Did you know that starting a blog can be your fastest path to a profitable business? Blogging has become a standard method of communication and promotion for all types of business, big and small. It has many benefits, for instance; it is a great way to reach a steady supply of targeted prospects, interact with consumers, increase exposure and make more profits for your business.

But the simple fact is most people don't even know how to set up a blog, let alone make it popular and profitable. In fact, I read a post recently on Linda Ikeji Blog and a lot of her followers want her to teach them to become a successful blogger like herself.

Inside This Easy To Follow 5 Day Crash Course You Will Be Introduced To Simple Techniques That You Can Use To Properly Set Up Your Own Successful Blog!

Inside Each Lesson you will learn the basic information that you need to know, so that you can effectively build your own blog, create great posts, attract traffic and earn money from your blog!

You'll also discover simple tactics and strategies that can help you reach your target and keep loyal readers, get them excited about visiting your blog and sharing your content with everyone they know!

"The Blogging From The Beginning crash course was designed with absolute beginners in mind. It quickly introduces you to the art of blogging and shows you how to employ simple blogging methods to create a wildly successful blog!"

Let's get started with today lesson. Please if you have any question post it here. I will download the whole frequently asked question and reply to them all. Thanks.

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Subject line: First Lesson - Blogging From The Beginning


Welcome to the first lesson in the "Blogging From The Beginning" crash course.

Over the next few days you will receive several lessons that will help you learn the ins and outs of beginning to build your own successful blog. In
your lessons will go over some basic options for setting up your blog as well as some different techniques that you can use to make it popular
and profitable.

In this first lesson let's talk about how to choose the right blog platform to suit your blogging needs.

Starting a blog is one of the most accessible ways to make money online. If you are starting your first blog, you are being confronted with
many choices about how to set up your blog, including selecting your blogging platform. A blogging platform is the software that will help you
turn your writing into a website that can be easily navigated and accessed by visitors from around the world.

There are two basic platforms to choose from when it comes to successful blogging: Wordpress and Blogger. Both of these options
have advantages and disadvantages. Before you make your decision, you should read through the pros and cons of each and think about
which will be best for your needs.

Blogger has several advantages. It’s very easy for new bloggers to use. Setting up a blog with Blogger is as simple as following a few prompts.
There is nothing to install. Some of the other advantages include:

Price: Blogger is totally free to use. You don’t have to purchase a domain name as the system will give you an address based on the
name of your blog.

Ease of use: Posting to your blog is easy. You can also change the look of your blog very easily. This is all done through Blogger’s dashboard. If you have more than one blog with Blogger, you can access all of the blogs from the same dashboard.

However, Blogger does have some major disadvantages when it comes to creating money making blogs.

Lack of flexibility: Compared to other options out there, the design and function of a Blogger blog is very limited. You can download and install custom themes for the blog, but most look very similar. This means your blog won't stand out as well in your niche.

Domain name: You will get a free domain name with your Blogger blog, but the domain name will be “yourblogname..com”
instead of “yourblogname.com.”

Ownership: You will never truly own your Blogger blog because the files and content are hosted on Blogger’s server.

Wordpress is the other popular platform for blogging. There is a free option that functions similarly to Blogger. However, there is also a free
option that allows you to have your own website name. You install Wordpress on you website hosting and hook it up to a domain name
that you own. If you don’t know how to do this, your hosting company should be able to walk you through the process. There are two ways to install wordpress. The first is through the auto installer software such as Fantastico. The other is manual installation. I usually recommend the manual installation although it requires professional skills

Other advantages include:

Customization: Wordpress themes are diverse and plentiful. Some themes will even make your blog look like an online newspaper.
Features: Wordpress users have created tons of “plugins” that will increase the functionality of your blog and help you make the most out
of your site. Do you know that most of Nigeria online newspaper are built with wordpress?

However, Wordpress is not without its problems. It is not as user friendly as Blogger, which can make it intimidating for newbies. You will
also have to spend money to get your domain name and your website hosting.

Despite these disadvantages, most professional bloggers go with the Wordpress option because they maintain ownership of their blogs and
can customize them to their heart’s content, but ultimately the choice is up to you and what will fit your needs the best.

That's it for today's lesson. In your next lesson we will talk about brainstorming and generating good topic ideas to write about on your
new blog.

Exercise for Today

Play around blogger and wordpress and decide which to start with. After you have decided, open an account on the platform you choose.
1. Create your first blogger account if you don't have one. Open a google account and login. After that, visit: http://blogger.com

OR

2. Create your first wordpress account if you don't have one. Go to http://

If you encounter any challenge, post it here.

Thank you again for joining me for this 5 Day Crash course on How to blog from beginning.

In the next lesson tomorrow, we are going to talk about brainstorming and generating good topic ideas to write about on your new blog, until then

Olowole Jetro
info@webclick.com.ng

following
my issue is traffic bro
to move from blogger to WordPress ,u nid just a domain name ?
I agree with the poor productivity of blogger cos blogger is always in mobile view,no ads, aw many pple would check web view but I've seen blogs having ads on mobile view like naijamayor,NL.. ARE they on WordPress or one of those hosting companies

Jregz: following
my issue is traffic bro
to move from blogger to WordPress ,u nid just a domain name ?
I agree with the poor productivity of blogger cos blogger is always in mobile view,no ads, aw many pple would check web view but I've seen blogs having ads on mobile view like naijamayor,NL.. ARE they on WordPress or one of those hosting companies

Lesson 4 of this course will deal with Traffic just follow up. You cannot move from blogger to wordpress, but you will need a hosting for the blog. Usually wordpress takes care of that. I will later address that fully. Just follow up

WebclickNG:

Lesson 4 of this course will deal with Traffic just follow up. You cannot move from blogger to wordpress, but you will need a hosting for the blog. Usually wordpress takes care of that. I will later address that fully. Just follow up

thanks bro
following
*eyes wide open for new posts *

I recently learn about blog.com platform but I will not be focusing on that now. But it looks great to try. I am currently exploring it. For the purpose of this lesson, I will be focusing only on Blogger and Wordpress.

This is nice following

Good Morning and welcome to day 2 of our blogging from beginning course. Hope you have a nice night rest.

Second Lesson - Blogging From The Beginning

It’s time for your second lesson in the "Blogging From The Beginning" crash course. I hope you found lesson one informative and that you
have decided which blogging platform you are going to use for your new blog.

In this lesson we are going to talk about brainstorming and generating good topic ideas to write about on your new blog.

Starting a blog is fairly easy, but keeping a blog interesting and fresh is a whole other matter. While many marketers have no trouble beginning
a niche blog, the sheer number of abandoned blogs around the ‘net speaks to the fact that many marketers don’t know what to do to keep a
blog going. According to blogging experts, the key to keeping a blog going is to post frequently. This means that you’re going to need a ever
present stream of content coming into your blog.

You may be intimidated by the thought of having to come up with lots of topic ideas. Brainstorming great topic ideas for your blog posts are
easy if you use the following ideas.

News in your niche

Your blog should be timely and there’s no better way to attract attention on your blog than to tap into some ongoing news. No matter what your
niche is you can find news stories and breaking information that will help fuel timely blog posts. Sign up for Google Alerts (it’s free) and set
up alerts on important words in your niche. This way you'll be able to see the news in your niche and blog about current topics.

Comments section

The comments section in your blog can be a great source of writing inspiration. Let’s say you have a post on your marketing blog about
keyword research. Within the comments section, a few people start asking about how to use keywords in articles for article marketing.
Voila! You have your next blog post. Look through your comments section to identify topics that you can write about or questions you can
answer in the form of a blog post.

Resource lists

Are there some websites or other resources that your niche needs to know about? Write a few resource list posts. Resource lists posts are
very easy to write and they provide maximum value to your readers because they can get the information that they need easily. When you
can’t think of anything else to write about you can pull together a helpful list for your readers.

Other blogs in your niche

Keep your finger on the pulse of your niche. Watch other blogs in your niche and see what they are writing about. You can take a different
angle on the same topic, or cover an area of the topic that the original author missed. If you disagree with the author, feel free to go ahead
and express your opinion on your blog. Other bloggers can be a great source of information so be sure to get involved in the community.

Quick tips

Start collecting a list of quick tips you'd like to share with your niche. These can be inspired by your personal experience with the niche, from
other blog posts you've read or from other products in your niche. When you find yourself stuck for blog post ideas, you can write a quick tips
post.

These tips just scratch the surface of where you can find topic ideas for your blog posts. Start keeping a notepad file with blog post ideas and
you'll never be at a loss for material.

That's it for today's lesson. In your next lesson we will talk about the different “Kinds” of blog posts that you can use on your blog.

Exercise for Today
Try and come up with five post to make for your new blog. Use any of the idea stated below

Again, I appreciate your joining me for this short course. Remember, if you have any questions or need any assistance please feel free to
post it below. I will be glad to help.

Until then,
Olowole Jetro
info@webclick.com.ng

Wow just what I need.
About the write up if we talking about News for instance been a blogger you can't be in all part of the world to get current news but you can surly register and frequent lot of other site to get info.
Now this my question in a case I see some news on other site. which Is better, copy the news and add the source or edit the new and paste on my blog

Much depend on the niche you are targeting. If you want to use article from other site, you will need written permission or verbal permission from the owner and quote them as the source. An example is AllAfrican.com You see that they get their articles from journal around Africa but usually quote the news source.

If you can not get the permission, you might need to edit the article to your writing style. Some of the newspaper get their information from press release on website, so you may need to check press releases in your niche. Well that is all I can say for now. If you have other ideas, please share. Thanks

Tmany: Wow just what I need.
About the write up if we talking about News for instance been a blogger you can't be in all part of the world to get current news but you can surly register and frequent lot of other site to get info.
Now this my question in a case I see some news on other site. which Is better, copy the news and add the source or edit the new and paste on my blog

WebclickNG: Much depend on the niche you are targeting. If you want to use article from other site, you will need written permission or verbal permission from the owner and quote them as the source. An example is AllAfrican.com You see that they get their articles from journal around Africa but usually quote the news source.

If you can not get the permission, you might need to edit the article to your writing style. Some of the newspaper get their information from press release on website, so you may need to check press releases in your niche. Well that is all I can say for now. If you have other ideas, please share. Thanks

GOOD WORK BRO
still following

still following
GOOD ONE BRO

Third Lesson - Blogging From The Beginning

Today we are going to talk about the different “Kinds” of blog posts that you can use on your blog.

Blog posts come in many different forms and lengths. If you want to keep your blog fresh and interesting, you should post often. Creating
different types of blog posts will keep your audience interested. It will also keep you from being bored with your blog.

Whether you are blogging to make money directly from the blog or blogging to drive traffic to an affiliate program, you should know about
these five kinds of blog posts.

1. Review blog posts.

Review blog posts can help you monetize your blog. When you review a product and include an affiliate link, you'll make a commission off of
each sale generated with your affiliate link. Review blog posts should go over some of the major pluses and minuses of the product. Even if
you loved the product, you should keep your review balanced by mentioning a few things that could have been improved. Your audience
will appreciate your honesty and be more likely to trust your recommendation.

2. Quick tips

Quick tips are great “in between” posts since they are so short. They are normally between 100 and 250 words. If there’s a great bit of
information that you want to share with your niche but it doesn't really warrant a full blog post, you can post a quick tip. The tip should be
focused on one key area of the niche. For example, “How to Grease a Muffin Pan” is a perfect quick tip article for a cooking blog.

3. Lists

Blog readers love lists! If you'll look at the most popular blogs you'll see that they make good use out of this type of blog posts. You can make
lists fit any niche topic imaginable. They are great ways to convey information online because they can easily be scanned by web readers
who like to skim over information. You can create resource lists that will help your readers find information on your niche. You can also create
lists of different ways to accomplish a goal in a niche, like “5 Ways to Drive Traffic to Your Sales Letter.” The possibilities are endless.

4. Interviews

Although these require a bit of preparation, they can be very valuable to your blog. You can interview someone in your niche and share the
results of the interview with your blog readers. This will not only help provide valuable content for your blog, but you can also get more traffic
to your blog. Likely, the person who you are interviewing will publicize the event on their blog and around the ‘net which will bring more traffic
back to you.

5. How to posts

Like quick tips, 'how to' posts help you provide valuable information to your readers. However, unlike quick tips, these posts go into detail on a
certain topic. Somehow to posts are even separated out into two or three part courses. For ideas on what to create how to posts about,
look at the most frequently asked questions in your niche and develop posts around those topics.

That's it for today's lesson. In your next lesson we will be talking about some easy ways that you can get traffic to your blog.

Until then,
Olowole Jetro
info@wbclick.com.ng

god bless u webclicKNG for dis good information,bt pls what is d difference btw and wordpress.org.

mubitechnology: god bless u webclicKNG for dis good information,bt pls what is d difference btw and wordpress.org.

is the portal or platform the software is hosted. When you create a blog on wordpress, it will be .com extension, i.e jambutme.

wordpress.org is the official documentation site where you can download the software, theme, plugins, widgets and tutorial information.

In another word, wordpress.org is like manual to using

I hope the information help to answer your question.

WebclickNG: Third Lesson - Blogging From The Beginning

Today we are going to talk about the different “Kinds” of blog posts that you can use on your blog.

Blog posts come in many different forms and lengths. If you want to keep your blog fresh and interesting, you should post often. Creating
different types of blog posts will keep your audience interested. It will also keep you from being bored with your blog.

Whether you are blogging to make money directly from the blog or blogging to drive traffic to an affiliate program, you should know about
these five kinds of blog posts.

1. Review blog posts.

Review blog posts can help you monetize your blog. When you review a product and include an affiliate link, you'll make a commission off of
each sale generated with your affiliate link. Review blog posts should go over some of the major pluses and minuses of the product. Even if
you loved the product, you should keep your review balanced by mentioning a few things that could have been improved. Your audience
will appreciate your honesty and be more likely to trust your recommendation.

2. Quick tips

Quick tips are great “in between” posts since they are so short. They are normally between 100 and 250 words. If there’s a great bit of
information that you want to share with your niche but it doesn't really warrant a full blog post, you can post a quick tip. The tip should be
focused on one key area of the niche. For example, “How to Grease a Muffin Pan” is a perfect quick tip article for a cooking blog.

3. Lists

Blog readers love lists! If you'll look at the most popular blogs you'll see that they make good use out of this type of blog posts. You can make
lists fit any niche topic imaginable. They are great ways to convey information online because they can easily be scanned by web readers
who like to skim over information. You can create resource lists that will help your readers find information on your niche. You can also create
lists of different ways to accomplish a goal in a niche, like “5 Ways to Drive Traffic to Your Sales Letter.” The possibilities are endless.

4. Interviews

Although these require a bit of preparation, they can be very valuable to your blog. You can interview someone in your niche and share the
results of the interview with your blog readers. This will not only help provide valuable content for your blog, but you can also get more traffic
to your blog. Likely, the person who you are interviewing will publicize the event on their blog and around the ‘net which will bring more traffic
back to you.

5. How to posts

Like quick tips, 'how to' posts help you provide valuable information to your readers. However, unlike quick tips, these posts go into detail on a
certain topic. Somehow to posts are even separated out into two or three part courses. For ideas on what to create how to posts about,
look at the most frequently asked questions in your niche and develop posts around those topics.

That's it for today's lesson. In your next lesson we will be talking about some easy ways that you can get traffic to your blog.

Until then,
Olowole Jetro
info@wbclick.com.ng

do i contact the owner of the blog i want to ads to the list for backlinks or i just add them cos i have been trying to talk with the bloggers on my twitter but none answered me
and For the review, just any product or my affiliates cos i got konga
GOD BLESS

Jregz:
do i contact the owner of the blog i want to ads to the list for backlinks or i just add them cos i have been trying to talk with the bloggers on my twitter but none answered me
and For the review, just any product or my affiliates cos i got konga
GOD BLESS

Well if you don't have high traffic already, it will be difficult to get a backlink bargain. For review, if you have high traffic, you will be paid for review. Better still in the mean time, try and register with CPA website or use your affiliate products but it must be related to your niche

WebclickNG:

Lesson 4 of this course will deal with Traffic just follow up. You cannot move from blogger to wordpress, but you will need a hosting for the blog. Usually wordpress takes care of that. I will later address that fully. Just follow up

you can move from Blogger to Wordpress.
Great work from you. thank you

Yes I know it requires professional skill. This tutorial do not cover that detail. Such as downloading the blog and uploading it to wordpress vice versa. Or using other methods.

omoelu1:
you can move from Blogger to Wordpress.
Great work from you. thank you

Fourth Lesson - Blogging From The Beginning

How is everyone? We're winding down to the end of this short course. But we still need to go over a few important topics so that you can get traffic and make money from your new blog.

Today we are going talk about some easy ways that you can get traffic to your blog.

The simple truth is that a blog without readers is pretty much useless. If you've been blogging for a while and have only been getting a trickle of
viewers to your posts, you need to put a traffic building plan into action.

Building traffic is just as an important skill to bloggers as writing quality posts is. Most bloggers are terrific at creating content but don’t know a
thing about building traffic. Here is a quick guide to the five most popular (and most effective) traffic building techniques.

- Get social!

Social networking and blogging go hand in hand. Your blog posts can be distributed across social networking channels in many different
ways. Sign up for Twitter and tweet about your posts as soon as they are added to you blog. Update your Facebook status with a link to you
new blog posts. Submit your stories to Digg.com, Reddit.com and StumbleUpon.com. Remember that in order for social networking to be
effective, you need to participate with other people on your list. If you visit their links and respond to their updates, they'll be likely to do the
same for you.

- Get noticed!

Find blogs in your niche and start following their posts. Make sure to add insightful and interesting comments on their posts. Not only will the
blog owner take notice and visit your blog, other commenters will visit your blog to get more of your great insight into the topic. Don’t spread
yourself too thin with blog commenting, but make it a point to comment on a few related blogs each week.

- Get good use out of your RSS feed!

RSS feeds are a way to syndicate your blog’s content so that it is sent to many different people in their own blog readers or on their own sites.
Most blogging systems have RSS feeds automatically included but you can add a lot more functionality to your feed by using a free service like
FeedBurner.com. With FeedBurner you can add things like sharing the feed via e-mail to your feed so it will pull in new readers and encourage
previous visitors to come back to the blog again.

- Get articles in directories!

You may think that by being a blogger you can ignore article marketing. However, you can get a lot of traffic to your blog by tweaking some of
your popular blog posts and adding them to article directories. You can post your popular posts as articles with a link back to your blog in many
different article directories. Not only will you get a valuable backlink but your article may also be used by ezine owners which will bring you
more traffic.

- Get backlinking!

Speaking of backlinks, you should work to build backlinks to your blog through several different means. By creating backlinks to your blog,
you’ll improve your blog’s ranking in search engine results. You can get lots of traffic from search engines if you are within the first group of
search results for your keywords.

These simple ways of building traffic can be used over and over again to help build traffic to your blog and increase your readership.

That's it for today's lesson. In your next lesson. Don't forget to look for your next and final lesson. We will be talking about how you can actually
start making money from your blog.

Until then,
Olowole Jetro
info@webclick.com.ng

Thanks for the info. I am following

Fifth Lesson - Blogging From The Beginning

Well, we have come to the final lesson in the "Blogging From The Beginning" crash course.

In this final lesson I want to share six easy ways that you can make money from your blog.

Your blog has the potential to be a money-making magnet, if you know the right steps to take. Blogs once started as a sort of online diary.
They've been totally transformed to fit a whole range of needs, from a place to house an online newspaper to a simple way to start an Internet
stream of income. The following five methods will help you make money from your blog, no matter what niche you are in and how you are using
your blog.

1. Affiliate marketing

This is one of the easiest ways to make money from your blog, and the simplest to start. You begin by selecting an affiliate program from one
of the popular affiliate networks. You can either post a review on your blog about the product (complete with your affiliate link) or post ads
along the side of your posts (also with your affiliate link). Affiliate marketing is simple to implement because you don’t have to worry
about writing a product.

2. Selling your own product

If you feel there is a need to be met in your niche and want to create your own product, you can add it to your blog for another stream of
income. Advertising your own product on your blog is a smart idea. Your readers have already built a level of trust with you so they'll be
likely to be interested in your product. You can link to your product’s sales page directly from your posts and display graphic ads in the
sidebars of your blog.

3. Contextual advertising

Contextual advertising, like the type offered at Text Links, will help you make money from your blog without much intervention on your part.
When you sign up with Text Links or a similar service, your blog posts will automatically have certain words hyperlinked. These links go to
advertiser’s websites. You get paid when someone clicks on a link. Unlike with affiliate programs, you don’t get a commission on the sale
but you do get paid whether or not your visitor buys from the advertiser’s site.

4. Other types of advertising

Google Adsense and other pay per click advertising programs will give you code to add to your website. These programs will display ads in the
sidebars of your website. Anytime a visitor clicks on one of these links, you will get paid anywhere from a few cents to a few dollars depending
on your niche. These ads don’t appear within the body of your post, but they are based on the content of your posts so they will be attractive to your audience.

5. Get paid for reviews

Once you have some traffic coming to your blog, you can be paid to post reviews. There are many different networks that link advertisers
with bloggers. You simply find an advertiser through one of these networks and promise to post a review on your blog about the product
or service. You'll be paid a flat rate for your review. Be sure the product or service is relevant to your niche for best results with this monetization model.

6. Selling Advertising Space

When you start having enough traffic, you can write to company in your niche too start placing advertisement in your blog. If the CTR is cost effective, many of them will return and others will fight for the advertising space available

As you can see, you have a lot of different options when it comes to making money with your blog. Try one or all of these to see what works
best for your niche.

I sure hope you have enjoyed your lessons and learned a lot about building and profiting from your own blog. I also want to let you know
that just because we have come to the end of your lessons that doesn't mean that you can't contact me if you have any questions or need any
assistance setting up your blog. I will be glad to help.

I wish you success with your blog,
Olowole Jetro
info@webclick.com.ng