How to start a Blog?

How to start a Blog?

when I started this blog I didn't have any clue what I was doing?  I think that blogging is the only one an easy method to earn money online.

How to earn money online

So blogging is one of my first recommendations. If you are on this page then at least you must think about to start a blog. On this page I'll show you how simple it is to start a blog and get your own blog setup.

Why you need web hosting for your blog.

while there are many platforms like blogger and worldpress.com that will allow you to start your own blog for free. There are some very important drawbacks to going the free route:

First of all your blog will be hosted on there own websites and you will have a little or no control.

Secondly if you want to appear professionally then you must have your own domain name rather than hosting your website on blogger or wordpress. It is nearly impossible to earn money on free blogging platforms, if you want to make money from your own blog, then you need to invest in domain and web hosting. 

The good news is that the domain and web hosting doesn't cost so much. The cost of domain name registration is about $15 per year and I'll show you how to get web  hosting for just $4 per month.

When you have your own domain name and web hosting then it will be your own website. It will look professional and you will be able to montinize your own website or blog and earn money, and if for some reason you don't like the webhost then anytime you can  move the site to the next web host.

How to start your blog.

So guys after knowing that why you need your own domain name and web hosting you may be feeling a bit worried but don't worry. Getting your own blog setup is very easy and I'll tell you the complete process step by step. There are countless hosting companies but all are not equalI. I'll recommend the hosting service from SiteGround.

Websites on SiteGround loads faster.
How fast or slow your blog loads is very important. A fast loading blog is very important if you want to keep visitors on your site and encourage them to come back again.

The customer service is also a big factor, when it comes to choosing the web host.
I'll recommend you to never purchase from a web host which doesn't offer customer service 24 hours per day.

The last thing you want is to have any issue with your website or blog and to have to wait hours or even days , if it is a weekend ,to get in touch with the support rep.
SiteGround customer support is of top level. You can connect support by online chat or email. I'll recommend online chat.

The speed and quality of a customer service is very important. SiteGround Support reps are very knowledgeable and friendly.

SiteGround is amazing for a low cost in web hosting provider.

Now let's go ahead and let you sign up with the SiteGround.
Go to the SiteGround Website and you would see the different hosting packages there are available.

I recommend choosing the startup plan for your new blog, which is the cheapest option. You can always upgrade later , if you need it. Th startup plan allows you to host one web or blog, so if you are going to be hosting more than one site or blog on that account , you can option for the Growbig plan.

The Startup plan is just $4 per month and the growplan is just 5.95 Dollars per month, so both are in affordable cost. There is also an option for one month trail but if you do it that way you'll have a setup fee of $15 or $25 depending upon a plan which you choose.

I highly recommend that you go with 12 month plan to avoid the setup fee. They also provide you 30 days money back guarantee which  provide you an opportunity to try it out for one month anyway.

Once you have decided what plan you wantjust click on the get started button.

Next you will see an interface as shown below:

if you already own a domainname, you can check the box that says "I already have a domain name" but if you don't have a domain and then check the box for register a new domain and type the domain name you would like.

The domain name is a web address that visitors will use to access to your site for example mine is saproo.com if you are registering the domain name with SiteGround, the cost is 15.95 Dollars per year.

Once you have done then click on the "proceed button".

On the next screen you will enter your name, your email address, hometown and payment info.

Lower on that page you will have a few options regarding your account hosting.
I recommend that you uncheck any upgrades like the SG site scanner.

You can also purchase upgrades later, if you want but declining them now will allow you to get started as inexpensively as possible.

You may notice that the checkout pages shows that SiteGround offers a free website file transferservice so if you currently have a blog on another web host SiteGround will have handle moving it to their services for you.

Once you have entered your payment info and unchecked the upgrade offer. You can click on the 'pay now button'.
This will complete the purchase and you will be able to login to your hosting account. a
After the Purchase you will get an email with your login information. Be sure you keep this somewhere handy and then you can go ahead and login to your hosting dashboard.

If you already have a domain name you will need to change the nameservers to point to your new hosting account with SiteGround.

The siteground welcome email will provide the nameservers that you should use which will be something like ns.usm40.siteground.biz.

Login whenever you have the domain name registered for example Godaddy.

Enter the nameservers that were provided to you, if you need help then contact with the SiteGround via online chat.
If you didn't already own a domain name and you registered a domain name with SiteGround then when you were purchasing the web hosting you won't need to change anything or do anything with the nameservers.

Installing WordPress On SiteGround Web Hosting

So guys, Now you have web hosting and a domain name and you are ready to go!
Let's see how simple is WordPress.

WordPress is completely free, easy to use and very popular platform.

Mostly websites on internet are now powered by WordPress.

SiteGround makes it easy to install WordPress. When you got logged in to you account then make sure than you are on installation Tab and then click on the " WordPress Toolkit".
They will lead you to your cPanel page which is shown below.
Under autoinstallers click on the WordPress icon. ( as shown below)

On the next page click on the "Install Now" link.

On the Next screen you will select your domain from the dropdown.


Leave the "in Dictionary" portion blank.

In the "site settings" you can enter your site/blog name and description. Don't worry about it you can change it anytime.

Leave the "Enable multisite" box unchecked.

Below this it will ask you for your admin user name, email and then pasward.
Be sure that the email is one of them which you can access, because if you ever need to reset your password. WordPress will send a pasward reset link to that email address you provided.

There will also check boxes for a couple of optional plugins that you could install. I recommend you checking the box to install the "limit login attemps" plugins.

Next "Choose theme" you can just leave that at None.

Now you are ready to click on the Install Button.

Congratulations!
WordPress is installed and your blog is set up. It will provide you the URL to log in to your site. Now you login to your site and start working on you own blog.