How to Start a Blog for Free on WordPress.com

It is true that nowadays blogging is becoming a hobby. And there are so many reasons for this because it is the only hobby which needs a simple laptop or a computer and any language that you are excel. not only they can start blogging online on the topic they are passionate but also they can start getting paid to it.

Some well-known blogging topics from the different fields are travel, lifestyle, self-improvement, fashion, health and wellness, business, photography, food and wine, politics, an entertainment blog, language learning, business, politics, and many more,

If you just love to generate some awareness, make difference and provide support for different social issues, then blogging is the only way to do that as you will be able to reach maximum clients throughout the world.

From the different blogging platforms on the net, WordPress is the most preferable because it is very easy to customize and use. It comes with a user-friendly interface too which makes the process of website modification easier. Because WordPress is browser-based it can be used on different devices and tools without any problem.

The overall appearance and feel of your website can be customized by using the best free responsive WordPress themes. Thus it provides a unique experience to your audiences.

On search engines, the blogs which are created with WordPress are capable of getting more attention. This is because the WordPress themes consist of clean, accurate, and simple code which makes bots crawl your website content easily.

Some steps are mentioned below that you need to follow for starting a WordPress blog.

1. Set up

WordPress is the best option to have a trouble-free blogging experience. Additionally, WordPress provides you access to lots of plugins and themes so that you can implement any type of functionality to it seamlessly.

Create a domain name so that people can find your website when they search for your services and host your website so that it will allow you to store your website files and data.

The hosting and domain name will cost you from $20 to $25

2.  Install the WordPress

While using Bluehost, the WordPress application will automatically be installed on your devices. You will just have to click on "login to WordPress" after login into your Bluehost account.

Now your website is just ready to start customizing.  

Additionally if you are looking for a unique appearance for your website then you can purchase the paid themes which will give you endless possibilities for customizing the website look and feel.

3. Creating your first blog

To start writing a blog, click on the posts button and then click on Add New. This will provide you space where you can start writing a blog. You can click on the live preview button to check how your blog is looking. If you find all thing right you can click on publish button.

4. Customize the pages and integrate the suitable plugins

You will have to add some more elements to make your web pages more user friendly. Some elements like photo galleries, newsletter subscription forms, contact forms, and more.

Access will be provided to lots of WordPress plugins that can be installed on your website without writing a line of code. You will find plugins for almost every functionality you want to implement for example you will find plugins for keeping track of your user's behavior, plugin for getting an online store, appointment functionality, and more.

5. Start getting revenue from your blog 

There are so many ways that can help you start monetizing the blogging. The top two methods are Google AdSense, and affiliate marketing. Using these two strategies you can start generating revenue.

Blogging is the good way to engage maximum people with your content.