100+ QUICK 5 MINUTE TASKS TO GROW YOUR BLOG

PINTEREST
❑ Create a pin image

❑ Create a second pin image for a popular post

❑ Live pin to your best personal boards

❑ Scroll Pinterest for inspiration

❑ Find your most popular pins using Google Analytics

❑ Create more pins like your most popular ones and pin them
❑ Use Pinterest for keyword research

FACEBOOK

❑ Answer Facebook messages

❑ Make a quick meme using WordSwag app and post to your Facebook page

❑ Create a poll on your Facebook page or group

❑ Post a new blog post on Facebook group promo days

❑ Do a 5 minutes Live Facebook video and answer a popular question

❑ Post something personal and build up engagement

❑ Share a motivational piece of advice to boost morale

❑ Promote one of your best blog posts

❑ Ask a question and get feedback from your followers

BLOG
❑ Brainstorm the outline of a future blog post
❑ Submit a guest post idea

❑ Reach out to a bigger blogger and let them know how they’ve helped you

❑ Brainstorm or improve a freebie

❑ Brainstorm better headlines for posts that need more traffic

❑ Improve the SEO of one of your blog posts

❑ Listen to a podcast
❑ Do one lecture in a recent course you’ve purchased

❑ Make a list of your readers top problems

❑ Think about how you can solve those problems

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❑ Update an old blog post with new tips
❑ Embed a YouTube video into your blog posts

❑ Add affiliate links to your most popular blog posts

❑ Research affiliate programs in your niche

❑ Update your About Me page.

❑ Create a Frequently Asked Questions section to your blog

❑ Create a mind map of your ideal reader

❑ Sketch out a new freebie idea

❑ Create a new printable on Canva or PowerPoint

ANALYTICS
❑ Use Google Analytics to check where your traffic is coming from

❑ Find your top 10 blog posts and optimize them

❑ Ensure your top blog posts have clear CTAs

❑ Find your lowest 10 blog posts and improve or remove them

INSTAGRAM

❑ Scroll Instagram for inspiration

❑ Edit a picture using the ColorStory app and post to Instagram

❑ Post a personal, real life photo - your audience craves authenticity

❑ Do a quick story or reel

❑ Delete Instagram if it’s not helping your business and it’s just stealing your time
OUTREACH

❑ Answer a few quick emails

❑ Connect with other bloggers and leave a comment on their posts

❑ Read posts by your blogging role models

❑ Browse Quora, Reddit or other forms for ideas

❑ Research a similar blog in your niche using Buzzsumo.com

❑ Retweet articles from influencers

❑ Email your blogging friends and ask for guest posts

❑ Ask your audience for guests posts

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❑ Be helpful in Facebook groups where your audience hangs out
EMAIL LIST

❑ Jot down ideas for your weekly newsletter

❑ Monitor which freebie is performing the best

❑ Create a new freebie or printable pack

❑ Map out a welcome or sales sequence

❑ Optimize open rates and click through rates of established sequences

FUNNEL

❑ Map out your customer journey

❑ Using your customer journey, fill out a funnel map

❑ Outline each product in your funnel map if you don’t have them already

❑ Set dates for when you want to create these products

❑ Browse sales pages of your competitors to see how you can help your audience
better

❑ Jot down the problem each one of your offers will solve

❑ Once your funnel is created, go through it and test all parts of it

❑ If organic traffic converts well, launch a small Facebook ad to your funnel

❑ Make a big poster board of all your potential product ideas

❑ Use post it notes to help map out your funnel

❑ Monitor your conversion rates at each step of the funnel
PRODUCT CREATION
❑ List tasks to complete a new product

❑ Work on the handouts and worksheets for that product

❑ Brainstorm extra bonuses for your offer

❑ Record or edit a sales video for your offer

❑ Potentially co=create the offer with another blogger

❑ Create social media posts to promote your product

❑ Ask your students for testimonials

❑ Add testimonials to your sales page

❑ Create a gorgeous hero mockup of your offer

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PERSONAL
❑ Give yourself a pep talk to boost your blogging confidence

❑ Drink a cup of coffee and review what you’ve done well and what you can improve

❑ Take a picture of that cup of coffee and post it to Instagram

❑ Get some fresh air. Go for a walk. My best ideas come when I’m exercising.

❑ Walk around craft stores for inspiration

❑ Call a friend and tell her about your blog. She may give you new insights!
❑ Write down your 5-year goal and tape it to your wall

❑ Place a calendar behind your computer on the wall so you can see your blog tasks
clearly
❑ Write down all your ideas on post it notes

❑ Using your wall calendar, place the post it notes on the days you want to complete
them
❑ Take a “mini vacation day” if you’re overwhelmed and stressed

❑ Close your eyes and rest. When you are over tired, you can’t think of good ideas.

BRAND BUILDING
❑ Answer emails with a personal Loom video

❑ Create a personal Loom video for outreach or affiliates

❑ Share your success story on social media

❑ Share testimonials from your students

❑ Showcase your student’s success

SEO

❑ Use Google or a SEO software to research keywords

❑ Use the “People Also Ask” section to help generate content ideas

❑ Use the “Related Searches” for blog post ideas

❑ Add more content to your best performing blog posts

❑ Build relationships with other bloggers for backlinks

❑ Interlink between your best and related articles

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