Blogging is creating a website that represents you which will help your readers to connect with you.
It also helps you to promote your products and services and build an email list of subscribers.
💡 Make it a top priority to have your own blog!
2. Requirements?
Domain Name and Hosting Service: I use and highly recommend BlueHost or D9 Hosting to purchase your domain name and host it.
CMS (Content Management System): Use WordPress.com. Do not use the free WordPress.org since you do not own the domain name, and if their rules change at any time, you may lose everything on your blog. Manage this through your BlueHost cPanel.
WordPress Theme: I use Optimize Press 3.0, which allows me to create web pages, build product funnels, create membership websites, etc.
Autoresponder: I use Aweber to help me collect an email list of people who subscribe to my blog. It is the oldest and most responsible autoresponder service. My mentor, John Thornhill, also uses and recommends Aweber as well.
3. How to do it?
You will first have to purchase a domain name that reflects you. The best one is to use your FirstNameLastName.com. If that is already taken, then try and find something with your name. e.g., I purchased HelensGuide.com as my domain name for this blog you are reading. I use BlueHost as my hosting company and purchase domain names through them as well.
Use WordPress as your CMS (Content Management System). It is easy to do this via BlueHost, or any other hosting company you use. John uses D9 as his hosting company. I already used BlueHost a long time ago and find it to be very reliable. I highly recommend either one of them. Check both of them out and see which one you like more.
If you want to create squeeze/landing pages, sales funnels, membership websites, etc., choose Optimize Press 3.0 as your WordPress Theme, which I am using for this website as well.
Open an Aweber account and start building your email autoresponder series to send out emails to readers who subscribe to your blog.
If you want to learn the details on how to do all of this, join me with John’s “Partnership to Success” program, where he provides step-by-step videos and PDFs on creating your own successful online business.
Connect this with your Aweber autoresponder mailing list.
c. Less is More:
You don’t want to have tons and tons of banners and too many links on a post. It will be too distracting for your readers.
d. Create Useful and Original Content:
Don’t just copy and paste from a PLR article. Write your own 100% original blog posts.
e. Write for People, Not for Search Engines:
Be yourself. You will attract readers that resonate with you.
f. Write New Blog Posts Consistently:
Try to post at least once a week.
g. Encourage People to Comment on Your Posts:
This will help to drive more traffic to your blog post.
Your readers will also be more likely to share and like your posts.
h. Proofread Your Posts:
I. Add Images to Your Posts:
It makes your posts more attractive.
j. Make Sure Your Images Are Legal:
You may be sued by the original photographer if you use their images without their permission.
You can use Unsplash, which provides royalty-free images for you to use.
k. Try to Link to Related Posts on Your Website:
You want people to browse your blog continuously.
This also helps improve your blog’s SEO (Search Engine Optimization).
l. Consider Accepting Guest Posts:
Make sure they are 100% original.
m. Drive Traffic to Your Blog Posts:
Inform your subscribers when you post a new post.
Share your post on social media platforms.
Use social media tools on your blog posts to help your content go viral.
Ask your readers to like and share your blog posts.
Reply to comments. It will encourage them to keep coming back and keep leaving comments on your blog posts.
4. Ratings:
A. John Thornhill:
My mentor, John Thornhill, gives Blogging an overall traffic rating of ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ out of 5.
Implementation: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ out of 5. Simple to do.
Speed of Results: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ out of 5. The results can happen fast. You have to keep working at it. You have to build it over time.
Work Involved: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ out of 5. Once it’s set up, all you have to do is to post consistently.
I’m following John Thornhill’s “Partnership to Success” program, which teaches you a step-by-step process on how to build your own successful online business. I want to specialize in the “Increase Internet Traffic” niche, so I’m learning everything about “Internet Traffic”. If you want to build your own online business empire, join his “Partnership to Success” program and follow me! 😃
