How to Start a Blog in 3 Easy Steps
How to Start a Blog? – You’ve come to the right place if you’re looking for a quick and easy way to start a blog.
How to Start a Blog?
This guide will walk you through the process in a matter of minutes.
A blog is a website that is regularly updated with new content, which is typically written articles.
These are referred to as “posts,” with the most recent at the top of the list.
There will be no need to hire developers or pay designers. You can do these yourself – following these three steps will result in a professional, fully functional blog for your business or pleasure.
- Select a niche
- Get a domain name and good web hosting.
- Install and set up WordPress
- Choose a WordPress blog theme.
1. Select a Niche
A blog niche is a specialized topic area on which you will focus when writing content.
Blogging niches allow you to target a specific audience and create content that is more relevant to them.
- Fashion
- Personal finance
- Food blogging
- Video game
- Investment
- Travel
- Business
- Fashion blog
- Digital marketing
- Nerd Fitness
- Cooking
- Politics
- Gossip magazine
- Learn to Code with me
2. Get a Domain Name
You need to get a unique name for your blog. We advise getting a .com domain name.
Your domain name can be anyname.com. A domain name on most platform cost N6,000 per year.
You can check your preferred domain name at CloudHosting.ng
3. Install and set up WordPress
WordPress is operational as soon as it is installed. However, some settings should be tweaked to improve your blog’s future search engine ranking:
- Set permalink
- Ensure search engine visibility.
4. Choose a WordPress blog theme
Themes are completed website designs that can be customized to meet your specific requirements.
WordPress offers thousands of paid and free blog themes, with the following being the best:
- Elegant
- Magazine
- OceanWP
- Astra
Choose the one you like best and we’ll install it for you.
Access your WordPress dashboard. Navigate to Appearance -> Themes on the left side menu.
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You can select between Managed Hosting or Unmanaged Hosting.
What are the difference?
- UnManaged Hosting – You select this plan if you have a knowledge of WordPress and want to manage your site setup and future technicalities yourself.
- Managed Hosting – We Host your WordPress site and Setup (Domain Name sold separately). We install WordPress and Install a theme.
There are other premium service that we offer that makes your WordPress experience smooth.