Due to popular demand, here is my complete step-by-step guide I wrote on how to start a blog. Note that this post could get very long, so please be sure to bookmark it so you can always come back and make reference to it. This post will be updated from time to time so I make sure the content stays fresh just the way you like it.

This post is dedicated to Nnamdi, and Abdul, who’s been asking for advice on how to build the best blog. I hope this post helps you. Good luck dominating your niche! Hopefully, one day you’ll be making millions from it. It will definitely change your life!

Contents

Try not to skip any sections if you’re just starting out. You’ll thank me for it!

How I got into the world of blogging

I started blogging in the year 2011. Back then I didn’t know much about it and so I had to make do with the little information available to me at the time. My first blog was about technology and phones. I wasn’t making any money from the site but I wasn’t bothered much, seeing that I didn’t spend a dime on it as I was using the Blogger platform.

I spent hours and hours every day uploading content and tinkering with the site. It was my first baby and so I pampered it a lot. I began to get worried over time as the time I put into the blog wasn’t yielding any sensible results. Very few comments were coming in, my traffic was rising and falling and I thought all I needed to keep on doing was updating posts and it will eventually work out.

That was when I heard of AdSense. Finally, a way to make money from my efforts! After going through a rather rigorous process to get my AdSense approved (that’s a story for another day), I thought finally now the money will come rolling in. Still, AdSense proved me wrong. I wasn’t making any sensible money from the system.

That was where I knew I was doing something wrong. I stopped updating my blog in October the next year and decided to take the time off to learn the basics of blogging and how to make money from it. I didn’t want to make peanuts anymore. I wanted an income that will justify all the hours I had been spending. So I went in search of that information, spent a few bucks here and there in the process.

During my months of research and learning I discovered many things I didn’t know about blogging and learned from other people who had made the same mistakes too. So I decided to put all my knowledge and past experience together under one platform and to help other bloggers plus people who are new to blogging to achieve their goals.

Maybe you’re blogging because of the money, or you’re like Abdul and you want to dominate your niche. The advice I give here is basically a guide in the right direction and sort of a road-map for newbies who want to achieve huge success in blogging.

Ok, let’s begin, shall we?

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Choosing the right niche – Miss this step and don’t bother about blogging.



I keep getting questions about choice of niche for blogging. To make this post as short as possible, I’m going to summarize what it is all about. You have to locate a need that people are willing and able to pay money for, and then provide a solution to that problem.

Read also: How to find a profitable niche for your blog

After choosing a niche, you need to find keywords related to that niche that people are searching about. A free tool for doing this is Google’s keyword planner tool. I can also carry out keyword research for you if it’s too much trouble but you need to know the basics first.

Now about interest in your niche, this tends to cause arguments. Some people argue that you should only blog about what you love while others say you should focus on the money. For me, I suggest you find a balance between what you love and what people are willing to pay for.

If there are already people in your niche, you need to study what they are doing to know how they are making progress and also to detect areas where you can do better than them.

Source: http://oyamakemoney.com/start-a-blog-today/

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Ok ooo... Everyday blogging,must everyone blog?

That easy?

Interesting...

Front Page Chilling

ok

we have hear

Op, how much have you made?

blogging aint easy if u can't gossip, who come get time?

Please you cannot start blogging today and start making money tomorrow.
Whoever brought this to the home page is an accomplice of the Op I suppose.
Or the Mod and the Op are scammers...
It looks like all these adverts saying "How to make 890 dollars in 24 hours"

You will blog (if you have carved a niche for yourself) for at least (best case scenario) months before you start making a penny.

Another nonsense, must everyone go into blogging to make a living?

.

Just like that

How much are we talking about

bloggers...

op u hvnt said anything. theres nothing like start blogging today make money the next day. firstly ur site must be 6 months old to get considered by google for adsense. secondly, u made no mention of how to actually blog. keyword analysis, search engine optimization and all what not.
all u just said is... the way to make money is to make money.

We must make money this year.

Nice one

We are making money already! Check my signature

Not easy as u talk o OP, but it is possible.

continue your story jare

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Blogging to the Bank

blogging in Nigeria

You need to read the Average black man mentality on FrontPage

they think they are doing you a favour by browsing your blog even if you are offering them a good stuff.

Blacks indeed are something.

it still amaze how the human race originate from Africa

This guy wan wine government

Easier said than done.




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