How to Start a Blog and Make Money?

Ashish Pahwa
4 min readJul 11, 2020

How to start a blog and make money?

A question that millions of Internet users all over the world wonder about.

But Hey, It’s Super-Easy!

The good news is, Blogging is interesting, fun, and can also Make You Money!

You can write Blogs, no matter which profession you are into.

In fact, if you are a Professional, Blog Writing is even easier.

Step 1- Choose a Niche.

Niche is basically the topic of the Blog.

You can create a Travel Blog, A Food Blog, A Fitness Blog, or any other Blog, on the topic that you have interest or expertise in.

Travel Blog

Answer- Blog’s Topic = Niche

Step 2- Decide your Audience

Once you have decided the Niche, you must decide who is going to be your Target Audience?

You need to keep your audience in mind before you start writing content.

Target Audience
Target Audience

No Blog is for all.

Step 3– Choose a Platform to build your website

Once you have decided the Niche, Choose a Platform, where you will be writing the Blogs.

Popular Blogging Platforms include WordPress, Blogger, Medium, Tumblr, and more.

I recommend WordPress.

It is easy, comes with heaps of Themes, thousands of Plugins, and, it’s Super-fast!

And then, opportunity to make money is relatively easier.

WordPress

Answer- Platform = WordPress

And now, once you have decided to set up your Blog on WordPress, It’s time to buy a Domain.

Step 4- Buy a Domain

In simple words, Domain is the address of your website. For example, Amazon.com, Facebook.com, Google.com are all domain names.

You can buy a Domain from any of the popular platforms like GoDaddy.com, Hostinger.com, etc. There are many of them where you can purchase from.

Step 5- Choose a suitable Domain Name

Choosing a suitable Domain name is very critical.

It should not be too long and it should be easy to remember.

Also, Always go for .com extension while selecting the domain name.

Domain name

There are other extensions available as well like .au, .org, .info, etc but it can limit your website search.

If you are not sure, whether your selected Domain name is available or not, check out this website:

https://leandomainsearch.com/

On this website, you can check whether the domain you want is available or not.

If it not available, you can also see many options to replace the one you chose earlier.

Step 6- Buy Web Hosting

Web Hosting manages the server and connectivity for your website.

Both, Domain name and Web Hosting can be bought from the same company, or at times, you can buy them from different companies as well.

After you finalize the Niche, Platform, Domain name and Web Hosting, you are all set to launch your Blog!

Web Hosting
Web Hosting

Once your website is ready, make sure you add good quality content on it regularly.

You must link your website to Google Search Console. It is a great tool to find out the traffic and their behavior on the website.

Also, do not forget to Market the content that you write. I have written a blog on generating free traffic on blogs. Check out here:

https://www.wisdomblogging.com/2020/06/03/5-tips-to-generate-free-traffic-on-blogs/

Remember, it takes time for any website to garner enough traffic that can open the doors of monetization.

When you start generating good traffic, you can link your website to Google AdSense, and Start Making Money!

So, if you have been thinking, How to start a Blog and make money?
Follow these simple tips.

And If you have any queries please leave a comment and I shall answer you back soon.

And do share it with your friends.

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