When it comes to blogging you have a choice – blog for money or blog for passion. If you’re blogging for passion then there’s no point in paying for web hosting and a domain name – simply set-up a blog with Blogger or WordPress. Below are the 7 steps to setting up a blogger blog.
Blogger blogging tips for Beginners
1. Sign up to blogger.com
2. On your dashboard click on create a blog.
3. The title of your blog and the blog address should contain the keyword you’re trying to target in the search engines.
4. Click on Layout and change the colour and fonts of your blog.
5. Click on page elements and then add gadget.
6. The gadgets you should consider adding are subscription links, AdSense and labels.
7. Your blogger blog will now be ready to make a post.
If you want to blog for money then there are a number of reasons why you should obtain web hosting and a domain name. These include WordPress doesn’t allow commercial content, WordPress or blogger could delete your blog at any time and you’re unable to sell your blog if you don’t own the domain. WordPress is considered the best blogging platform for search engine optimisation purposes. Below are 10 steps to setting up a WordPress blog:
WordPress Blogging Tips for Beginners
1. Sign up with Blue Host or Dream Host.
2. Choose the option to set up a WordPress blog – if you don’t have a WordPress account complete the forms to create an account.
3. Choose your favourite WordPress theme from bestwpthemes.com and download to your desktop.
4. Search Google for best WordPress SEO plugins and best WordPress plugins and download them to your desktop.
5. Download filezilla – filezilla is free FTP software that you’ll use to upload the theme and plugins you downloaded in the previous steps to your web host.
6. The Blue Host or Dream Host dashboard will show you the host, username, password and port you’ll need to connect to your web host.
7. Once you’ve connected uploading is as simple as finding the files on your desktop in the left window and pasting them to the themes and plugins folders contained within the public folder in the right hand window.
8. Once you have uploaded your theme and plugins login to WordPress. Click on the plugins tab and activate all the plugins you have uploaded – also make sure you activate the customisable permalinks otherwise the next point won’t work.
9. For search engine optimisation purposes click on options, permalinks and then custom structure – change to /%postname%/
10. Your WordPress blog will now be ready to make a post.
