{"id":120476,"date":"2013-01-09T14:32:36","date_gmt":"2013-01-09T22:32:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/heartifb.com\/?p=120476"},"modified":"2024-02-19T04:12:17","modified_gmt":"2024-02-19T12:12:17","slug":"how-to-use-swot-analysis-to-strengthen-your-blog-business","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/heartifb.com\/how-to-use-swot-analysis-to-strengthen-your-blog-business\/","title":{"rendered":"How To: Use SWOT Analysis to Strengthen Your Blog Business"},"content":{"rendered":"
In marketing, they've got a whole matrix designed for exactly this, called SWOT analysis<\/strong>. Once you've identified an objective or a goal, you can use these four topics to figure out the factors (helpful and harmful, internal and external) that will impact your ability to achieve your goal.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The matrix looks like this:<\/strong> So what does this mean for fashion bloggers? You can use this matrix to help you understand and maximize your blog business, especially as it relates to your network – those who might be “in competition” with you, and those who can help you. What brands do you want to work with? Which bloggers have careers you aspire to? Even personally, you can use SWOT analysis to take advantage of your talents and abilities and develop a strong direction for your career.<\/p>\n My suggestion is to actually<\/em> fill out a matrix, and to get started, try asking and answering some questions related to each factor:<\/p>\n Strengths<\/strong>:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Weaknesses<\/strong>:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Opportunities<\/strong>:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Threats<\/strong>:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n From your asked and answered questions, you should be able to see your next steps in front of you. Now that you can see (visualize!) what you're good at and what needs work, as well as who your allies and your competitors are, you can begin to take action. Take notes on what your peers do well and look for shortcomings. Email contacts, friends and peers to set up meetings and coffee dates. Sign up for educational workshops to hone your skills. Keep your SWOT matrix somewhere you work, and check off successes seized opportunities – and cross out eliminated weaknesses and threats!<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Sources:<\/strong><\/p>\n Wikipedia: SWOT analysis<\/a><\/em> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Why fashion bloggers should start using a SWOT analysis to strengthen their blog business<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":244708,"featured_media":177709,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[7763],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-120476","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blogging"],"yoast_head":"\n
\nIn almost any venture, whether it be business, sports, blogging or trying out for the school musical – if you're putting yourself to the test, you're going to want to analyze the competition<\/strong>. Sizing up them and<\/em> you is important.<\/p>\n\n
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