How To Start Blogging Complete Guide 2015

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Pat on your back if you are curious to know “How to start a blog.”

By showing interest to read this article, you have proved that you are serious about blogging and working hard to learn the methods to start a blog.

Your question might be how to start a blog for free or start it using paid services. Whatever your question is, you are going to get answer after going through this article.

I got the idea to write this article after getting inspiration from the people like YOU.

People who want to start a blog but don’t know from where to start.

So this article is going to show the exact direction which I used to build this successful blog. The direction which you can replicate to build a blog much bigger than my blog.

Read this ultimate guide on host to start blogging and see where you are today to take actions.

Whether you are looking to start a new blog or looking forward to reinvent your blog, this article will give you step by step approach to start your blogging career.

 

#1. Domain Name For Your Blog

 

A domain name is the name of your website.

e.g Google.com, Yahoo.com, MSN.com, WikiPedia.com or any name of a website are called domain names.

So once you have decided your topic for the blogging, the very next thing is domain name.

Companies like GoDaddy, NameCheap, BigRock are one of the top domain provider companies in the world.

So you’ll have to open any of the websites listed above to find the perfect domain name for your business.

Here is the example of Godaddy.com

I searched for the domains name MyBestOnlineBusiness.com and luckily it was available.

After finding a suitable domain name for your business you can proceed for the registration process on the site and make the payment via your Debit/Credit card.

Few things to keep in mind before buying domain names:

1. Try Short Name: Short names are easy to remember and recommend. So when your friend will ask for the name of your website, it will be easy for you to tell the names as well as easy for him to remember.


2. Never Buy Digits In Domain Name: Always avoid to buy domain name having digits in the URL. e.g top10things.com, tip2top.com, 10tricks.com. They always confuse people because most of the time they’ll forget it was a digit or written in words.


3. Always Prefer Dot Com: Dot com domains are best because this is an international identity. ICANN (domain provider) has differentiated the domains names as per the country like .in for India, .co.uk for UK, .au for Australia, .pk for Pakistan and so on. Such domain names are good of your targeting one country only. So having a .com identity is always a best option.


4. Try To Avoid Adjacently Double/Triple Letters: Domains like BestTricks.com, BadAssStore.com are always confusing because we forget to add those repeating lettters.

 

#2. Hosting For Your Blog

 

You have selected your domain name.

Now the question is – Where are you going to save your data online?

Your blog will have some texts, images, videos and many other things. Where are you going to store all those things on the internet?

Here comes the role of hosting.

A hosting is an online server which helps you to store your data.

So your domain name will be the name of your website, and all the data of that website will be stored on the server (called as hosting).

As the data is very crucial thing for your blog so you must select the hosting company very carefully.

 

#3. Content Management System

 

This is the system which will help you to add the content on your blog.

I am using WordPress for this blog which is one of the top content management systems is the world having over 60 millions websites in the world running on it.

This is as simple as working with Microsoft Word.

They have given awesome visual editor which you can use to do various activities like bold, italic, underline, hyperlink, color, font, font size etc.

Here is how it looks like:



Using this editor you can play with your content and represent it as per your site’s requirement.

WordPress gives you freedom to install plugins which will enhance your blog’s functionality. In my recent article I talked about all the plugins I am using on this blog. You can check that article and install the required plugins on your blog as well.

Why Only WordPress?

1. This is the mostly used CMS in the world for blogging.


2. This is an open source platform where you can develop anything you want.


3. You can install new design on just a single click.


4. Management of this platform is very easy.


5. Many hosting provider gives one click installation of WordPress from the admin dashboard.


6. This gives you freedom to enhance easily with the help of plugins.


7. In case of any issue you can get help from thousands of WordPress user in the community.

and there are other tons of advantages which you’ll come to know after using this CMS.

You can read my guide on how to install WordPress for further learning.

After installing WordPress and setting up all the things check the plugins which I am using on my blog and learn how to install plugins here.

 

#4. Grab All Social Media Identities

 

All big companies have integrated social media in their business.

They are launching their products exclusively on social media sites and interacting with their customers directly.

So the very first task after buying domain, hosting and setting WordPress is grabbing all your social media identities.

You can check the availability of your business by going to namecheckr.com.

 

#5. Find a Perfect Theme

 

WordPress has hell lots of themes.

You can pick the theme as per your blog’s category and install it easily.

 

I personally recommend Genesis, MyThemeShop and ThemeForest for finding a perfect theme for your blog. On ThemeForest you can select the theme from various categories like creative, blog, retail, entertainment, technology, real estate, education and other categories.

Few things to keep in mind before buying WordPress theme

1. Make sure that you are buying unlimited sites licence.


2. Theme must be easy to manage.


3. Theme must have compatible with latest version of WordPress.


4. Theme must be responsive (capable to change layout on mobile device).


5. Theme must suit your blog’s category.

 

#6. Start Writing

 

Yeah.. Start writing from today itself.

Your blog is nothing without you. All you’ll have to do to make it a blog is start writing today.

No matter how well you are in English, no matter how much knowledge do you have about your subject, and no matter how do you feel about your writing, your blog will grow only and only when you’ll start writing.

With time you’ll start getting writing ideas and your readers will start enjoying/reading what you say.

But the first thing is WRITING.

Take help from your friends, read more about your subject, pay attention to the newspaper and start collecting the fresh ideas about your subject.

You are just one step away to open the door of blogging for you.