Here I am challenging everyone who claims that starting a new blog online is tough
Or it is very technical and not for him/her
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In this post I am going to show you 5 simple easy steps to start blogging in an hour
Even without asking for any help only by reading and following exactly the steps listed below but before I start, I would like to tell you the following
There are so many reason on top of my head to start blogging now
I am not trying to convince you, it is all up to you to see it the way I do
Blogging helps other visitors looking for information
Yes even if you are not getting enough traffic from search engines
Having the fact that you are actively engaged on social media sites may lead users to visit your website and read your blog
Blogging can help you make extra cash
Please listen to my advice, if you are just starting your blog right now and the only purpose of blogging is to make money then be patient
Yes be very patient some bloggers say it can take up to 6 months to a year
I don’t want to comment on this as I really don’t know your dedication and how actively you work on your blog but again yes some bloggers make really good money from blogging
Blogging helps to organize your thoughts and still learn more
Yes this is true, for example while I am writing any post
I go and search the internet to look for other bloggers’ opinions and I get really great ideas on my topic
Always try to make your content inside your post looks like an epic
So I really learn new things every time I come with a new idea to write about
Blogging makes you a good researcher and better writer
Yes to write better you have to read more and more and the only way available to you
If you are in front of computer with internet is to read about what others had to say about your topic
You can come with a compiled version of all ideas or even come with better ideas based on laying down other bloggers’ thoughts and writing your opinion about all of them
Blogging opens a lot of opportunities for you like self promotion
While blogging some visitors go to the About page (the most visited page in all blogs, you should create one)
And read more about you, who knows you may get an email from someone who really wants to work with you or gives you an idea of something you have never though of
Blogging helps you to stay in touch with visitors
Blogging allows visitors on your website to leave a comment (if you allow commenting)
This will help you to reply back to them or modify your content based on their advice but also blogging allows you to capture email addresses from visitors on your blog and stay in touch with them
Blogging builds rapport and increase engagement
Blogging gets connected with the automated social media tools like Buffer
So you can get your existing and new posts to go to all social media sites which means more traffic for you and increasing your engagement by getting users to share your blogging contents to their contacts
Blogging can be your hobby if you don’t have one
I myself don’t have hobby to waste my free time
The only thing I enjoy is to work on my blog and I think a lot of people like me
Blogging helps to grow your business or your brand
If you are working on a company website
Starting a blog with useful contents about your product or service can really help to grow your business and increase awareness of your brand
Blogging helps you to stand out and establish authority
Blogging done with quality content, personal touch, exposure (social media sites), building email list, focusing on relevant topics and not broad range of niches
All together and with consistency can help you to stand out and establish authority in your topics or niche
Blogging helps you to educate your customers and users by enticing them with great contents about how you can solve their problems
And provide answers for their concerns and by doing that you establish a mutual trust between both of you and so you have a high chance of increasing your sales
Also blogging will increase your traffic and by adding more contents to your blog
Then SEO (Search Engine Optimization) will definitely increase where you can use the extra traffic to your blog to put internal links taking your customers to your products/services and that will lead again to more sale
Few assumptions to know before you start blogging
I assume you are familiar on how to use the internet including signing up in websites
Checking your emails and doing basic searches on search engines like Google and Bing
I assume that you know that blogging takes lot of time and effort before you start seeing significant impact on your traffic coming to your site especially if you are planning to make money from your blog
Of course you know that blogging is not free and there is a cost to get started but it is affordable
You know that blogging platforms are so many and I use here WordPress as my blogging platforms
I assume that you should expect to learn very basic HTML, basic SEO, using Social media and basic things on how to use WordPress (yes I am using WordPress as blogging platform)
Also be aware of copyright issues as you are not allowed to copy contents from other websites into your blog
I assume that you have already decided which niche you want to pursue as I am not discussing here how to choose your niche
Now the 5 Simple Easy Steps to Start Blogging In an Hour
Step # 1: Choose your domain name
10 Minutes
Although choosing domain name does not have any action to take
But it is essential to be listed as a step because it is part of your blogging overall success
Make sure to choose a domain name that reflects your brand, avoid abbreviations as much as possible
Make it memorable and make sure of your words spelling
Think about your blog purpose and try to come with a domain name to convey this
Finally if you are still confused
I suggest you go with a domain name similar to all blogging
You already follow and come with either variations of extensions e.g. if the domain name you like is .COM
Then look for .NET or .ORG or try to add/change an extra word in the domain name e.g. ParentalTips.com is taken , I found that MyParentalTips.com is available (of course at the time of writing this post
These are all very valid points. I also love blogging because it helps with my writing and gives me a creative outlet to express myself.
Excellent Post , Thank you