We have already talked about what a blog is for those who don't know it. Blogging is something that I always enjoy, and it is my passion. Blogging for money is not just work; it boosts my knowledge and confidence.
This made blogging my full-time professional career. After three continuous years of professional blogging, it becomes more and more exciting day by day.
Blogging is like diving in a sea; the deeper I go, the more knowledge I get, and I always like to share my knowledge and experiences here at eAskme.
People believe that blogging is not a passion. I know that money is a significant need for life.
Without cash, blogging can never be your top priority.
We make this sacrifice to ensure the security of the future.
Today we will discuss a complete guide about how to start blogging to make money with this money-going guide.
I also include references from my earlier posts so you don't miss anything here.
You should know how you can start a blog yourself.
We will make it quite easy for every newbie blogger who is just thinking of starting a blog and wants to learn to blog for money.
Blogging is for those who are passionate about it. Otherwise there are a lot of ways available to make money online quickly.
But I have found blogging is the best way to earn money online fast. This article is for those who want to learn the latest techniques about money making and profit from it.
Here I will discuss every vital factor of blogging and share earlier posts to complete this blogging-for-money guide.
If you want to start blogging for money, then make sure that you check the links mentioned in the blogging for money guide; it will make sure that you won't miss anything.
How to start a blog to make money online:
In the field of blogging, you don't need to have any professional skills like other jobs.
You just need to know how to express yourself in words, which adds some value for the visitors. Then you can become a blogger.
Still, there are few requirements that you can achieve by hiring others or can do yourself by learning.
Blogging is an online business with the lowest investment.
This is the little investment in blogging.
Birth of a Blog Infographic:
Topic/Niche of your blog:
Finding a niche or topic idea for the blog is the very first and essential work to do. When I say niche, that means a topic for your blog.
You might be king of all issues and want to start a blog on multiple points, but believe me, people usually like to subscribe to that blog that is the authority on a particular topic, so it is advisable to start a blog on a particular issue.
Even if we talk about search engines, they also prefer blogs/websites dedicated to a single topic, and they quickly rank higher.
The central question here is how to find the problem on your blog.
Let's discuss the tips that will help to start blogging for money:
- Always choose the subject of your interest and passion. You can write about anything. Only choose the topics that you are passionate about. Your interest will keep you blogging, and you can write more about it.
- Always pick the topic that you love to read. Because we only learned those things that take our interest.
- Make sure that you have some knowledge and interest in that particular topic, so when you write, you can add some value to others.If you are new to blogging, then I recommend you write it down on paper. For example, health care, technology, scientific research, photography, baby care, and so on. Now think about at least 20 post ideas and write them down in those columns.
- While writing the post title, think of the best thing you can write. By the time you complete this task, you will find out on which topic you can start blogging.
This is a significant step because the topic of your interest can make you work on the blog without getting bored.
This also makes sure that you don't blog without passion or dedication. Most of the new blogs die just because there is no continuity and intensity.
To make sure that your burnout period never comes again, always choose a topic that you love to read and talk about.
Now you have decided on a niche for the blog, which will make money for you.
Blogging platform:
There are various platforms available online.
Most of the famous bloggers have started their blogging careers on BlogSpot.
If you are new to blogging, I recommend that you start blogging on the BlogSpot platform, and it will help you learn the basics of blogging easily.
Once you get some skills in fundamentals, then you can move to the other platform, like WordPress.
After learning the basics, you are ready to do some meaningful work now. Create a WordPress blog. Never get confused between a self-hosted WordPress blog and WordPress.com.
A blogger always needs to start with a self-hosted WordPress blog.
Self-hosted WordPress blog means that you will install WordPress on your own hosting and buy a domain, which I will explain further.
Domain Name:
The domain name is the name of your blog, and yes, it is a very crucial and essential part of a blog or site. The URL of a blog or website is known as the domain name, which allows users to visit the blog. For example, www.eAskme.com.
When you start on Blogspot or WordPress, the default domain name they give you looks like blogname.WordPress.com and blogname.blogspot.com.
Then you need to buy a custom domain name like www.eAskme.com, for which you need to pay around $11 (if you want to buy the cheaper domain name, then contact me).
You should buy a custom domain, as custom domains always work better. So it is still good to make a little investment in the domain name; now the next thing we will cover is “Web Hosting.”
How to pick the best domain name?
To get the answer to this question, you should follow the below-mentioned tips:
- I recommend you use the only .com domain. If you are targeting people in India only, then you can use the .in domain also.
- The domain name needs to be easy to remember, type, and pronounce.
- The domain name should never confuse the listener.
I always follow two basic rules for selecting a domain:
Long-term venture:
When you plan to do blogging for money or blogging for the long term, then you should buy a domain with the brand name, like Lablnolblog, wikiaskme, etc.
SEO advantage:
If your main goal is to make money online, then choose a keyword-rich domain.
You can have the main topic first and then use a suffix like "resource," "guide," "help," or so on. For example, WikiHealthBlog, tech guides, and so on.
You can use domain name suggestion tools like Ubersuggest or Bustaname to get suggestions for a domain name.
Use your creativity and choose a domain that makes some sense and is easy to make a brand.
Now let's see what should not be done when selecting a domain name:
- It is not professional to use a blog name as a domain name. You have to target an international audience, so your domain name should look professional.
- Never using long domain names. Make the domain name below 14 characters. Ex: WikiHealthBlog
- Never use domain extensions like .net, .info, or anything other than .com, because they usually don't do well in search engines. I always recommend using a domain name extension such as .com or .org.
- Best local SEO tips for 2026
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Web hosting:
Now when you have learned the necessary steps to blogging or running a blog for some time on a blogging platform like WordPress or BlogSpot, now you should move to self-hosted WordPress.
When I say self-hosted platform, it means to install the blog on the purchased server.
The self-hosted WordPress blog allows you more control, and you are responsible for all actions.
I recommend you get a hosting package from Bluehost.
Why Bluehost?
Because WordPress itself recommended it as the best hosting for WordPress sites and blogs. Now use this guide to installing WordPress on Bluehost hosting.
Bluehost hosting also gives you a free domain along with it, and the cost is $4.95/month, which is in the budget. If you face any issue, then you can let me know in the comments.
Video content is becoming an increasingly popular way to attract an audience and to enhance its engagement.
For bloggers, the size of the video file is often critical, since a heavy video on a free or cheap hosting will take a lot of time to be loaded. Slow video streaming can lower the page rank in the eyes of search engines.
Therefore, you'd better resize both video ads and personal videos to make them weigh less and thus load faster. There are many ways to reduce the size of the video. However, there are either paid or provide a result with quality loss.
Fortunately, there are a couple of tools like Freemake Video Converter that will do the job for free and give you a perfect result. Learn how to reduce or make video file size smaller with instructional video.
Set up your blog:
Here are a few guides to make your blog perfect and to start its branding:
It can be tricky to make your blog a brand; with time you will learn many things.
Plan your content:
It is always recommended to have a content strategy before starting a blog.
For example, if you choose a niche like “WordPress,” then think of basic questions that people can ask, and you will have ideas to write content titles according to that. Learn keyword research here.
Let's focus on planning content according to the user point of view.
For example, if your blog is a “WordPress blog,” you will find the following answers helpful:
Create a spreadsheet in Excel and write down your ideas.
You can also use a mind mapping tool, but that needs some technical skill. Note down your ideas, and your content planning always keeps you focused.
The plan is the most important part of the blog.
Design of blog:
Blog design is the essential part of blogging; an excellent and simple design helps your visitors become loyal followers.
There are many free and premium themes available online, but I always recommend to you to have a premium theme.
You will get support and stay away from adding links and also get good-quality design for your blog.
Following are the premium themes for WordPress that I recommend.
- Genesis: This is the best theme framework but also a little bit costly. Get their pro package, as it will allow you to access all their future updates and skins for free.
- Swift: If you do not know anything about the technicality of themes, then you should go for this WordPress theme and template created by “Satish Gandham,” who gives you priority support.
Theme-junkie: This theme helps you design your theme yourself. You can quickly create your WordPress theme.
These are a few recommendations to start with your blog on WordPress.
WordPress plugins:
There are limitless WordPress plugins for the WordPress platform, and here we will show you some must-have plugins:
- WordPress SEO by Yoast
- Smush.it
- Akismet
- Jetpack by WordPress.com
- W3 total cache
- SEO-friendly images
- Google XML sitemap
- No self-pings
- EasyWPSEO (paid plugin)
- PushPress
There are many more plugins available, but these are the must-have plugins for your blog.
Add important pages on your blog:
When you start a blog, you must have a few important pages on your blog as follows:
- About page: Details about you and your blog.
- Contact page: Page with an awesome contact form.
- Privacy policy: Must add privacy policy details of blog.
- Comment policy: Must add a comment policy to the blog.
Branding of your blog:
You should start working on making your blog a brand from the very first day, as everyone likes to be part of a name.
Follow the above steps and design to complete 50% of the branding. A few additional ways to do branding are the following:
- First, create the logo for your blog.
- Then create the awesome Favicon.
- Also create a page for your blog on all popular social networks like Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter.
First content:
Writing good and quality content can be challenging.
Content not only needs to be good quality but also needs to be useful.
We will also share links to writing tips. Here are a few tips to avoid making any mistake:
When you write an article, always imagine that there is someone who is asking you about it and he has no knowledge.
This will bring all questions that they can ask in front of you.
The content of the article should always cover all the aspects, from basic to advanced, of the topic.
Still, write all details about the issue:
- Content should have the right length, and that will happen when you write all details about the topic.
- Write in the first-person tone.
- Use creative images, take screenshots, or use free photos available on Flickr.
Make Money from Blogging:
The easiest and best way to make money blogging is AdSense. You can check the following articles about AdSense.
When you have a new blog, make sure you use an appropriate number of ads.
Excessive use of advertisements on a blog can make your visitors turn away.
Here are a few tips that you should always keep in mind:
Advanced Ways of Making Money with Affiliate Marketing:Basics of SEO and search engine optimization of your:
SEO is a vast topic, and we can't complete everything in just one article.
Search engine optimization helps you get traffic from search engines that help you make money online. SEO is divided into three main parts:
- Off-Site SEO: Backlinks
- On-Site SEO: Crawling & Indexing
- On-page SEO: Creating keyword-rich and well-optimized content
Two more things that you need to know about SEO:
- Social signals: Google Plus is a social network that helps you to get a good ranking.
- User experience: SEO is all about giving an excellent user experience with content, design, site loading, navigation, readability, and much more.
Must-read articles about SEO:
Traffic:
If you do everything that we have mentioned till now, then you start getting social and organic traffic.
As targeted traffic makes money, we are sharing a few more posts to get more traffic.
Readership:
Detailing is the most significant difference between an A-list blog and an excellent blog.
A list blogger takes care of every single detail of the topic, and it makes their readers become subscribers and followers. So let's see some tips to take a blog to the next level:
Learn from Mistakes:
Also, learn from the mistakes that new bloggers usually make, and that will help you to avoid making such mistakes.
Here we show some articles that will show you the errors favorite bloggers make that cost them money, and they waste their time:
So this is a complete blogging-for-money guide.
Read this complete blogging guide to stay three steps ahead of any favorite blogger.
It takes time to start earning, but when you do, there is no stoppage.
If you do have some questions about making money from a blog or blogging, feel free to ask me in the comments.
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