Do you want to earn from your own blog?

If so, this powerful article is only for you. Please read this article carefully. I hope this article will help you to start earning. This topic is for the beginners.

Let’s see a diagram of making money from blogging.

I divided this article into some steps

To start a blog you should follow these 7 steps:

Select Your Content
Select a Platform/CMS
Buy Domain and  Hosting For Your Blog
Install WordPress on Your Web Hosting
Select a Theme Related to Your Content
Install Necessary Plugins
Secure Your WordPress Website

Select Your Content

Selecting content is the main thing. You have to select the best content for your blog. It must be useful for the readers. Choosing your content don’t make mistake. Your time and industry can go wrong if you select wrong content for your blog. So be careful about this. You have to write helpful contents.

From my research, I have found some category that will drive more traffic to your blog.

Professional Advice
Health and Fitness
Self Improvement / Self Defense
Recipes
Reviews
Offers and Coupons
Entrepreneur’s Stories
How-To Guidelines
Technology
Fictional Stories
Troubleshooting Guidelines
Funny Stories

You may select from the above categories. You can also search on Google to find more category. You can also share your own content in your blog. Like you are a poet, writer or another creative one, you can share your work.

Read This Article: How To Write Perfect Blog Content That Will Increase Traffic

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Select a Platform/CMS

Before starting a blog you have to select a platform. For this, you can use CMS(Content Management System) like WordPress, Blogger etc. But I recommend you to use WordPess CMS. It’s very easy to setup and more features. It’s very easy to handle and search engine friendly. WordPress is more Flexible and Mobile Optimized. Not only this features but also WordPress solves a ton of SEO issues automatically.

Why WordPress is the best? Let’s see at a glance:

Totally Free and Open Source
Easy to Handle and Set up
Secure & Search Engine Friendly
Flexible and Mobile Optimized
Huge Collection of Themes and Plugins
Constantly Improving
Automatically update

More Details I Wrote Here: 7 Powerful Reasons Why You Should Choose WordPress

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Buy Domain and  Hosting For Your Blog

You may create your site with wordpress.com but suggest you to use your own host. Let’s see WordPress.com packages:

You won’t get full control of your hosting. So it’s better to buy hosting from others. There are so many domain and hosting providers. BlueHost, Hostgator, SiteGround, A2 Hosting, iPage, GoDaddy, Namecheap are popular of them. There are some managed WordPress hosting companies. Top of them are SiteGround (for speed, built for security), WP Engine, Pressidium, DreamHost.

My Recommendations:

Overall The Best: HostGator Cloud [Promo code 60% Off: MNP60] Best Load Time: A2 Hosting [Our website is on A2 Hosting] Best for Bloggers & Small Business: BlueHost

Best WordPress Hosting: SiteGround

For WordPress, I highly suggest BlueHost. WordPress.org is also recommended BlueHost.

This article will help you to buy domain and hosting: How To Buy Web Hosting With A Free Domain Name

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Install WordPress on Your Web Hosting

There are many ways to install WordPress on your host. You can install it from your CPanel using Softaculous Apps Installer. You can also install it manually. I like to install WordPress manually. It’s the best way to install WordPress. I always install WordPress in this way.

I fully described here: How To Install WordPress – Step By Step Complete Guideline

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Select a Theme Related to Your Content

You have to choose a great theme/template which is related to your content. Among thousands of themes, choosing the best one for your website can be overwhelming. Your theme should light, Browser Compatibility, SEO Friendly.

Follow this article to choose the best theme for your blog: How To Select Perfect Theme For Your WordPress Website

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Install Necessary Plugins

Plugin is a great tool of WordPress. Plugin provides the great features and make a website more awesome. Currently, WordPress has 54000+ plugins. Some are FREE and some are paid. Most of the paid plugin has a FREE version.

Some plugins provide the awesome features. Every website should have these plugins.

Please read this article to see which plugins are the best among 54K plugins: Must-Have Powerful Plugins for Every WordPress Websites

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Secure Your WordPress Website

Every website owner has the main headache about the security of his/her website. We can easily build a website but security is the main issue. To protect our website from the hackers we need to pay attention to this matter. Do you know how many websites are blacklisted for malware and phishing in a week? It’s around 20K for malware and 50K for phishing.

Please have a look: The Powerful WordPress Security Guideline – Simple Tricks

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