You can use Elegant Themes, where you can get access to over 80 premium WordPress themes at just $80. If you want more details about it, you can go read the Elegant Themes review post where you can find every feature and why you need them. You can also give a try to GeneratePress theme (We are using the same on BloggersPassion).
7. Build that email list
The money is in the list. If you’re new to blogging or have been blogging for some time and still not building an email list, this new year is the right time. Building an email list can be one of the best resolutions for almost all kinds of bloggers. Whether you know it or not, an email list gives you an ROI of $40 for every $1 you spend on it. That’s a lot of profit, right? So why do you ignore it? If you’re still wondering about the importance of email marketing, here are a few quick email marketing stats to spice up your strategy for 2023 and beyond.
By the year 2025, nearly 376 billion emails will be sent every single day Currently, over 4 billion people are using email and the number is expected to reach 4.5 billion by the year 2024 According to Campaign Monitor, Friday is the best day to send emails as it has the highest email open rate of 18.9% and click-through rates of 2.7%
So what are you still waiting for? Go build that email list! Here are a few quick and easy tips to build an amazing list that actually makes money. Read: 6 Steps to Make Money from A Food Blog Even If You Are Starting from Scratch [2023 Edition]
8. Define your target audience
A new year is the best time to define or redefine your target audience to be able to build a better blog. Without knowing your target audience, it’s harder to create the RIGHT content that generates results. Here are a few questions to ask yourself to define your target audience better.
What problem or need does your website or product solve? Create a perfect customer (or “buyer persona”) profile of people affected by the problem or need, including demographics, goals, values, interests, motivations, lifestyle, etc. Think about your market (your competitors, and analyze their websites) What makes your website unique compared to your competitors’ websites?
9. Research your competitors
One of the best ways to take your blog to the next level, in terms of traffic and sales, is to research your competitors’ websites. Competitor research helps you easily find their strengths and weaknesses so you’ll know what works well for your website. That being said, here are a few ways to use competitor research to your advantage. Step 1: Build a list of at least 10 to 15 of your competitor websites. You can either use Google or tools like Semrush to easily find who your competitors are. Step 2: Do a quick analysis of the following tasks for each one of your competitor’s websites.
Backlink profile analysis: Make sure to keep an eye on the backlinks and their sources of your competitor websites so you’ll know how to get those links and where to look for link building opportunities. Content analysis: Do you know what the top blog posts of your competitor websites are? If not, you should do a content analysis to find out what their most shared and most popular blog posts are. You can use tools like Buzzsumo for content analysis. Traffic source analysis: Find your competitors top traffic sources using tools like Semrush, Ahrefs and so on. By estimating your competitors’ website traffic, you’ll know where to focus your efforts. Are they getting more traffic from search, social, email or paid traffic? You can also use these tools to check any website traffic. Keywords analysis: What keywords are your competitors ranking for? You can use Semrush for detailed keyword analysis of your competitors’ websites, so you can save a ton of time targeting the RIGHT keyword ideas and topics to increase your organic traffic and sales. On-site SEO analysis: Go to your competitors’ websites and do an audit of those sites. Find out their backlinks and see how they are optimizing their blog posts and pages for various keywords to rank higher in Google and get better conversion rates.
Step 3: From the 2 steps above, you can implement the strategies to improve your website’s overall traffic and sales.
10. Start small, act fast
Last but not least: you need to start small and act really fast. No matter how big your resolutions for 2023 are, if you want to succeed as a blogger, you must know how to start taking action. You don’t have to write 10 blog posts every single day, you just need to start small. Start by writing 500 words every day, so you can easily publish a 2000 word blog post twice a week, which is enough to build a profitable blog within a year. The same thing applies to all other marketing channels too including SEO, email marketing, content marketing, and so on.
10 More New Year Resolutions Every Blogger Should Follow in 2023
10 More New Year Resolutions Every Blogger Should Follow in 2023
Here are 10 more resolutions every blogger should follow to succeed in 2023 and beyond.
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Read: Top 15 Free Blog Sites for Creating Free Personal Blogs Really Quickly 4. How to achieve new year resolutions as a blogger in 2023? The best way to achieve your new year’s resolutions for 2023, is to start acting on them. Create a plan for next year, then break it down to quarterly and monthly goals and start taking action. There’s no other way around it! 5. How to create a blogging routine? No matter what new year’s resolutions you have as a blogger, if you don’t follow a routine, your dreams will just be dreams. Create a blogging routine. Spend at least 2 hours a day on it even if you’re working somewhere or studying. That’s the minimum time and effort needed to set up a profitable blog within a year. Browse more Blogging Tutorials:
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Final Thoughts
Final Thoughts
New year resolutions are meant to be followed and crushed so you can achieve blogging success. Otherwise, your blogging resolutions will be just dreams. Don’t let that happen. As said above, start small but act fast. Please let me know in the comments what resolutions you will be following to improve your blogging in 2023.
