How to create a profitable blog from nothing

How to create a profitable blog from nothing

If you are wondering why it is essential to create a blog, the answer is very simple: it generates organic traffic , it is a business card that highlights your skills and professionalism.

8 steps ways to launch a blog

Choose your niche

The key word is to specialize: choosing a niche or market segment and dealing with a specific topic will help you position yourself and find an audience interested in your articles. The most profitable niches are those that flee from large search volumes and which, consequently, allow you to substantially increase visits and conversions.

 

Decide on a name for your blog

The choice of the name is fundamental: it must describe the purpose of your blog, identifying clearly and in the first instance the topics covered. An explanatory and at the same time catchy name will attract more audiences.

 

In the same way, choose a top-level domain that makes the reference sector of your business immediately recognizable, it will help you to give further impetus to the mare magnum of the network. Taking advantage of the new TLDs is in fact an original way to differentiate your online presence: untie yourself from the popular .com, .net or .it extensions, and dress your website with the latest gTLDs.

Choose the ideal hosting

If you want your blog to be reachable online, you will need to choose the ideal hosting that will host your web project. Choose a solution that is reliable, and one that can guarantee optimal performance in terms of speed and safety.

 

We suggest hosting designed to marry perfectly with WordPress. You can also combine a series of additional services to improve the performance of your blog.

Choose the right theme

The eye also wants its part. In addition to mere personal taste, however, a template must guarantee customization, extended functionality, fast loading, SEO oriented approach.

 

Do not stop on the free options, which are often not very customizable both graphically and in terms of functionality. Make the design yours to give your blog a professional yet equally original and recognizable look.

 

Install useful plugins

WordPress, for example, offers a huge number of plugins , additional tools that are useful in making your blog as personalized as possible.

 

Thanks to plugins, you can customize websites even without knowing a single line of code.

 

Organize your editorial calendar

The editorial calendar is a fundamental aid in the planning of your content. Start by making a list of topics you want to talk about and distribute them over the months creating a real path to facilitate your readers. Focus both on macro topics that can contain a lot of information, and on single details for more experienced users who know precisely what they are reading.

Build your blog

After choosing the platform to use, it's time to create your blog: choose the template and themes that best suit your style and the idea you have of your blog and customize everything.

If you have chosen WordPress as a platform to host your blog, just follow the simple wizard that guarantees you a pleasant and at the same time safe blog.

Write and publish your posts

Now that you have set up your blog you just have to start writing and publishing your articles, based on the editorial calendar created.

 

Choose a topic you know well, a catchy title, and distribute the text in neat paragraphs that encourage reading. Always remember to include a call to action to incentivize the user to action.