How to Start a Blog that Actually Makes Money – For Beginners In 2021
Why you should not start with a Free Blog?
In the event that you are in disarray or heard from some place that beginning a blog is free, at that point I will require only a couple minutes of yours to disclose to you it's truly not.
There are destinations like Blogger, Wix, WordPress.com, and others that give you a free blog yet a free blog has numerous constraints.
1. Your blog will be facilitated on a subdomain like yourname.blogspot.com or yourname.wix.com which become extensive and hard to peruse yet not short and simple like yourblog.com.
2. Your customers, your sponsors and in particular your perusers don't view you appropriately.
3. There are numerous impediments to plan and adapt your free blog.
4. All your substance are at last constrained by the free contributing to a blog stage. You can't do anything in the event that they erase your substance or even free blog.
These are the issues with a free publishing content to a blog stage like Blogger, Wix and even WordPress.com, and so forth
Likewise, I know many bloggers who began from the free stage, when they needed to move from free to the paid stage (after they got some reaction), and that it was so bulky to move.
Furthermore, the moving issue, yet they likewise lost the crowd, traffic and income in moving from Free to their self-facilitated Blog.
Along these lines, I suggest you a paid blog with WordPress.org with an entirely dependable web have.
Additionally, it doesn't cost more than $75 for a year.
It's an ideal opportunity to begin your blog…
How to Start a blog
Here are the 6 simple steps that will help you in starting your blog.
- Choose a Blogging Platform
- How to Select a Domain Name
- Select Host for Your Blog
- Setup Your Blog
- Design Your Blog
- Start Making Money with Your Blog
1. Choosing a Blogging Platform
There are various writing for a blog stages like WordPress, Blogger, TypePad, Wix, Joomla, Drupal and so on However, WordPress.org is the most significant publishing content to a blog stage from the most recent couple of years due to numerous valid justifications.
90% of the multitude of websites on the planet including my online journals make money online utilizes WordPress. This itself is the motivation to pick WordPress for your blog.
We should check more reasons why:
1. It's Free
2. Making a blog utilizing WordPress is exceptionally simple.
3. You can plan practically any sort of site with the assistance of 5000 free and paid WordPress subjects.
4. It offers 50,000 free modules that make your blog extremely quick and productive.
5. You can discover help on practically any point on WordPress Forum or different websites.
Here I am discussing WordPress.org and not free writing for a blog stage WordPress.com.
WordPress.org is a product and its free. You need to purchase a space and facilitating for utilizing this WordPress.org stage.
2. How to Select a Domain Name
Pick your space name astutely. remakemoneyonline is the name of my area and anybody can comprehend this blog is something about Money.
Another significant thing about these spaces is that they are not difficult to articulate and recollect.
So you pick a space name so that individuals can comprehend the subject of your blog from the actual name.
In the event that you need to begin a cooking blog, the name should be identified with cooking, assuming a games blog, something identified with sport, in the event that its identified with innovation, some tech-related name.
Like email address, it's trying to get an area name of your decision, so you need to set up a rundown and afterward check the accessibility.
From the accessible areas, you can finish the best.
You can discover numerous area augmentations other than '.com'. The vast majority of the other basic area expansions are .organization, .net, .co.uk, .co.in, .data and so forth You can check all at the hour of space booking.
3. Select Host for Your Blog
As I advised you, WordPress.org is only a product. You can't make your blog utilizing just programming. You need a web facilitating space where you can introduce WordPress programming.
Actually like you need space in your portable and PC to store and see your documents, pictures, and recordings, you need web facilitating to store the substance of your blog, pictures and recordings.
You need to purchase a web facilitating to utilize your own space name and to make it open to the world.
I have made many websites over the most recent 8 years, and I have utilized and experienced practically all the web facilitating suppliers.
One of most dependable facilitating I found is from Bluehost.
Indeed, even WordPress.org and other top bloggers suggest www.bluehost.com.
4. Setup Your Blog
Just visit www.bluehost.com, and you will find screen something like this.
You may find something different but it will be similar so it won’t be difficult for you to understand where to begin. Click on “Get Started Now” button. You then visit the hosting plan page.
1. Choose Your hosting plan
There are 3 sorts of plan. On the off chance that you are intending to begin just 1 blog, 'fundamental' is adequate for you however assuming you need to make more sites in future, you can pick 'Prime' since you can utilize different websites in the equivalent facilitating. You even get Domain Privacy for nothing.
Click on Select to choose your plan.
2. Type Your Domain Name
Next it request that you type your area name. I have effectively examined above how to pick the space name for your blog. Assuming you have something as a main priority, enter it in 'new space' and check for accessibility.
For instance, I need to make a business blog for my Digital Marketing Course. After so numerous preliminary, I finish my space name 'DigitalMarketingCourseinMumbai.com'.
You can attempt various names for your area and on the off chance that your conclude a space, click "Next".
Assuming you have a current area with another space enlistment center, you can utilize that with Bluehost facilitating. You can type that space name in the "I have an area name" field and Click 'Next'. At that point update the name worker of your space with the one given by Bluehost.
There are numerous space expansions other than .com. It's not important to utilize '.com' area augmentation as it were. You can attempt different expansions like .net, .organization, .data and others as demonstrated in the picture above.
Assuming you need to pick your space name later, click on "Pick Later" connection and afterward pick your area later from your Bluehost account dashboard.
3. Complete Signup Process
Subsequent stage in beginning a blog is finishing your enrollment. You need to put your data and different customs.
You can information exchange with your Google account or enter your data as demonstrated in the picture beneath.
4. Choose your plan
Next, choose your plan. I recommend you to buy for 36 months because you get the lowest rate of $2.95 per month if you choose for 36 months.
If you buy for 12 months, then the price is $4.95 per month.
You will get 'How about we Encrypt SSL' free for all plans. SSL will make your site from 'http' to 'https'. At the point when individuals visit your webpage, their program reveals to them that this is a gotten site. This forms trust among your perusers.
You don't have to purchase SiteLock Security, Codegurad Basic and Bluehost SEO Tools. Just untick all the checkboxes so you can see the complete cost.
You can purchase 'Area Privacy Protection' which assist you with shielding you from Spammers. On the off chance that you don't need that, untick that too.
For few fortunate individuals, Bluehost give the proposal of $2.65 each month for a three years plan. Attempt to take your mouse pointer outside the program and check whether you get that offer.
I strongly prescribe you to snatch that offer promptly in light of the fact that you likewise get 'Free Domain Privacy'.
5. Place order to start your blog
Next, scroll down and enter your credit card details. You can also pay by your PayPal account. Choose whatever suitable for you.
At that point tick the checkbox of 'Terms of Service' catch and snap on 'Submit' catch to finish the request.
You at that point visit the following page where Bluehost invite you for buying the facilitating towards the initial step start your blog.
6. Create your password
Now click on the green button to create your password.
Create a strong password. Bluehost will suggest you if your password is weak.
Click ‘Next’ button.
On the next page, you will be asked to choose a theme for your blog.
If you like any theme for your blog, you can choose now, otherwise, click on ‘Skip’ button at the bottom to choose your theme later.
You are taken to the next page as shown below in the image-
Bluehost have your blog on a brief space for 12-24 hours in the event that you had picked your area name as clarified above in sync 2.
Regardless of whether you had chosen 'Pick Later,' even around there, your blog will be facilitated on a brief area, and when you book your space later, it consequently eliminates the impermanent space and adds your own picked area.
Presently you can begin making your blog.
Here you can either go straightforwardly to your WordPress blog dashboard by tapping on 'Begin Building' or go to your Bluehost account by clicking 'go to my Bluehost account'.
Your Bluehost account dashboard resembles this-
You can login to your WordPress account of your blog directly from this page.
Now we will see next important part of starting your blog.
5. Design Your Blog
You need to do some of the most important things immediately after creating your blog.
1. Complete WHOIS verification
On the off chance that you picked another space in sync 2 'Type Your Domain Name' above, at that point you will get a WHOIS Verification email. Open your email and snap on "Check Your Email" connection to initiate your area.
At that point sign in to WordPress account by tapping on "Sign in to WordPress" from your Bluehost account. Watch this video to comprehend your WordPress Admin Dashboard.
After login you will discover WordPress dashboard like this. It ask you Business or Personal site. Simply click on 'I don't help connect' as demonstrated in the picture.
Allude this picture to do different things identified with your blog arrangement.
2. Create a new user with Administrator Role
This is the main thing to do subsequent to beginning a blog. At the point when Bluehost introduces WordPress on your facilitating, it gives you the default username 'administrator' which isn't acceptable. Spammers and programmers can assault your blog with spam and malware.
You need to change this with solid username and secret key.
There is no arrangement to change the username in WordPress. You need to make another client and erase the default client 'administrator'.
Snap on 'Clients' as demonstrated in the picture and afterward 'Add New'.
1. Enter the subtleties of the new client. Username, Email, First and Last Name.
2. Snap on 'Show secret key' to see the secret phrase of your WordPress blog. In the event that you need, you can change.
3. Pick Role as 'Head'.
Find here the subtleties of your WordPress blog account.
WordPress Login URL: https://YourDomain.com/wp-administrator (supplant YourDomain with your area name)
Username and Password will be as given in the above advances.
Presently logout of your WordPress account and login again with new username and secret phrase utilizing the above login URL interface.
Again go to 'Clients >All Users'.
Select 'administrator' client and erase this or change the job to 'Supporter'.
3. Install a theme after starting your blog
You need to introduce or change your subject when you start a blog. There are a large number of free and paid subjects given by a great many designers. A subject will change the general plan, style, and design of your blog.
You can tap on 'Appearance – > Themes – > WordPress.org Themes' to discover free subjects given by WordPress.
Do a few tests with the free topics and check which one you like the most. Picked a responsive topic so it will be viable with the cell phone.
There are many premium topics outside WordPress given by various organizations. My number one topic is Genesis given by StudioPress. Premium subjects have more highlights and simple to alter.
4. Install important plugins
WordPress modules resemble applications that permit you to add new highlights and usefulness to your WordPress blog. You should introduce some fundamental modules for making your blog.
Snap on ''Plugins – > Add New' and look for these modules to introduce and initiate.
1. Yoast SEO: One of the best module for on-page SEO and different things like making a sitemap.
2. JetPack Plugin: Already introduced by Bluehost. You click on JetPack module and afterward click on Setup catch to arrangement this module. It's is a multipurpose module where you can add things like contact structure, share catches, site details and numerous different things.
3. Akismet Anti-Spam: This module will shield you from remark spammers. This module is as of now introduced by Bluehost. You need to initiate the module and go to the settings and afterward click "Get Your API Key" to get your free API Key free of charge to utilize this module.
4. WP Smush: Images are the extraordinary method to improve the nature of your posts, yet pictures take heaps of extra room and simultaneously hinder your blog. This module upgrades and packs your picture without decreasing the nature of your pictures. It brings about less capacity and quicker speed.
There are other modules that you can add like 'Contact Form 7', Google Analytics, Add to Any Share Button, WordFrence Security and so forth
5. Change the permalink
Permalink is a great way to create a clean & SEO friendly URL. Just click on Settings -> Permalink to change your settings. Just select the ‘Custom Structure’ and enter /%postname%/ in the text box and click the “Save Changes”.
6. Add your first post
It's an ideal opportunity to add your first blog entry. You should compose in any event 1000 word blog entry on your number one subject dependent on your blog. Pictures make your substance more appealing so add quality pictures in your post.
You can discover the pictures on destinations like Pixabay, Canva to use on your blog.
Snap on 'Posts – > Add New' to add your first post.
Add your title and substance with pictures and snap on "Distribute" catch to distribute the post.
Praise! You have distributed your first post in the wake of beginning your blog.
6. Start Making Money with Your Blog
Various individuals have distinctive motivation behind beginning a blog. Somebody may utilize this as a leisure activity or individual blog. Somebody may utilize this as a business blog. On the other hand, somebody needs to turn into an expert blogger like me.
Notwithstanding, bringing in cash with a blog is quite possibly the most well-known objectives to begin a blog.
Check here a portion of the salaries from my blog-
Affiliate income from ClixSense
Affiliate Income from Neobux
1. Write on Regular Basis
You should compose consistently subsequent to beginning your blog. Your posts ought to have fantastic exploration and unique thoughts where individuals can get something new. Individuals like and offer such substance.
Greater quality substance you like, more the traffic you can get.
2. Promote your blog
This is the main advance to get the traffic on your blog. Bringing in cash without traffic is troublesome. It requires some investment to get traffic on your blog.
There are numerous things you can never really traffic on your blog.
1. Learn SEO and carry out on-page and off-page SEO methods on your blog. This way you can get great traffic from Google.
2. Offer your substance on friendly locales like Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram, Pinterest and so forth
3. Compose remarks and visitor posts on different sites.
4. Make recordings and transfer on YouTube and other video sharing locales
3. Monetize your blog
This is a definitive point of each blogger in the wake of beginning a blog. There are number of approaches to bring in cash from a blog yet I will not suggest many.
I will keep it straightforward and recommend you only 2 different ways as a novice.
You can bring in cash with Google AdSense and Amazon.
Join with AdSense here (attempt solely after you get some traffic on your blog). Google shows advertisements on your blog like you see on this blog. At the point when a guest taps on any promotions, Google pays you.
Another astounding way is bringing in cash as Amazon partner.
Only information exchange with Amazon Associate USA or your country (accessible in every significant country). Login to your partner account and get a member interface for any item you need to advance through your blog.
At whatever point somebody goes to Amazon by tapping on the member connect on your blog and purchase something, you get 4% to 12% of the arranged sum from Amazon.
Try not to search for some other ways right now as you will get confounded and center more around bringing in cash as opposed to making your blog effective. Even following 7 years of writing for a blog, I lean toward AdSense and offshoot promoting to procure from my websites.
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I hope this guide is useful and it helped you to start your first blog. If you have any query, then you can ask through the comment or contact us page, and I will help you to start your blog and make it successful.
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