start by having a niche along with some pillar posts that talk about your core content in depth, with two or three article being enough for this purpose. you should then creat additional content base on these links to show google what your site structure looks like.
I would do keyword research as well as publish exceptional content in order to get the most "juice" out of search engines.
I'll Spend mostt of my time on niche and keyword research first.
When starting a new blog, i usually focus on valuable content, that's the beginning and the long-term goal for building my personal blog.
