how to start a blog and make good money step-by-step

blogging has become one of the lucrative business in the world, Many out there are able to not only earn good money but have developed a multiple skills apart from writing, and that's why many people are trying their hands on it but you need a right guidance to get started without messing up.

This guide covers a complete steps on how to build a blog from scratch and earn money through it, but before getting in, I would like to share some most important angles that you must be aware about blogging.

Blogging is not a quick rich scheme, its a long time game that requires investment not only in terms of money but time also.

Blogging takes time and it requires dedication and patience, as no business will grow over-night, it will take time to make big through blogging.

Learning and implementing at the same time is the mindset that will help you in the long run.

A blog without traffic is like a empty glass without a water and that's why you need to explore more platforms to get initial traction on your blog.

OK, it's time to share with you a complete genuine steps that need to be followed to get desired results.

Step 1- Be clear with your niche- from the very first day you must have a clear vision regarding your niche(topic), you must know what to write about, As it makes no sense if you are going to cover everything on your blog, writing content around a specific niche will help your audience and search engine to get clear and relevant information.

In order to finalize your niche make sure to find important metrics such as CPC, Competition, search volume.

To perform that you can use tools like ahrefs, semrush, ubersuggest.

After Selecting a niche next step is to choose a powerful blogging platform to get you pieces of content publish and Seo friendly at the same time.

Step 2- choose a platform- Choosing a right platform can be painful for newbies, that's why i have sorted out some best one that will make your entire writing journey easy.

Here are they,

WordPress.org- A free open source software to build and design stunning websites and personal blog without writing a single line of code.

To use it just little investment is to be done in buying hosting and domain name, that cost around 1500-5000 rs initially for a year ,but that is worth in a long run.

Blogger.com- A free platform that allows us to build a beautiful blog in within a minute.

With some templates and function we can build a blog at free of cost.

Using blogger we cant customize our blog at great extent and hence it lacks in providing better service, but is good for beginners who are just starting.

Along with this there are more platform like medium, square-space, hub pages, Tumblr to get started at free of cost.

After choosing a platform its time to play around the design of your blog and that can be easily done under customization option.

Step 3- Plan your content- you need to make a content calendar to avoid delay in posting on schedule time, make sure to make a list of topics with outline to complete you article smoothly without wandering off.

Make you content proofread and solution oriented for your eager readers.

Remember that your writing may suck, when you start but will improve gradually with time and efforts.

Ensure to choose long tail keywords for your articles to get ranking from google.

Make a habit of writing consistently in order to avoid fear about it.

Step 4) Explore platforms: to get good amount of traffic on your blog its necessary to perform some activities at right time and that includes sharing content on social media platforms, forums, shorts.

to get real targeted and quality traffic from google you need to perform on page and off page SEO.

On page SEO involves keyword placement, alt texts, internal linking, title and meta description optimizing, quality content, proper heading tags, FAQ, External linking etc.

Off page SEO includes building back-links to get higher authority in eyes of google.

Ok now lets talk about monetization options

Step 5 - Monetization- There are plenty of methods to get your content monetize and some are shown below.

1. Google Ad-sense: A platform by google that allows you to display ads on your blog and make money through it.

Criteria that need to follow to get approved Adsense account are proper navigation, quality content, avoiding copyright images and many more.

2. Affiliate marketing- its an easy way to quickly start earning from your blog. just need to apply for various affiliate programs and if got approved then can add affiliate links on your blog and can get good commission in return if some one decided to make a purchase through that link.

3. Selling own courses: If you have your own digital product then can sell it on your blog and can earn good money in return.

Apart from this you can earn money through url shortners, sponsored content any through many more ways.

Conclusion: Starting a blog is super easy but to get desire results you need to put efforts and have to work consistently and need to produce quality and solution oriented content.

I Hope this guide has helped you to get the insights and steps about how to build a blog from scratch.

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