How to Start Blogging?
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| how to start a blog |
One of the most important
aspects of Making Money Online is being an owner of a website, a webshop or a
blog. I will guide you, how you can start your own blog/ how to start blogging. By learning this, you
will also be ready to Start Making Money Online. In this section of the blog, you
will learn about the following topics:
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Blogging platforms and hosting
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Planning your blog
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Blog design
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Choosing blog plugins
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Creating and publishing articles
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How to optimize a blog post
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Integrating social media
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Getting your blog indexed
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Blog statistics to monitor
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Build engagement on your blog
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Ways to promote your blog
• Making money through your
blog
Are you ready to start learning
some more about these important topics?
Great! Let’s
get started… Soon you are ready to Start Making Money Online!
How to Start a Blog
Starting a blog is an exciting endeavor allowing you to
reach places you could not even imagine when you first started out. So many
success stories showcase bloggers who have become adventure travelers exploring
the world to earn for a living, all the while achieving their dreams of
becoming internationally famous, or turning around their career and being able
to turn their passion into a daily job that they truly love.For a better understanding of the process of starting a
blog, it is helpful to have some basic knowledge of online marketing. In
essence, a blog is a part of online marketing strategy, and it is connected to
other segments of online presence, such as search engine optimization, social
media marketing, email marketing, etc.
The success of your blog will largely depend on the content
you create and publish on your blog. However, the integration of blogging into an
online presence or business strategy is another aspect that has a massive
impact on your likelihood to succeed as a blogger. For example, an outstanding
article will hardly reach any online users if you do not know how to optimize
it and enable search engines to discover and index it first.
You need to think about:
• How you will present the content
• Who your readers are
• How to reach online readers
• What tools you will need to optimize your blog
• How and why you need to integrate social networks
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How to monitor visits and leverage the statistics
To start a blog, you will need:
• A computer
• Internet connection
• A great idea
• Budget (Optional)
The reason why the budget here I kept optional is the fact that
you really can start your blog with no budget at all. It is possible to start
your blog even today without spending a dime. Still, you will soon find out
that there are things worth investing in. As you go through, you will soon
discover when it is recommended to go for a paid option, even if the free one
exists.
Blogging statistics worth knowing
The goal of the following statistics is to illustrate the state of
blogging nowadays, what successful blogs do right, and why blogging is such an
important part of doing business online.
• Featuring a blog as a key a part of your website will offer you
a 434% better chance of being ranked highly on search engines. (Tech Client)
• there are over 4 million blog posts written every day.
(InternetLiveStats)
• Small businesses with blogs generate 126% more leads than usual
ones. (Tech Client)
• Social media is the most popular channel for the promotion of content.
Over 95% of bloggers share their content on social media. SEO follows with 64%,
email marketing with 58%, and influencer outreach 25%. (OrbitMedia)
• it's noticeable that there's almost a 5x increase in paid
content promotion in 2017 since 2014. (OrbitMedia)
• Almost two-thirds of bloggers concentrate on SEO. (OrbitMedia)
• 1142 words is that the average length of a typical blog post.
(OrbitMedia)
• Titles with 6-13 words attract the very best and most consistent
amount of traffic. (HubSpot)
• 55% of bloggers update articles a minimum of sometimes.
(OrbitMedia)
• 45% of marketers say blogging is their #1 most important content
strategy. (Social Media Examiner)
• Compounding blog posts structure 10% of all blog posts and
generate 38% of overall traffic. (HubSpot)
When you look at the statistics above, it is possible to conclude
the following:
• Blogging is an important part of a content marketing strategy.
• Companies that blog report better results (in terms of traffic
increase, lead generation, sales, etc.)
• Social media is the most popular channel for promoting blog
content. Other channels you should use include: SEO, email marketing,
influencer outreach, and paid promotion.
Overall, blogging represents the core of forming an online
presence. It helps you establish your presence, connect with the online users, and promote what you want, regardless if that is an opinion, a product, a
digital product, or service. A blog is an outlet to present a business strategy
or to easily present yourself as a blogger or influencer. Since it is a
completely self-managed presence, it gives you an opportunity to customize the
appearance and highlight what you need. All of this is done in order to help
you achieve your blogging goals.
