Thank you so much for your prompt response. I’ve spent the morning on a site on how to start a blog that was very informative. I also checked out twitter and a tutorial on how and why to tweet. I accomplished a lot. I also spent some time checking what is out there which is informative but a distance from what I want to do. Thanks for your time and response. Barbara
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Hi Barbara,

Congratulations — I am happy you’re excited about this and want to share it. I honestly think there’s no “too early” phase, and getting your blog set up can take a bit of planning, so it can be good to get started on that on the sooner side anyway. You’ll want to think about who the target audience is, and what sort of content they will find the most helpful – how will it make their jobs in the classroom easier, what strategies and tools can they deploy, how can they practice self-care themselves so they have the energy they need, all of that.

I would do a few things:

1) look for blogs/websites that are in this niche, or a similar one. Take note of what they might feature or do, or how they display content in a way that you think will work for your audience. Become a sponge!

2) think about your mission statement. Write your “about” page to solidify what this website is about and what you are trying to do. This will help you understand your direction better and what content and resources your site will have.

3) create a list of topics you want to cover in the blog, and start writing those so you have some posts to get started once you decide to go for it. Find links to other sites that have resources that can help your audience, books, etc. and make it your mission to help support them in all ways they need most. Think about what you needed and what was lacking, and find solutions.

4) take a blogging course to get you started. I’ve not taken this course myself, but I have taken others by Reedsy and have been happy. It’s free: https://blog.reedsy.com/learning/courses/marketing/author-blog/

I hope this is a good start! Once you’re feeling good about these things, you can start looking at a FB page, but I would get your website up and going first so you point people to your website, as that should be your home base, not Facebook.

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We’re so glad to be able to partner with you, Colleen. Thanks for sharing your insights with our peeps!

Thanks for taking the journey with us, Kay!

Thanks so much, DV. I’m glad to hear that One Stop, in particular, has helped propel you down the writing road. It can definitely be a slow and painful journey. i’m so glad you’ve taken the plunge and are making headway toward your goals. We’re cheering you on!

Not to mention that Your One Stop for Writer’s website has helped me so much with planning and plotting my story and your negative and positive traits, emotional wounds and other thesauruses have been invaluable tools in their own right. Very excited to see you make it to the next million! Good luck and well done once again. 🍾🥂

Thank you, V.M.! We’re so glad you found this helpful!