Have you ever heard about Blogging? If yes then you can get more details and if no then you are this article is only for you, after reading this article you get all details. We try to clear all doubts and answer all questions present in your mind.
In India, most of the people are not satisfied with their 9 to 5 jobs because of the work pressure, less salary, and no credit. Also, tough to maintain your professional and personal life.
Before starting Blogging you just need to get all details and understand what actually blogging is because lots of people leave due to a lack of patience. Blogging is best but you need patience because it takes time to generate income.
Today we are going to learn about blogging and how to earn from blogging. If blogging is done is in write way with proper knowledge then you can earn a decent amount that you get in a year from jobs.
What is Blog?
Before knowing about blogging you need to know what is blog. A blog is a place where you can express your thought and convert your thoughts into words. A blog is a type of website where you can write an article in a niche. Basically, a blog is a niche website. You need to update the blog regularly.
What is Blogging?
Now, you can understand what is blogging. Blogging refers to writing blog posts regularly and updating content. Blogging becomes more competitive due to the increase in the number of websites.
Types of Blogging
Blogging is of two types -
- Permanent blogging
- Event blogging
1. Permanent Blogging
Permanent blogging has done for a long period and it usually on topics that read regularly or people are searching for a whole year. This is done with more interest and articles are evergreen. Permanent blogging can be done for topics like technology, educations, etc. Most of the bloggers are doing permanent blogging because once you write an article it is always needed and used any time, unlike events that only used for a particular time.
What you need for Permanent blogging -
- You need hard work. Must have to update content regularly.
- Wait for a long to get more readers and earn.
- More interesting article.
- Detailed content or article.
2. Event Blogging
Event Blogging is a type of blogging that is used for a short period of time and after that, it is of no use. As the name suggests event blogging is done for an event. It is used for any festival wishes, contain content about any festival, any event that is going to happen like IPL in India.
You can create a blog for wishing festivals like Holi, Diwali, Dussehra, etc, or any event like IPL to provide updates. This type of blog is for the short term but you can a lot of traffics. People are also earning a good amount from event blogging.
What you need for Event blogging -
- Less number of content
- Share your content
- Risk of failure due to short period
- Some followers to share content
Requirements to start blogging
Anything you want to start required some basic things like that in blogging you need -
1. Domain Name
A domain name is a unique name of your website so that people can recognize you and differentiate from others. It is similar to your name in real life. A domain name is easily available and you can buy from websites that are selling domain names.
Websites selling a domain name
- Godaddy
- Hostinger
- Bigrock
- Namecheap
Some points to choose a domain name
- The name should be similar to your topics
- Buy famous domains like .com
- The name should be short
2. Hosting
You can create your website or blog and write an article but how people can find you if you are not present on the internet. Hosting provides you a place to store your content online and from where it is available for others.
Hosting is provided by some company at a marginal price but there are also some websites that are providing hosting free of cost. But one thing you have to notice before going for free is you have limited access to services also there are some restrictions.
How to start blogging free of cost?
We all know that in this world nothing is free, there are some websites that allow you to start blogging but you have some restrictions that you access after payment. You can get a domain with company extensions like abs.blogspot.com, here blogspot.com is the company's extension.
You can start free to check and test your strengths. But to become successful or to make a career you need some money to buy domain and hosting. If you are a beginner then you can go for free because you need some experience and learn. You can learn from free and when you are confident then go for paid.
Some free websites to start blogging -
- Blogger.com
- WordPress.com
- Wix.com
- Tumblr.com
- Medium.com
- Weebly.com
1. Blogger
Blogger.com is a free blogging website provided by Google. In blogger, you get free hosting and domain name with blogspot.com extension. Blogger.com is easy to use and popular. You can place ads in the blogger provided by google.
To start in blogger you only need one Gmail and you are ready to go. Open blogger.com and sign-in with your Gmail and you get blogger interface after successful sign-in.
2. WordPress
WordPress is also a free blogging website where you create your blogging website completely free with wordpress.com extension. But when you are confident then buy hosting and domain, now you can remove the extension. The major problem with WordPress is on a free website you can't place your ads.
3. Weebly.com
Weebly is also similar to others, the things that differentiate is it's drag and drop facility. You can create your website by drag and drop.
Wix, Tumblr, Medium are also based on similar concepts like Blogger and WordPress.
Earning methods from Blogging
From blogging, you can earn by following ways -
- Google Ads
- Affiliate marketing
- Popup ads
