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29 Blogging Tips To Celebrate 29 Years
Update: Following a few requests in the comments (thank you!) we’ve created a super cute printable of 29 Tips To Revamp Your Blog! To get your copy click here.
You know how some birthdays make you feel old and slow? Sometimes your blog can feel stale and grey too. When this happens it’s time to spice things up!
Seeing as much to my horror I turned 29 last week (since when did I care this much about getting older?) I‘ve decided it’s also perfect time for us all to freshen up our blogs. Break the routine and spring clean!
Here are 29 quick strategies to freshen up your blog!
1. Refine your blog categories.
2. Can you change up your opt in offer?
3. Add Click To Tweet to key messages in your posts.
4. Set up Google Authorship.
5. Create a piece of epic content.
6. Trade guest posts with someone in your niche.
7. Add your image to your header.
8. De-clutter. What’s on your blog that you don’t need? Get rid of it now!
9. Brainstorm a blog challenge you could host. Need convincing? Check this out.
10. Less than transparent previously? Add an affiliate and disclosure statement to your blog.
11. Have you used audio on your blog? If so, add the transcript. If not, create a recording and add a summary.
12. Ask five people you know to tell you what your home page says to them.
13. Are your images Pin-worthy? Revisit your three most recent posts and improve if necessary.
14. Use Wordle to make sure your posts match your priorities.
15. Is your blog monetised? Brainstorm and map out a new income stream.
16. Cross the floor. If your blog is usually serious, try a light hearted voice. If you are usually sarcastic, write a super sincere post.
17. Create a resources page.
18. Add a related posts plugin to encourage visitors to stay on your site longer.
19. In Google Analytics identify the type of post that get the best results, then write another following that format but add a twist at the end.
20. Ask your readers for questions.
21. Create an infographic using a free tool such as Piktochart and share it on your blog.
22. Do you guest post? Add an ‘As Seen On’ section to your sidebar to increase social proof.
23. Disagree with an A-Lister and tell us why.
24. Check for broken links and fix them.
25. Change your image on your About page.
26. Start a new regular feature.
27. When did you last include a video in your posts? Do it now.
28. Do you have an opt in box under your posts? Add one.
29. Refresh your mind and you’ll bring a new energy to your blog.
How you implement your spring clean is up to you – you could do one item a day; split the tasks across four weeks and designate a day to implement each week or however else will work best.
Share your plan in the comments and add your spring cleaning suggestions too!
I had a little chuckle about your getting older at 29 comment Caylie – I wish! Thanks for the list – it has become my new “To Do” list for my blog – all those things I knew I needed to do all in one place 🙂
LOL Ana! As much as I had a fit, I also loved giving friends grief that they’re “soooo much” older than me.
Glad it’s your to do list now – there are some on it I need to do too.
Caylie, I also celebrated the anniversary of my 29th birthday last week (8/8) ==> smiles and B DAY wishes. Great ideas here for cleaning house on the blog. Thx!
What a great week celebrating great chicks 😉 Hope you had an awesome day too!
Caylie, these are GREAT suggestions! I shared them with a group of budding professional intuitives I’m mentoring – they’ve got the intuitive part down, but the business end is tougher.
You’ve done a great job pulling together disparate pieces to get them moving into action.
Well done! Thank you!
Way to go on the mentoring Lisa! Congrats and thanks for sharing!
If your group are looking for a step-by-step intro to blogging they might like my free Blogging For Beginners audio recording – they can get it here: http://betterbusinessbetterlife.com.au/blogteleseminar/
If they are a little more advanced and looking at guest posting as a promotion strategy they might prefer: http://betterbusinessbetterlife.com.au/9-ridiculous-reasons-your-guest-post-submission-failed-and-3-that-weren%E2%80%99t-your-fault/
Cheers,
Caylie
Click to tweet – I forgot all about it! Thanks Caylie, going to take a fresh look at my blog now 🙂
Hi Marissa!
There are so many elements to blogging and trying to remember them all is a challenge.
Glad to prompt you on Click To Tweet because you always have such awesome tips to share.
Cheers, Caylie 🙂
Thanks for such great ideas Caylie! Fabulous lists of amazing things to start to work on!
Thanks Yasmine! Which three will you focus on first?
Thanks for making this post! I’ve felt a kind of strucked lately, so this is a really good checklist for me!
No problem Nina! Happy to help!
All bloggers feel stuck occasionally – glad to hear this will get you back on track!
These are awesome tips. I want to add my image to my header, but I need a new pic first! Happy birthday, Caylie!
Thanks for the birthday wishes Leanne! My gorgeous designer just added my image this week. Must be something in the water 😉
Great tips. I’m in the process of doing a little late summer cleaning. I want to rid my blog of the many unnecessary things I’ve accumulated. I also want to begin to host affiliate ads. That’s my August goal.
Awesome Sojourner! I’m sure you’ve hear of him but Pat Flynn from Smart Passive Income rocks affiliate marketing. Check him out but be sure to come back 😉
Oh my goodness, this list is AMAZING. I’m going to set up Google Authorship right now. And I didn’t know about Wordle. Can you explain it? Thanks Caylie!
Sure thing Jen. Wordle creates word clouds from the text in your website’s source code. The most frequently mentioned words become the largest in the word cloud.
Good work on implementing Authorship too – action gets results.
Great check list, Caylie!! I love doing little changes to my blog — mini make-overs, if you will — so I will def add some of these to my on-going list!!
Hi Desiree,
Constant improvement is excellent and will lead to the best results in the long term.
Did you have other items on your list you could sharing with us?
Cheers,
Caylie
Wow, this is such a GREAT article. I’ll definitely print it out and go through it one by one. Super helpful, thank you so much, Caylie!
Thanks Nathalie! Love the print out idea – hang on the wall and cross off as you complete tasks.
Happy birthday Caylie!
Love the “freshening up” tips – I’ve had “resources page” on my website refresh list for quite some time, and that is the one that popped out to me to focus on in the next week!
Watch this space 🙂
Can’t wait to check it out Sabrina!! I’ll check in and keep you honest 😉
Just did #17! Love it.
Well done Lacy! Great work on one of the more time consuming options!
i think I may have to tack these tips to my refrigerator…Thanks Caylie.
Oh and happy birthday! 29 is just the beginning of so many wonderful decades to come. Enjoy my young friend.
Why thank you Silvia! I’ve taken the hint you left in Facebook on board and will be sharing it soon!
Thanks Caylie! This list is great. It is reassuring to know that I have implemented some of this strategies already. And now, I am excited to spice up my blog with some of the others, #21 in particular. Today, I really needed to hear #29 as I am experiencing a little bit of writer’s block. Thanks for the inspiration!
Hi Elise,
We’ve all have writer’s block at some point! Time for some fresh air and change of pace to rejuvenate.
Can’t wait to see the infographic you create.
Cheers,
Caylie
Great list Caylie! I’m already doing some of these but still have a fair number to work through from your list – thank you!
Hi Julie,
I’m in the same boat. Always room for improvement 😉
Cheers,
Caylie
Caylie – I love these ideas. I need to use Google Authorship and clean up my categories for sure! Thanks for the post!
Glad to help Melissa! Let me know how you go!
Fantastic tips here, Caylie! I didn’t realize I could do that with Google Authorship!
Hi Mandy,
Getting Google Authorship sorted is definitely a priority for anyone writing online. If Google does introduce Author Rank (similar to Page Rank which already exists) you will be on the front foot!
Cheers, Caylie
Great tips I have heard about the google authorship but never signed up. I think your about me page is so important I also like catchy titles it will make me click on for sure. Stopping over from SITS
Hi Kita,
Great to have you here and thanks so much for commenting! What is your favourite title ever?
Cheers, Caylie
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so many great nuggets here. I printed it out and am going to go through the checklist when I have time. I learned some new things here. Also joined your list. Looking forward to hearing from you. Thank you.
Brilliant Angela! Glad you joined the list because I’ll be sending out a printable for this post to subscribers next week!
Awesome list! I’m going to work on creating a regular feature! Saving this list for the hard times 🙂
Ooooh, can’t wait to see what your regular feature is Leah! Way to go!
Always on top of your game Caylie, new to blogging. This will come handy.
Best wishes for your new adventure Matsepo!
Really great tips!! It gave me some new ideas to think about with my own blog. Thanks for sharing!!
Fantastic Aimelie! Can’t wait for them to be implemented 🙂
I can’t believe I didn’t comment on this post before! I have actually had it up in my- what do you call it – browser? on my computer for I think 2 weeks now so I can keep coming back and checking out new ideas. Thank you for SO many great ideas!! I often find myself at a loss, so this is very helpful
LOL Miranda! I do things like that – thanks for commenting and sharing now! 🙂
Wow! What an amazing checklist, Caylie! : D
I have to say… I am a HUGE fan of the blog challenge idea! The most content I’ve ever added to my blog was during a challenge like this… 7 posts in 7 days.
I still promote those posts and drive traffic through social media channels. It’s awesome!
PJ
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PJ Van Hulle
Real Prosperity, Inc.
“Have Fun. Do Good. Make Money.”
Thanks PJ! Love that your challenge focused on evergreen content you can use again and again!
Great tips – I’m going to have to look into at least half and figure out what they even mean! good to know there are so many opportunities for improvement!
I’d love more info on 3, 4, 14, 17, 21 and 22!
Trudy
Hi Trudy,
Thanks for your comment! I’ll keep those tips in mind and try to cover some soon.
Cheers,
Caylie
Hi Caylie,
Great blog post! I saw your post in the FB Ultimate Blog Challenge. I started a new blog/website this year. Excited to add your tips!
Quick question: Any suggestions on guest blogging for newbies? And what are your thoughts on having guest bloggers on your blog? I am hearing mixed reviews. Thanks!
Great questions Darla!
Here are two posts I’ve written you might find helpful:
9 Ridiculous Reasons Your Guest Post Submission Failed (And 3 That Weren’t Your Fault)
http://betterbusinessbetterlife.com.au/9-ridiculous-reasons-your-guest-post-submission-failed-and-3-that-weren%E2%80%99t-your-fault/
The Effect Of Guest Blogging On SEO: A Discussion Of Google Penalties
http://www.sassywebwords.com/guest-blogging-on-seo-google-penalties/
Hope this helps!
Caylie
wonderful tips, caylie! i’m planning to go back through each point more carefully. there is always something you can do to improve the look and usability of your blog – and you have 29 of them all in one place! thank you.
Absolutely focus continuous improvement April! Something we all need to do more of!
I’ve done several of these with my blog over the past few months, definitely feels good to declutter my blog! Hadn’t heard of some of these though, will have to try them on my next round of clean up. Thanks!
Great idea to have a regular declutter Tracey! Nice work!
printed and ready to apply! thanks so much Caylie 😀
Hey Nancy!
Great to see you here. Can’t wait to see which you implement first.
Caylie
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Thanks, I love your list, thanks. I have one addition at the top of my lists – to combine all the lists I have collected and made. They are in Evernote, bits of paper, pocket, notes and loads of places I leave them.
Oh I know that feeling Fran! I’ve got a heap of hand written ideas I need to collate into a spreadsheet.
Oh no Caylie, I just lost an hour playing with Wordle…. not sure whether to kiss you or curse you! 🙂
Love me as long as you only lost one hour. 🙂
Awesome tips, thank you very much! I will be sharing and recommending this post to my blogging friends.
There’s nothing I hate more than broken links on blogs and websites they ruin a visitors experience. I actually a couple of plugins such as Redirection to make that easier to manage.
As for option boxes what is everyone using these days? I get a lot of value from Sumome
Great list, Caylie. Certainly something for bloggers of every level. I’ve been doing this for awhile and it’s always nice to be reminded of some of the simple things we all forget to do. Thanks for the refresher! =)