{"id":16366,"date":"2010-12-15T19:00:29","date_gmt":"2010-12-15T13:30:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.quickonlinetips.com\/archives\/?p=16366"},"modified":"2026-10-12T12:08:27","modified_gmt":"2026-10-12T06:38:27","slug":"create-a-list-blog-plan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.quickonlinetips.com\/archives\/2010\/12\/create-a-list-blog-plan\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Create a Blog Plan (Free Template, 2026)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Most bloggers start writing first and plan later, then struggle to keep up. A simple blog plan<\/strong> tells you who you’re writing for, what to publish and how readers will find you. Guest author Adam Smith learned this the hard way and shared his paper-based plan in 2010, built around Twitter, Digg and StumbleUpon. Those networks have changed or vanished, so here is an updated blog plan template for 2026.<\/p>\n

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Quick answer:<\/strong> A good blog plan has five parts: blog details (topic, audience, goal), a content plan built from keyword research, a publishing calendar, a promotion plan (search, email, one or two social networks) and a monthly review of your analytics. Write it down, keep it to one or two pages, and update it every quarter.<\/p>\n

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