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Today’s giveaway is a Blog Audience Analysis Worksheet. First read the post on why you must know your audience.

Then download a copy of the worksheet for this exercise:

• Blog Audience Analysis Worksheet: Word version
• Blog Audience Analysis Worksheet: PDF version

Knowing your audience is perhaps the most important key to your blog’s audience. Know the audience you have and you’ll know how to serve them better, know the audience you want to target and you’ll know how to attract them. If you don’t know who they are, what chance do you have?

Please feel free to email this worksheet to anyone who might find this useful - such non-commercial sharing is not only authorised, it’s encouraged! Otherwise, if you’d like to share the direct links to the worksheets, please link to this blog post (not the individual file download addresses as these may change when I change hosting).

This is part of our Chinese New Year Giveaway. If you found this post useful, please consider subscribing.

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Today’s giveaway is a Know Your Blog’s Competition Worksheet. First read the post on why you should know your blog’s competition.

Then download a copy of the worksheet for this exercise:

• Blog Competition Analysis Worksheet: Word version
• Blog Competition Analysis Worksheet: PDF version

Knowing who your competition will also help you work out who are your possible allies. It’s not all a dog eat dog world! 

Please feel free to email this worksheet to anyone who might find this useful - such non-commercial sharing is not only authorised, it’s encouraged! Otherwise, if you’d like to share the direct links to the worksheets, please link to this blog post (not the individual file download addresses as these may change when I change hosting).

This is part of our Chinese New Year Giveaway. If you found this post useful, please consider subscribing.

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Today’s giveaway is a Know Your Niche Worksheet. First read the post on what a niche is and how knowing what yours is can help you.

Then download a copy of the worksheet for this exercise:

• Niche Analysis Worksheet: Word version
• Niche Analysis Worksheet: PDF version

I wonder if you can guess the relevance of this picture to the Know Your Niche Worksheet?

Hint: look at the bird’s tail…

It’s a Long Tail!  Subject areas of interest can be broken down into smaller and smaller niches like the tail on a graph. The worksheet helps you identify which niche or niches you want to target. 

Please feel free to email this worksheet to anyone who might find this useful - such non-commercial sharing is not only authorised, it’s encouraged! Otherwise, if you’d like to share the direct links to the worksheets, please link to this blog post (not the individual file download addresses as these may change when I change hosting).

This is part of our Chinese New Year Giveaway. If you found this post useful, please consider subscribing.

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Today’s giveaway is a Blog Purpose Analysis Worksheet. First read the post on why determining your blog’s purpose is so important.

Then download a copy of the worksheet for this exercise:

• Blog Purpose Analysis Worksheet: Word version
• Blog Purpose Analysis Worksheet: PDF version

Knowing your blog’s purpose will help you stick to doing things that will advance your goals and steer you away from things that are harmful. This worksheet will help you identify your reasons for blogging and whether there are any conflicts.

Please feel free to email this worksheet to anyone who might find this useful - such non-commercial sharing is not only authorised, it’s encouraged!Otherwise, if you’d like to share the direct links to the worksheets, please link to this blog post (not the individual file download addresses as these may change when I change hosting).

This is part of our Chinese New Year Giveaway. If you found this post useful, please consider subscribing.

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Today’s giveaway is a Personal Blogging SWOT Analysis Worksheet. First read the post on why knowing yourself is important for blogging.

Then download a copy of the worksheet for this exercise:

• Personal Blogging SWOT Analysis Worksheet: Word version
• Personal Blogging SWOT Analysis Worksheet: PDF version

If you take the time to fill this out, you will foresee future problems and be a in a position to work out solutions for them now. You may also discover resources you didn’t know you had.

If you find it difficult thinking about your own strengths and weaknesses, then ask someone close to you but be prepared to face any answer with objectivity (don’t shoot the messenger!).

Please feel free to email this worksheet to anyone who might find this useful - such non-commercial sharing is not only authorised, it’s encouraged!Otherwise, if you’d like to share the direct links to the worksheets, please link to this blog post (not the individual file download addresses as these may change when I change hosting).

This is part of our Chinese New Year Giveaway. If you found this post useful, please consider subscribing.