How to start blogging In 2024? [Beginners Guide, Zero to Hero]

For the last few days, I have been observing that the craze of blogging is increasing very fast among the people. In this, most of the people have been seen who withdraw their pocket money while being students. If you do blogging well then you can earn a good amount. In this post how do we start blogging today? And for blogging, we will tell you some important ways how you can create your own blog.

What is a blog?

A blog is like a magazine where a person makes his thoughts and experiences public through the internet. No programming knowledge is required to create it, it can be created in a very simple way through some services, like Blogger, WordPress, Tumblr etc. Self Hosted WordPress is considered much better and is used the most.

Blogs are a great way to promote oneself, one’s products and services, or one’s business. Blogs can be used as an online resume for job seekers and will help them get noticed by potential employers.

For example, if you are looking for a new job in the hospitality industry and you have a food blog that showcases your cooking skills then you can include it in your resume to show your expertise in this field. Would like to include.

Some words used for web blog like-

• Blogging – The work of writing a post for a blog is called blogging.
• Blogger – This is a person who writes posts for the blog.
• Blogofair – This is an online community for blogs and bloggers where they can publish their opinions.

To know the blog, it has some identities like-

• All the posts are listed on the homepage of the blog.
• All the posts are divided into categories, sub-categories, tags, method and author etc.
• Comment option is given in every post.

The design of almost all blogs may be different but its structure is the same. Therefore it can be easily identified. Following are some examples of blogs-

Techcrunch, TechActive, Mashable, Gizmodo etc.

How long does it take to create a blog?

If you are thinking that a web developer will be required to create a blog and he will spend a lot of time in creating it, a lot of coding knowledge is required to create a blog, then it is not so. You can create a blog yourself and you will not need any kind of programming knowledge. If we talk about time, it will take me maximum one hour to create a blog. You can also do this. It may take some time just to fill the content.

Different Types of Blogging Platforms

In today’s time, there are many platforms available on the internet for blogging, but there are only a few of them which are used the most –

• Blogger – Blogger was the first platform for personal blogs. It has been around for a long time and it is still the most popular.
• WordPress – WordPress is used by over 60 million people, with over 20% of the websites on the Internet running on WordPress. It is powerful and offers lots of customization options. There are some drawbacks with this platform though, such as a lack of mobile-friendliness and the inability to host your own domain name without paying additional fees.
• Tumblr – Tumblr is very popular among younger audiences and has a different design philosophy than other blogging platforms, which can make it difficult to use if you’re not familiar with Tumblr’s interface.

You can create a blog for free on the link given above. One problem with free blogs is that all these platforms also add their domain along with your URL like username.blogspot.in or www.tumblr.com/blog/username etc. To get a domain of your choice like www.username.com, you will have to spend some money. If you want to do this then I would tell you to take WordPress Self Hosting because it is the best. WordPress is a very popular platform for blogging.

How to create a blog in 2024

Most of the blogs around the world are created on WordPress because WordPress is a little more advanced than all the other platforms. Many themes and plugins will be available in it, in which the look and design of each theme is so good that people get attracted towards it. If you want any additional option in your blog then you can use Plugins.

How much does it cost to create a WordPress blog?

If you are a student and your pocket money is not that much, then you can create a blog for free on Blogger or WordPress, but you will not get as many facilities in it. To create a great blog, you will have to invest money at different places for domain registration, hosting and theme. Let us know how much it will cost. Here we will tell you step-by-step what you have to do first for blogging. You just follow our steps, we will help you in preparing your blog.

1. Register your domain

This is the first step to create your blog or website, in this you will have to take a unique address, like I have taken www.brightzon.com for my website, similarly you can also take your domain address as per your choice. Make sure that your domain is according to your blog content, otherwise you may face some problems in SEO. For example, if you want to create a blog related to fashion, then select your domain and URL like www.xyzfashion.in. For a domain you may have to spend Rs 200/- to Rs 1000/-.

If you are not able to think of a domain related to your topic, then leandomainsearch.com can help you. Just go here and search by entering a word of any topic of your choice, you will get hundreds of results, select any domain of your choice.

If you want, you can buy this domain from Godaddy, Bluehost or Namecheap. You will get the domain at a cheap price in the first year offer on Godaddy, in which you will also have to pay some taxes. I will tell you to register your domain from Godaddy only because this is the best site for domain.

2. Web Hosting

A good web hosting will be required for a website or blog. For WordPress, you can take WordPress Managed Hosting or Shared Linux Hosting. WordPress Managed Hosting is considered much better for WordPress because it is specifically for WordPress only. You will get many features in it. But it is a bit expensive. Initially you can take Shared Linux Hosting.

Talking about hosting expenses, in the initial days, expect it to be around Rs 400-500 per month. All companies have their own rates in which they also include tax. Most hosting providers offer a year-long plan, meaning you will have to pay for one year only once. In which they also give you some offers. You can avail this offer using coupon code.

For blogging, Hostgator’s Baby Plan and Bluehost’s Business Pack are considered the best. If you want good speed, backup and security then you can take Managed Cloud Hosting of Cloudways. Hosting WordPress on Cloudways or transferring from another hosting is very simple. On this you can get free hosting for a few days which will be your trial.

3. Install WordPress on Hosting with One-Click Installation

Almost all hosting providers provide the facility of One-Click Installation in their control panel from where you can install any application like WordPress, Drupal, Magento, Joomla etc. in just one click. You will have to install WordPress from this. Start your site by entering all the details like your root domain there.

After everything is complete, go to www.yoursite.com/wp-admin for your website settings, enter your user and password and open the WordPress Dashboard. After opening, WordPress Dashboard will look like this.

If you look at the left side of the image, there are many options given here, the details of which are given below-

• Dashboard – After logging in from the admin panel, the Dashboard opens, here you will get all the information about your site at one place.
• Posts – From here you can write new posts for your blog. In this, all the old posts are also safe, which you can edit or delete if you want.
• Media – This is the media library for your blog, where you can upload images, videos, PDFs and save them.
• Pages – If you want to create a page on your blog, then you can create a new page from here, or edit or delete an old page.
• Comments – You can manage all the comments coming on your blog from here, whether you approve or disapprove the comments.
• Appearance – From here you can change the theme, look or design of your blog.
• Plugins – After setting the theme, you can add or remove any plugins accordingly from here.
• Users – If you need someone else to manage your blog, then you can add a new editor or administrator from here.
• Tools – Although it is not needed much, but if you have installed any tool type plugins then you can set it from here.
• Settings – From here you can set the details of your blog.

4. Choose a theme for the blog

When you open your website url for the first time, you will see the look of your blog in a simple theme. If you want, you can change this design, there are many such free themes on WordPress, you can apply any theme of your choice.

How to set theme?

If you want to change the design and look of your blog with some other theme, then you will have to follow the steps given below-

To change the theme on WordPress, you have to click on Themes in Appearance on the left. As soon as the click is done, whatever theme is installed on your blog will appear in front.

You will see the option of Add New next to Themes at the top, click on it and open it.

Here you will see many free themes, select any of your choice and click on install, activate it after installation. Now the theme has changed, you can see it by opening the homepage of your blog. Similarly, you can change as many themes as you want.

If you have a premium theme or have downloaded a free theme and want to upload it, then you should go to Appearance -> Themes -> Add New -> Upload Theme, select the .zip file of your theme and click on Install Now. Please upload it. After installation, activate it. Now your theme will go live on the internet.

If you are using a free theme, then you can set Logos, Menus etc. of your blog from Appearance -> Customize option. Whereas in premium theme you will get the option of a Theme Panel from where you can change many things in your blog.

Cost of WordPress Themes

If you do not like the design and layout of the free theme or want some advanced features in the theme, then you can go for Pad theme. For a good theme, you may have to spend around $60 i.e. around Rs 3000-4000. You can also choose the theme according to your budget. You will find all the themes on Themeforest.net.

Friends, the design and layout of your site is set, now you have to post content in your blog. To post new content, go to Posts -> Add New on the left side where write the title of your post in the Title textbox, write the post content in the Content Area below it and publish it. Now start writing regular posts because more posts will make your website look better.

If you want more information related to blogging then stay on our website. Read all our posts regularly and share them with your friends. If you face any problem while blogging then you can comment to us without any hesitation.