A Blog is much similar to a mini-website.The name blog evolved from the
word 'web log'. Before you enter the world of blogs, it will be better
that you read my article about content writing.
source:- Originally taken from my knol article (google knol)
Selecting a Niche For Your Blog
This is the most important step which can be a deciding factor of your success as blogger.You should select a topic as per your area of interest, not based on the commercial interests.
It is important that the topic should be of your interest, if you want
to provide good quality content for your readers.To know more about
topic selection and tips, read my article Earn Money Online Through Content Writing.
Registering a Domain
You will need a top level domain in order to get fast approval of the ad programs and affiliate programs.
Ads and affiliate programs are major income sources of a blog.Top level
domains gives higher search engine visibility and ranking. You can make
use of a free domain registrar like co.cc or .tk. But now a days search engines are demoting these free domains so you better register a commercial domain like .com or .co or any other related to your region.
OR
Custom domains are very much required to retain your readers and subscribers when you change your host or platform. My advice is go for a commercial domain. It will only cost you about $7 a year.
Find a Host For Your Blog
The next step is to find a host for your blog who allows advertising.For that you can depend blogger. Blogger is free blog hosting service of google. Blogger
allows its users to create blogs and publish it on custom domains. That
is you can use the custom domain registered in above step with a blog
in blogger. Blogger is one of the worlds popular blogging platforms. It
is very easy to start blogging with Blogger.You don't need any knowledge in html or other technical expertise to use blogger.
- Go to blogger.com
- Sign up for an account if you don't have one
- Hit "create a blog" button to create a new blog after signing in.
- You will learn more as you go along. Take a tour through blogger features.
- You can watch blogger video tutorial if you want to learn blogger quick and easy.
OR
You can use other platforms like wordpress. But if you don't wanna pay for hosting then blogger will be the best choice.
If you are ready to purchase hosting then I would recommend setting up your blog with a free host first and then moving towards a paid host or upgrade your account to paid hosting account. Because it will take some time to put up hosts. A free account will be sufficient to handle your traffic at the initial stage of your blog. You can get free hosting in the link below.
Preparing Your Blog
- Setting up the blog to use custom domain
While creation of your blog you will be given a blogspot subdomain like yourblog.blogspot.com if you are using blogger.Now you have to configure your blogger blog to use the custom domain. This procedure is explained in this video.
- Posting on your blog
Write
posts as frequent as possible.Try to write at least one post per week
because posting frequency is a very important factor in generating
traffic and in keeping your current readers satisfied.
- Designing your blog
Design
your blog template is also important. Select a template which is
attractive and is suitable for your niche. Enable Feed subscription and
Email feed subscription by signing up on feedburner. Twitter is also a good tool for keeping your regular readers updated about new posts.
Monetization Of Your Blog
In-order to earn money from blogging you have to convert your visitors into money. For that you have to do any of the following.
- Sign up for an Ad Publisher Program
You have to sign up for one of the ad publisher programs as a primary means of earning money from your blog. Adsense
is the best one around.Blogger Provides in built support for Adsense.But dont expect to get approved by Adsense easily. Your blog
must be atleast 6 months old and should have good traffic inorder to get
adsense approval.So it will be wise to apply for an adsense account
only after 6 months.
You can sign up for publishers like Infolinks, Bidvertiser etc as an alternative option.
- Sign up for affiliate programs
You can sign up for affiliate programs like amazon affiliates
if you plan to sell or promote their goods like books DVDs etc. They
will pay you commission for each sales through your blog.A whole lot of
affiliate programs are there in the web. Just google them out.
Driving Traffic To Your Blog
Traffic
is the factor that decides how much you earn from your blog. Earnings
of your blog is directly linked to the traffic. So in-order to Earn money
from Blogging you must ensure good traffic to your blog.For that
- Advertise your blog well among your family and friends.
- Use social networking tools such as Twitter and Facebook for exposing your blog.
- Read other blogs with same niche and make relevant comments on them. This will increase your traffic considerably.
- You can make use of google adwords to purchase traffic to your site if you have money to spend on it.
GOOD LUCK !!
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