A blog is sometimes
called web log or weblog. I personally called it WE BLOG. At first blogs were
used as personal place, for collecting links, sharing commentary. But now; they
are a valid and VALUED form of communication for business people of all types. The real things about blog are people read
this for information or for fun. Now a day’s people want to build their own
blog, but most them really don’t know how or from where they start from.
Blogging is not only for just shearing information to each other but also the
way to make money from online.
I cover here the very
basics of blogging. I will break it down to step by step guide to make it
simple. Just follow the steps to build your blog.
Steps
1: Plan your blog
Every web site needs
three tools:
1. Web
design tools
2. Domain
name
3. Hosting
There are one more
tools most beginners don’t think until they have a problem. You need a
reference guide to help build it. I promise; this writing can guide you to
build your blog.
Before you buy a domain
and hosting, do research on you blog idea.
Finding
Your Niche (Passion)
Before everything you
have to choose your blog niche. This is all about what you are going to blog
about. Thing about your read; what they want to read, what they will like to
read. Think about your passion. Think; what do you enjoy doing in your spare
time. Write down 3-4 blog ideas.
Competition research:
By using Mozilla
browser SEOQuake as an add-on I am able to see at a glance the PR,
Google and yahoo links age of site and much more info.
In millions of web site
to get position in search ensign’s 1st page competition research is
very much important.
Keywords research:
Go to Google Keyword Tool and see if the keyword
phrase is highly searched. If we do a “Broad” match types on that term we come
up millions of local search and it could be any phrase of words are in.
This theme might be too
broad of a topic since we are looking for an ideal niche for our blog. If you
have too broad of a niche, then it could be difficult enough to get rank for
main keywords as they are highly competitive.
Steps
2: Build your blog
Choosing your platform: There are several major
platforms to blog on, but we're only going to focus on three options.
1. Wordpress (self hosted):
one of the most popular options for anyone that is serious about their
blogging, the self hosted Wordpress option. You can install your blog anywhere
on your site, and its completely within your control
2. Wordpress (hosted):
Hosted Wordpress is a secon option for anyone whose hosting won't support the
Wordpress self install options.
3. Blogger: Blogger is a
Google owned highly popular blogging platform, Blogger is a great option if you
really don't want to modify anything to do with your blog,
All three give you strong, steady options to blog
from, and all three are easy to configure for the beginners.
Picking a theme:
Most
people that found blogs have great plans, they want to write interesting
content (that makes them money for their effort) and they want to be THE site
that people come to for their requires information. It’s probably one of the
biggest 'beginner' mistakes that anyone can make that, most people don't
consider what they want their site to look like though. Whether this is a deliberate
oversight or if they just don't know what to do with their theme.
There
are many themes that you can choose from – and it can kind of be like
decorating your first house – lots of fun, but very wearing!
Wordpress:
You've
got a vast array of free blog themes.
Blog content: the
important part of a blog is quality content, this is all that the visitors
looking for in your blog. Blog content is anything that you write in your blog.
It’s may be the videos, articles, pictures, interviews etc.
Whatever type of blog content you are using, you
want it must be of a high quality. Remember only the high quality content can
attract your visitors to came back again. Peoples are only one click away from
navigating away from your site and finding better information by search engine.
This is the main reason why you should produce very good quality content for
your blog.
Steps 3: Driving Traffic to
your blog
We just talk about content of your blog. But after
publish it you want people to see your content. This is where you want to look
at and to implement the ways of driving traffic to your site.
There
are many different ways of drive traffic to your blog. Such as social media, SEO techniques, guest blogging, link building and many
more. It takes time and a lot of work to get visitors to your site.
Steps 4: Monetizing Your Blog:
Now,
you’ve got quality content and you are driving traffic to your site, now the
time to look at ways of monetizing your blog and makingmoney from it.
There are lots of different ways for you to earn
from your blog and it can be fun to try out some of the different methods to see
what works and doesn’t.
The good thing about
running your own site is that you have little expenses, so anything that you
earn via your site is almost all profit!
I
hope you found this ‘How to build a Better Blog’ useful. Feel free to leave your
comments and questions below and I’ll try to answer them for you.
