How to Start a Blog

A few years ago it was very difficult to start a blog, maybe because very few people knew what a blog was. There were no resources for those who wanted to build one. In that time blogs were not money making machines they were just online diaries. Well thankfully right now we have a lot of resources and tools to start blogging. When Pyra Labs launched Blogger in 1999 it was an unknown blog-publishing tool, it was in 2003 when Google acquired Pyra Labs that this tool began its boom, and the blogging business was never the same.

Now for those beginner bloggers that want to start a blog and make a profit from it, here is a small but useful guide on how to start a blog, have fun.

Ok if you want to start a blog you have some options (service providers) you might want to consider, your first option and if you allow me, the best; is start one with a free blog-publishing tool like Blogger or WordPress. These platforms allow you to create your blog in few steps and without charge. Here is a simple guide on how to start a blog with Blogger.

1. Go to their main page and create an account.
2. After creating your account, login.
3. Go to your Dashboard and click the “Create a Blog” button.
4. Name it. Add a title and type the URL you want for your blog (Check availability).
5. Choose a template or theme.
6. And start posting.

Here is a great guide to start a blog using Blogger.

Here is another one at About.com

A Video explaining how to use this tool.

Now How to start a blog using WordPress. This tool has a lot of features that the others don’t have, like tags and categories, here are some good resources.

Here is another guide from About.com, this time for WP.

Here is a very useful video that explains how to setup a Blog in WP.

Learn more about How to Setup a WordPress Blog.

There are other platforms you can use , here is another guide to start blogging but this time for Moveable Type.

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