In a perfect World, we?d all live forever, or at least get a two week?s notice before we have to check out but reality isn?t always that kind. What happens to your blog, your income, and your content? Who pays the expenses or receives the profits? Are you concerned with your digital afterlife? Let?s look at a couple of after-death considerations?
Note: I can?t go into legal issues, wills and trusts because I?m not qualified as a legal expert ? not even close. Legal counsel may be advised or required for your blogging afterlife and probably will be for most online business. Note to self? do a post like this next?halloween. 
Your Wishes
Ultimately, it all boils down to what you want for your blog and digital afterlife after you pass away. If you want everything to die with you and you don?t care if anyone is informed, there?s not much to worry about. If you want a loved one to take over or even sell everything and close loose ends, there?s a lot of preparation needed. Don?t wait to the last minute, which might be too late. If you want to live on forever as your rock star self, you have a lot ahead of you before you die.
Your Loved Ones
Can you imagine losing someone that expressed their thoughts and dreams with social media on a regular bases and you?re instantly locked out of those last remaining remnants you cherish? Or, perhaps worse, hurtful content that you are unable to remove? Now turn the tables and think of which side of the fence your family and friends will be on. You can read a great piece on Mashable that looks at issues like these.
Passwords And Account Access
Access is probably the key to an online business continuing on after you pass. The complexity of our blogging business alone would make it a nightmare for your beneficiaries to legally take control. Add in social media and support services and things can get very complicated. Every company has their own policies and by the time legal access was attained, your blog, and income, will have suffered. Here are a few things to consider:
Blog And Website Hosting
Is your blog using paid hosting? If so, how will that bill be paid if you want your hosting to continue. If you have a family member or executer handle details like this, they?ll need some pretty detailed instructions.
Domain Registrations
I tend to renew my main domains for five years at a time. Is there a plan for automatic renew after you pass? Even if there is, is it setup with a credit card? Will those payments continue to be paid? If you?re using a debit card attached to a back account, even if the balance is sustainable from the auto-deposited profits, there?s an expiration date on those as well.
Social Media
What happens to your online social life after death? You live on forever? Social sites have different policies for dead people and others haven?t even addresses the issue. For example, Facebook allows either closing the account or memorializing the account of a deceased person. This will halt any future growth or access to your account. Do you have business pages on Facebook that should be sold or transferred before the lock is clamped shut? Perhaps a trustworthy family member or friend will be a better solution? If so, just remember access and instruction. You can see the current?policies?of the more popular social media sites on?Death and the Internet.
Automatic Payments
Bills on auto-pay can help your business grow after your demise but it can also eat away at profits if someone isn?t in control. There are probably monthly promotional expenses, for example, that you won?t need. You probably won?t be doing much keyword research from the grave so why keep allowing that expense to be taken from your PayPal or bank account??As I mentioned above, credit and debit cards have expiration dates and new ones need reactivation.
It?s tough to handle everything alone, especially when you?re dead.?TWEET THIS
PayPal And Bank Accounts
That brings us to your finance accounts. Does anyone have immediate access with detailed instructions? Have you setup proper beneficiaries? Do they even know these accounts even exist? What are your financial institution?s policies?
Digital Estate Planning
There are several online services that help in your?digital afterlife planning; everything from websites that send an?automatic?email after you die (I actually planned a site like this with my brother years ago) to complete?digital estate planning services.
What About YOUR Blog?s Afterlife
Here?s a tough one; if your blog does stay up, does anyone announce your untimely death? If someone takes over for you, do they keep you living on forever or replace you? Will your blog be a memorial like many of the Facebook accounts or should it just die off with the blogger? Should all content simply stop, because you did, or should it be published by a ghost writer? sorry, I just had to go there. LOL
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