How To Start Blogging

It is no longer news that people are becoming millionaires through blogging in Nigeria and all over the world. No more doubt and disbelieve, it is now a serious business.

A you are serious blogging in Nigeria, It can give you over N10M monthly in the future but there is difference between just having a BLOG and BLOGGING.  

Many people go into blogging in Nigeria but very few will make serious money out of it. Why? Because majority are blogging wrongly.

I believe you have already understood what blog means from meaning of blog. Before you can start creating your own blog, you need to plan yourself by following the steps below:

4 Steps before creating your own blog:

1. Decide what to blog about. If you are a businessman, company or organization, this will be easy to determine.
2. Choose a platform e.g. free, freemium and self-hosted.(Self-hosted recommended).  You have to determine which platform to use..
3. Pick a domain name - - -
4. Choose a Web Hosting Company....
5. Design your Blob and start adding Content. 

Create content that attracts. You must learn how to create quality content that attract massive traffic within minutes.. learn some of the skills that professional bloggers have used over the years to write content that makes millions of naira for them. 

 a. Free platforms means having a blog name in this form; yourname.blogspot.com or yourname.tumblr.comor yourname.wordpress.com.

b. Freemium platforms mean you will have a trial period before you have to star paying ,cost vary from $5 to $30 per month.

c. Self-hosted platforms allow you to run a blog on your own domain. apart from following your domain register and web hosting company's rules, you are fully in charge of your blog and its contents

For further Reading:  How to create blog,
                               Meaning of blog,
                               How Bloggers Make Money

  What is a domain name?

It is the unique address of your blog on the Internet. This is the name by which you will be known online, no matter what niche you choose. It will be yours as long as you continue paying the annual fee e.g. $15 - $20 for .com domain. We have other popular domains like .us(United States), .co.uk (United Kingdom), .net, etc.

How to choose a blog name

Naming your new blog is like naming your new born baby. It is a name you will be admired,or teased or forgotten because of it, so choose wisely.

It may be very easy for an organization, company or businessman to choose blog name than individual to choose.

 

How much money can you make from a blog?

Another survey, this one of 1,500 ProBlogger readers who said they are trying to make money by blogging, found that 9% make between $1,000 and $10,000 a month and 4% make over $10,000 a month. But the vast majority makes less than $3.50 per day.