The Noob Friendly Guide On Starting A Blog (Step-By-Step)

Want to know how to start a blog in 2021, from choosing your niche to buying a hosting and a domain?

Worry not you are in the right place. Starting a blog might seem very daunting and hard especially with all the conflicting advice out there. 

So In this guide, we will show you how to:

• Choose A Niche
• Buy Hosting & Domain
• And Set Your Blog Up For Max Performance.

Sounds Cool? 

Let’s dive right in.

Choose A Niche For Your Blog

Do you know why a lot of bloggers quit blogging within the first 6-8 months?

Because they choose the wrong niche.

They dive into any niche without even taking a moment to research it thoroughly.

But in reality, it doesn’t work that way. 

If you start a blog just by looking at the monthly searches and the amount of traffic without analysing the competitors who rank on Google, then you are already putting yourself on the back foot.

If you want to make sure that your blog grows and generates income then you have to go beyond search volume.

Choosing the correct niche for yourself can reap huge benefits. Just take a look at these people & Their blogs.

• Smart Passive Income :- This Blog by Pat Flynn, is one of the best around. It teaches you about Making passive money and living the life of your dreams. 

At present, he is making over $200,000 dollars a month from affiliate commissions. 

(In Dollars)

• ShoutMeLoud:– If you are a blogger and don’t know about ShoutMeLoud then it is like being a fan of the avengers and not being familiar with Captain America. 

Harsh Agarwal started a blog on SEO and WordPress for Newbies, with the aim of helping them start & grow their blogs and help them BTOB (Be their own boss). 

And this paved off, as he is making more than $40000 per month from Affiliate Marketing & his own products.

To choose a niche you have to follow 4 steps;

1. Brainstorm & Generate Ideas.
2. Gather Difficulty & Passion Metrics
3. Check Your Monetization Potential
4. Check content potential

#1 Brainstorm & Generate Ideas

So you need a niche…

But how do you know where to get into?

Well, at this point of time you need to think & brainstorm as many niche ideas as possible. Don’t limit yourself now you just think and get out as much ideas as possible, you will eventually filter those Niche ideas 🙂

But the question is,

HOW DO YOU BRAINSTORM THESE NICHE IDEAS IN THE FIRST PLACE?

Well, if you just stare at a wall, it won’t come out.

Rather you should take a data-driven approach. (And that’s what we are going to show you).

#1 Use ExplodingTopics

Okay, this is the first tactic that we will use to find out an niche which is

• Less competitive
• Has a high demand
• And In which you will enjoy creating content.

The first step is to go to explodingtopics.com (This tool is created by one of our favorite SEO’s Brian Dean)

Then use the filters to weed out irrelevant topics.

Let’s say we were to create a brand new blog in the “Pets” category. Then we would just alter the Filters to Something like this;

And this will give us awesome niche ideas backed by data.

#2 Amazon Tracking Domain Hunts.

#2 Filtering Out The Niche Ideas

So you have a lot of Niche ideas and your mind is boggling now with amazing ideas and stuff.

But here’s the deal;

If you are a newbie and are just starting out then you should not create more then 1 blog at a time.

Why you might ask?

Because you are a newbie and when you are a newbie you will make mistakes and get overwhelmed quite often.

So If you have multiple sites you are eventually going to get bored and leave blogging at the worst.

You Need to get into a niche where you have the perfect mix of Profitability, Knowledge and Passion.

First of all create an spreadsheet in Google Sheets which looks like this;

Now one by one we will be going over what each coloum in this Spreadsheet means and what to do with it.

Niche Name

This Is Where You Will type in your niche name.

Difficulty

This is the difficulty/competition in the niche. This can be an metric to seperate competitive & easy niches.

You can use the Ahrefs Keyword Difficulty Checker to measure this diiculty.

Just put in your niche name;

Put that difficulty in your Spreadsheet.

Traffic

In this colom you will fill in the amount of traffic you can expect if you start in that niche.

To take out the value of the metric go to semrush.

And plugin the name of your competitors. (Here’s how to find your competitors)

Go to google and search for a broad keyword in your niche like “Dog Food”

And take note of the domains in the Search results.

Paste those domains one by one and find out their traffic.

Now Do the math yourself and find out the Average Traffic for all the niches you have brainstormed and note that number down into the respective traffic columns.

Do I Like It?

This Is Based on you.

If you like it then type in YES and if you don’t put in No.

There’s Nothing Else Here.

Monetization

This is a very important metric when choosing your niche. It can make or break your entire carrer.

Below are some ways you can check the monetization potential of your niche.

Look At Other Blogs (How they make money)

This is a surefire way to find out the best monetization oppurtunities for your blog.

If someone is using a monetization method heavily then chances are that it works and converts for them very well.

So just look around the blogs of your competitors and you will surely find some Awesome monetization oppurtunities for you.

Here, create and go creates courses and sells them. It’s a Monetization method that we could potentially go for, and as Create and Go is a very popular blog in our niche We would suggest that this probably converts.

Checkout For Affiliate Offers

Affiliate Marketing is where you amplify and promote other people’s products and get a commission in return whenever somebody buys from them.

Read More About Affiliate Marketing Here.

You can just go to google and type in search strings like;

"Niche" + Affiliate Programs

And by typing that you can find tons of Affiliate Programs In Your Niche which you can potentially promote and make money off.

Expenses And Efforts

Believe it or not.

Some niches are harder to work in than others.

And this metric depends totally on you. If you can cope up with the pressure and can give in the work required then the effort metric should be GOOD.

Here are some questions you can ask yourself when coming up with the answer to how much effort I have to give in.

Also, you will need to invest in some tools which we will cover up later in the post 😀

Revenue Potential

This will be the amount of revenue you can generate if you start a blog in that niche.

Finding this is quite easy.

First, you search for a keyword in your niche

Then copy paste the URLs and plug them into Ubersuggest.

This will open a report like this;

Then go to the Top Pages section on the left.

And then search for your page (The one which you copied)

Take note of the number on the Est. Visits Coloum, this is the traffic this page is getting from Google.

This report will show you how much traffic the top-ranking pages get in that niche.

And If you have that number then you can find out the revenue you can make in that specific niche.

As the average conversion rate is 1% (It’s An Estimation)

The math to find out the revenue generated by that page would be;

0.01 x 300621 = 3006

That means 3006 people will buy the products listed in this Article (It’s An Estimation)

Let’s say the Affiliate commission on the sale of each product is $6 so if 3006 people buy it;

3006 x $6 = $18,306 (Again! This Is A Probability).

Rinse and Repeat this process for other niches and you will find out the revenue you can generate.

The rest is on you.

Go through the sheet and cherry-pick the best one for you.

Choosing A Blogging Platform

There are a lot of platforms to choose from when it comes to launching your blog.

But which one should you go for?

Well, If we were to start a new blog then we would defenitely start it on WordPress.

Why?

Because wordpress powers 95% of the Websites on the internet. And more than 1.9 Million blog posts come out on their platform every day.

So if you are serious about blogging, then go with wordpress because it provides you flexibility like no other platform. Some more Pro’s of WordPress Are:-

	#1 WordPress Is Super Simple To Use
	#2 WordPress Is Easy To Learn, cause it has TONS of Tutorials
	#3 WordPress has the best Flexibility On the market. (You Can create anything with WordPress)
	#4 WordPress Is Free To Use and provides easy web development
	#5 Search Engine Optimization Ready. (Unlike Wix, Blogger, Squarespace)

Below is another video showing how awesome WordPress is.

Hosted Blogging Platfroms

Note:- These Don’t Support WordPress

These types of platforms are free and (probably) will always be free. But don’t get happy right now.

Free Hosted platforms have some serious flaws and limitations.

First of all after your domain name there will always be a sub-domain like

Yourdomain.subdomain.com

That means if your site’s name is Coolcars then it will not be like

coolcars.com

Instead it will be like,

coolcars.subdomain.com

See, that kills branding instantly.

Also, using these types of pre-hosted platforms you will not have any power of your blog. The owner of the platform can always stop or drestroy your blog.

Bottom Line?

You will always be inside a jail and have no right for yourself.

Self Hosted Blogging Platforms

This is the idle type of Hosting you should opt for.

Even our own blog is proudly Self Hosted on Bluehost.

You will also get full access to customize anything inside your site (cause it comes with free WordPress).

With just a few dollars every month you can get yourself a site which you are in full control.

If you plan to run ads, sell products, or services via your blog, then this is the best way to go. Many hosting providers can help you maintain an e-commerce blog.

Bottom Line?

Self Hosted Blog With WordPress is just;

Okay so now that you are familiar with the difference between Self-hosted Blogging Platforms and Hosted Blogging Platforms, Let’s checkout the Startup cost of a blog i.e how much money do you need to start a blog.

So in Total that’s $452 if you can’t afford it then you can just buy an one time license for Divi And A Hosting from Siteground.

Choose A Domain Name For Your Blog

Congrats, now that you have found the best niche its time to choose a good and brandable domain name.

If you have already chosen a domain name then you can skip this part.

When we started this blog we were quite unsure about what to call ourselves. We tried all the stupid names pumped out by those Random Name generators.  

We wasted at least $70 on more than 10 domain names and none of them seemed right for our niche and what we wanted to accomplish with it.

We don’t want you to make the same mistakes that we made while choosing our domain name. 

So here are some tips you can use to get an awesome domain name.

 #1 Keep it short and simple 

Long domain names are hard to spell and remember (Jon Morrow changed his blog name from BoostBlogTraffic to SmartBlogger and that increased his brandability and authority)

#2 Don’t use keywords in your Domain Name

According to Brian Dean using your main keyword in your domain name helps little to none in SEO.

While it does not harm your SEO but still we recommend not to use the main keyword in your domain name.

#3 Don’t focus on TLD extensions

TLD extensions don’t favour you in terms of SEO and also most of the .com domains are already taken. If you are struggling with finding a good domain name with .com we suggest using something else.

Here are a few things you will miss out if you skip the .com domain extension: 

1. Most People directly type Domain.com and not Domain.net
2. Using other extensions might make your site look spammy.

But if you the domain name you can go with other TLD extensions.

#4 Avoid Copyright Infringements 

When choosing a domain name always check if any other business or organization uses the same name.

Otherwise, they can claim your domain and you will lose your blog.

To check if your domain has any copyright infringement you can use a tool like EstiBot.

Just type in your domain name.

As you can see that the domain shows us, it is under copyright infringement.

Choosing A Hosting Provider For Your Blog 

There are lots of Hosting Providers out there.

But few of them actually fulfill the promises that they take.

So with that said here is an Checklist to go through while buying a hosting.

But as far as our experience goes there are only a few services which provide the quality:

Two of the best Hosting Providers we recommend are:-

1. SiteGround: It is by far the best WordPress hosting out there. we have been using SiteGround for the last 2 years and the results were great. 

Some Perks of SiteGround are:

• Easy to use and beginner-friendly.
• Fantastic Customer Support Service
•  Super Speedy Servers

2. BlueHost: It is a good choice for those lacking a big budget but wants decent performance. We used Bluehost on our low-profile client’s websites and the results were great.

          Some Perks of BlueHost are:

• Easy to use and beginner-friendly
• 24/7 Customer Support Service
• Decent Server Speed

Want to know our Best Pick? It’s Siteground. Because they provide decent visitors limit, the number of sites you can host and webspace even on their cheapest plan which starts only at $6.99 a month!

Buying Your Domain & Hosting  

Now let’s go through the process of buying hosting and Domain from Siteground.

[ NOTE ] If you want to go on with Bluehost watch this video.

To buy a domain and hosting from SiteGround first;

Head Over To SiteGround

Click On WordPress Hosting

Select The Grow Big Plan 

Enter Your Domain Name And Click Proceed.

Now you will be redirected to the payments page which will look like this.

Click On The Pay Now Button

Then Click On Proceed To Customer Area 

Now Click On Setup site

After the completion of your payment, you will get a welcome email from SiteGround along with your receipt and details regarding hosting account.

Install WordPress On your Blog 

After You Click On Setup Site You will come across a screen like this

Now click On “Select” under Start New Website.

Then Select WordPress & Setup your Password.

Then Add These Extras in Your Cart (These Keep your identity private)

Click On “Log In Admin” And you are good to go.

Now a page like this will open up. 

Now type in the password and email address you used earlier.

Adding A New WordPress Theme To Your Blog

Adding a WordPress theme is very important, not just for the sake of creating superb designs but also to ensure that your theme is responsive and error-free.

Thus increasing the user experience.

Free VS Paid WordPress Themes

We hope you have heard a lot about the disadvantages of free themes. 

Free themes might turn your Awesome Blog into garbage .

Some themes we recommend (Tried and tested)

1. GeneratePress :- An awesome theme for those who are just starting,  

Some Perks are:

• Built to be fast and light
• Sleek design
• Full Customizability

2. Astra :- A Superb theme developed by the Astra team a theme that can be better used If you have worked with themes before. 

Some Perks are:

• Light and fast 
• Easier Customizability.

Adding themes To Your WordPress Blog

Installing the theme is an easy task and customizing a theme can be a bit harder. Luckily we have a video here on how to install and customize a theme. (Thank us later! )

Add Plugins To Your Blog

WordPress without plugins is nothing. You need plugins to write content and optimize your blog for SEO. 

We need plugins to optimize and design our blog posts. All those super cool sites you visit are made with the help of plugins.

So if you want to rank and at the same time impress your visitors you need to use plugins.

Here is the list of the best plugins for WordPress which you can use when starting:

1. Elementor:- Have you seen the awesome website and wonder how were they built. Simple they used Elementor or other page builders.

 Well, building those types of websites are super easy and fun. You don’t need any coding skills to create a site in WordPress.

Elementor is a drag and drop builder which means you just need to drag and drop different elements and create your dream website. 

Some more perks of using Elementor:

• Super Easy & Customizable Drag and Drop builder.
• Beginner-friendly 
• Compatible with WordPress
• Gives a ton of features for free
• No. 1 WordPress Builder out there so you have lots of tutorials to watch & learn from.

2. Rank Math SEO:- This is a must-have WordPress plugin if you want to optimize and rank your pages on Google and other search engines.

RankMath gives you all the features of premium on-page SEO plugins like Yoast or All In One SEO Pack for free. 

Some more perks of RankMath are:-

• Easy to  use and beginner-friendly
• Premium quality while being free.
• They have got a cool name (haven’t they?)

3. NitroPack:- Google has officially declared that page speed is a ranking factor and that you should optimize your site speed to rank on Google.

But you need to use images and other visuals to engage your readers right? 

So what do you do? Simple, use Nitropack. 

Nitropack optimizes your blog for faster speed.  Is, There are plugins like WP rocket that help your site optimize for maximum possible speed but NitroPack is by far the best we have used.

 Some more perks of NitroPack are:-

• Free Version Available
• Easy To Use
• Image Optimization available

4. Convertful:- You can use it to collect emails of your visitors and convert them into email subscribers. 

You can create a variety of email optin styles like Pop-ups, Simple forms unlock content type and many more. You can even create designs using its drag and drop builder. 

 The main perks are:-

• All types of Campaigns supported.
• Free version available
• Has a Drag and Drop builder
• Fully Customizable

5. WPforms:- WPforms is another plugin you can use. You can use this form in Contact Us pages and also in footers.

 Some Perks of WPforms are:

• Free version available
• Easy to use
• Drag and Drop Builder
• Templates available
• Fully Customizable

6. UpdraftPlus:- You always should have a backup of your site, for security reasons. This plugin always keeps a backup of your site so that you can access all your previous media and designs whenever needed.

Some more perks of it are:

• Free version available
• All media backup available.

7. Smush:-  Smush is a superb image optimization plugin which increases the loading speed of your site.

      Some perks are as follows:-

• Super light & fast 
• Free Version Available
• Weekly Optimization Audits
• Bulk image optimization available
• Lazy Load enabled 

8. Monster Insights: Analytics always help you stay on track and produce content strategically. 

Some perks of Monster Insights are:

• Free version available
• Gives you cool insights
• Connects With Google Analytics & Google Search Console.

9. Social Snap Pro:-  It is a social media sharing plugin that allows readers to share the article while reading. This plugin has helped us get decent traffic from- Facebook, Instagram, and Linkedin. 

Some Perks are:

• Free 
• Easy to use and Simple interface.

10. W3 Total Cache:- It enables page cache, browser cache etc. thus increasing the loading speed of your website. 

Some perks are:

• Free version available
• Very simple to use.

All the plugins listed here can be easily downloaded from Your  WordPress Dashboard.

We recommend installing 7-10 plugins as installing too many plugins can slow down your website. The plugins mentioned above are enough to get your blog started and running.

Wondering how to install a plugin?

1. Go to Plugins (Click on it)
2. Click on add new 
3. Type the name of the plugins required
4. Click on install and after that click on activate.

Add Important Pages In Your Blog

There are some pages required if you want to look credible and trustworthy both in the eyes of the visitors and 

Google’s E-A-T (expertise, authority, and trustworthiness). 

Let’s dive in.

#1 About Page 

Answer this question honestly. When do you fully trust someone?

After getting to know about them right.

In the same way, when starting a blog you should always add an About page.

In this page, you need to provide information regarding your expertise, work, background etc so that you can gain more trust.

#2 Contact Us  

A contact form is very important to connect with your blog visitors and readers. It helps you gain more trust among the readers which can ultimately boost your traffic.

This is how a Contact Us page looks:

#3 Affiliate Disclaimer 

In this page, you have to let the visitors and readers know about the affiliate links used and the commission earned when they buy any product through that link.

As shown below:

You might also end up getting banned from the Affiliate program itself if this page is absent.

#4 Cookie Policy 

If you are using analytics or tracking platform then you should create a Cookie Policy page so that users know that they are being tracked. 

Also, this boosts your chances of getting an Adsense approval.

#5 Privacy Policy 

If you use lead generation or collecting email addresses in your blog then add this page. You can create a professional privacy policy page using a tool like privacy policy generator. 

Head over to Privacy Policy Generator :

Now Fill Up The Form to the right side :

Then some Ad related questions:

And then enter your email address to receive your privacy policy.

Now hit on Generate My Privacy Policy button

And then copy-paste the Privacy Policy to your blog. 

Creating And Uploading Your Blog Logo

A Logo represents your blog and it’s brand. If your logo doesn’t look attractive and professional then you are doing it all wrong. 

In the words of Thomas J Watson :

“Good Design Is Good Business”

– Thomas J Watson

Your design separates your blog from your competitors!

With that said let’s create a blog logo for FREE.

Authors Note:- We do not recommend using free logo makers. If you want professional Quality logos head over to Canva. 

Let’s now create a superb logo which will increase your brandability with Canva.

Go to Canva

Type Logo In Search Box

Choose Your Favorite Template and Start Editing 

Here Are Some Cool Fonts You Can Try Out.

• League Spartan
• Roboto
• Nunito
• Sailors
• Adumu Regular

To unlock all the elements upgrade to the pro version which is quite cheap considering the features and flexibility it provides. 

Hurray! You have made your logo and it sure looks cool. 

Setting Up Tools For Your Blog

Now we will guide you through all the essential tools needed to set up your blog, scale it and create awesome content.

We will be dividing the list into 3 parts :

1. SEO Tools
2. Content Creation Tools
3. Performance Tracking Tools

Let’s dig deep in each of these toolsets.

#1 SEO Tools 

To start and scale a successful blog you need to create high-quality content and promote it regularly.

And to do that you will need SEO Tools to find out content ideas, build backlinks and perform site audits.

These SEO Tools are :

1. Keyword Research Tools
2. Link Building Tools

Keyword Research Tools 

Keyword Research is the process of finding topics and queries that people are searching on Google. This is the most fundamental and crucial part of SEO.

You can find keywords using Keyword Research Tools, so let’s get started.

#1 Aherfs Keyword Explorer

Ahrefs has always been our first choice for Keyword Research. It provides you with the best keyword data and ideas on the entire planet and they update their databases regularly. 

Their web crawler is second most active on the internet after Google.

Also, you will get access to their Site explorer for link building and competitive analysis, rank tracker for your rankings on google and site audit tool for fixing technical SEO issues on your site.  

But everything is not rainbows and butterflies. Ahrefs has a major flaw. 

The Pricing!

The cheapest plan starts at $99 per month and it provides limited data.

Interested? Read this Review. Or buy Ahrefs now.

#2 SEMrush Keyword Magic Tool

Is there any tool which can compete with Ahrefs? Yes.

 SEMrush’s Keyword Magic Tool provides a complete digital marketing toolkit which Ahrefs doesn’t provide.

You will get access to SEO toolkit, Content Marketing toolkit, Social Media toolkit and Competitive Analysis toolkit.

But is it the best tool? Not necessarily. The quality of data in SEMrush is slightly lower than Ahrefs. 

SEMrush also has aggressive pricing as the Ahrefs.

But the Pro plan starts at $99 per month and compared to Ahrefs the limits are higher with over 3000 searches per week. 

Interested? Read this Review or Buy SEMrush now.

#3 KWfinder By Mangools

If you are on a super tight budget and want more ROI on lesser investment, then kwfinder by Mangools is the best option.

The Quality of data is good, they have a great UI, lots of filters and access to an entire SEO toolset.

The pricing starts at $49 per month which is a bargain considering the quality of the data they provide.

Interested? Read this Review or Buy Mangools Now.

B. Link Building Tools 

If you want to rank in Google then you need to build links. Link Building is the most important ranking factor of Google according to Ahrefs.

Let’s explore the tools required to build Authority Backlinks to your site.

#1 Ahrefs Site Explorer

Ahrefs is the best backlink analyzer and checker we have tested. We use it on all of our sites for its quality of link data & filtering options. 

Ahrefs has a huge database and probably the biggest with 16 trillion backlinks.

Again you have to purchase the entire SEO toolset for using Ahrefs.

#2 Moz Link Explorer

Moz is on its way to a stunning comeback back into the SEO tools industry. They have replaced their old Open Site Explorer with a brand new Link Explorer which is much better and efficient.

Moz’s Link Explorer also comes with an entire SEO toolset known as Moz Pro similar to Ahrefs.

Link Explorer is the best when it comes to efficiency and freshness of link indexes. 

So it is hard to make a final call!

#3 LinkMiner By Mangools

Mangools does a great job of creating budget-friendly and efficient SEO tools.

They have a big database of over 9 trillion links and 2.5 trillion URLs. 

Plus they have a cool view link placement feature which saves a lot of time. 

Helpful!

#2 Content Creation Tools

Content fuels your blog. Creating high quality and informative content will help you in building links, increasing social shares and ranking on Google.

So you should always create content that is:

1. Informative and Valuable
2. Engaging (infographics, Videos, Charts)
3. Data-Driven & Data-Backed

Let us now explore the tools required to build awesome content!

#1 Canva

Want to create engaging graphics and charts just like us? Simple, use Canva. 

It is the best online graphic creation tool. You can create Infographics, Posters, Charts, Animations, Social Media Posts, Logos and anything related to graphic design. 

And it’s all drag & drop.

The pricing is reasonable and easily affordable. 

They also have a free version. The paid subscription costs $13 dollars a month !

2. Google Docs 

The best way to write blog posts is to use Google Docs. Most of the bloggers use Google Docs to write their blog content. It is the best word editor and is 10x better compared to Microsoft Word.

And it’s FREE!

#3 Cloudapp

CloudApp lets you create short GIF tutorials. It’s free and makes your ideas clearer to your readers.

#4 GIPHY

Want to create GIF memes? Then head over to Giphy and create the most funny memes for your Content.

#3 Performance Tracking Tools 

After all the hard work to research and create content, you might wanna know how well the content performed?

This is where performance tracking tools come into use. By tracking your performance regularly you can make strategic decisions.

With that said, let’s dive in:

#1 Google Analytics

It is a one-stop performance tracker and analytics platform. Google Analytics provides data and insights on your visitors and traffic sources. 

It is recommended to sign up for a Google Analytics account whenever you start a new site or blog. Plus it’s FREE.

#2 Google Search Console

Did you know Google provides a free SEO tool which can boost your rankings ? It is called Google Search Console. 

Google Search Console shows all the keywords you are ranking for in google and their stats. 

It is a great option to go with if you don’t want to invest in any paid rank trackers. 

But signing up for Google Search Console is a must whether you use it or not.

#3 Ahrefs Rank Tracker

This is the only paid performance tracker in this list. Ahrefs Rank Tracker comes with its entire SEO toolset.

If you buy ahrefs then you should use it. 

#4 SurveyMonkey

After creating content you should definitely conduct surveys and ask for opinions about your content. SurveyMonkey lets you do this with ease and for FREE.

Writing A Blog Post In WordPress

Now that we have set up our blog and customized all the important aspects, its time to write a blog post on WordPress. 

Now you will come up against an interface like this. 

You can try out formatting tricks : 

• Using Subheadings
• Lists
• Images
• Graphics

Also, make your text and tone as conversational and friendly as possible as this will help you connect better with readers.

After you finish writing the blog post perform On-Page SEO and hit publish.  

Suggested Reads :- 

1. OnPage SEO: The Best & The Worst
2. How to write Perfect Headlines which get a hell of clicks. 

How To Become A Pro Blogger 

Blogging is not something you can learn in a day as it keeps evolving everyday with new information, techniques, updates etc

Remember blogging comes under SEO and SEO is a very dynamic field with over 3657 Algorithm updates per year. 

Which means the strategies that work today might not work after some months or years.

We are not here to provide motivation instead we will talk about data-driven ways in which you can become a Pro in blogging.

Here’s how you can become a Pro Blogger

#1 Keep Up To Date With Blogging Techniques 

As we said, “SEO is a very dynamic field”. You can’t just learn SEO and forget about it.

You should always keep yourself up to date with the latest Blogging and SEO techniques. 

Here are some of the Blogs you can read :

1. ProBlogger by Jon Morrow
2. ShoutMeLoud by Harsh Agarwal 
3. BloggingX by Akshay Hallur
4. RyRob by Ryan Robinson
5. howtosuper by Asif & Ayman

#2 Experiment with New Tactics & Strategies 

While reading blogs you will come across tactics and strategies which might have the potential to bring traffic and revenue. You should always try out these strategies (only if it does not sound too unethical).

Also, you should conduct experiments with your blog content. For eg., you can remove the sidebar and see how the readers react or remove the email collector from the comments section.

These types of experiments will help you uncover secret strategies which you won’t find anywhere else.

#3 Learn The Art Of Writing Great Content 

As a blogger, you should know and master the art of writing content that 

1. Attracts lots of backlinks.
2. Brings in a lot of Social Shares.

Bringing in a lot of backlinks will help you with the rankings and bringing social shares will boost your authority and popularity in your niche.

Some ways you can write great content are:- 

1. Improve your content UI or improve your blog’s design
2. Include lots of stats and data in your blog posts
3. Create checklists and Infographics
4. Create content with a newer angle.

Suggested Reads:

How to create EPIC content for Your Blog 

#4 Network And Outreach With Other Bloggers

To be popular in your niche and attract backlinks without even building them, you need to Network and Outreach with other bloggers in your niche. 

Network and Outreach help in creating mutually beneficial relationships thus increasing and diversifying your audience base.

So you should always be open to an Outreach. 

Suggested Reads:

Blogger Outreach: How to Do It and Scale It Without Feeling Like a Jerk

Wrapping Up

Hurray! You have just started out your first blog. 

But that’s just the beginning of your journey. There are a lot of things yet to be mastered and learnt.  

In this guide We have listed out all the things you need to get your hands dirty and actually start blogging. 

And there’s a lot of things you need to learn yourself. And thankfully there are a ton of resources on the web to help you with that. Like BloggingX, Bloggingwizard or even our own blog howtosuper. 

So keep learning, planning, executing and remember to be creative and adventurous.