Although the blog recently hit the one year anniversary mark, I hesitate (in a huge way) to say I have this blogging gig all wrapped up in a pretty bow, under control and on lock. No-to the-way. I’m still very much a newbie around these parts…and learning as I go each day!

One thing I know for sure is there’s a lot ton more to learn and your blog is never a finished product. There aren’t only the hopes and dreams you have for the content and visual appearance of your blog. You should keep in mind how your readers view of your online space and stay connected to them (ex. answering their questions and comments), keeping up with social media changes, and then there’s the advertising or revenue stream to stay on top of…that is, if you’re lucky enough to make any money at all from blogging! And there’s SO much more too!

A few months ago I was feeling unorganized when it came to managing the blog itself so I created a simple binder to help out…

Then labeled accordingly…

If you’re interested in knowing my labeled sections…here are a few (can’t share all because I don’t want to spoil some surprise topics up my sleeve)…

*Blog income – cash (Trust me, this is a smaaaaaalll section – but do like to keep track of income milestones)

*Blog income – products (Sometimes instead of a cash payment I receive product. Usually by way of an online coupon code. This is the section where I write down my codes and when they expire.)

*Weekly coupons (Where I keep track of my weekly coupon shopping results – then once a week post here and update my coupon savings ticker)

*Money making ticker (I keep track of how much money I earn selling items each year for my money making ticker…which is an ongoing project I randomly post about on the blog)

*Printables (a copy of any printable’s I’ve created or ideas for future printable’s)

*Fonts (fonts I use or that may be used in the future)

*Reader questions (Love to receive e-mails and comments from you guys! Truly enjoy hearing from you…and if you ask a question, I care about getting an answer to you. It may take me a while…but eventually I will get to it! This section is my way of keeping track of those questions, tutorial suggestions, or other inspiring ideas you’ve shared that may become a future project here.)

The next several dividers hold the bigger topics I mentioned. These are posts that require a bit of time on my part to assemble. The rest of my blogging ideas are on my wunderlist app.

A couple examples of how the inside of the pockets look…

My assembled binder…

I didn’t create a cover sheet for the binder, but did create a simple binder spine using the online Avery templates…

A tip for adding a binder spine…it’s much easier to slip it in when the binder is opened and laying flat like this…