How to revive a dead blog

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Visiting a website which has a blog that hasn’t been updated in years not only looks unprofessional, you can easily lose business or reputation because of it. In this talk Jo gives tips and advice on how to get your blog up and running again. It covers how to create a blog strategy, what kind of things to post about, and most importantly, what to do when you simply don’t have the time to look after your blog any more. Original talk at Worthing Digital

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HOW TOREVIVE ADEAD BLOGBY JO PETTY, COPYWRITER

jopetty.co.uk @joapet

WHY DO BLOGS GET LEFTBEHIND?

TimeIdeasMaintenance

USE IT OR LOSE IT

Don't delete everything

THE PROS OF HAVING ABLOG

Provides useful informationCan attract trafficSales

ASSESS YOUR CURRENTBLOG

AnalyticsCreate some categoriesAssess your platform

ESTABLISH YOUR AIMS

What do you want to achieve?Who are your competitors?Target audience

START PLANNING

Use past blogs as inspirationPut together an editorial calendarCreate a mindmap

EDITORIAL CALENDARS

EDITORIAL CALENDARS

MIND MAPS

MIND MAPS

BLOG POST TIPS

Lay it out properlyImagesSpell check!

PUBLISHING ANDPROMOTING YOUR BLOG

Schedule, schedule, scheduleSocial mediaDon't promote just once

SOME COOL WORDPRESSTOOLS

Editorial Calendar

Edit Flow

Jetpack

Page Speed

Yoast SEO

YARPP

https://wordpress.org/plugins/editorial-calendar/

https://wordpress.org/plugins/edit-flow/

https://wordpress.org/plugins/jetpack/

https://wordpress.org/plugins/page-speed/

https://wordpress.org/plugins/wordpress-seo/

https://wordpress.org/plugins/yet-another-

https://wordpress.org/plugins/yet-another-related-posts-plugin/

BE CONSISTENT

Plan aheadPost regularlyUse the blog in conjunction with other marketingplansDon't give up!

THAT'S IT!JOPETTY.CO.UK

@JOAPET