To actually get you from scribbler to blogger, there are a few things you’ll need, especially if you want to make this your full-time gig. As your friendly neighborhood blog manager and writer, here is my best advice on the 5 things bloggers need to start.

From the initial planning through the actual writing, all the way to hitting schedule or publish, I am handling every aspect of the blog. So it makes sense to call me a blog manager; it’s a little more all-encompassing, giving a complete picture of the work I do. So what does that work look like? To give you an idea, here is a break down of a month with a blog manager.

Way back in middle school and high school, you were asked to construct an essay using the inverted triangle method. But she’s all grown up now, and when it comes to blogs—with only a handful of exceptions—the hourglass blog structure reigns supreme.