Blogging has grown so much in the past years. More and more blogs are created now than 10 years ago. It is then easier now to make money on a blog post or website from scratch than before.
Most people who make blogs write about their personal experience and skills they learned and acquired (the so-called personal blog). That’s why it is more personal than news website.
Some people also want to create extra money from making blog through affiliate marketing and advertisement posted in their site. For example, many blogs are discussing topic related to make money online and just writing about passive income ideas.
The such how to make extra money is one of the most searched words in the Internet these days, because many people are looking for ways on how to earn extra money apart from their day job.
Basically, there is much information you can get from the Internet on how to start your journey on how to make money online.
Blogging is one sure and proven way to make money online. A blog is a website that is usually updated regularly by the blogger. The “blog” word comes from the combination of “web” and “log”. I have been blogging for more than 8 years now.
So let’s get started on how to start your own blog and afterwards, make money from it. Here are the 10 steps you should take.
1. Choose a Profitable Niche or Topic
A niche is what your blog is all about. It is the main topic of your blog. For example, the niche of my first blog is personal finance. My blog’s name is “Learn Financial Education”. You can blog anything you like and what interested you the most.
Some niches or topics are more profitable than other niches simply because more people are searching for those topics. For example, if you blog about “eagles”, only few people maybe searching for that topic and hence less traffic for your blog. Lesser traffic to your blog means lower earning.
Therefore, it is very important to think what niche you should start. I would suggest you start in the things you know or the topic related to your job. For example, if you’re an accountant, you can start a blog about banking and economy-related niche. It is easier to start in what you already know.
2. Think of a good domain name related to your niche
A domain name is the name of the blog or website you type in the address bar of Google Chrome and Firefox browsers. A good example of domain name is www.facebook.com and www.google.com.
Your domain name is very important. Think of a domain name that can be easily remembered. As much as possible, it should be short as possible and don’t use special characters in your domain name like hyphen, ampersand and others.
Only use letters as much as possible. The dot com domain is the most popular and easy to remember so I suggest using it when registering your domain name. As an example, your blog should have this domain name: www.yourblogname.com
However, if you cannot find the exact .com name, you can try the .net or .org domain. As an example, www.yourblogname.net or www.yourblogname.org
3. Buy a domain name and web hosting
Domain name is the address site of your website or blog, for example, www.google.com. Web hosting is where your website or blog is located or housed. You need both to start your blog and make it accessible via the Internet. You may buy both at the same time or separately.
You can register a domain name without buying a web hosting. Normally, it will cost around $10-15. My recommendation is NameCheap and GoDaddy. However, I would suggest buying both (domain name+ web hosting) as a package because it is cheaper than buying it separately.
There are many cheap web hosting companies that offer both domain registration and web hosting at the same time. I am using Just Host and Blue Host as my domain name registration and web hosting companies. Just Host has one of the cheapest prices for hosting and domain registration.
4. Setup your blog to WordPress platform
WordPress (WP) is the most popular blogging platform and website-builder software today. It has many features you can easily use for building your own blog. WordPress provides plenty of plug-ins that can help you to set up your blog or website easily.
A plug-in is very similar to a Smartphone application which you can use to make certain activities easier. If you are newbie in blogging, WordPress should be definitely your starting point.
Using WP, you can choose different blog’s theme and create the overall appearance of your website.
If you don’t know HTML code or computer programming, WP is the best platform you’ll ever need because it requires no HTML editing or any complicated code. For more details about WP, you can visit their website here.
5. Research for highly searched keywords related to your niche
What is keyword? Keywords are the words usually search by people when using search engines like Google and Yahoo. Keyword is very important for the overall success of your blog.
As much as possible, when you write a topic for your blog, you should use these keywords so that there will be a higher chance that your post will be seen in the search results of major search engines.
However, in the beginning of your blog, you can write anything you want so you’ll be more confident about what you write. You can focus on keyword research at the latter part when you have already master how to write a good post.
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