HOW TO START A BLOG?
How to start a blog? Starting a blog is rather easy then it may seem, in fact a blog can be launched in just the same time that you take to have your breakfast - yes you have read it right - a blog can be created and launched in just five minutes. But there are certain things you must know before you create or start a blog - to make your blogging journey smooth or to have a good blog. In this post I will highlight the steps or rather the preparations that you must take to start a blog. For those who want to make money form their blogs (I hope that is the purpose for most of you) it becomes more important for them to know these steps because starting a blog is easy (in fact cakewalk) but creating a good and interesting blog needs a good amount of planning before you start specially if you want to start earning from it.
STEPS TO START A BLOG - I give below the steps I think one must go through to start a great blog. Some of the steps would require you to go back to some of my previous posts for a better understanding of the steps.
- Draw a picture in your mind - You must have already visited many blogs and must have liked them in one way or the other before deciding to create a blog for yourself. You must have already made a picture about having your own blog, its look and feel in your mind - as I think this is an important step towards starting anything - we all think and dream (may be!) about a thing before starting to build it because mental planning and preparation is the starting point to anything made by humans. The picture you have in your mind will guide you greatly.
- Know what a blog is? - I have already discussed this topic - What Is A Blog? - in one of my previous posts in details, so please go through it. A proper understanding of "what a blog is?" will make you understand what all you can do with a blog.
- Choose what to blog about? - This is one of the most important step to start a unique blog. There are many simple things to consider before you choose a topic or subject for your blog for example your interest and depth in the topic, your comfort level, what are the topics people search for, what is the search volume of the topic you are interested in, what is the competition level for the topic that you choose and etc. I have discussed about all the points that are to be taken care of in my post - How To Choose The Right Topic For Your Blog? - please read the post as this step is the one which can make or break your blog.
- Choose a Domain Name for your blog - Domain name is your blog's address or URL(Uniform Resource Locator) so you got to choose it with care. Go to my post - How To Choose A Domain Name? - to know the details of the things that you got to consider while choosing a domain name for your blog.
- Choose the right blogging platform - There are many blogging platforms available some for free, some for a small fee and some with a combination of both - all these options have both pros and cons and you would have to choose one according to your need and pocket. You can have a detailed discussion on choosing the right blogging platform in my post - How To Choose The Right Blogging Platform?, in which I have discussed all the options and their pros and cons in details that will help you in choosing the right blogging platform. I have also given the links to all relevant resources to get you jump start your blog. So please go through the post.
- Choose a Title for your blog - Your Blog Title is the identity or the name of your blog - it tells people what your blog is about at a glance so again some caution is advised. My post - How To Choose Your Blog Title?, has described all such angles that are to be looked after to get a better blog title for your blog.
- All is set - Now you have everything ready and its time to start writing your first post - you may put a "Welcome message" in your first post or may start with an unique post on your chosen niche to start showing your expertise right away.
Do not forget to leave your comments or suggestions as I do need them to make my blog a better place for you to spend some of your valuable time.
40 comments:
i am starting a blog thanks for the guidelines.
Nice tutorial, thanks for sharing.
Hi!! nice post!!
I definitely have to say - a paid, self-hosted blog is the way to go. It is always annoying having to tell your friends "yea, my blog is at ...blogspot.com or ...wordpress.com". It really isn't that impressive if you can’t OWN your blog.
I have setup well over 30 blogs by now and have gone through the technical setup process so many times I could do it in my sleep : ). If you would like me to set it up for ya, I do it for free.
Happy Blogging!
- John
Thumbs up to you. Useful information, you have worked a lot on this :-)
Cool tutorial dude
Awesome post man , carry on
Nice post . Will follow your tricks
It was a good read, very informative for newbie like me..as i am looking to start something from home..i have also find a good post about it how to start a blog and i have bookmarked your blog for future reference.
Hi,
Your articles is very helpful for a starter. I wonder where can I get more articles for intermediate blogger?
Cheers
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I'm thinking I would really like to start a blog. How do you get hits? How do you get advertisers? How and when exactly do you make the $$$$? I have a wonderful idea for a blog and I really want to do it right. I've seen many blogs on the topic I'd like to focus on and I've never seen so many typos and grammatical errors in my life. Thanks for the tutorial. B
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After ready the steps in your article, I realized that some of my new blogs did not follow exactly those steps.
No wonder some of my blog cannot get listed high in google.
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I find this article has cover all the essential steps to start a blog. For a while, I thought it is too brief until I click on the link example "How to Choose a Domain name" which you have more elaboration about the subject. This cover a more complete picture.
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If you want to start blogging for free but don't know how - read some Blogging ABCs here. It's a good place to start for beginners -
http://ninjarabbits.blogspot.com/2010/06/blogging-blogs-for-free-abcs.html
I have started a blog several months ago but not getting much traffic.
I go through all your 7 pointer but could not get any tips
Can you help?
thanks
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Thx for the advices. I'll read this again for my next blog !
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Yeah I agree that you have to own your own blog, and having a blog with blogspot or wordpress is pretty worthless if you are trying to do anything significant with your site.
Great post! Thank You for the info.
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Nice effort, very informative, this will help me to complete my task.
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I think choosing what to write about is a hugely important part. If you are not interested in it than you probably won't keep it up.
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After doing above steps, it is very important having a unique article ready for your front page. It's important for it to be unique so that readers won't neglect it. Your blog will be visited more that droves more traffic.
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For me, first to do when starting a blog is you should identify first some interesting topic that people will highly search. Find out what's the most trending product that people would like to buy or find out. That's the significant part of starting a blog.
Great tips - thanks for helping with these good pointers on starting a successful blog.
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