How To Start a Blog for Free?

Blogging is still a thing in 2020, especially during these times of challenges, a.k.a. the home quarantine episode wherein we've got plenty of time doing the things we just want to do. It is a self expression aimed to share anything you want to the outside world. It works alongside of expressing your God-given gifts. And I am sure everyone of us has something to share. 

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The recent generation are indeed so fond of blogging! Everyone in town wants to be a blogger. Some create a blog for leisure, information sharing or even use it for income. A blog is an online journal that may contain personal stories, educational materials, company profiles and at least some advertising ads used by people in a way of life. 

This post is of course dedicated to the blogging “beginners” who are new in the process and would like to learn how to get started from scratch.

Say, you wanted to start your own blogging channel, But, you don’t know how to start? Well, here are few things to consider on how to start a blog from scratch. 

• The planning stage- before you do anything else, you need to create a solid strategy that will surely make your blog successful. Be wise enough, spending time on planning is not a waste of time. On the contrary it will keep you from wasting your money on a blog and topic that does not have the following important elements in doing your first blog. At this stage, you are going to select your niche and start doing your research. You need to do the basics; topic planning, keyword research and market strategizing.

• Select your blogging platform- There are a lot of blogging platforms available over the internet that you choose from. Popular sites like Blogger, WordPress, Wix, Weebly and many more. This will serve as your online journal where you can customize and upload your own blog.

There are many blogging platforms out there, yet I am going to take you to the simplest and easiest platform every blogger started with, the Google blogger platform; and the most important thing, it is free. This blog is made in Google blogger platform. Why I love it? Because the hosting is free, even if I am not actively blogging for some period of time it's okay, no one will take down my blog. However though Google blogger platform lacks some functionality compared to other blogging platforms, though it perfectly serves my purpose and that is sharing just anything and using it as backlinks to my other ecommerce websites.

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Blogger.com

Blogger.com is a free, open-source blogging site sponsored by Google. It helps you to build up your own blog site without spending much money and time in starting your own blog site. 

Creating a blog using blogger.com takes you only 3 steps:

1. Make a Blogger Account. Before anything else, You need to Sign-up for a free account for you to be able to create your own personal profile. Should you have a google account, you may use it as your primary account and set your password to obtain an account. 

                                                        

2. Name your Blog. Choose a unique name for your blog. The more interested the name sounds, the more curiosity it builds up to your target readers which will push them to read your blog. Blogger.com gives suggestions for blog names that are not yet used by other users making it easier for you to decide for the name that you will be using. 

3. Personalize your own blog. Let your blog speak for yourself and for you to do this, Blogger.com offers free themes and layouts you can choose from to personalized your site. From Themes (free and paid), text formats, file upload and many options. Personalizing comes very easy because Blogger provides you a step-by-step process to set up your blog. With just a few clicks, you already have your own blog. Tips: You can download beautiful free templates from the internet and upload it to your blog as the new template.

       

• Start creating fresh content- Create good content! Remember that your first few posts that you write is very important for setting the overall subject and tone of your site. These posts should answer some questions or provide some insight that people are seeking. Having a unique take on a popular topic is one way to help your site gain traction in its early days. The most important thing is to always get quality and original content up on your site. 

Blogging is not just about money, it is also for sharing and caring. Words can express much when it is written than just saying it with our mouth. Minds are very powerful and we as writers can transfer it in our pens or when we type it on any medium that we are using. We must also be in control of selecting our information, thoughts and words. Happy Blogging!

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