How To Start A Blog In 2025? Step-By-Step Beginners Guide

Are you searching for a guide on how to start a blog in 2022?

That’s why you are here, RIGHT?

This is the right place if you are planning to start a blog in 2022 from scratch, I can promise that… Because I have compiled all the steps in the easiest way out there that you can follow and start your blog.

This guide is not only limited to starting a blog, rather you will learn everything that will help you to start and run a blog in long run, as well as also in earning decent money from blogging.

It will include choosing your perfect niche, finding a domain and web hosting, getting your blog online, setting up it in SEO friendly way, and at the end monetizing it so you can start seeing some dollars in your account.

“Starting a blog” was the best decision I made in my life, and it take me to achieve a freedom lifestyle where no boss is sitting on my head and giving instructions to me, no time boundaries on my work etc. That is the best ever gift I got just because of Blogging.

Let me take you to mid of 2016 when I was starting out my journey. I had no idea where to start, what hosting should I choose, even how to install WordPress?

But now after 5+ years in blogging, I know the answer to these questions very well. This is why I have created this complete guide to help beginners who don’t have any idea about starting a blog.

This guide is not just limited to guiding you on installing a WordPress site unlike other guides available out there. Rather, this guide will hold your finger and take you all the important steps needed to start a blog and make money from blogging.

How to Start a Blog in 2022 in 7 Easy Steps?

1. Learn basics of blogging
2. Choose your perfect niche
3. Take your blog online
4. Configure important pages and plugins
5. Design your blog with WordPress theme
6. Create content that ranks
7. Drive some initial traffic
8. Monetinze the blog to make money

I have seen many newbies starting blogging just after seeing others making decent income from their blogs, they just start blogging with having the misconception that blogging is just about “writing articles on a topic“.

But trust me, it is nothing like that. You would come to understand yourself after reading this entire guide. But let’s first discuss some basic things before we dive deep into other steps:

What Is Blogging?

Before we talk about the meaning of blogging, you should understand what is a blog first:

A blog is an online journal or informational website, where you can find blog posts(articles) around a particular topic(known as a niche) in chronological order.

How is the structure of a simple blog:

A blog usually contains:

• Header: The top portion of the blog where you can find the site name or logo, navigation bar(containing links of main pages), also some blog places there social media links and a search option there.
• Latest posts: This section contains blog posts in chronological order, which means the latest published post comes first and then older.
• Sidebar: The sidebar contains the latest posts links, social icons, some also show their categories and search option on the sidebar. Usually, you find a sidebar placed on the right side but some blogs prefer to have it on left too.
• Footer: Footer contains the important pages link such as privacy policy, TOS, sitemap, disclaimer etc.

I hope now you are clear about what is a blog, let’s see what is blogging?

Blogging is a way to share your expertise, knowledge, skills with others through an online portal called a “blog” in form of blog posts(articles). If you look 10 to 15 years back, a blog was just being an online journal that people use to write about their day to day life. But now, blogging becomes a pure business and the most reliable method to make money online.

Why Blogging is so popular?

Blogging has grown rapidly in the last decade, it used to be an unheard word for many but now people started taking it as a pure business. Now it is not difficult to explain to someone as it used to be 5 years ago when I started my blogging journey.

Here are some quick stats about blogging:

So, here are some of the reasons why Blogging is so popular:

• Blogging provides a platform for individuals to share their knowledge with others and earn decent money every month.
• Companies started using blogging to keep their customers up to date about their products and guide them on how to use their products.
• Blogging is the most reliable method to make money online. There are thousands of bloggers(including me) who are earning decent money from blogging.
• Customers prefer reading reviews before buying any product online and reviews are mostly written on blogs.
• Blogging became a great SEO tool for brands. Companies use blogs to drive tons of targeted traffic from search engines to their products and services which eventually increases their sales.
• Blogging helps you to connect with other like-minded people and learn from them. It can help you to build your brand and reputation online as an expert of a specific field.
• Blogging is an affordable business you can start.

Why they can’t work anymore? Because they are not passionate about the niche they selected or have no knowledge about the same.

Hence, they quit blogging…

So, finding a perfect niche is the most crucial step when starting a blog. But before I talk about how to find a perfect niche, you should know what is a niche if you don’t know it already.

What is a Niche?

A NICHE is a specific topic you will write all your content about on your blog. You can also call it your blog’s category or topic. But it is known as the Niche in blogging.

Niche is a specific topic which you will be covering on your blog. This will make it clear and easy for others and search engines as well, to identify what your blog is all about?

For example: If you’d write about dishes’ recipes on your blog then your blog’s niche is “Cooking”. Your visitors and search engine also know that this blog is about Cooking.

Niche helps in defining your blog to search engines and visitors.

Here are some profitable blogging niches for 2022:

• Blogging
• Finance
• Health and Fitness
• Travel
• Personal development
• Relationships
• Real estates
• Lifestyle
• Relationship

Above mentioned niches are quite BROAD, you can not proceed with a broad niche. You need to narrow that down, something like “relationship advice for men” instead of “relationship” OR “travelling tips for solo travellers” instead of “travel”.

How To Choose A Blog Niche?

When choosing a niche, you should prefer choosing what you are passionate about, or have knowledge about. Because if you opt for a random niche or just pick the same niche that your mentor or blogger you follow have, can lead you to quit blogging.

Why? Because you are not passionate about that, don’t even have knowledge. You just picked that up because that is working for someone else.

So, what’s your perfect niche? Let me show you…

Your perfect niche is the combination of your passion and knowledge but this combination should be profitable too because at last, you want to make money through your blog.

But don’t worry! I will be sharing bullet-proof tips that will help you to niche your perfect blogging niche.

Peep inside yourself

Take a pen and paper to get started…

Now peep inside yourself and find out the topics you are passionate and knowledgeable about. Make a list of at least 10 topics and write them down on a paper…

These should be something you can write about without getting bored, a topic you learned a lot of skills you get expertise in etc.

Your list may look something like this:

Now pick any five ideas that you think have a long life and capability to make money for you. You can also filter the list based on which topic you are most passionate/knowledgeable about.

Once you sorted the list into only five items, now you have enough topics to start the game.

Note: These are the broad topics, you need to narrow them down to get your perfect niche.

Now use Semrush(take the 14-days free trial) to find out the most profitable topics from all the 5 topics you left with. Semrush will help you to know about the other related topics which have enough buzz on the Internet along with their competition level.

Just put all the topics one by one inside the Semrush keyword magic tool, Semrush will show you all the important stats about the topic you entered along with some other keywords you can target.

You can also find the low-competitive keywords using the filter options available inside Semrush. Here how it will look:

Semrush will reveal micro niches inside for the broad topic you found, along with monthly searches and competition level each get.

Put all your 5 remaining topics one by one to find the most profitable topics from your list. Take at least 5 to 10 micro niches for all the 5 broad topics you left with.

Now check for all the micro niches’ profitability, whether they are eligible to make money for you or not.

Find out the profitability of your topics

Your perfect niche should be what can bring money to your bank account. Not all niches are money-making niches, so you have to do some research here too.

You need to find out the methods available in your chosen topics to make money. There are two methods(if not hundreds) available almost in all niches to make money, that includes:

• Affiliate products to promote
• Google AdSense

Find out earning potential with AdSense

Google AdSense is available for almost all the niches available in the world except niches related to adult content, gambling and covering illegal things. But still, you need to find out whether Google AdSense can make decent money for you or not.

That’s where you need to find out how much advertisers are paying for advertisements. Yes, that’s CPC!

If you are not familiar with CPC, then it stands for Cost-Per-Click which means the actual price advertisers are paying for each ad click.

You can easily find out the CPC for any topic or keyword just by putting the keyword into Semrush’s keyword magic tool. Select the topics which have high CPC value.

Check out Affiliate products to promote

Now check whether you have enough affiliate products to promote in your selected topics or not, how you can find out that?

Here you need to spy on your competitors and look for the products they are promoting through their blogs. Just enter your topic inside Google and open the first three results and find out what products they are promoting and how much commission merchants are paying them.

There are some affiliate marketplaces where you can find out the products related to your niche, just by a simple search:

• ShareASale
• Impact
• Awin
• Amazon Associates
• CJ Affiliate
• Clickbank

Check for all the 5 topics about their CPC and affiliate products you can promote.

Now you have a proper list of 5 perfect niches, choose any which you are getting the most gut feeling about. Or one that has high earning potential and is easy for you to write about.

Niche is very crucial, it is going to decide your future with blogging. I have seen many bloggers quitting blogging just because they failed to carry their niche in the long run. There can be many reasons behind it such as failing in writing about that topic, getting bored with the niche, not being able to make money etc.

Find Your Perfect Blog Domain

Your domain name is as crucial as the selecting perfect niche because it is going to be your brand name, your blog’s identity. Your visitors will be going to use the same to visit your blog.

If you make any mistake here or register a domain in the hurry will throw you in trouble in future. Yes, you have the option to change it whenever you want but it will cause you a huge drop in rankings and organic traffic.

It requires a high level of SEO understanding, overall a very risky task and I am sure you want to avoid it. So, give your 100% attention when choosing your blog’s domain name.

You should avoid choosing a domain name which is:

• Difficult to remember
• Hard to type
• Not SEO friendly
• Contains too many words(a lengthy domain)
• Not a brandable domain
• Someone already has a similar brand

Picking a blog domain is not as easy as it usually looks. Tons of names get thrown in the dustbin to get one perfect brandable blog domain name.

But don’t worry I will make this task a bit easy and quick for you. Here are some tips that you should keep in mind while finding your domain name:

1 Stick with .com extension

There are many domain extensions are available such as .in .com .org .net and so on but the .com domain is the most recommended and most used domain extension among all of them.

All the most popular websites and blogs you can find out there are using the .com domain extension. It is highly recommended to pick a .com domain when you are choosing your blog domain.

2 Keep your domain short

Long domains are normally hard to remember and difficult to type, AVOID them. Always keep your domain short because short domains are easy to type and remember as well.

Ravidixitcookingblog.com or cookwithravi.com, which one sounds good to you? The second one right? If I will ever start a cooking blog, I will opt with cookwithravi.com instead of ravidixitcookingblog.com if I found it available.

So, make sure your domain should be 6 to 14 characters long.

3 Avoid using numbers and hyphens

This is the most common mistake people usually make. They add numbers and hyphens in the domain if they don’t find it available. But that’s going to hurt your brand because:

• It is not SEO-friendly
• It is not easy to remember
• It is not easy to type

4 Find a unique domain

Your domain must be unique, no one else should be using that word(domain) for their business. Do proper research before grabbing your domain to find whether anybody else using its trademark or in their business.

A simple Google search with a double-quotes sign can help you in finding who else is using that word if any. Something like the below image:

5 Avoid using double letters in the domain

Don’t end up choosing a domain name that contains double letters like aa, gg, ii, etc. Because it makes your domain difficult to type for your visitors and you will lose traffic.

6 Don’t wait! Grab your domain immediately

If you found a good domain name and you think it is perfect for your blog, don’t wait to register it. Just grab it immediately because there are high chances that someone else grabs it before you.

Buy A Web Hosting

What is web hosting first of all? If you don’t know…

Web hosting is like a land where you are going to build your blog. By purchasing web hosting, you are going to rent a small space over the internet where you can host your blog’s file and connect that space to your domain so your visitors can visit your blog by entering your domain(which is already connected with hosting).

There are tons of web hosting companies are available that offers similar features at a reasonable cost so it makes it very tough for beginners to select a good and reliable hosting for their blog by keeping their budget in mind.

Let me make it easy for you because I have tried many hosting providers so know which one is actually best for beginners.

If you ask me to take one name, I would definitely suggest you start with Bluehost which is the most popular web hosting company for hosting WordPress sites. It is officially recommended by WordPress.org as well.

>> Click here to go to Bluehost and click on the “Host Your Site” button.

Choose a plan that suits you

To get started with Bluehost, you first need to select a plan. If you have a low budget and only need hosting for one WordPress site then you can opt for Bluehost basic plan which is good to get started.

But if you have a good budget then I highly recommend choosing the Choice Plus plan because you can host unlimited websites with unlimited SSD storage and tons of other great features that you won’t get in any lower plan.

Choose a plan according to your budget and need(if you need hosting for more than one website then choose Plus or Choice Plus plan). And click on the Select button on the plan to proceed towards checkout.

Get your free domain with Bluehost

Now enter your domain name(if you already purchased one). But if you did not purchase one yet then you can get it for free with Bluehost. Bluehost offers a free domain for one year with all their hosting plans.

You can claim this offer by entering your domain inside create a new domain box and hitting the next button. Otherwise, use a domain you own box to proceed with your own domain that you purchase already.

Create your account with Bluehost

Enter your personal details like first & last name, email address, phone number etc to create your account with the Bluehost.

Select your hosting package

After entering your personal details for creating an account with the Bluehost, scroll down and you will find the package information section.

Select your package, if you opt to go with a 36-month package then you can save a good amount because the cost will be $7.45/mo for 36-month pricing.

Just after that, you can find the package extras section, if you want to add any addon service with your purchase such as SiteLock Security or SSL etc. then you can add by ticking the box.

Enter your payment information

Now enter your card details to make the payment and complete your purchase. Once you enter the payment then check the TOS box below and at last, hit the Submit button to complete your purchase.

Congratulations, you have taken the first step to start your blog. Now you have a hosting purchase with the Bluehost and also a domain name for your blog.

It’s the time to ROCK.

2 Other Reliable Hosting Recommendations

If you don’t want to purchase the Bluehost hosting for any reason then here are two other hosting recommendations for you:

A2 Hosting: I have used A2 Hosting for almost 2 years to host a few of my other blogs and I must say that they are fast and reliable web hosting providers. I’ve shared my complete review after using their services, you can read this complete A2 Hosting review to know more.

Here are some of the amazing features that A2 Hosting offers:

1. 99.9% uptime commitment
2. Fast web servers
3. Free SSL certificates
4. Free Cloudflare CDN
5. Unlimited email accounts
6. Free website builder
7. Website staging area
8. 24/7/365 strong support system

>> Click here to purchase A2 Hosting to start your blog

Hostinger: If you have a very low budget then Hostinger is perfect for you because they offer reliable web hosting services at very cheap pricing.

Here are some of the great features of Hostinger:

1. 99.9% uptime guarantee
2. Weekly backups
3. Free CDN
4. Free email accounts
5. Free SSL certificates
6. Free domain for first year
7. 30 days money back guarantee
8. 24/7/365 support system

>> Click here to purchase Hostinger to start your blog

Beginners make mistakes here, they immediately start creating content on their blog just after installing the WordPress. But that’s a wrong approach…

There are some initial yet really important settings remaining that you need to first configure then start publishing your content. The settings we are going to configure in this step plays a vital role in SEO.

Site Title & Tagline

Go to Settings>General Settings.

Add your site title and tagline there, there might be no changes to make there for you if you already set them when installing the WordPress.

If they are already set then leave them, otherwise add your site title and tagline there because this information is going to show in search engine result pages.

User Registration

If you are starting a multi-author blog or want to allow others to write guest posts on your blog then must check Membership’s anyone can register box.

And if you planned to allow guest posting on your blog then make sure you choose the Contributor as the new user default role from the dropdown.

But if your blog is not a multi-author blog, nor you are going to allow others to write guest posts then must leave that unchecked.

You can find this setting by going Settings>General Settings in your WordPress dashboard.

Date & Time Settings

Go to Settings>General in your WordPress admin panel to set the date & time settings.

Select your local time, it’s important because whenever you publish or schedule a post, it will be live according to your timezone.

After that, select the format of Date & Time you like to show on your WordPress website. Then select a day for Week Starts On.

WordPress Ping Services

Go to Settings>Writing for Ping Service settings…

WordPress Ping is a handy update service. Whenever you write and publish a new blog post, It will help Search Engines to know that you have updated your blog content, and the search engine will send their bots and crawl your content.

If you are new to the WordPress Ping Service then must check out this post.

Blog Post Structure

How many blog posts to be shown on a single page is also important, having a low number is not good, and having a high number can also make a harmful impact.

Go to Settings>Reading and decide the no. of blog posts be shown on a single blog page.

Comment Settings

Blog gets a high no. Of spam comments, every day, thank god we can use plugins to filter them but sometimes plugins failed to identify some spammy comments.

Go to Settings>Discussion, Scroll down the page to get the “Before A Comment Appears” and tick the “Comment Must be Manually Approved.” This will allow you to approve or reject a comment before it shows on your website.

When a reader comments on your blog, that comment will land under moderation and you have the right to approve or reject that.

Permalink Structure

Here is the most essential setting that comes in which you can’t ignore. WordPress comes with a default “Day and Name” Permalink structure which makes the URL very long, which is not suitable for SEO.

Make sure you use the “Post Name” structure because it makes your URL short and SEO friendly.

You can check these settings by going Settings>Permalink.

Install Some Important Plugins

Plugins are the power of WordPress websites, after making all these setting your blog still needs many other features.

Without plugins, your website is not complete. You should install some essential and necessary plugins before writing content on your blog. Here is a list of must-have plugins for WordPress you can check out…

Installing a WordPress plugin is a lot easy than it sounds. You don’t need to be an expert in order to install a plugin inside WordPress. It’s just a task of a few simple clicks, that’s it!

Let me show you how you can install a plugin in WordPress…

Just to go Plugins>Add New from your WordPress dashboard and search for the plugin you want to install using the search box placed on the right side.

Some results will be shown to you, click on Install Now button to install the plugin on your site. It will take a few seconds to complete the installation and once it is completed, you will see an Activate button on the same plugin to activate the plugin on your site.

That’s it! You will get all the features & settings that a particular plugin offers inside your WordPress dashboard.

Create All Blog Legal Pages

Your blog is completely ready and online now, so don’t you want to let your visitors know about you and your blog.

There are some important pages that need to be created on your blog, I am talking about the following important pages:

• About
• Contact
• Disclaimer
• Affiliate disclosure
• Privacy policy
• Terms and condition page

They are also known as Blog Legal pages which are mandatory for all blogs and websites.

How to write an about page for your blog?

An about page on a website or blog that shares the purpose and personality of the business and its other team members. It is found that the about page is the second most visited page in a blog.

About page shows the mission and vision of the business and how it gets started, also some other important details about the business. It works great in increasing the trust of users towards the brand or blog they are visiting.

Don’t you want to let your readers know about you and your blog? If you want then the About page is the page that you need to create on your blog.

There are plenty of great about us page examples available that you can check out to take inspiration before creating yours. Check out the 10 best about us pages by BlogTyrant.

Here are some tips to create an attractive about page that wins readers’ trust:

• Must include face of yours and your team(if you have) on your about page.
• Share how and why you started this blog.
• Write about your early life, your educational background etc.
• Include challenges you faced during your journey.
• Link your best content on your about page(which you can update later when have).

Creating a contact page in WordPress

A contact page is one of the essential pages of a website. It allows users to share the problems, suggestions, and feedback with the admin.

Having a Contact Page also makes a website trustworthy because users can quickly get in touch with the admin if anything goes wrong.

Contact form is a very important element in a Contact Page. It makes it easy for users to get in touch with the admin by filling a short form.

When the word “Forms” comes in, I always recommend using WPForms. It is a free WordPress form builder, however has premium plans as well that gives more features. So If you are a beginner and don’t have money to spend on buying plugins, then you can use its free version.

Here is the complete review of WPForms if you want to know more about the plugin and its features.

How to create a contact form using WPForms?

WPForms makes it easy to create any kind of form with the help of its drag-n-drop form builder. You can easily create forms using WPForms even if you are a beginner or don’t have any technical knowledge.

Go to WPForms>Add New Form from the left side panel.

Enter your form’s name whatever you want to add, It will help you to remind what purpose you are using this form for. And there are some pre-built forms templates you can see on the screen so select the Simple Contact form.

Now on the next screen, you will see all the required fields and customization options which you can use to customize your form once you are done with the customization, click on the Save button on the right upper corner.

After clicking the Save button, you will see a Pop-up with Shortcode as shown in the below image. You can easily add this form on any page using the shortcode.

Here at StayMeOnline, I use the GeneratePress premium theme to design the blog layout. GeneratePress is one of the best WordPress themes available for beginners because it makes designing a blog too easy with customization options.

I started with a free theme in the initial days. Obviously, because of having low-budget but after one year, I shifted to GeneratePress premium because my blog started earning a good amount.

As same, you can start with a free theme if you also have a tight budget.

There are tons of free themes available in the WordPress themes repository, you can choose one that suits you the most. If you are seeking my recommendation then you should go with the free version of GeneratePress or WP Astra theme.

Here are some other tips that will help you to achieve an attractive blog design:

• Create your professional brand logo first, it should not have a fancy design. You can also use Fiverr to get it done for you at a $5 – $10 charge.
• Choose a good font for your blog and keep your font size normal, it should not be too small or too large to read.
• Make your blog responsive, check its design for all kinds of devices.
• Don’t add too many ads on your blog until you start getting good traffic.
• You can also use a page builder like Elementor to design your blog more attractive with ease.

Your blog should have at least 10 to 15 blog posts before you start promoting it through your social handles and asking your peer and friends to share them so you can start getting some initial traffic.

Even if you are going to apply for AdSense(will discuss in the last step), they will require at least a few articles published before they can serve ads on your blog.

Having a good number of articles can also help you to find out what kind of content your readers are interested in. So, you can write more related articles in future.

Do A Proper Research First

Instead of just writing on random topics, you should find out what topics are performing best in your niche and readers are loving them.

First of all, conduct deep research on your competitors to find out which kind of articles perform best within your niche. Make a list of your competitors and put them one by one into Semrush.

Semrush will show you their top-performing keywords that are bringing them the most organic traffic.

By clicking on the View details, Semrush will provide you with all the keywords they are ranking for with their monthly search volume, keyword difficulty and some other important data.

As a newcomer in the industry, if you want to first start with keywords that are low-competitive then you can use Semrush’s filter option and set keyword difficult to very easy and easy.

You can put all your competitors one by one and follow the same procedure to find some low-competitive yet good performing keywords in your niche.

Now you got a good number of keywords to write on your blog.

Create A Pillar Post

A pillar post is an in-depth written, well-explained, helpful post that is long written than other posts on the blog. It should be written about the most relevant topic or problem in your niche and provide actional steps to solve that problem.

For example: on a blog covering topics around dog care, you can write a pillar topic about “best tips for caring a dog” or something similar to that.

Before launching your blog and starting its promotion, you should create at least one pillar post on your blog.

Read more about the pillar post in this complete guide written by Akshay Hallur on BloggingX.

Other Useful Tips When Writing Blog Content

Here are some other useful tips that will help you in writing engaging content:

Research competitors’ content before writing yours

If you want to rank for your targeted keyword, make sure to check Google’s first-page results before writing your post on the same keyword.

Just do a simple Google search for the same keyword and open at least the top 3 articles. Find out what they have covered and also what they missed to cover in their post. Keep note of all those points, what they covered and what they missed.

Now when writing your post, include all the points that the top 3 articles have covered but in more detail than theirs and also cover what they have missed.

This will help you to make even better pieces of content than the article that are ranking in the top position so you have high chances of dominating them.

Keep your paragraph short

No one likes to read long paragraphs, readers often get bored or find them difficult to read.

Hence, for providing a good reader experience always prefer writing in short paragraphs. Your paragraphs should be 2 -4 lines long.

If you look at the top blogs within your niche, they all follow this rule of content writing. You will find their paragraph length in 2 or 4 lines maximum.

Write in “I” and “You”

Writing in “I” and “You” provides a personal touch to your articles, readers will feel like you are talking to them alone.

It is the most common mistake found with newbies, they often word like “hello guys” “we” “our” “all of you” etc. to address their readers which is a wrong approach.

Use images, videos in your blog posts

You might hear this famous line “An image speaks a thousand words”, and that’s completely true. Images help in understanding the content better and they also work great in engaging readers with the content.

A post without images look like a wall of texts so don’t make this mistake, includes images and videos in your content to provide them with a visualized look.

To be honest, there are tons of easy-to-use methods to bring traffic but only a few of them will bring quality and targeted traffic on your blog that you actually need.

I will pick those methods from the mine for you…

1 Kick-Start With Guest Posting

Guest Posting will help you to show your expertise on others’ blogs that have already built an audience but make sure you choose only relevant blogs to submit your guest post.

Here, our huge list of 300+ blogs that accept guest posts will be a time-saver for you.

Guest posting will not only help you to drive some initial traffic on your blog rather you will also get some quality backlinks to point to your blog that will eventually help you in boosting ranking.

That’s a two-way benefits scheme, isn’t it?

2 Drive Traffic From Social Media

As you are on the starting stage, you might not have a good audience over social media but still every single visitor count.

Share your all posts on social media as you publish them and ask your friends to share them through their social handles.

It does not end here, email all the other bloggers(whose content you linked in your article) and ask them to share your content through their social profiles as a return favour. It will get you a good amount of traffic as they may already have a good audience.

3 Use Facebook Groups

Join some Facebook groups which have a good number of members around your niche and participate in the discussion. Read it again “I am not saying to throw your links there like a spammer“.

Some groups host a thread on specific days where they allow their members to promote their best content through the comments, this will help you to get the traffic from there.

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Also, if you think that you have written a post that answers someone’s question asked in the group, share your post link as an answer. But make sure you do not violate any of their rules otherwise, there are high chances that you get blocked from the group.

4 Quora: The Free Traffic Ninja

Quora is a famous question and answer website where people come to ask questions and others who have knowledge about that, provide answers.

Quora can generate unlimited traffic for you if you effectively use this platform.

Find out the questions related to your niche or something that you have written articles about on your blog. Now write the answer in detail and cleverly add your link where it makes sense.

Don’t spam your links there otherwise, you will be blocked by Quora’s moderator.

There was a time when it was hard to believe that someone can make money by sitting at home, working from a laptop or computer. But now blogging became a pure business model to make money online.

Here are some methods you can use to earn from your blog:

Google AdSense

Everyone starts from here, all the pro bloggers you are following today have started their journey from this platform to make money, even I also.

Google Adsense is a CPC (cost-per-click) advertising program that allows publishers (anyone wanting to put ads on their websites) to insert a small amount of HTML into their sites and have ads appear that are targeted and relevant to the content of the site.

Google AdSense is the best monetization network powered by Google, which helps bloggers to make money from their blogs.

But as you have a new blog, you may not be able to earn a good amount from AdSense in the initial days of your blog, but when it will start getting sufficient traffic, earning will also increase.

It also depends on the country you are targeting, if you are getting traffic from the United States, United Kingdom, Australia, Sweden, etc. then you will get a big amount when users click your ad which is called CPC than India, Pakistan, Nepal, etc.

Affiliate Marketing

This is the best method to make money online, hands down for it.

I’m using Affiliate marketing as the primary source of making money from my blogs, and this is the best method to make money online.

Affiliate marketing is the art of promoting other merchants’ products and services on your blog and getting a commission on every successful sale.

There are many companies that are running their Affiliate programs, and the big names are Bluehost, Amazon, AWeber, and Flipkart.

Sell Your Own Digital Products

A massive amount of bloggers’ income comes from selling their stuff like eBooks and Online courses.

But to make money from this method, you first need to gain authority in your niche and convert your knowledge about something into a course or ebook to sell and make money.

I recommend you to first grow your blog and gain authority as an expert in your niche then start creating your courses and ebooks about topics you are an expert in to help others and make money.

Keep this method in your bucket for the future…

Direct Advertisement

You can make money by selling your ad spaces on your blog to others who are looking to promote their brand or blog. You can charge flat fees to advertise their brand through your blog.

But the downside of this method is, your blog should be getting high traffic because brands approach only high-traffic websites.

Sponsored Posts

Sponsorship is another excellent way to earn a good amount in less time from the blog, you need to review the products and services of others on your blog, and they will pay you for it.

Sponsored Posting is like sharing your experience and feedback with your readers about any specific product or service after using that.

And review posts are the best way to increase affiliate income as well. You can place your affiliate links in the post to get the two-way money.

Here is the list of the places where you can get sponsored post opportunities:

• Sponsored reviews
• Izea Pay per post
• Tomoson
• Revcontent

FAQs About How To Start A Blog In 2022

Here are some frequently asked questions around how to start a blog in 2022:

Wrapping Up

When I was starting out, there were a lot of questions in my mind and I believe every beginner have the same so I tried answering all of them in our how to start a blog in 2022 guide.

This guide will not only help you in starting a blog, Rather if you follow all the steps, you will also be able to generate money from your blog.

BUT, this is not an overnight money-making scheme; you can’t start making money once you start a blog using this guide. Rather, it will take time, and you need to be consistent in creating useful content that can help your readers.

The most important thing is YOUR NICHE. If you failed in choosing the right niche for your blog, then all your hard work will be ruined. Because if you are not interested or knowledgable about what you are writing, then it’s going to end soon.

So, make sure the NICHE you decided to start with should have traffic & money potential, and you should be passionate about the same too.

At last, if this guide on how to start a blog in 2022 helped you in starting a blog, then must share it with others.