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6 Steps To Know How to create a blog for free?

Author: Anthony Taylor
by Anthony Taylor
Posted: May 12, 2016

If you are looking how to create a blog for free, then you first need to pick a blogging platform that offers the provision to create a free blog.

You will find a lot of tutorials using WordPress when it comes to blog creation. BlogSpot is another reliable platform that you can use to build your blog. It is difficult for a newbie as they are not aware of how to create a blog. BlogSpot allows you to create a blog for free. There are certain limitations of having a free blog. However, it proves out to be beneficial for a beginner. BlogSpot is a blogging platform offered by Google and everything you do would be Google-centric.

Step 1: Logon to BlogSpot.com using your Google account. If you do not have one, then you will have to create it. It’s free. You can use your Google+ profile after login.

Step 2: Upon login, you can click on a new blog. You will have to add a name and also choose your domain name. Avoid the use of your name while naming the domain. You need to make use of a generic name while coming up with a domain name.

Step 3: Select a blog template which can be changed anytime. Click "create the blog" option next. This completes the creation of your blog page but is not the end. You need to edit few settings.

Step 4: You can see the backend of the blog when you hit the dashboard. You can change the privacy settings from here and also enhance the visibility of your blog.

Step 5: Come up with nice blogs on a regular basis. It is better to come up with a blog post every single day. This would keep the readers engaged and the popularity of your blog would also shoot up.

Step 6: Once you have come up with blog posts, you need to go to settings and click on the Earnings option. Then you need to enable AdSense for the blog. This would let you to make money from your free blog.

Once you have set up your blog, you need to focus more on writing posts. Consider writing on topics that are popular amongst the masses. Write something that is entertaining. Research a bit on the topic and the blogs running on a similar theme. Make sure to exclude things that are common. This would be a plus. This guide is for beginners who want to create their own blog for free and are not aware of how to create a blog. The steps mentioned are basic and easy for anybody to follow.

If you want to come up with professional blogs for businesses, then you need to learn how to create a blog for businesses instead. The difference there would be that you would either have to rely on WordPress platform because of the rich features being offered and there is even an option to port the content in case you want to come up with your own domain name in the future. Professional blogs usually have their own domain names and do not make use of blogging platforms. Small businesses however do rely on WordPress.

About the Author

Anthony is an entrepreneur and business consultant. He is helping many entrepreneurs to establish business blogs through his writing. You can find him on Twitter.

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  • Guest  -  6 years ago

    Great article..waiting for next article

  • Guest  -  6 years ago

    Great article..waiting for next article

Author: Anthony Taylor

Anthony Taylor

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