A personal blog is something that you create for you about your interests. It’s a fun way to hone your writing skills, share your interests with people, and earn a passive income out of it. But many bloggers have turned this hobby into a successful business.
Choosing a blogging platform is a daunting task. But it gets a little easier when all you want is a space for you to publish your articles and gain a following with an engaged community. There are many sites that let you start a simple and creative blog without you needing to create or set anything up from scratch. This is a good start for anybody dipping their toes into the world of blogging.
What You Need
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Account in blogging/ microblogging platform
Setup Steps
Answer the following:
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What’s my blog going to be about?
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Should it be more specific than that?
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Can I write 100 articles on that?
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What type of blog is it going to be?
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How do I want it to look?
Choose a platform. Tumblr is a good option when you want to share content quick and gain a following.
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Sign up at https://www.tumblr.com, click Get Started
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Fill the form with the required information > Click Continue > Enter your preferred username
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Select your topics of interest > Click Next on the upper-right side of the page.
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Verify your account by following the prompts on the email sent by Tumblr to your registered email.
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On the dashboard, mouse over the image icon on the left side just below the Tumblr icon or on the user icon on the rightmost part of the page > click Edit appearance.
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To change your header, click the pencil icon on the upper right side.
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To edit your image, click on the pencil icon in the middle of the image icon.
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To edit your description, click the text in the description field.
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To customize your page theme, click Edit theme.
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Click the pencil icon at the upper right side of the page.
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Click the icon corresponding to the type of content that you want to share.
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To search niches and accounts to follow, type keywords in the search bar at the top of the page. You can also click on any of the menu options below the search bar for more narrowed search results.
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Network and engage by liking and sharing content and by sending messages.
Marketing Setup
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Start an email list and send emails consistently to generate traffic to your blog.
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Be a guest expert and create content for other blogs bigger than yours and add a link to your blog post and blog page in the content.
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Share your blog content across all your social media platforms to increase sharing probability.
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Comment on other blogs to make you more visible to a larger audience.
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Reach out to bloggers and influencers who can share and link to your posts, and who you can feature on your blogs.
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Promote your blog on forums through sharing ideas, participating in discussions and adding a link to your blog in your forum signature.
Timeframe
Time to do: 1 day
Time to see results: 3 months
Additional Tips
Create interaction with your followers and readers by enabling the “Ask and Submit” feature on your blog settings.
Tag your posts with relevant keywords to increase your content visibility from searches.
Create content that initiates response or action from your readers.
Post great images within your blog content.
Follow other blogs.
Encourage others to repost your content on other platforms by adding social sharing buttons to your posts.
Focus on your niche.
Analyze when most of your audience is online and publish your blog posts at that right time.
Potential Results
As a total beginner starting in a simple blogging platform, you will not be able to feel yourself earning money for the first few months. But once you get things started, you can earn up to $500 – $1,000 per month.
