Are you planning on starting a blog in 2023? Read this ultimate guide on “How to start a blog and make money in 2021”.
Starting a blog may seem super easy to some people but for a beginner this can be very hard and difficult.
Secondly you want to make sure you don’t make any huge mistakes that can affect you in the future.
So, in this post i am going to guide you on how to start a blog before 2021 that will be profitable in the future.
How to start a successful blog before 2023
Things you need before starting a blog
- Web Hosting; This i where all your website data is stored. your databases, files, e.g audios, images texts codes and more, it is like the store of your website.
- Domain name; domain name is simply your website name or url, example is mywebsite.com, .org, .ng etc.
You need to purchase both a web hosting plan and a domain name before you can launch your website online without a domain name and web hosting there can be no website or blog.
The steps below will guide you on how to pay for domain and web hosting online in less than ten minutes.
1. Choose Your Blogging Niche
Your blogging niche is like the main category of your website e.g entertainment, Health, Food, fashion, Football, Lifestyle, How-To’s etc.
it is advised when starting a blog to focus on a specific niche or even a sub niche because it will target a specific audience.
When choosing a blogging niche make sure that it is popular but focus on a specific category of that niche for example between someone that blog about music and another on pop music the person that blog about pop music will get faster rankings and will do better than someone that targets music in general.
2. Choose a web hosting plan
Web hosting and domain name are the two things you’ll need in order to launch your website online. you can get one by visiting here; Buy Hosting
Next you need to select a hosting plan, for a beginner the starter plan should do.
Next you will be taken to a page where you will insert your domain name if you don’t have one I would suggest that you select the box above the domain and change your web hosting plan from 1 month to yearly that way you will get a free .com.ng domain name registered for you.
Proceed to the next page, create an account and complete the payment and your account will be activated.
3. Register a Domain name
Normally after selecting a hosting plan, you’ll be taken to a page where you’ll either register a domain name, Transfer or use your existing domain registered elsewhere and updating your nameservers.
To register a new domain just click on Register a new Domain and type your domain name in the box after www. and select a tld either .com, .net, .com.ng etc.
Note; You’ll get a free domain with yearly hosting plans as indicated above, so if you wish to get a free domain name then make sure you choose a yearly Hosting Plan.
This has been explained above in the process of purchasing web hosting.
4. Install WordPress
You can install WordPress by visiting your client area in naijawebhost and logging in to cPanel to do this you need to.
See How to Login to your naijawebhost Cpanel Account if you don’t know how to.
- login to cPanel
- Under Software; you will see softaculous Apps Installer.
- Click on it
- Select WordPress and click install now, you will be taken to the installation page
- Select the domain you wish to install WordPress on, fill i your sitename, description, admin username & Password, admin email.
- Scroll down and click install and wait for the installation to complete.
to login to your WordPress website just type the website address followed by /wp-admin eg mywebsite.com/wp-admin then enter your username and password.
5. Install a Theme
To install a WordPress theme all you need to do is login to your WordPress dashboard, click on appearance, themes, and click add new theme if you have a theme on your local computer, you can upload it as well.
Here are; 64 Best Free WordPress Blog Themes for 2020 that will help you get started.
Astra is considered one of the the best WordPress theme see; the Astra Pro vs Astra Agency Bundle 2021: The Ultimate Comparison.
6. Write Your First Blog Post
To write a blog post on WordPress just click on post and select add new.
give it a title and start writing then you are done click publish.
here’s a guide on how to write your first blog post
7. Start Making money
Here is the big one there are many ways i which you can make money blogging and it includes;
- Affiliate marketing
- Google AdSense
- Paid Referral Services
- Product Reviews.
i have put together posts that will help you understand each
The complete affiliate marketing guide
Tips to Make Money With Google AdSense
i hope this post was helpful.
