Blogging: Steps for starting the blog

It is informational websites that are published on WWW (World Wide Web). It is a site where an author or group  of authors share their thoughts on the individual subject. There are far more 570 million web-based blogs today. The post is typically presented in reverse chronological order. Therefore, current posts appear at top of the website. In 2009, it was generally the works of only one individual, rarely of the small groups.

In 2010, MAB (multi-authors blog) emerged, which includes  multiple  authors for  writing.  MAB  from  the  newspaper,  other  media  outlets, university, advocacy  group,  and  same  institution account for increasing the number of traffic on it. Because of increase in the systems like Twitter and micro blogging. Therefore  it integrate the MAB and blogs of the single author  into  news  media.  It  can be  used as a verb, “for  maintaining  or  adding  the  contents  to  it”. Several blogs concentrate on specific topics, like web designing, home staging, sport, and mobile technologies. Few are presenting a link to all kinds of other websites. Others are including a personal journal, presenting the daily life of  the author, and thought.

Common Things for start blogging

Blogging is tending to have common things for example

  1. Main contents area with the article which listed as chronologically, the new one at the top.
  2. Mostly, articles are organized into the category. Archive of the previous articles.
  3. To leave the comment for people about the article.
  4. List of links of another associated site also called the “blog roll”.

Misconceptions related to starting it is that you have to be a great writer for becoming successful. Persons read that site for getting a personal perspective about things. Therefore, most bloggers write conversationally and informally. In addition to, you should not be the expert on your topics to have successful blogging. To become a successful blogger, you need only one requirement like passions for your subject. It is sharing your information with the whole world. Therefore, choose the topics about which you are passionate. Writing on more topics is fine too. If, writing about a thing in which you are honestly interested.

Here are steps for starting the blog,

1. Choose the name of the blog:

The name should be descriptive. Firstly, it can be a Hobby and any other interest about which you are passionate. Like cooking, fashion, travels, sport, and cars all are classic examples. Secondly, it can be a life experienced. Most persons have a lesson they learned through life experiences. Sharing this kind of knowledge could be helpful. Therefore, To write about it, think related to things which you experienced in life. It can be associated with your family, works, or any life experience. Thirdly it can be a personal. Personal blogs related to all about you. Therefore, it will include a variety of topics for example daily basis work, random thought, and musing. It is a great way of sharing thoughts with the whole world without just stick to one point or topic.

Domain name

2. Bring your blog online:

After getting the name of it, now it is time to bring it online. Getting a blog running required only two things like blog hosting and blog software. The great news is this package come together. Blog hosts are companies that stored all files for a blog and deliver it to a user when the blog name is typed by a user on a search engine.

3. Customization of the blog:

For customization of the blog first you have to log in to the blog. After, log-in you would be taken to the Portal. You will press the button “WordPress” which takes you to your blog. You can change the theme of your blog through the WordPress dashboard. Everyone has diverse ideas about the look of their blog. One of the amazing things related to WordPress that bloggers can change complete design and layout with just limited clicks. Blog layout in WordPress known as “Themes”.

4. Writing and publishing the posts:

Two types of content are on a blog like statics and dynamics contents.

  • Static Content: Contents that do not change.  However, blog should have very few essential pages for providing the visitors with the tool which they require. These pages are top-level which can be accessed through the menu on the blog. That static content page should be in its good place before launching the blog to the whole world. However, significant static pages are included such as About us, Contact us, Privacy policy, and terms of services. These all are included in the footer of the blog site.

Writing and Publishing

  • Dynamic content:  It is more important content in blog offers. Therefore, in this content, you provide the information which supplies the audience with knowledgeable facts, stories, facts, and tips. Through it, visitors are engaged and coming back to blog again for further information or knowledge. Therefore, it’s contents should be submitted regularly after specific intervals. Submission after months is not good to bring traffic to your blog.
5. Promote the blog:

To get the visitors to the blog you have to spend more time promoting it, particularly when you started first. You do not need to use strategies. Alert the inner circle which includes friends, colleagues, and family members. In addition, encourage all of them to follow it. Other platforms for promoting it, are the usage of social media like Twitter, Facebook, and Linkedin, etc by using hashtags. Comments on another blog, engage yourself with your visitor, post regularly, create E-mail lists, and optimize it for search engines.

Promotion of blog

6. Make money through a blog:

Make money from blogs is the easy part. Do not assume that you will get money from the very first week or even started the month. It can take 6 months to the year for starting income. Therefore, a lot of dedication and work is required in it. But when you develop a large number of audiences, then there are various methods in which you could employ for monetizing the blog. Through it, products can be sold. Blogging would take time. Therefore, it needs too much patience. But when it happens then it is one of the best jobs throughout the World!

Make money through Blogging