This infographic provides a great overview of the thought processes and steps every blogger should take when creating a new post, including:

• Know Your Business Goals
• Know Your Audience
• Plan Your Content Strategy
• Design & Usability
• Content & Readability
• Search Engine Optimization
• Encourage Engagement
• After You Post

Infographic created by http://www.thewholebraingroup.com. 

What do you think? Any blogging requirements missing?

The Social Network Google+ does something all other other social media platforms don't - you can format your posts to include style. The following infographic provides some direction on how to do perform some basic formatting to help your posts stand out.

Summary of Google+ Formatting

Bold

In order to make any word(s) appear bold, enclose them with * like this: I want to make *these words* bold.

Italic

In order to make any word(s) appear italicised, enclose them with _ like this: I want to make _these words_ italic.