How To Easily Create Your Blog Business Plan [Step by Step Guide]

Have you created your blog business plan yet? Do you need help creating a blog business plan example? You may have started a blog just as a hobby so it never occurred to you to write a business plan for a blog or new business. Maybe you don't have a blog just yet and you want to treat your blog as a business so you want to know how to make a business plan for a blog. Whatever your situation, the moment you want to start treating your blog like a business you should consider building a business plan for a blog. You see many bloggers struggle to build a successful blog business because they don't really have a plan for it. It all reminds me of that famous quote by Greg Reid. "A dream written down with a date becomes a goal. A goal written down into steps becomes a plan. A plan backed by action makes your dreams come true." I really believe this to be a reality so, in this post, I want to spend time going through how to write a business plan step by step. Disclaimer: please note that this post may contain affiliate links which means that if you buy one of my recommended products I get paid a commission for sharing the link at no additional cost to you.  I only recommend products that I have tried myself and have experienced success. What is a Blog Business Plan? Well, very similar to a startup business plan, a business plan for bloggers is a document that contains the who, what, when, where and why when it comes to blog planning or blogging goals. A blog cannot start itself, so there needs to be someone to get it started. That person could be you or you and a best friend or family member which addresses the 'who'. The 'who' also looks at who is your target audience and clients to a certain extent. The 'what' goes through what goals the blog is going to accomplish over the period agreed by the people starting it. Looking at the 'when' you can include a number of dates like start dates as well as dates of each goal achievement. This may be obvious but 'where' could refer to the location of the audience that you serve as well as your blog's domain name. Finally, I see the 'why' as the most important element of the contents of the business plan. This is because it is the reason or motivation for wanting to achieve the goals. I know that this explanation sounds very simplistic but the idea is that you want to tell people about your blog in a succinct way. photo by Sarah Pflug Step 1 - Blog Overview Right, so how do you start a business plan? Many business plans start off with the executive summary which should be completed last so we will leave it for the end. The blog overview will cover off 6 different sections. These include the blog summary, mission statement, blog history, market and services, day to day operations and financial goals. Blog summary This would be like doing an elevator pitch of what your blog is about and who it will serve. Let's look at two practical examples. Nadalie Bardo from itsallyouboo.com has her elevator pitch as "I'm here to help you slay your goals, so you can build your dream life with confidence and action." Natalie Bacon from nataliebacon.com has her elevator pitch as "I help thousands of high achieving women with personal development, money mindset and online business."