How do I Start a Blog and Make Money Online?

How do I Start a Blog and Make Money Online?

This is a step by step and easy to follow guide that will help you setup your own blog from the start. This guide is not to motivate someone to start blogging. It is best suited for someone who already made the decision to start a blog and need some step by step direction of the whole process.

Who Should Use This Guide?

It goes without saying that the following information is for those that know that hard work generates reward.

This guide is intended for anyone who is looking for an answer to any of the following questions:

• how do I setup a blog?
• how to start a blog and maintain it?

Now, starting a blog is easy but in order to be able to successfully monetize the blog, you need to establish the blog. In this guide, I have also covered the topics that help you establish your blog so you can monetize it.

There is a lot of good content to go through, so it is a good idea to bookmark this page so you can come back to it later and go over the content at your own pace.

Blog Setup (Getting started)

1. Getting a good domain name
2. Getting a cheap and reliable web hosting solution
3. Setup WordPress on your Blog
4. Selecting a nice theme for your WordPress Blog
• Things to know when selecting a theme
5. What WordPress Plugins to use
6. WordPress System Integration 101
7. Creating your blog posts
8. Creating your blog pages
9. Adding imges to your blog

Creating Content For Your Blog

• Leveraging Content Creation by Repurposing with Value
• 6 Tips For Writing Blog Articles Faster
• 6 Tips to Help Ignite Your Creativity and Increase Your Success
• Finding New Blog Topics
• How to Write Article Headlines to Attract More Visitors
• What Can Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer Teach You About Online Business [New]

Establishing Your Blog

• Done Writing Quality Content – What’s Next?
• Sherlock Holmes’ Approach To Building a Popular Blog
• Tips on Writing Headlines for Your Articles and Landing Pages
• How to Create Content to Attract Links
• The 3 Ingredients of The Secret Sauce of Successful Blogging
• Blog Commenting Strategy
• 11 Effective Ways to Boost Your Blog Readership
• Tips on How to be a Better Blogger
• CreAction: A New Formula For Blog Success
• 8 Steps for Building a Successful Internet Business Partnership

Site Optimization

• Installing Google Analytics Tracking to Your Site
• Search Engine Optimization (SEO)
• 6 SEO Strategies That Can Generate Highly Targeted Traffic
• WordPress Optimization Tips and Tricks for Better Performance and Speed
• Plugins to Speed Up Your WordPress Site
• Top 3 Common Reasons for a Slow WordPress Site
• Web Analytics 101 – Learn Which Analytics Data You Should be Using
• How to Do Split Testing on Your WordPress Site Using Google Website Optimizer
• 5 Tips On How To Make Your Blog Visitors Stay Longer
• How the Google Algorithm Penguin Update will Affect You

Security

• Essential WordPress Blog security tips – protect your blog from attacks
• Advanced WordPress Security Tips
• What Would You Do If Somehow You Lost all Your Blog’s Content?

Making Money from Your Blog

• PPC ad (Pay Per click)
• CPM ad (cost per thousand impression)
• Sponsored ad
• Making Money from Affiliate Marketing
• Producing Content to Earn a Living Online
• How to Easily Create a Simple WordPress Store Online for Free
• Monetizing a Site Through AdSense
• 7 Steps to Profiting from Niche Affiliate Adsense Sites with WordPress
• How to Make Money Online with a Cooking Recipe Blog
• 10 Tips to Increase Your Sales Page Conversion
• Should You Lower or Increase the Product Price to Increase Revenue?
• How the Word “Leverage” Can Increase Your Blog’s Income
• Business Idea: niche Geo Targeted Classifieds Newspaper

Marketing

• Internet Marketing Sales Funnel 101
• Developing an Article Marketing Strategy for Your Online Business
• The 5 Fundamentals of Email Marketing
• Using an Autoresponder and Email Marketing Software
• Create An Email Newsletter That Makes Readers Want to Return to Your Blog
• 10 Tips for Writing an Autoresponse Email
• Facebook Promotion 101: How to Develop a Like Campaign
• 8 Formatting Tips For Your Blog That Can Help Maximize Your Conversions
• Choosing The Right Keywords For Your Ad Campaigns (Part 1)
• Choosing The Right Keywords For Your Ad Campaigns (Part 2)
• How to Increase Your Online Persuasion Abilities
• Understanding the Importance of Landing and Sales Pages
• 6 Things That You Should Avoid Doing on Your Landing Page

Good Practices

• How Focus Can Help You Build a Successful Blog
• Importance of Ethics for Your Online Success
• Five habits to Becoming a Better Blogger.
• Are Your Habits the Barrier to Your Online Business Success
• How to Handle Negative Comments
• Stress Management Tips
• Tips to Increase Creativity and Productivity

Useful Blogging Tips and Tricks

• Tips to Reduce the storage and bandwidth usage.
• How to query and show a specific post in WordPress.
• Protect your WordPress site from comment spam trick.
• How to control access of the web robots.
• Use Favicons to make your blog stand out from the crowd.
• Separate Pingbacks and Trackbacks from Comments in the comments section
• How To Add Google Web fonts To Your WordPress Theme
• How to Link Your WordPress Site to Facebook [New]

Tools of The Trade

• 8 Geeky tools every blogger must use
• Top SEO tools and addons [New]
• How to Use Firebug to Modify Your WordPress Site’s CSS
• How to Move Your WordPress Blog to a New Host
• List of the Best and Must Use WordPress Plugins

To be updated…

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How to Start a Blog – Step by Step Guide

How to Start a Blog – Step by Step Guide

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I know, I know… starting a blog can be confusing. Last time we looked at Beginner’s GUIDE to Starting Your OWN Professional Blog. When I started my first blog, I knew absolutely nothing about blogs or blogging. I kept searching for information and “how-to” guides on Google, but they all required technical skills and I found them extremely difficult to follow.

All I can say is that creating blogs is extremely easy and it does not require any coding skills (HTML). In fact, the whole process is somewhat automatic. So whether you are 20 or 70 years old, doesn’t really matter – you can still make it.

P.S.: If you get stuck while setting up your blog, get in touch with me and I’ll help you out.

Call: 08062611277, or Email: ekeisraelt@outlook.com

Let’s get started.

1) DECIDE WHAT YOU ARE GOING TO BLOG ABOUT

The first thing you need to do is pick a blog topic. Is there anything you enjoy or are really passionate about? If there is, then start a blog about it. When I started my first blog, I was really interested in smartphones and new tech gadgets, so I picked that topic. It makes no sense to start a blog about something you have no interest in, while it’s much easier to write articles and posts about topics that you’re passionate about.

It’s even better when you have been interested in a specific field or an industry for a long time, because you are already an expert. However, if you don’t have any idea which topic or niche you want to write about, think about your hobbies or just start blogging about your daily activities, memorable moments or simply about everything.

P.S. If you already know your blog niche or topic, you can skip this step and move onto Step 2.

2) DECIDE WHICH BLOGGING PLATFORM TO USE, FREE OR SELF-HOSTED?

First of all, most of the blogs on the internet are made using the WordPress blogging platform. In fact, WordPress has been downloaded over 65 million times and is used by many popular blogs and websites.

Here’s why I think using WordPress is the best way to start your blog:

• You can choose from many different layouts and free themes
• You can easily write blog posts and add pictures/images to your blog
• People can comment and share your blog
• etc…

Free is not FREE…

Yes, you can create a free blog on a blogger.com or tumblr.com, but they are not actually free. And let me tell you why…

You are not able to get your OWN domain – Instead, you will get a sub-domain.

They are lacking of different themes/layouts and plugins – In other words, your blog will look really blank and boring. If you want additional themes or plugins to customize your blog, you have to pay… a lot.

You have NO control over your blog – Your blog is hosted on another site, thus you are not the “owner” of this property. If moderators decide that your blog does not fit with their policies (which can happen quite often), they can actually delete your blog without any warnings. In short, all your hard work and time spent on the blog will be vanished within seconds.

You are not able to earn money via blogging – Yes, you CAN make money with blogging, lots of people are. However, If you ever decide to earn money with your blog, you are unable to do it on a free blog. They simply don’t allow you to do that. Even if they do, they want their own cut, which is usually 50%.

However, if you are on a budget and don’t plan to blog more than few months then definitely start with a free blog. A self-hosted blog on your own domain (yourblog.com) is by far the better option. It gives you full control over your blog and you’ll look more professional. It’s also a great choice for people who want to blog long-term, share their knowledge, become a blogger and earn some money from it.

WHAT IS THE COST OF STARTING A SELF-HOSTED BLOG ON YOUR OWN DOMAIN?

Not much. You will need a domain that will cost approximately $10 a year and a hosting (service that connects your blog to the internet) is around $4 – $7 a month (less than a movie ticket). To sum this up, it’ll be around $50 a year. The good thing about self-hosted blog is that you don’t have to be committed. If you feel that blogging is actually not your cup of tea, you can cancel anytime and many services have 90 days money back guaranteed as well.

3) CHOOSING A DOMAIN & HOSTING, AND SETTING UP A WORDPRESS BLOG ON YOUR OWN DOMAIN

If you decided to go with a self-hosted blog on your own domain, smart choice.

Finding a great domain name can take a while, but it’s worth it. I suggest you pick something brandable and easy to remember. Let’s say you are planning to start a fashion blog. www.fashionblog2013.org or www.all-about-latest-fashion-trends.com is not a great idea. But why?

People simply cannot remember long domains and when they want to return to your blog they are likely to forget your domain name. It’s much better to choose something memorable, such as www.fashionologie.com, www.vivalafashion.com or something similar. As an alternative, you can just use your name, for example: www.caesarzpacciotti.com

In short, your domain name should be:

• Catchy
• Easy to remember
• Unique

WHERE CAN I GET A DOMAIN NAME AND HOSTING?

I usually suggest people to get a domain and hosting from the same place, in that way you’ll save some money and time. In the past few years while I have been creating and managing blogs, I have discovered that there are very few reliable hosting companies.

To be more clear, I’ve used several hosting companies in the past. Just to mention some of them: Bluehost, Fatcow, Hostgator, Dreamhost. BUT… I wasn’t really satisfied with them. Their customer support wasn’t really professional and it took a lot of time to get in touch. Quite often my blog’s speed (page loading time) was ridiculously slow. The reason was quite simple (they aren’t that bad, actually): THEY WERE OVERSELLING their services. They focused on getting more and more new clients rather than improving their services, support and valuing their current customers.

One of the most reliable ones (also the one that I’m currently using) is Web Hosting Hub. Their service is quite cheap compared with others and they are well-known for their great customer support via email and phone (24/7). Web Hosting Hub is also good for beginners too, as they have a “1-Click-Blog-Installation” feature that is focused on WordPress blogs and websites. You simply click few buttons and your self-hosted blog on your own domain is ready.

Of course, you can use any other hosting company and I have included a tutorial on how to install your blog manually as well. If you decide to go with a different hosting company then make sure they offer unlimited bandwidth and unlimited disk space. That will help you to avoid problems later on.

You have two options to install your blog to your own domain:

• A) With “One-Click-Installation” using WebHostingHub (You’ll get a domain from there as well).
• B) Manually.

The One-Click-Installation is better for beginners or those who are trying to set up their first blog. If you are internet/computer savvy then have a look at the manual tutorial. Either way, you’ll get your blog online very quickly.

A) How to Set Up WordPress Blog using Web Hosting Hub (For Beginners)

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B) How to Set Up a WordPress Blog Manually to Any Host (Advanced)

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…. and once you have completed the installation:

WRITING YOUR FIRST POST, CHOOSING NEW THEME AND PROMOTING YOUR BLOG

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P.S. Two things:

1) If you found this tutorial helpful, feel free to share it below. It really means a lot to me!

2) If you started a blog, you might want to join to my blogging course. Simply click on the “FREE updates” at the top of my page.

3) To request for a full package of How and Steps to create a blog site please call 08062611277 or email ekeisraelt@outlook.com

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- Eke Israel

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