What Do I Need To Start A Blog
You have had it up to here. You are tired of scrolling through Instagram and Pinterest gawking over normal people turn their drab life into a fab one. All by starting a blog. Well, it’s okay pumpkin. I was in your shoes as well back in 2018. Now, I have worked my butt off to become a successful blogger. So, if you are in the New New phase of blogging and want to know What Do I Need To Start A Blog? This post is for you.
The Steps of Blogging
Before I jump into the resources that you will need to blog. Let’s make sure that this is what you really want.
What is You ‘Why’
Many people that start working for themselves have the same goal. Which is being able to make a comfortable living and spending more time with your family. But let’s dig deeper…
- Will blogging solve my financial strains?
- Can blog from home benefit my family as far as time management?
- Why do I really want to blog?
Once you figure out why you really want to blog, your compassion will kick in.
Like for myself, I wanted to blog because I wanted to continue working for myself(I am a licensed cosmetologist). But I wanted not only to work for myself but a Star in my own world. I wanted to speak on matters on a public platform, where the public is coming to me for answers. And for me, a blog does just that and more.
Dedication
Blogging is not a walk in the park. I would be lying if I told you it was easy. But as they say, everything worth having is worth waiting for. (It goes something like that, ha!)
This is a job where you can’t just give up. You have to know your are the CEO of your own brand(blog). You are going to be making the executive decisions and doing all of the work. Unless you hire a virtual assistant.
Consistency
This kind of goes on the lines with dedication. To be consistent you have to be dedicated. You have to tell yourself every day, you got it. I don’t want you to think blogging is soooo freakin’ hard and you need to stick to your 9 to 5 where you are feeling underappreciated. Take baby steps. You don’t have to start a blog today and then make 5 weeks all in the same week and get major traffic coming in. Take baby steps. Start your blog meaning sign up for the hosting platform. This is where the magic happens. You should be completing a to-do list for the week. And make your goals realistic and doable.
Resources That Is Needed To Start A Blog
WordPress.Org
This is very important. Do not set your blog up on wordpress.com. Set your blog up on wordpress.org. This is because the .com site is for people to write posts, but you can not make any money from it, because it is not set up to have hoasting. Hosting is what will put your work out there to be viewed on the internet. You can only make money from setting it up with the .org. The good thing about signing up with Bluehost is the wordpress.org account comes with the Bluehost account. They are integrated and intertwine together beautifully.
Hoasting Platform(Bluehost)
As I mentioned above a hoasting platform is who puts your blog posts out there to the search engines. The search engines are like Google, Bing directories like that.
-Free domain (url for your site)
– Free one click install to WordPress.org
Related Post: Bluehost vs. Siteground Review
Internet
You need the internet to be anything relevant to the internet. I tell everyone every day to check into the Comcast Internet Essentials program. This program is for anyone that is a student or who has children that are students. I mean even if you have a preschooler all the way to someone in college.
If you are not a student or have someone in your household that is, you can still be eligible for this program. If you receive any benefits like social security, food stamps or medical assistance and so on you can qualify. Guess what, only for 10 bucks a month for the internet. Being that my children are students we qualify. I run my whole business off of a $10/month internet/wifi bill.
This also means you can watch free tv using your Roku or firestick. And even set up a home phone service all using Comcast Essentials. Check them out here.
What Are My Steps?
So, I hope I haven’t blurred you with all this good info. Grab a pen and paper and jot down these steps to get you started.
- Sign up to Bluehost (You will get bluehost + wordpress.org+a url) all in one
- Find your niche. Do this step now. This is what your blog would be based on. If you will be blogging about parenting, fashion, money a little of everything that is a lifestyle blog. Do this step before you make your blog name. You may want to incorporate your niche into your blog url.
- Pick a name for your blog. Be unique some of my fav is guesswhatkatedid.com, acupofJo.com, straycurls.com. View this post on how to come up with the perfect blog name.
- Write blog posts. Read how to write a money-making blog post. Get some blog post ideas here.
- Now Promote your blog. Read how to promote your blog for a beginner.
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Good Luck with everything! Thanks for trusting me to help you with your blog. Now if you need help with anything on your blog I am a Social Media Manager/Virtual Assistant and I would love to help guide you. Get your free 15 Min Consult with me today.
I’ve been blogging for 3months now. It’s been mixed with both feelings of excitement and difficult. Excitement because it’s challenging to study what really makes my brand successful, and difficult because the very slow income sometimes affect so much with the motivation. But, income is not yet the priority in early stages of blogging; growing and learning is. So, one of the most important thing to have in blogging is… Patience.
I love that you are sharing this helpful information to help inspire new bloggers to take the plunge and to help current bloggers that might be struggling. Sharing is caring!
So many people just jump into blogging without thinking. It’s not a good thing to go in without planning first.
I think a strategy plan is the first thing to do when you want to start a blog. You have to detail everything.
This is a great list of resources for anyone getting started blogging!
Starting a blog is not an easy task, if you want it to succeed. It took me two years before I was able to get things going. I am still learning a trick or two up to this day. I will share this post with my daughter’s best friend. She wants to start a parenting blog and she wants to document all the little developmental milestones of her daughter.
Thank you supporting and sharing. A parenting blog is the to go to for a lot of moms. And that field is very lucrative as they are thousands of mommy topics to write on. Make sure you tell her to do a lot of research prior. Have a great day.
these are all great tips. dedication and discipline are really the key to committing into blogging <3
Cha at Little MisadvenCHA
I always say a successful blog always is fueled by consistency. If you are consistent the result will flow!
How much you’re willing t dedicted i youself they pieces wil = bxit
This is really good stuff. Starting a blog is no easy task.
maybe i should get a cupcake so i can blog better HAHA. your pic has me hungry. thanks for not discouraging people from “lifestyle” blog niches. joy
How I wish somebody had told me about the amount of dedication I would need for my blog! It’s simply too much a lot of the time.
I wish I would have read some posts like this before I started my blog 🙂
Thanks for this lovely post.. ! This tells so much about how to start your own blog perfectly. Very helpful.
This is an excellent list of what you need to get started with a blog. There are many resources and need to have things to get into blogging. It hasn’t changed a lot in the 12 years I’ve been blogging, as far as what you need, but the blogging community has changed a lot.
I love seeing posts like this that help other hopeful bloggers that are just starting out.
Great information for people who are thinking about blogging or just getting started. Thanks for sharing this.
Just the idea of starting a blog nowadays is so intimidating. These tips should be helpful for anyone wanting to start a blog.
Great beginner post to blogging. Now that I have been doing it for a long while. Your hosting team is your backbone. I pay for both website management and hosting through the same company. Gave me peace of mind.
Finding your niche and blog name can be the hardest but it is so crucial. I love bluehost and wordpress too.
A lot of people want to be successful bloggers but lack consistency. It’s such an important aspect if one want to be a great blogger.
Great post
Thank you for sharing this! I’m a new blogger and this is so helpful for me.
This post on starting a blog is informative. I wish I had done more research before starting my blog 3 years ago, but I just jumped in and started writing posts. I started my blog on wordpress.com, but changed it within the first few months. I also missed some steps with creating a site map and all that with Google. You live and learn, but blogging tutorial posts like this one are super helpful.
I wholeheartedly agree that dedication is necessary to have a blog. I didn’t realize before starting to blog how much went into those articles I saw poster online. I haven’t invested in any blogging books as yet, but will take a look at your recommendations.
Great information on starting a blog with great links