On Wednesday morning when my car was at the dealer to finally get inspected, I was able to read Erica Douglass’ Blog Success Manifesto. Starting a new blog (again), this manifesto was right up my alley. It was stock full of the things I need right now to get Off the Beaten Plan onto the map.

It was one of those publications, actually, that I didn’t want to share or talk about here. I seriously thought about not blogging it. I mean, come on! She just laid out all the secrets! Do I want others to see what I’m doing behind the scenes to make this place amazing, or do I want them to just be amazed at all my skillz?

Well that’s just silly, is what I’ve come to decide. Of course. It’s a gold mine of tips. I can’t keep that under my hat! Admittedly, my hat isn’t very big right now. And maybe my hat isn’t even the kind of hat that you, dear reader, are interested in looking at. But I’m sharing, anyway.

I also thought of Seth Godin. In his many marketing pieces, he speaks about standards. If everyone has higher standards, think about how much harder the awesome ones would have to work to stay on top. Think of what amazing things we would have then if we didn’t always just settle for “good enough”.

It’s going to be incredible.

So if you are of a mind to take your blog into high gear, Erica has got you covered. It’s a very quick 62 pages, and actually incredibly readable on your friendly iTouch/iPhone.