how to start a blog/website:

Do you want to stat blog?

Awesome, you are in the right way.😊

Today in this blog post we are going to cover,

-why the blog is best to make money
-how to start the blog (8 steps)

why the blog is best

  • Blogging is a low cost, low-risk way
  • If you are looking way to make passive income there are lots of ways to monotize blog.
  • And the cool thing about blogging income is it hasn’t limit.
  • If you are tired of working on a traditional job the blog is a great solution for you.
  • because After your blog become profitable,
  1. You will become your own boss.
  2. You able to quit your job, travel the world and live life on your terms
  3. You can work from home or other places that you love.

But before you start making money from the blog, you first need to start a blog.

Steps to start the blog

Here follow these step-by-step guide to start a blog in 15 minutes or less, even if you’re a total beginner.

Are you ready to create your first blog to make money?

Don’t worry if you are non-techy peep.
To make the process easy we use Namecheap products to set up a blog

Why Namecheap?

Namecheap is the best because of two reasons.

1.Budget
Overall the cost to set up a blog with Namecheap is relatively low
2.Customer support
They have 24/7 customer service and we can get their response quickly.so, Namecheap is easy to use.

personally, our site also hosted on Namecheap and I recommend Namcheep to you because I know their service from experience.

Let’s follow the steps.

Open Namecheap in another tab and follow the steps along with me.

1.Register a Domain

Decide, website address(Domain name) that you want to use for your blog.

Here are some tips to choose a domain

  • Make it memorable
  • be sure it’s easy to spell
  • Keep it short
  • want to reflect your brand identity

Search Domain Name

now you can register your domain on Namecheap.com.

Register domain

Click add to cart If it is available.

If your chosen name is already taken you want to try another name.

Click the checkout button and go to the next step.

Now that you have a domain name(website address), you need a place for your website to live.

2.Set Up Hosting

To keep your website live, you need hosting plan.

Add Hosting

From here you can add hosting plan.

If you can add SSL to your domain, it is helpful to increase your blog ranking on Google.

After selecting both clicks on “confirm order” button

3.Create account & continue

Namecheap account

Fill form & Continue with steps.

Process to Oder

4.Connect Your Domain and Hosting

In this step we are going to connect our hosting and domain.

(Once you change your address and move to a new location, it is like sending a change letter to let the post office know where to deliver the mail.)

It is a simple process that you can manage through your Namecheap dashboard.

let’s do it

1Log in to the Namecheap account

Log In to Namecheap

click the Manage button next to your domain in the list.

Namecheap Dashboard

Find the Nameservers section.  Then select Namecheap Web Hosting DNS from the drop-down menu.

After that, use the checkmark icon to save changes.

setup DNS

5.Accessing your cPanel

cPanel is a dashboard for your hosting account that you can install your content management system(WordPress).

Return to the dashboard to access Cpanel.

Then click the Icon next to your domain in the list.

Find the Go to cpanel section from the drop-down menu and click on it.

Go to Cpanel

Now, it’s time to install your blog foundation.

WordPress is a great content management tool that allows you to build your site and update content easily.

Search as “Softaculous” in cpanel.

You can use Softaculous to make installing it a snap.

softaculous

6.Install WordPress

. You will see an option within Softaculous to install WordPress.

Click on wordpress
Install wordpress

then set your WordPress username and password.

Be sure to write these down and keep them safe.

You will need these username and password to log into WordPress when you’re done with this step.

Setup WordPress Password

After the all steps, click on Install to finish your install.

Install WordPress

7.Log into WordPress

Your blog is built – congratulations!

But it still needs decorating.

Exit your cPanel and log into your WordPress site.

Go to your blog site address and add /wp-admin (e.g. https://yourdomain.com/wp-admin).

Note :
If you just registered your domain or just connected it with Namecheap hosting, you may need to wait a bit for the domain name servers propagate. If you can’t see anything yet, don’t panic!)

In here,use the username and password you specified when you installed WordPress.

Wordpress Login

If everything has set up correctly, when you log in you should see your WordPress Dashboard.

Wordpress Dashboard

8.Publish your posts

Now, the game on your hand.

Let’s start to publish your posts and drive readers to your site.

Wordpress post

To drive traffic to your site,You can use Facebook pages,Pinterest & youtube.

Monetize Your Blog

There are multiple Income Streams to monotixe blogs.

In here, we are going to cover two income streams that most bloggers use.

  1. Advertising Income
  2. Affiliate Income

1-Advertising Income

This is where many bloggers start to make money.

At this point, you can use ad networks (like Google AdSense)to run ads on your blog.

2-Affiliate Income

Affiliate income is the commission that you can earn from promoting other people’s or company’s products.

As an example, Think you have a blog related to the health niche.

when you link to a weight loss product that is for sale on another site like Amazon for and if someone follows your link and ends up buying that product you earn a commission on that sale.

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Thilina Chathuranga

I'm Thilina chathuranga. I write about businesses, Google my business for dollarroute.com since 2019. I'm 21 yrs old and I started my journey as a freelance logo designer and blogging is my hobby right now.

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  1. Fitness Products

    An excellent post, thank you!

    1. Dollar boy

      ☺️👍

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