It’s that time of year when we start to make goals in all parts of our life! This year I really want to build my blog, hoping to reach new readers, and monetise my site.
Below, I have written my blogging goals for 2021, in an attempt to keep myself accountable in the coming months.
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It’s taken me a few weeks into the New Year to really decide on the direction I’m going this year- I’d love to find out your goals for 2021, and see if you share any of the same ones!
Write an Ebook
This is my main goal for 2021! I love writing, and so I would love to get started on an ebook project in the next few months. I’ve been reading a few ebooks from other bloggers over on Gumroad, and it would definitely be amazing if I could earn a bit of money from one of my own products alongside my blog.
I also think it would be amazing to create a blogging resource or template, and it’s fantastic to have a project to work on during these tough times- so I can’t wait to get going with it!
At the end of 2020 I bought *Jenny’s ebook all about growing your blog following, and it has been so helpful in growing my readership here on my blog, and on my social media channels.
SEO
SEO is something I’ve been trying to work on for ages- and I’m slowly starting to learn more and more about it. But it’s not easy, and SEO isn’t something that interests me as much as other parts of blogging so I sometimes find it hard to motivate myself.
I think the best thing I’ve done to learn more about SEO is buy *’SEO For Bloggers‘ by Nele. It’s such a fantastic ebook from someone who really understands SEO. She also writes in a simple way- SEO can be tricky, but this ebook really talks you through the steps you need to follow in order to implement a great strategy. I cannot recommend it enough, so check out the ebook *here.
Affiliate Marketing
Affiliate marketing can be tough sometimes- but I really enjoyed getting involved with it in 2020! So in 2021 I would love to earn a little more money from affiliate marketing– as well as advertise the brilliant products I’ve been enjoying in the past few months.
Sponsored Content
This is another of my biggest blogging goals for 2021! Sponsored content is so much fun to write, and I love being able to earn from my writing. Writing is one of the things I love to do more than anything, so to be able to get money for blogging is amazing! In 2021, I hope to gain more sponsored opportunities, and start to feature more brilliant people or companies in my posts.
Social Media Engagement
My final blogging goal for 2021 is to up my social media engagement. I’m already very active on Twitter, but I’d like to engage with bloggers and accounts on other platforms. I love that social media is one of the top places I get my blog views from, and towards the end of 2020 I really upped my engagement. I’d really like to keep this up in 2021, and maybe reach 10k followers on Twitter? But that might be unrealistic…
Do you have any blogging goals for 2021? What do you think of my goals? Where do you see your blog going in 2021?
Thank you for reading, let me know all your thoughts in the comments below 🙂
Happy reading x
These are all such great goals for this year! SEO is something I have started to learn over the last 3/4 months. Yoast SEO Plugin for WordPress has been a really big help with this. It has a traffic light system whilst writing posts and tells you what you need to change in your content and what’s good.
I am hosting a free SEO class in February! I haven’t released the sign up form for it yet but be on the look out for that. As it may be beneficial for you🤗
Olivia | https://olivialucieblake.com
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Aw thank you so much Olivia 🙂 ooh thank you so much, that sounds so helpful so I will definitely be on the look out- I need all the help I can get when it comes to SEO! x
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SEO is so confusing! I’ve got the Yoast plugin but honestly, I’m still very confused. I’d also love to get started in affiliate marketing. Great goals, I hope you hit them 🙂 xx
Caroline | https://envirolineblog.com/
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Definitely, Nele’s ebook has been an absolute lifesaver, it goes through everything and is just fantastic 🙂 thank you! x
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These are such great goals for your blog for 2021! SEO is something that I’ve been working on over the last few months and I swear by Nele’s e-book. It definitely made SEO a lot easier to understand! Good luck with your goals 🙂 x
https://www.femaleoriginal.com
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Thank you 🙂 It’s a fantastic read, and I’ve used it so much in the past few months! xx
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Some great goals you have for yourself. I’d also love to get my head around affiliate marketing, but I’m not sure what best fits with mental health. Creating an e-book would also be pretty cool
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Thank you 🙂
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These are great goals and I wish you all the luck with them! Creating an e book is a fab goal and I hope you do it, as they’re really popular at the minute xx
Hannah | https://luxuryblush.co.uk/
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Thank you so much, I agree it would be lovely to add my thoughts to the mix one day 🙂
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Fantastic goals – I’m sure you’ll smash them all! For me, I’d like to grow my blog’s following a bit more and hopefully gain some money from affiliate marketing this year. 🙂 Hope 2021 is an amazing blogging year for you!
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Thank you 🙂 I really hope so, thank you for your kind words Hayley! I’m sure you can reach your goals and 2021 will be a great year for you and your blog x
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Excellent goals! For me, I’m aiming to continue growth in traffic and interaction, and grab a few more sponsorships too. Oh, and I’m planning to open a second site as part of the marketing campaign for my next novel.
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Thank you 🙂 sponsored posts are brilliant, and I think that sounds like a fantastic idea to get your book out there
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Love your goals, they’re very straight-forward and definitely achievable. My goals is to just try and post consistently. I’ve left my blog on the background recently too much, gotta get back on the saddle again 😉
Teresa Maria | Outlandish Blog
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Thank you Teresa 🙂 Ah that’s okay, I’m the same when I’m busy or want to focus on other things, can’t wait to see what you create x
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Love these goals! Excited for your ebook!!!! Congratulations on that!! I use yoast SEO for WordPress. I find it helps but that’s definitely something I want to improve on too. Good luck, and look forward to watching you crush your goals!!
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Thank you so much, that means a lot 🙂 I hope you reach any blogging goals you have for this year, I think improving SEO is a hard but necessary task!
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Awesome goals! And writing an ebook sounds so fun
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Thank you 🙂
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You have some great goals here! SEO is a focus of mine moving into 2021 as well. I recently got my hands on the SEO The Easy Way ebook and workbook, so I’m slowly making my way through it and learning all the info that it has to offer. I am also working on Pinterest growth. I did the Pinterest with Ell course in 2020 and have been putting all of those tips into practice as of late. I am determined to make 2021 a year of growth and accomplishment!
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Thank you! SEO is so tough so I’ll definitely check out those recommendations thank you 🙂 I hope you reach all your 2021 blogging goals and have a fantastic year, thank you x
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Good luck with your goals. 🤞
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Thank you Rachel 🙂
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These are brilliant goals for the year. Very similar to my own really. SEO is a constant work in progress for me. I worry that I am spending so much time creating new content that I am not really making time to go through old posts etc.
I look forward to seeing you succeed this year x
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Thank you Claire 🙂 I’m glad you share some of the same, SEO is so tough and I’m also trying to go through old content- but I agree, it’s a tough job!
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I love this! I literally was just planning my blogging goals. SEO is a Huge Struggle of mine not even gonna lie. I low key SUCK at blogging. Smh.
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Same, it’s so tough! I really recommend Nele’s book, it’s an amazing investment for SEO x
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My blog goals are also very similar to yours ! I will check out that SEO ebook you mentioned as it sounds super interesting 🙂
xo, Shannen
https://shannenadeline.com/
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It’s fantastic, can’t recommend it enough 🙂 thanks for commenting, I hope you reach all your goals xx
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I love this! I have some growth goals, but I think my main one at the moment is just to up my engagement on commenting/sharing etc. There are so many great bloggers out there, I’m finding the time to start reading more blogs again (and loving it so far). Good luck with all of these!
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Yes I agree, although I think you’re great at engaging and commenting 🙂 I think it’s so lovely to read other posts in the blogging community x
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Good luck with your goals! I really need to work on consistency
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That’s a great aim! I hope you manage to get in a routine in 2021 x
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These goals are fabulous and super attainable! I love it. For me, I would love to make money through ads and affiliates! I don’t have solid goals yet because I’m still learning lots but hopefully once I get the ball rolling, I could narrow my goals down like you! Can’t wait to see it. Thanks for sharing Eleanor x
http://www.lynnmumbingmejia.com
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Thank you Lynn! I’m learning so much too, blogging is just always changing for me so I agree- it can be hard to narrow down what exactly you’d like to achieve 🙂 I’m so glad you enjoyed, I hope you have a great 2021 blogging x
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Very nice goals! One of mine is to be more consistent in posting blogs. I tend to leave them in my notes instead of publishing them 🙈. I’d also like to learn how to monetize my blog as well.
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Thank you 🙂 yes I agree, I have so many drafts I have yet to share! Thanks for sharing, I hope you reach your goals x
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Thank you! I hope you do as well 🙂
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Great goals you have here, they are also things I will love to achieve but for now the top on my blogging goal is to go self hosted.
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Thank you 🙂 yes that sounds like a great aim, I hope you get there x
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I will. Thanks 😊
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Some brilliant goals and I am sure that you will achieve them all! Mastering SEO and creating some templates are goals that I also have for my blog in 2021 too!
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Thank you 🙂 I think they’re great goals to reach for, I hope you manage to get where you want to be in 2021 x
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These are such great goals to have – good luck! I’m sure you’ll smash them all!! I’m feeling inspired to set some goals of my own now! Hope 2021 is a great year for you!
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Thank you 🙂 Ooh let me know what goals you choose for your year x
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I’m sure you’re going to do really well with these goals. Will you do a follow-up with how it’s going throughout the year? I’m going to work on SEO at some point, haha!
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Yes I think I will- I like to plan month by month as well as having larger over-arching goals! I really recommend Nele’s ebook to help with SEO x
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I love this! Wishing you the best of luck completing these goals!
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Thank you so much 🙂
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Great set of goals and Great to have some goals thats what we all need.
Good luck to you
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Thank you 🙂
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Most of my views come from social media as well, and it is something that I hope to work on. I’ve been working on SEO since day one, but it is slow to pickup, and it is part of the reason why I need to take things into my hands with social media. These are great goals to have, and I wish you all the best! 🙂
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I hope you get chance to work on social media in 2021 🙂 SEO is something I’ve only recently started- and it is hard! Thank you for sharing, I hope you have a great blogging year x
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Awesome goals you have here! I also want to get sponsored posts and utilize affiliate marketing more this year. I’ve been thinking to write an ebook too but I’m not sure yet if I’m ‘good’ enough to write it since I’m just a 7 months blogger lol ~ thank you for sharing this x
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Thank you 🙂 I think earning a little money is a great goal, and I’d love to read a blogging ebook by you! I hope you have a great year z
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Good luck with your blogging goals for 2021!! Love all of these different points. Writing an ebook is a fun challenge! SEO is something I want to tackle this year as well :). Ooooh, being able to make money off of blogging is always the dream haha. Wishing you all the best!
Nancy ✨ mdrnminimalists.com
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Thank you Nancy 🙂 I hope to have it sorted soon, it’s so much fun writing! I really recommend Nele’s ebook for a break-down of SEO- thank you best of luck with your goals too x
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Thank you for sharing! My main goal this year is to grow my blog followers/views and also increase my engagement on twitter and instagram. I am having issues with my instagram stories at the moment. I am not getting a lot of views. Do you have any tips and tricks to help me with that? Thanks!! Have a great day! 🙂
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I hope you reach your goal, that sounds great! I actually don’t really use Instagram so unfortunately I don’t have many tips for using it- but I think frequency and finding a community of like-minded followers is a great place to start x
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Thank you for the tips!! Have a blessed day!
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Thank you 🙂
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Sounds like you will have a successful blogging year with those fantastic goals! My goals for 2021 include posting more consistently on my blog, finishing some blogging courses, and writing an ebook. I already use the free version of Yoast which really helps with SEO, but honestly, just writing quality content does the trick.
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I hope so, thank you 🙂 that sounds so great, I can’t wait to see what ebook you create! I need to look into Yoast to improve my SEO a little x
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These are some fab goals, I hope you can achieve them all! I also want to work more on affiliate marketing this year and up my SEO xx
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Thank you 🙂 I think SEO is a really tough one, I really recommend the ebook as it makes it all so much easier to understand x
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These sound like great goals – we have just started with writing them down and ticking some of these off already it’s so so satisfying! Thank you for the prompt to do this, some of yours are definitely some of the ones we need to look at too! x
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Thank you for sharing! My main goal this year is to grow my blog followers/views. Good luck with your blogging goals for 2021!! 🙂
https://uncuaderno4cero.wordpress.com/
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That’s a great goal 🙂 thank you for sharing x
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Great post, and great goals! I wish you all the luck with them, especially the ebook sounds like tough cookie! As for me, I would love more views/followers, go through my reviews and add series tags (gone through my Dutch and a couple of English reviews), update some links that are old, maybe add a new post type (not sure which though).
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Thank you 🙂 they sound like great goals and I think updating old posts is a great idea, I need to do the same x
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Yep, though it is so much work! Haha, I wish me from 7 years ago had done things better. XD Good luck to us both!
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Great goals! They are also fun to do. Like writing the Ebook. Good luck and wish you a great year!
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Thank you very much 🙂
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These are fantastic blogging goals – ambitious but still achievable. I want to work on most of these things in 2021 too although I haven’t set myself specific goals. I’d love to write an e-book at some point! x
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Thank you Sophie 🙂 I think it’s good to set myself month-by-month goals as well, just to keep myself accountable x
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I think I have pretty much exactly the same goals as you for this year! I really want to start working on SEO so much more this year!
Tash – A Girl with a View
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I think SEO is so tricky- but I’m sure we’ll both get there in the end, it’s a never-ending task I guess! x
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These are some great goals. I really want to improve my SEO this year too. Wishing you all the best in achieving your goals.
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Thank you Kelly 🙂 it’s such a difficult subject to broach sometimes but we’ll get there x
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Hi Eleanor!
You have a very nice blog and I always enjoyed to read your stories!
I’ve nominated you for Outstanding Blogger Award. I hope you can accept it and participate.
Please check my post for the nomination rules:
https://travelworldsuitcase.com/2021/02/02/outstanding-blogger-award/
Angela
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Thank you so much Angela 🙂
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My pleasure!
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Ahh you’ve definitely got this my lovely! Can’t wait to see what you achieve!
Love, Amie ❤
The Curvaceous Vegan
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Thank you Amie 🙂
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I love these goals, and how they focus on learning and creating rather than simply followers and views, which really can’t be controlled. I’ve been needing to learn SEO too — tbh I barely even know what it means, so it’s long overdue. Thanks for sharing ❤️
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Thank you Meredith 🙂 Yes I agree, I really hope to focus on more content creation in the next few months! I hope you check out Nele’s ebook, it’s a fantastic investment x
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Love these goals, I need to spend some more time with SEO, it’s one of those things about blogging that really confuses me lol. Great post 😊!
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Yes me too, it’s so confusing! I really recommend the ebook to help you with your SEO goals 🙂 thanks for sharing, good luck in 2021 x
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These are such Fab goals Eleanor. Learning SEO is part of my goals for this year too. Ah SEO is definitely a thing. I have installed the yoast plugin and I have taken a few courses but it still looks so confusing haha. I wish SEO was easier, I am gonna learn it anyways.
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Aw thank you Ruth 🙂 it’s so tough and I really need to get to grips with it- the ebook by Nele has been amazing at helping me know where I need to improve!
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Hey, I would really love to know more about how to get involved in all of these as I would like to monetise my blog this year!
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Ooh I hope you manage to reach your goals this year 🙂 for me it has been slow going, but just a case of putting myself out there and searching for sponsored opportunities wherever I can 🙂
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I love these goals, I’ve thought about writing an ebook I need to have a proper think about what skills I could market – good look with your goals!
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Thank you Alice 🙂 I hope to release it soon! Good luck with your goals too x
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