At some point, most blogging workflows stop being intentional and start being accidental.
Ideas sit in one place. Drafts live somewhere else. SEO notes are tracked separately. Images are saved, but not always where you expect. Publishing becomes less about writing and more about remembering where everything is.
That is not a creativity problem. It is a systems problem.
Blog HQ exists to solve that.
Why I Built Blog HQ
I did not need another place to write. I needed a system that could hold the entire blogging process without constant mental overhead.
I wanted to see, in one place:
- what I am writing now
- what is scheduled next
- what is still an idea
- what needs SEO work
- what is missing assets
- what is ready to publish
- what needs revisiting
Notion already runs most of my work. But my blog planning was fragmented. It lived across tools and half-systems that worked in isolation, but not together.
Blog HQ is the system I built to bring that work into one place, with structure that holds up over time.
What Blog HQ Does
Blog HQ is a Notion dashboard built around a single idea: you should not have to remember the state of your blog.
The database structure tracks that for you. You move a post forward, and the system updates around it. The dashboard surfaces what matters, when it matters.
You open it and see:
- what needs writing
- what needs editing
- what needs images
- what needs SEO attention
- what is ready to schedule
- what is overdue or outdated
There is no guessing, and no juggling between “should I write, plan, or promote today?”. The system makes the current state of your work visible.
That is the difference between a dashboard and a checklist.
Why This Works Better Than Most Blog Planners
Most blog planning systems fail in one of two ways.
Some are overbuilt. They assume you are running a full editorial team and require constant upkeep to stay usable.
Others are underbuilt. A calendar and a checkbox, with no sense of flow or progression.
Blog HQ sits in the middle.
It is structured, but not rigid.
It supports momentum without forcing a fixed process.
It handles the stages that matter, without pretending to cover every possible edge case.
You can customise it. You should customise it. A system that cannot adapt to how you work will not last.
Using Blog HQ in Practice
Once set up, Blog HQ becomes the place where your blog lives.
Ideas move into drafts. Drafts move toward publication. Published posts remain visible, searchable, and reviewable. Older content does not disappear, which makes refreshing and reworking posts easier.
You are not managing your blog in your head. The system holds the structure. You focus on the work.
Want to Start Smaller?
If you do not want the full dashboard yet, I have made the core Blog Post page available as a free template.
It includes:
- SEO planning
- image notes
- internal and external link ideas
- social sharing prompts
- a pre-publish checklist
This is the same page structure used inside Blog HQ, without the connected databases and dashboards. If you enjoy shaping your own systems, it gives you a solid foundation to build from.
👉 Get the free Blog Planning Template
A Blog Is a System, Whether You Treat It Like One or Not
Ideas lead to drafts. Drafts lead to publishing. Publishing leads to promotion. Promotion leads to insight. Insight shapes what you write next.
When those stages are scattered, blogging becomes harder than it needs to be.
Blog HQ makes that system visible and manageable. Not automated. Not outsourced. Just clear.
If Blog HQ sounds like what your process is missing, you can get the full system here:
👉 Get Blog HQ
You stay in control.
The system carries the structure.
Your work stops relying on memory.
That is the point.