How to Start a Successful Blog: A Step-by-Step Guide

In the age of social media and video production era, if you think blogging is dead then you are not correct. Yes, YouTube and social media are growing, but that does not mean that people are only focusing on YouTube and social media.

One can scroll them for entertainment purposes and sometimes for any kind of information. But most often when anyone needs serious info, insights, and data, they prefer to search on Google. So if you have any thoughts on your mind about starting a blog, then we appreciate you. In that article we will deep down about blogging and writing articles.?

What is Blog

A blog is a kind of website that gives you information, data, and insights about any kind of topic. When you need any query or information and you search a keyword on Google. Google gives you some ranked websites. These websites educate you about some topics you need to know at that time. You find your topics in text form on the websites but there are also some images and videography for a better understanding of the topics.?

This kind of website is known as a blog. Blog post allows you to share some thoughts, data, and insights as an article on your websites.?

How to start a blog

After all, blogging is a business. You can monetize your blog website in the future when you will get enough traffic.

There are several steps to start blogging. Here we discuss 8 steps to start a blog.?

8 steps to start a blog?

• Find out a goal: As we say, blogging is a business. Before starting a blog you need to finalize a clear goal. It is a very important step to start a blog. Continue a blog for a long long time will be boring for you after a certain amount of time if you don’t get any earning source from this blog. So you should have a clear vision of how you will monetize your blog.?

• Determine your audience: Before you start blogging, make sure you have a clear understanding of your target audience. Find out your audience’s necessity. What do they want to know, which type of content do they prefer?Keep that in mind for your future steps to monetize your blog and research your audience.
• Select your niche: If you publish articles of varieties topics, you can not attract a proper audience. People won’t find your blog professional and they won’t come back again to your website. For that reason, your audience will drop, and will be difficult to rank on search engines. So choose your niche wisely, and also make your that you have a proper interest in your niche.

• Choose a domain name: Here you show some creativity and choose your domain name for your website. Make sure your domain name is connected to your blog niche. Your domain name must be memorable and easy to spell so that your audience can get back to your site when they need to know any kind of information relevant to your niche.?
• Pick a CMS and build your site: Here let’s talk about building your blog site. You need wisely choose a CMS (Content Management System) to build your website. Many CMS are available in the market to choose from. But at present, I recommend using WordPress for your site. WordPress will provide you with cPanel which is easy to use and you don’t need any technical coding knowledge to handle it.??

• Design a perfect theme: Choosing a perfect theme is a crucial step in starting a blog. You need to be creative and have some basic design knowledge to understand what kind of theme will be perfect for your blog site. I go through some hard moments while choosing themes for my sites.?There are many free and paid theme templates available. My suggestion will be that you select a paid and professional-looking theme for blogging and consider it as a proper business.?
• Customize your blog site: You have managed your domain and hoisting. Also, bought a professional theme for your site. Now give a professional look to your website. Use the cPanel of WordPress, to connect your theme and build a perfect website for your blogging journey.

• Write down your first article: Now is the time to write your very first post on your blog. It is very important to ensure your content must me qualityful. Always keep your audience in mind and try to solve their problem with your content.?

So, in the article, I have discussed about blogging. Blogging can be a promising career you can start. But from blogging it takes a quiet time to start earning.?

You also can take this career as a side hustle like me. Giving enough time to blogging can generate a passive income source for you.?

In some next articles, I will discuss earning opportunities by blogging and how to market & SEO your articles to reach more audiences.?

I can ensure you are already in the industry and have a blogging site. Need content writing & SEO services?

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