How To Start Your Own Blog

"A Complete Guide ON "How To Start A Blog"

     Do you want to start your own blog?...YES? here is a complete guide on "How to start your own blog"and "how to SEO" and "Earn money from it".

       Starting a new blog can be very confusing for many newbies because of lack of information about the blogging world.Two years ago when I started blogging, I Knew nothing about it.My friend suggested to use Blogger because its simple and easy to manage.So, from that day i started searching for "How To" guides on Google and I learnt alot in the first year, about blogging platforms, ways to earn money and how to stay away from scams.
      

        Here is a complete "step by step guide" for you based on my experience.I have divided it into "4 phases", some are long articles so i have just given a link here, by clicking the topic you will get to the desired article.

Phase#0 Some Info:   

• What is Blog ? What is Blogging ?

If you don't have much information about "what is a blog or blogging" and "whats the difference between blog and site" then before starting, read this short article.I have written the main points that you must know about blogging before starting your own blog....READ MORE "What is Blog? What is Blogging?"

Phase#1 Before getting started: 

• What are your interests and skills?

It all depends on your interests and skills, for example if someone suggested you to start a blog on finance because it will earn you money in future, BUT if you don't know much about finance then starting a blog based on that topic will be your first and last mistake.Because in the end its you who will have to do all the writing.

1. Get a paper and pen.
2. Write down your interests and skills.
3. Don't listen to others, its your interest that matter.

• How to choose a blog topic?

Choosing a blog topic is whole separate process. Many newbies ask other to help on what should be their blog about, which is a big mistake, as I have mentioned above that its your interest that matter.
You must read this article if you don't know "what should be your blog topic"....READ MORE "How to choose a blog topic"

• Selecting a Blogging platform.

After you successfully choose your blog topic then its turn to choose a blogging platform.The most popular blogging platform is definitely "WordPress" but its not the only best one, there are other well known platforms like "Blogger" and "Tumbler".Before starting to take a look at these options, you must answer a few questions:

1. Do you want your own domain or hosted?
2. Are you willing to pay or want a free platform?
3. Do you want be able to add custom plugins?

Keep the answers in your mind and take a look at the following information;

Blogger:

1. Free
2. Available for own domain, like "example.com" but you will have to pay and it needs some technical skills.
3. Very limited custom plugins.
4. 1GB storage.
5. 20-30 different themes(outlook or layout of your blog).
6. Hosting is provided.
7. It doesn't have the ability to make your posts appear under a specific category.

WordPress.com:

1. Free
2. Available for own domain, like "example.com" but you will have to pay and it "does not" required technical skills like Blogger.
3. 20 free plugins
4. 3GB storage.
5. 210 themes.
6. Hosting is provided.
7. It "does" have the ability to make your posts appear under a specific category.

Tumbler:

1. Free
2. Your own domain is possible.
3. Very limited custom plugins.
4. Unlimited storage.
5. Approximately 1000 themes.
6. Hosting is provided.
7. It "does" have the ability to make your posts appear under a specific category.

Phase#2 Getting started:   

• Pages you should add to your blog.

Pages(stand alone pages) have a great importance for your blog.A blog without *some important* pages doesn't give a good look to the viewers.Following are some important pages that you must add to your blog;

1. About
2. Contact us.
3. Disclaimer
4. Privacy policy
5. ....

Read More "Pages you should add to your blog", to learn why is it important to add the above pages to your blog.

LEARN "How to create a privacy policy for your blog". 

• How to make your blog look professional?

Adding the above pages will give a nice look to your blog but thats not enough, your blog need some more stuff to give it a professional look, like...

1. Use a simple template.
2. Blog template should not be too much fancy.
3. It should be user friendly.
4. Remove useless gadgets.
5. Add a Favicon...

                              

READ MORE "How to make your blog look professional"

• Writing your blog post

Congrats! most of your job is done.Now, your new blog needs "blood" and "soul", which is the content of the blog.Blog is nothing without the content or with very little content.Following are few tips that you should follow;

1. Post length should have atleast 500+ words.
2. Use images in the post.
3. Understand your audience.What they want to know about?What will interest them?
4. Impressive title
5. Write an introduction like what is the post(article about).
6. First organize the content then start writing.
7. SEO the content and blog.(It is described in phase 3 below)

Phase#3 Simple SEO tips:  {Click the titles to get to the articles}

• SEO Tips

5 simple SEO tips that you should apply to your blog.

• How to use keywords?

Before writing an article, do a little keyword research.It is a good SEO technique.Google adword is handy tool for it....Click the above title to get to the articles

• Image Optimization 

Many newbies don't know anything about image optimization.It is an important article that I would suggest you to read it must....Click the above title to get to the articles

• How to add meta tags in blogger?

Its very easy to add meta tags to blogger....

• How to post a link in a comment?

Phase#4 make money from your blog:  *Incomplete* {Click the titles to get to the articles}

• How to earn money blogging?
• Make money with adsense. *Not posted yet*

• Things to do before applying for adsense.

There are a few important things to check before applying for adsense.....READ "Things to do before applying for adsense"