You are on this page this means that you are interested in blogging
and you really want to bring something useful out of you. Now its
time to take your first step. Starting a blog is not as easy as
making a coffee for the first time. Actually its much more easy than
that.
Everything needs a proper planning. If you want to be a successful
blogger and want to make some handful money then you also need to
plan what you are going to blog about, whom you are targeting, what
you are promoting and some other similar things. Making it simple,
let's discuss it step by step.
Choose your Topic
This is the first step of your new blogging fantasy carrier. Once you
get sure about what you are going to deliver to your audience, it
will become easy to target your readers. You may ask yourself what
you are really interested about or in which field or profession you
are better than others. Because blogging is not like cracking nuts
with a hammer. You must make some magic to attract your audience. You
may choose any of your favorite topics like : Cooking, Health, Study,
Computers, Education, Sex and any other special interest.
Target Your Audience
Its the second and the another most important step. You must target a
niche group of audience. This is important because you must be
careful about your writing. You must prepare your strategies and blog
according to your readers. If once they start liking your content and
your writing then only you can think to be successful. So deeply
think about the Age, Sex, Hobbies, Marital Status, Income Level and
Geographical Area of your readers.
Choose your Blogging Platform
There are many blogging platform available in the market that
bloggers use but Wordpress is one of the most famous and widely used
platform. Wordpress provide both types of facilities Free and Paid
blogs. You can also go for the Blogger.com, a Google platform.
Blogger is free and you can easily setup your blog in very less time.
However, if you are a tech person and have some coding knowledge then
you can also design your own platform.
Decide Your Blog Type (Free or paid )
You can create both type of blogs Free and paid. If you want to go
for a free blog then it is possible and if you want to build up a
website or blog with a customize domain name then you have to
purchase domain and hosting for it.
Difference between Free and paid Blog
- If you choose to start a free blog then it will contain a name like “yourname.blogspot.com” or yourname.wordpress.com. But if you choose to start a paid blog then it will contain a name like yourname.com.
- There is a lack of themes and plugins on free blog but you can choose between hundred and thousands of theme if you go for a paid blog.
- In free blog, your blog could get deleted at any moment of time without warning, but if you have a paid blog then you are the owner of the site and you have all the rights regarding your blog.
- Free blogs normally don't allow you to earn money but with a paid blog you can make lots of money.
But as you are taking a fresh start and its your first blog, so you
can also go for a free blog. You have both the options open.
About Blogger.com
Blogger.com is a Google platform. Its free, light and easy to use
platform that you can use to start your blogging passion. You can set
up a blog through blogger in some simple steps and the good thing is,
when you get enough traffic you can also import your blog to
Wordpress. It means start with a free blog and become the owner of
the blog after some time. Through Blogger.com you will get a websites
address like yourname.blogspot.com, whereas you can also use a customdomain name to your blogger then your website address will get
changed to yourname.com.
So what are you waiting for? Get
started with blogger and bring visitors to your blog.
About Wordpress
Wordpress is the mostly used blogging platform and it provide both
types of features Free and Paid blogging. But if you choose for a
free Wordpress blog then it will contain the web address as
yourname.wordpress.com whereas you can also setup a paid blog with
your custom domain name and hosting service and you will get a
yourname.com web address.
About Domain and Hosting
For starting a paid blog first you will need a domain name and a
hosting service. Most of the hosting services has started providing
domain facilities too. So you can register a domain from any of your
favorite domain provider and buy hosting services or you may also
purchase both from the hosting provider. There are many hosting
companies out there that provide good hosting services on cheap
rates. I personally recommend BlueHost because it provides great
customer support and is also a very reliable company over the years.
I hope this article has helped you....
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