WordPress is one of the easiest and most popular ways to create your own website or blog. The end result is that WordPress allows anyone to build a site in an accessible way, even people who don’t understand programming basics.

As some say “WordPress is a factory that makes webpages”, and on a technical level you can say that it is an open-source content management system written in PHP. This is an excellent website platform for a large variety of websites. From basic blogging to e-commerce to business and portfolio websites, WordPress is a versatile CMS. Designed with flexibility in mind, it is a solution for both large and small websites alike.

A great misconception about starting a blog is that you need to be a writer at heart to be very successful. People read blog sites to get a personal perspective on things, so most bloggers just write on topics they like, and topics that can be helpful and informative to the public. No one is born a writer, but that doesn’t mean you can’t do the writing. 

Benefits of WordPress

The simplicity of WordPress allows you to publish and build your website very quickly, even with now knowledge. The actual software to make your own site is free, you only need to pay for web hosting and your domain name.

One of the best things about WordPress is that it is very easy to use, similar to basic programs like PowerPoint, Word and etc. WordPress is unique, because it provides a large variety of layouts and designs for your website, as you can change your design by just applying a new theme through the site. Except for a large number of free plugins and themes, there is a large variety of premium paid themes, for a unique design of your site.

A great benefit of blogging is that you can make money from home. Many bloggers earn very good money as a full-time job. Even as a part-time blogger you can expect to make a nice profit if you have the motivation and if you are doing things correctly.

You can also share your life experiences through your blog. Everyone has lessons from his life he can share. This might include a large variety of topics, things that made an impression in your daily life, people that you’ve met, and experiences as well as the experience gained from them.

Steps to starting your blog

1. First, you need to pick a name for your blog

Hobbies and interests like traveling, sports, reading books, fashion, music are great ideas to start a blog. Everybody has a passion or a hobby, it’s a very easy topic, as long as you have the passion to write about yourself.

Life experiences are also a great topic nowadays. Every individual has many and great lessons, and everybody can learn from each other’s experiences. Sharing information with other people about your experiences might not fix their life, but it could greatly benefit them. Dealing with women on a first date, business relationships, and dealing with all sorts of hardships in life.

A personal blog is always a great idea. Nowadays people watch large YouTube channels just for people. This is a thing you can do on a daily basis, for example, how your day went, who you met, what your plans were, and many other things

2. Get your blog up and running

WordPress.com is preferable for beginner users than WordPress.org if you’re looking for a more easy option to Set up your blog. You do not need to manage your own server, buy or host through a third-party domain. There are also a number of customization options that come with a WordPress.com plan to help you make your website look the way you want it to.

WordPress.com has two versions – paid and premium to your liking. With the free version of WordPress, you are restricted with some functions, some as you cannot upload any custom themes or plugins. However, there is the option to pay additionally for premium upgrades and other plans that provide you with even more features on your blog and a lot more control, as well as the option to buy a custom domain through a third site, not from WordPress.

3.Customizing your blog

What makes the biggest impression, apart from the content of your blog, is its design. The design speaks volumes about you and catches the eye of anyone who comes across your blog. Everyone has their own taste of how they’re blog should look like.

A great feature of WordPress is that you change your layout and design with just a few clicks on the screen. There are already built-in themes in WordPress to your liking. You just need to go and hover over the theme button and click activate, that is how you change your appearance. 

There are thousands of themes on WordPress, or if you want to have a more individual theme for your blog, you can always pay for a premium theme.

4. How to publish a blog

After your blog is up and running, you and start work on your blogs. On the left menu, there is a button “Posts”, to begin writing a post you just need to click on “Add New”. After that, you need to enter the title of your post and begin writing. You can also add a picture with the button “Add image” icon and after that “Publish”. Blogging is as simple as that!

5. You can promote your blog

The main keys to blogging is the design of your blog and the content inside it. In order to get more readers on your blog, you can spend additional money to promote it.

6. Advertising on Your Blog

You are not there yet, that is the easiest part. Once your blog is up and running you won’t start making money right of it. Blogging is easy, but the way to earning money is the hard part. Some people start making money after one or two weeks, some people may take months to acquire their first money. There are a variety of ways to earn money from your blog.

A simple way is by monetizing your blog. This means that advertisers will pay you to have their ads shown on your blog. Once these advertisements are on your blog, you will start getting a small sum of money when your visitors click on an ad.

Most of the time the money is collected and you get a check every month. The best thing about ads is that you choose what ads will show on your blog, their format (large images, smaller ones, text-only and etc.) and where they are placed on your screen.

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