How to start a blog in 2021?
Should I start a blog in 2021?
Is this starting a blog is profitable?
What steps should I take to start a blog?
There are many questions in your mind right now on how to start a blog. I will try to answer them all in this article.
I will show you how to start a blog in 2021 with a step-by-step guide.
Before going further let’s talk about a blog.
What is a Blog?
A blog is a kind of website which is contained several written articles, mostly all those articles are related to a specific niche or topic. The written content of a blog is known as blog posts. A blog post usually contains a specific topic covered by the blogger.
Blog posts are appearing in the reverse order on the blog page, which means the recent post is hanging at the top of the blog page.
Most bloggers write their perspectives on a topic and want to engage with their readers. As a blogger, you don’t need to be a professional writer to write a blog. Also, you don’t need to be an expert in that niche. If you’re learning something and want to write about it in your blog you can do that.
Steps we follow in this article to start a blog:-
- Choose Your Blog Niche
- Create Your Blog
- Learn about WordPress
- Choose a WordPress Theme
- Write & Publish Your First Blog Post
- What To Do Next?
So let’s dive into it –
1.Choose Your Blog Niche
Lots of people just thinking of what topic they should choose for their blog. All they just worry about is whether the blog topic is profitable and they have not started their blog.
So the first thing you should keep in mind is that almost all blog topics are making money. So take action rather than overthinking your blog topic. Just select a topic that you are passionate about it or have so some experience.
Here are some popular and profitable blog topics:
- Cryptocurrency
- Health and Fitness
- Make Money Online
- Relationship & Parenting
- DIY & Crafting
- Personal Finance
- Traveling
- Cooking & Recipes
- Beauty & Fashion Grooming
- Technology
- Education
Select your topic and start narrowing down your niche, so you’ll get a very targeted audience. Once you selected your topic, then it’s time for the next step to take.
2. Create Your Blog
For creating your blog, you’ll need two things:
A Web Hosting – A web hosting provider gives you a domain name and space on the internet for your blog. Where all your blogging data will be stored.
A Blogging Platform – A blogging platform provides you an environment where you can create and edit your blog posts and manage other things on your blog.
For this tutorial, we are going to use BlueHost as our web hosting provider and WordPress as our blogging platform. Bluehost is the best hosting provider for bloggers with a one-click WordPress installation.
So let’s get started –
i. Go to the Bluehost home page and click on Get Started.
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Hello! This is @riverflows from the OCD team. Well done for posting your first post! Congratulations and welcome!
Blogging is definitely a hobby of everyone on HIVE! Did you know there's even a plug in for Wordpress where you can post straight to HIVE from your blog? Love the detail on this post - you clearly have a lot to offer! There's a few communities on HIVE you might like to post in - check out the full list of communities here - I suggest Writing Club, but if you're interested in finance, clearly LeoFinance is a good fit for you as well! Choose what you like - there are lots of communities to choose from!!
It would be awesome if you do an introduction post. As a sample of what an intro post is, check out some of the great ones under the #introduceyourself tag! Here's a couple I have enjoyed super recently:
Truly a Big Deal being part of an amazing community by @oladunmoye
Open a New Door by @thaolaven
There's no specific format on how you do your intro post, but there are some suggested content that we would love to see in your post. Information like who are you and where you're from, how did you discover Hive or who invited you, what types of content you want to see here and the types that you want produce, and what are your expectations in this platform. There's no pressure on this. You can choose on whatever information you would like to share.
If you have questions, you can hop into OCD's Discord server and we'll gladly answer your questions. For now, @lovesniper will follow you and we are looking forward to your intro post!