Start a Blog for free

Start a Blog for free

However, many new people or should I say JJC who want to start blogging don’t want to make an initial investment of funds to create a blog. This is completely reasonable. Because paying some money to get started into something you are completely new to can be frustrating. What most people do is that, they start with free blog and then after some times, they upgrade professionally.

There are many blogging platforms which offer users the ability to create free blogs. If you are looking for a simple free blog, my suggestion would be to start blogging with WordPress.com or BlogSpot.com. This particular website you are reading from is a blogspot.com.

Once you have some blogging experience, you can advance and become more professional with a self- hosted WordPress blog.

However, as I mentioned above, for a beginner it is a great way to learn how to create a blog and begin the blogging process. It is very fun and really educative.

Start a blog for free, Step 1 Head to blogspot.com

To Start a blog for free, go to BlogSpot blog site, head over to BlogSpot.com and login using your Google account. If you don’t have a Google (gmail) account, you can create one for free.

For a first time user, you will see an option to use the identity from your Google Plus profile, or you can use your limited BlogSpot profile. I recommend using your Google Plus profile.

Once you are logged in, click on “new blog” or click on this link to directly go there: Create a free blog

Starting a Free blog, Step 2

Name your blog

The first thing you need to do now is add a name and select your domain. I suggest you read “ How To Select a Domain Name ” for additional information.

Avoid using your personal name as the domain name, and instead use some generic domain name that you can brand later with a custom domain.

You can then select a blog template (you can change it anytime), and click on “Create Blog”.

Now your blog is created, but you are not done yet!

There are a few settings that you need to set on your newly created BlogSpot blog to make it easy to use.

You are now on the BlogSpot dashboard where you will see your blog’s backend. From here you can go to “Settings” and make changes to improve your blog’s visibility.

Most importantly, you should change your blog’s template as the default one is generic and boring.

Alternatively, you can go to “Settings” > “Template” and change the template from there.

On this page, you can also add a logo to the header of your BlogSpot blog, and add or remove various other features. Just play around, it's fun.

Once you have a few blog posts up and running, you.can go to “Settings” > “Earnings” and enable AdSense for your blog. Learn how to create an AdSense account. This will allow you to earn money from your free BlogSpot blog.

Then you are good to go.