How to start a successful blog in 2021: step by step guide
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Around the world , blogging is getting more and more popularity among people .Do you notice why it is so much popular ? The answer is it's career scope as people take it as a future career and can earn more than they think . So to make their future they are curious about what is a blog and how to start it …… Don 't worry , here is a step by step guide that make blog easy for you
Steps Involved :
Basic steps Involved in easy blogging are so simple but need some hard work and research.Lets start it
Choose a Niche
Choose a Platform
Choose Domain and Hosting
Create Account on WordPress & Blogger
Write your first post
Marketing and promoting
Monetizing the blog
Choose A Niche
To start and run a successful blog, the very first step is to select the right Niche
Niche : It is basically a wide topic under which a
person write multiple posts for blog
Example:
Most popular Niche lie under following categories
Health blog
Fashion blog
Food blog
Technology blog
Money blog
Affiliate marketing blog
Parenting blog
Lifestyle blog
Digital marketing
Steps to choose a Niche :
Select a field as mentioned above on which you have more interest and passion.Also selected field have some commercial intent i.e Niche should be profitable
Check the competition on selected topic , whether it's in demand , whether people like to read it or not ? Moreover whether it has a chance to rank in google or other engines. Wait, Are you thinking how to check competition….? The competition is analyzed by selecting the specific keyword of your Niche and then used the tools ahrefs ubersuggest,google keyword planner.
Choose A Platform:
After finalizing your Niche, next step is to select the platform where to start your journey. Major platforms are WordPress , Blogger, Tumblr,Medium
According to Internet live stats, blogging platform show their stats in terms of usage and traffic
WordPress 75million sites
Blogger 657,000 blogs
Tumblr 510 millions blog
Hence , most popular platform in the world is WordPress, engaging 30% of all websites
Choose Domain And Hosting:
Before going ahead , you have to decide whether to pay for your blog to get domain and Hosting or to grab a free one.Blogger is the platform that offers both domain and Hosting at FREE. It's perfect for those , who are at beginning level
I think you are getting confused in what is domain and what is Hosting ……? Does it . ?Don't bother, it's just simple
Domain: The domain is basically the URL of your blog or website e.g
Facebook.com
YouTube.com
Google.com
Hosting:The hosting is basically a company that puts your websites on the internet where everyone can see it.
Best hosting companies : popular hosting companies are
In nutshell, if you want to give your blog more professional look , you have to make some investment of purchasing domain and hosting.In Self hosted blogs, you are the real owner of blog .self hosted website ends with direct .com, .org,.net etc
Difference between self hosted and free website address
self hosted : www.bluehost.com
Free domain : www.healthblog.wordpress.com
Create Account on WordPress & Blogger
Now ,you are near to your blogging empire.There are 2 ways to create account both on blogger and WordPress
Free way
Paid way
Free way : free Domain and hosting
When a person is at beginning level of starting blog, he is reluctant to make investment.He find some free way to start.so here we tell you free method of creating account
Blogger and WordPress offer free account creation .However , WordPress also offer paid plan of basic , premium.
Steps Involved :
,* Go to the home page of blogger
* Click : creat your blog
Sign up with Gmail I'd and make account
"Creat new blog " pop up
When you click on "creat new blog ", a menu bar open with
Title: select your niche
Address : here free domain is assigned
Theme: select desire theme of choice
Click creat a blog
Congratulations, a blog is ready now.
Go to blog page
Make essential setting for SEO
START…...
Paid way : self hosting
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Let suppose , you are ready to purchase domain and hosting.Want to create account at word press with self hosting ???
Step by step guide :
Suppose you select blue host company for making account on WordPress
Go to home page of bluehost
Click get started now
Select hosting plan of basic , premium ,advance
Set up your domain name
Complete Registration process
Give Payment information of purchased plan
Bluehost send you email to activate your account.
Activate Account :
Click create your account
Enter password
Click on go to log in
Fill in the field of email or domain
Congrats, your WordPress account is created.Now install the theme and plugins to the website.
Write First post :
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When you have completed the overall framework of blog , it's time to write a compelling post content as content is the king
Tips to write content :
In order to get best result while writing post , follow some tips :
Use attractive title
Use 2_3 sentences in paragraph
Use keywords evenly
Use copyright free images
Use content related videos
Write post of atleasts 2000+
Make backlinks
Spend time on average of 4_6 hours
Marketing And Promotion:
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When you have completed the task of writing a post , the next step is it's Marketing and Promotion. Marketing makes your blog viral around all circles.
Let's look into some marketing and promoting activities:
Submit your blog to Google search console to index it
Submit blog on social networks like Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest etc
Submit your post as guest blog
Promote blog by email marketing
Commenting on relevant blogs of yours to establish relationship
Make your friends to know about it and share your blog in their social timeline.
Monetize the blog :
2020 study of blogging industry shows that 59.81% of bloggers make money through blogging. But you are thinking how to monetize it ?
Let's choose option to monetize the blog :
Writing and Selling E.books to book reading platform like Amazon Kindle
Enrolling in multiple Affiliate programs of famous websites like www.amazon.com , www.digistore24.com ,www.clickbank.com
Google Adsense program,you can run ads on your blog via Google Adsense
Whatever monetizing channel you adopt, you will get earned but need some passions.
Conclusion :
After reading this guide , you will be able to start a blog even though you have no knowledge before it and you will be self employed at all .
Enjoy to start a blog 😉
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