How to become blogger?

 

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Want to start a blog and make a career as a blogger?

Yeah! It’s possible to do both at the same time! After all, what’s better than following your passion and making passive income along? People start blogging for many reasons, and some of the most popular once are:·         Sharing the new learning’s·         Documenting your thoughts·         Passive income and making money·     Free gadgets and stuff for review·         Free travel Or Yours could be one of the above, or some other reasons, either way; blogging could help you achieve your goal. So, without further delay, let’s learn how you can start a blog today. A few things: This is a detailed guide with some theory and practical knowledge. A bit of reading and a bit of following steps to start your blog. This is just one thing you need before we start:·         The name of your domain. Note: You can always change your domain name in the future if you like. In this guide, you will find answers to all these questions and will be able to start a blog. Here are the steps to start a blog:1.   Step 1: Picking the blog topic2.   Step 2: Select the blogging platform3.   Step 3: Pick a domain name & hosting for your blog4.   Step 4: Install Word Press on the blog (Tutorial is given below)5.   Step 5: Setup the design of the blog6.   Step 6: Install the best Word Press plug-in7.   Step 7: Write your first blog post8.   Step 8: Share your write-up with the world9.   Step 9: Monetize your blog10.                      Step 10: Drive traffic and gain more exposure Note: To make it easier for you to take action, I’m suggesting only those options in terms of platform, hosting which are working for everyone. How to Start a Blog from Scratch and with No Experience This blog creation guide is created for users like you who are just starting out and knows a little or nothing about blogging. Within the next few minutes, you will have your blog up and running.

Step 1: Select the Blogging Platform

The first answer you should have is where should you create your blog? There are many blogging platforms out there, and people have different opinions about each of them. Most of the Bloggers start blogging on the Word Press platform. Word Press is popular because it’s easy to use. Here is an interesting fact: 37% of the websites in the world is powered by Word Press. Once you have crossed the testing period, you are ready to do something more meaningful. Get a Word Press blog, and don’t confuse yourself with WordPress.com and self-hosted Word Press -blog. A self-hosted Word Press blog (WordPress.org) is what you need. Read: 

Step 2: What your blog is about? (Niche)

The very first thing you need to do is find the niche of your blog. By niche, I mean finding a topic that your blog is going to be about. I hope you don’t plan to blog about every random thing and make money. This doesn’t work in 2020 and your chances of success are better when you blog on a single topic. You might be a jack of all trades, and want to start a blog on multiple topics, but it will not be fruitful, as people like to subscribe to a blog, which is an authority on a particular topic. Moreover, Google which is the biggest search engine prefers a website which is built on a single topic. For example, Shout Me Loud topic is “blogging,” and that’s how you found us. Now, the big question is How to find the topic of your blog? Here are a few tips that will help you to get started:·          Find a topic that you know better than anyone else. It doesn’t have to be the job you are doing, and it could be anything. Try to think about the topic that you most like to talk about, and you can comfortably talk about it for hours.·         The good idea is to pick a topic that you usually read about. The topic which you read about all the time is something that interests you.·         Also, make sure you have a keen interest in a particular topic, and you can add values with your own insight.·         For newbie’s, I always recommend to take the help of pen-paper and write down the topics in different columns that you like. For ex: Motivation, Fashion, Technology, Finance, Photography, and Scientific research, Baby care, health care and so on. Now, try to write 5 post ideas for those different columns. When you are writing the post title, think about what you can write without taking reference. By the end of the 5th article, it will help you to find the topic (Niche) that you like the most. This is a critical step before starting a blog, as it will help you to pick a topic that you are most passionate about. This will ensure that you will not burn out when your blog goes live. If you are picking a topic that you like to talk about and write about, it will ensure that your burn out period will never come. So, I assume you have selected the niche for your blog which can make some money for you.·         How to choose a niche of your new blog?·         Single Topic vs. Multi-Topic Blog: Which is better and why? Conclusion- Selecting the appropriate niche is the first and the most important step for starting a new blog.

Step 3: Pick a Blog name & domain name for your blog

Domain Name: There are 4 rules that I usually follow when picking a domain name:1.   Easy to remember2.   Easy to type3.   Easy to pronounce.4.   Easy to brand able A domain name is the URL of a blog which a visitor will use to open a blog. For example; www.shoutmeloud.comA custom domain name is like www.shoutmeloud.com, for which we need to pay $12/year. However, I have shared a trick below which will help you save this $12 on domain purchase. Now, there are a few rules which will help you to pick the best name for your new blog. Here are some of the tips from my experience:·         Prefer .com domain name above everything else.·         Your domain name should be easy to pronounce and easy to type.·         Make sure your domain name should not be confusing to the listener. You can use to check if your domain name is available or not. Simply enter any word that you have picked for your blog and it will also show you available domain name suggestions. You can also have a domain name under your own name, and it’s great for personal portfolio or if you planning to make yourself a brand. However, I prefer having a generic name so that in future I could have people running it, and I could enjoy the benefit of entrepreneurship. My suggestion is to be creative and follow the four rules I shared above. Here are a few things you should not do when selecting the domain name for your new blog:·         Don’t use a too long domain name. Try to keep it lower than 12 characters. Ex: Shout me loud·         Don’t use domain extension like .info, . net and so on, because they tend to rank bad in Search engines. I always prefer and suggest using a domain name extension like .com or .org. Suggested read:·         How to select a great domain name for your business

Step 4: Picking the hosting to start the blog:

Now, let us build our blog on a hosting. Web-hosting is where Word Press will be installed. This is a server which stays online 24*7 and all your future blog images, your blog design and everything will be stored on this server (hosting).That is how your website will be up and running 24^7.The good thing is, hosting