In 2021, it’s easier than ever to start a blog – even if you are a complete beginner who doesn’t understand anything about coding or web design.
With a little bit of guidance and the right tools, you can have your very own personal or professional money-making blog up and running in less than 30-minutes.
You have every reason to start a blog. Not only does it give you a great creative outlet, but it can also generate extra income for you on the side.
So let’s dive into the step-by-step process of starting a money-making blog.
3. Introduction
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Finding Your Niche
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Choose A Name For Your Blog
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Best Domain Name For Your Blog
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Pick Best Web Hosting
Install A Wordpress
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Select A Theme & Design Your
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4. INTRODUCTION
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In 2021, it’s easier than ever to start a
blog – even if you are a complete
beginner who doesn’t understand
anything about coding or web design.
With a little bit of guidance and the
right tools, you can have your very
own personal or professional blog up
and running in less than 30-minutes.
You have every reason to start a blog.
Not only does it give you a great
creative outlet, but it can also
generate extra income for you on the
side.
5. INTRODUCTION
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Writing blog posts and content can
take much longer, though.
In this step-by-step E-book guide I’ll
walk you through every part of the
process while helping you avoid the
common mistakes new bloggers tend
to do.
Let’s dive into the step-by-step
process of starting a money making
blog.
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This is the phase where
a lot of people get
stuck and waste tons of
time.
Finding Your Niche
Step 1: Finding Your
Niche
There’s no such thing as the
“perfect” blog topic.
Your topic matters less than you
imagine.
Trust me, I’ve been there. I know how
much pressure you feel to choose the
“perfect topic.” The good news,
however, is that:
To find the perfect blog niche, you’ll
need to answer two questions:
7. We all start blogs for different
reasons – to make money, to create
an audience around a topic we’re
passionate about, to build a
professional resume, to enhance our
writing skills – the list is endless.
But it goes deeper than that.
(1. In which topic
are you interested
in?
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8. What topic do you love? What are
you obsessed with?
This is the basis of your blog niche.
After all, if you don’t love the topic,
you’re not going to want to write
about it day-after-day.
For instance, if you’re hoping to start
a blog about fixing old cars but have
never held a wrench, then you should
probably pick something else.
NOW...
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9. Finding Your Niche
Write down 10 – 15 topics
you’re interested in. Pull up a
Word document or sheet of
paper and actually write this
down. It’ll help you keep your
ideas focused. Plus, you can
refer back to it later when you
make your final decision.
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Task For You:
10. This area is a bit trickier.
You need to find out what other
people are interested in as well.
Otherwise, you might find yourself
with a blog that doesn’t draw in a
lot of people.
For example, you might think that a
blog all about how wonderful your
dog is super interesting — but is that
going to draw in a lot of people?
(2. In which topic
are other people
interested in?
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11. Personal finance
Fitness
Online business
Investing
Productivity
Real estate
Careers
Test prep
Freelancing
On the other hand, a blog about
how to take care of and train dogs
appeals to a much bigger audience
of readers.
That begs the question: What topics
are people interested in? Here are a
few popular categories that always
do well:
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12. Use Google’s Keyword Planner tool
to see how often people search for a
specific category or niche.
It’ll reveal what people are and
aren’t interested in.
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Pro Tip...
13. Finding Your Niche
Take a look at your list from
before. Do any of them fall
under these categories? If not,
that’s okay! There’s probably
still an audience out there for
one of your topics.
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Task For You:
14. Now the fun part: choosing your
blog’s name.
BUT I have bad and good news:
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Choose A Name For Your Blog
Step 2: Choose A
Name For Your Blog
15. Memorable
Short
Relevant to your topic
Available as a domain name
Bad news: Most of the very “best”
domain names are already taken.
Good news: That doesn’t matter
because we’re going to find the best
one for you.
When naming your blog, you don’t
need to hire professional help.
However, you will need to do a bit of
brainstorming. The best blog names
are:
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Choose A Name For Your Blog
16. So, open up a new spreadsheet or
grab a pen and paper.
Then spend about ten minutes
writing down every word that
comes to mind.
From there, start combining words
and phrases until something stands
out to you.
Aim for 5 – 10 potential names and
write them down.
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Choose A Name For Your Blog
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Best Domain Name For Your Blog
Now, it’s time to see if those names
are available as domains. A domain
is where your blog lives on the
internet.
As an example, buddingquest.com is
my domain.
Domain name is the address of your
website that people type in the
browser URL bar to visit your
website.
In simple terms, if your website is a
house, then your domain will be its
address.
Step 3: Best Domain
Name For Your Blog
18. How do we see if domains are
available?
I prefer to use Namecheap domain
name checker. Type each potential
name in one at a time to see what’s
available.
But I highly suggest you buy a web
host that allows you to register a
domain for free.
That means going with some of the
best hosting providers like
Hostinger, GreenGeeks, BlueHost Or
Cloudways.
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Best Domain Name For Your Blog
19. A web hosting provider acts as the
foundation for your blog. Selecting
the wrong web host can ruin your
hopes of running a successful blog.
A web hosting provider offers server
space to host your website. This is
where your website “lives.”
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Pick Best Web Hosting
Step 4: Pick Best
Web Hosting
20. People who visit your website do so
through this server. So as you can
imagine, it’s pretty important.
Every single website needs a web
host.
After choosing a domain name,
selecting a reliable hosting service
will be one of the most important
decisions you make.
The wrong web host can cause
many problems with your blog.
Just imagine choosing a mobile
company that has no reception.
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Pick Best Web Hosting
21. Your web host is a major piece of
the puzzle to creating a successful
blog; therefore, you must choose a
reliable provider.
While there are a few other choices
it really comes down to three best
options:
(1. Hostinger
(2. Bluehost
(3. GreenGeeks
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Pick Best Web Hosting
22. There’s no doubt that when it comes
to web hosting,
Hostinger is simply the cheapest
option available today, with prices
starting at $0.99 per month.
No other company manages to even
come close. Most of them offer a
basic plan for five times the price.
(1. Best Affordable Hosting
For Beginners: Hostinger
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Pick Best Web Hosting
23. With prices being as low as they
are, my anxious personality
immediately identified two areas
where Hostinger might be trying
to pull one over on me: features
and performance.
Sure, I’d love to pay half of what
the competitors charge, but I
don’t want to get only half of what
they provide.
Luckily, that wasn’t the case at all,
as Hostinger’s plans include
everything I needed to get going,
from ample resources to
performance-boosting tools.
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Pick Best Web Hosting
24. FREE SSL
FREE Domain
Unlimited Websites
Unlimited E-mails
Litespeed Cache
Unlimited Bandwidth
24/7 Support
Hostinger got everything that every
beginner needs;
LiteSpeed isn’t the physical metal
server, but the web server
technology that Hostinger uses.
It consistently ranks as one of the
fastest and most reliable web
servers, outperforming the older
Apache technology that hosts like
GoDaddy still use.
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Pick Best Web Hosting
25. Hostinger performed remarkably
well. In some countries, like Russia,
it came in at #4.
In others, like Israel, Hostinger
snatched the #1 place.
For the vast majority of folks
starting blogs, Hostinger is going to
be the best for hosting their blog.
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Pick Best Web Hosting
Try Hostinger
26. For your first blog, you want a host
that is popular, trusted, easy to use,
reliable, and reasonably priced.
No need for anything fancy.
BlueHost fits this need perfectly. The
best part is that its plans start at
$2.75/month.
That’s a steal considering how many
positive reviews it gets.
(2. Best Web Hosting For
Beginners: Bluehost
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Pick Best Web Hosting
27. FREE Domain
FREE SSL
Free CDN Included
Unlimited Websites
Custom Themes
Unlimited SSD Storage
24/7 Support
Bluehost has been around since 2003,
so they have plenty of experience to
know what makes a hosting service
excellent.
Their introductory prices are
affordable, customer support is easy
to reach and helpful, and you get
many useful features to go with your
hosting plan.
Bluehost’s strong points.
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Pick Best Web Hosting
28. Some of the web hosts I’ve seen can
be considered the best only if you’re
an advanced user.
But, Bluehost is great for beginners,
too.
Bluehost has performed slightly
better in the past, but they still
provide a reliable service with decent
server speeds.
Overall, Bluehost delivers decent
performance and good value for your
money.
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Pick Best Web Hosting
Try Bluehost
29. GreenGeeks prides itself on
environmentally friendly web hosting
by offsetting 300% of the carbon
from the energy they use.
They also have a solid section of
budget-friendly hosting plans,
including WordPress optimized
plans.
(2. Best Eco-friendly
Hosting: GreenGeeks
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Pick Best Web Hosting
30. GreenGeeks has made the bold claim
of guaranteed 99.90% uptime.
24-month analysis backs this up,
showing an average uptime of 99.98%.
If you're concerned about your
environmental impact then
GreenGeeks is a good choice because
of its 300% green commitment.
But even if you just want solid and
inexpensive hosting, GreenGeeks is
well worth investigating.
They offer reliable servers, top-notch
security measures, automated
backups, easy server management, a
plethora of support options, and even
the ability to use dedicated
WordPress hosting.
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Pick Best Web Hosting
31. Unlimited Websites
Unlimited Web Space
Free SSL Certificate
Free Domain Name for 1st Year
Free Nightly Backup
Free CDN
Unlimited E-mail Accounts
24/7 Support
Here are some of the features
GreenGeeks provide;
If you’re looking for a stable web
host with all the bells and whistles,
as well as some of the best marks in
the industry for reliability,
customer service, uptimes, then this
green company is where you need
to head to for your next web
hosting project.
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Pick Best Web Hosting
32. Choose a great web host according to
your requirement.
You can’t really go wrong with any of
the options. If you’re just starting out
and would like very affordable, yet
reliable web hosting,
Hostinger & BlueHost is perfect.
If you’d like something with a bit more
scalability, GreenGeeks is the one for
you.
Pick Best Web Hosting
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33. Now it’s time to get your blog live.
It may seem complicated at first, but
don’t worry. It’s much easier than it
sounds.
To get started, now you have a web
hosting (where your blog lives) and a
domain name (your blog’s address).
Step 5: Install A
WordPress In Blog
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Install A Wordpress
34. Now your website needs a content
management system (CMS). This
allows you to create and manage blog
posts.
There’s only one option for this:
WordPress. Seriously, it’s not even a
decision. Use WordPress.
Years ago, there were a few
competitors to WordPress like Joomla,
Typepad, or Blogger.
No one uses those anymore. Use
WordPress for your blog, end of story.
Because of how popular WordPress is,
most web hosts offer a one-click
install for WordPress.
It’s super easy.
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Install A Wordpress
36. Here are the instructions for
Hostinger, GreenGeeks and Bluehost.
One-Click Install On
Hostinger
Step-1: Login to your Hostinger
account.
Step-2: Locate the Auto Installer
under the Website section.
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Install A Wordpress On Hostinger
37. Step-3: Click on the WordPress icon.
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Install A Wordpress On Hostinger
Step-4: Fill in the required fields,
and click Install.
38. That’s it!
You can now log in to the
administrator dashboard by
selecting WordPress on the Actions
field under the List of Installed
Applications and begin creating
your website.
Or simply you can enter URL
(www.yourdomain.com/wp-admin).
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Install A Wordpress On Hostinger
Try Hostinger
40. Step-2: Inside the cPanel, scroll down
until you find a Softaculous App
Installer.
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Install A Wordpress On GreenGeeks
Step-3: Inside the one-click installer,
all you need to do is click on
WordPress and then click on Install.
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Install A Wordpress On GreenGeeks
That's it...
Please, wait less than one minute for
the installation. It’s a pretty simple
process.
Try GreenGeeks
42. One-Click Install On
Bluehost
Step-1: Login to your Bluehost
dashboard and click “My Sites” then
click “Create Site”.
Step-2: Give your new WordPress site
a name and a tagline.
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Install A Wordpress On Bluehost
43. Step-3: Select the domain you want
to use for your WORDPRESS
WEBSITE, and uncheck the plugins
you don’t need.
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Install A Wordpress On Bluehost
Now you are ready to go. Remember
to take note of your WordPress web
site’s URL, Username, and Password.
Try Bluehost
44. In the blogging world, WordPress
designs are called themes.
The next step is to make your blog
look more interesting than the
default WordPress appearance. We’ll
do this using a WordPress theme.
Step 5: Select Theme
& Design Your Blog
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Select A Theme & Design Your Blog
45. Out of the box, your blog will look
something like this:
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Select A Theme & Design Your Blog
Another great thing about WordPress
is that even though you might not be a
skilled designer yourself, you can still
get a top-shelf look for your blog.
You can think of a theme as a “skin”
that goes on top of the content you
write.
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Select A Theme & Design Your Blog
Themes change your site’s
appearance without altering the
words you’ve written.
Plus, you don’t need to know CSS or
any other programming languages to
use them.
For now, you’ll need to pick your first
WordPress theme.
The number of themes out there
makes me dizzy.
Best of all, many of them are FREE,
like OceanWP, Astra, Hestia, or
GeneratePress.
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Select A Theme & Design Your Blog
If you want a wider selection of
WordPress themes at standard prices,
Themeforest is the most popular
WordPress theme marketplace.
You’ll find just about anything you
want in its selection.
Download FREE
Theme or Purchase a
theme from
Themeforest and add
it to your website.
Task For You:
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Select A Theme & Design Your Blog
After purchase or downloading FREE
theme, you can install it on your
WordPress website. For demo
purposes, I’m using the Bimber Viral
Magazine theme.
Now log into your WordPress blog, go
to the Theme section which is under
Appearance in the WordPress sidebar
menu.
You’ll have to upload the theme files
to WordPress and activate the theme
from within WordPress. You can find
the upload option by going to
Themes > Add New, a button towards
the top. Then you’ll see this option to
upload:
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Select A Theme & Design Your Blog
And click on "Install Now".
Just wait for couple of second, and
just Activate your theme.
By now, your theme should be
activated and ready to go. Now your
website looks something like this.
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Select A Theme & Design Your Blog
Or if you want to change the demo of
your website according to your niche,
you can also do that.
Bimber has plenty of options. Go to
the Appearance > Theme Options.
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Select A Theme & Design Your Blog
Then click to the “Demos”. Here you
can see plenty of options. Choose
according to your niche.
52. Voila!
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Now you have a pretty amazing
money making blog.
Try Bimber
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Resources For Your Blog
You can read & download volume-2
here...Because it's getting too long.
Resources For Your Blog We've
Talked About In This E-book
Domain Search
- Namecheap
Best Web Hosting In 2021
- Bluehost
- Hostinger
- GreenGeeks
- Cloudways
Best FREE WordPress Themes In 2021
- Astra
- OceanWP
- GeneratePress
- Hestia
54. Viral Magazine Theme Used In This
E-book: Bimber
Best Premium Theme From
Themeforest
In the next part, we'll discuss how
you can customize your blog, create
content, how to drive FREE & paid
traffic to your blog, marketing &
make money from your blog using
different platforms...
Until then...
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