How to Start a Blog from Scratch?
It’s difficult to
start a blog from scratch when you are the only person in charge. You have to
write, promote, build links, do the design, and take advertisements and all
other things required. It’s hard but it’s not impossible. I built my blog from
scratch and no one was there to help me out.
For every beginner
bloggers, the number one problem is the lack of a coach and guidelines. You’ll
find free articles, resources and e-books on how to start a blog and make money
but in most cases, these are not going to work for you.
So now you have to
follow a guideline where you can build your blog from scratch, all by your own
and with minimum investment. You have to follow the guide written from the
person who has succeeded to create a blog from scratch (like me!)
What Is Minimum Investment?
Blog can be done for free with the help of free platforms such as Blogger and
Wordperss but I recommend Blogger. Blogger supports a range of customization
and the scope to publish ads.
You can start with a domain name that
requires $10 (500-800 TK in BD) and you can use this domain with blogger (no
hosting required) Read this guide on using a domain with blogger.
If you can afford a domain and $10 every month for web
hosting, then go for a self hosted wordpress blog. And then you have to invest a lot of time to
research, lots of creativity, tons of patience and effort.
After you have decided to start a blog, it’s time to take a
topic and launch your blog. Read this guide on how to start your first blog. After you’ve done all of the things mentioned on
that post, come back and read below.
When choosing a topic, try to think about
your target audience. People will come to your blog and read it. Do they know
how to use a PC and internet? Yes, because they are already on the internet and
looking for something. Now ask yourself,
what would you like to find on the internet and can you able to provide a
better solution? If the answer is YES, then start with that topic.
Write 10 Blog Articles
Write 10 article concepts and post them one by one on
your blog. It doesn’t matters how long you take to post them. Just write short
200 word articles and get started. Don’t waste your creativity to write a post
like, “Hi, this is my first blog” type posts. At this point, no one is
reading your blog.
Now write one new article everyday on your
blog. If possible, write more articles and post them in different times of the
day. When you have more than 10 good articles, start promoting your site. The
reason I said to write 10 articles is because when a new person will come to
your blog, they must find enough articles on your blog.
Promote Your Site
If you have accounts in facebook or twitter, then ask your
friends to take a look at your blog. Get started with new social sites such as twitter, facebook, digg, stumbleupon, reddit and find people who share the same interests. For an
example, if you write about iPhone, try to search links about iPhone. Add those
people into your list because they might be interested in that topic.
Take
a search on google, technorati or blogcatalog and find blogs on your topic.
Comment on the posts and make good relationship with the readers and author. In
this case try to locate the small
blogs around you.
Social media traffic comes only when you shake them.
This means you have to be active on those sites to get regular traffic flow.
Design Your Blog
Having a nice and simple design is required in blogging. If
you’re using blogspot, then take a look at this post about setting up a custom
template. If you google, you’ll find lots of interesting blogger and
wordpress themes. You can also create your own blogger theme from
scratch.
Please don’t spend too much time on
improving your blog design. Set a new template and be happy with it. In the
beginning, try spending more time on content writing and promotion.
Income Source
Trying to earn money with your new blog is just like sending your new born
baby to work without making him mature. Maximum people try out blogging to earn
money and that’s okay because we all want to have a part time income. Now at
the very beginning, bloggers want to earn the high numbers which is fairly
impossible.
Income
with a blog depends on your blog topic, traffic and conversation rate. There
are lots of methods to make money online,
lots of money making opportunities and that’s the main problem for newbie
bloggers. Beginners don’t know where to go and what model will work best for
them. For beginners, try out google adsense and as you explore the internet, you’ll find other ways
of money making.
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