The following is a list of 50 blogging goals you can set for yourself to energize your efforts online and give you a sense of direction when you write. Some are short term and can be attained everyday; others will take longer to achieve. No matter how challenging they seem, they are all possible as many of the Internet’s most recognizable bloggers have demonstrated.

These goals, both big and small, are sure to inspire your blogging efforts. So print this off, scratch some off with a pen, and fulfill your blogging dreams!

  1. Increase Daily Unique Visitors
  2. Lower Your Bounce Rate
  3. Get More Links to Your Blog
  4. Improve Your Page Rank on Google
  5. Come Up Higher on Search Engine Results
  6. Build a Community on Your Blog
  7. Provide an Excellent Guest Post on another Blog
  8. Improve Your Blog’s Design
  9. Get on the Front Page of Digg
  10. Improve Your Ranking on Technorati
  11. Generate a Sizable Income from Your Blog
  12. Get More Subscribers to Your RSS Feed
  13. Get a Wikipedia Article Written About You
  14. Fix your Past Mistakes
  15. Make New Friends Online
  16. Promote Your Blog at a Conference
  17. Write Everyday for 30 Days Straight
  18. Be a Guest Speaker at a Blogging Seminar
  19. Help Someone Else Start Up a Blog.
  20. Come Up with Your Own Podcast or Video
  21. Create an E-book
  22. Use Your Blog to Make Something Else Popular (ie. Book, CD etc)
  23. Sell T-Shirts with Your Blog’s Logo On It
  24. Become an Expert in Your Niche
  25. Write Quicker and With More Focus
  26. Start a Facebook Group for Your Blog
  27. Use Your Blogging As an Excuse to Travel
  28. Start a Blogging Network
  29. Get Over 100 Comments On a Post
  30. Come Up With a Workable Blogging Schedule You Can Stick To
  31. Develop a Rabid Fan Base
  32. Improve Your Past Posts
  33. Write Catchier Headlines
  34. Learn Something New Everyday
  35. Invite Others to Contribute to Your Blog
  36. Find Out About Something You Know Little About and Write On It
  37. Create an Extensive Blogroll
  38. Submit a Post to a Blog Carnival
  39. Write a Hard-Hitting Opinion Piece
  40. Use Your Blogging to Help a Charity or Cause
  41. Learn and Practice Effective SEO
  42. Teach Your Audience Something
  43. Improve Your Self-Confidence Through Your Blogging
  44. Write for Several Blogs
  45. Comment on Other Blogs on a Regular Basis
  46. Create Amazing Artwork or Photographs for Your Blog
  47. Use Your Blog to Get a Writing Job
  48. Practice Blogging ‘Live’ from a Major Event (ie. SXSW)
  49. Start a Contest on Your Blog
  50. Create a List of Blogging Goals!

Got any blogging goals of your own that we might have missed? How many of these have you accomplished? We would love to know!

At Apollo Media’s Blog, we discuss effective strategies for meeting these goals and more. So keep in touch, exciting things are on the horizon.