Blog Sidebar Evaluation Worksheet

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Blog Sidebar Evaluation Worksheet This worksheet will help you determine what's important and what's not important for your sidebar to help you meet your own and your visitor's goals.

STEP ONE: What are your blog's top 3 goals?

What are your visitors' needs? i.e. what are they coming to your blog for?

STEP TWO: List all items that are currently in your sidebar and whether they are serving your blog's goals or serving the needs of your visitors

Items in my sidebar

Is it serving my blog's goals? Why or why not?

Is it serving my visitors' needs?

List a few blogs below that you love to follow and ask yourself: What do I feel the author wants me to do first? Then note each item in their sidebar. Does each item seem necessary? Why or why not? Does it stand out or get lost? Why?

NAME OF FAVE BLOG #1:

What do I feel the author wants me to do first?

Items in sidebar

Does it seem necessary? Why or why not?

Does it stand out or get lost? Why?

NAME OF FAVE BLOG #2:

What do I feel the author wants me to do first?

Items in sidebar

Does it seem necessary? Why or why not?

Does it stand out or get lost? Why?

NAME OF FAVE BLOG #3:

What do I feel the author wants me to do first?

Items in sidebar

Does it seem necessary? Why or why not?

Does it stand out or get lost? Why?

Note some observations from evaluating your favorite blogs that you can use in your own blog:

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