Step 5: Start Writing Your Blog

Proper Blog Setup

The first four steps of this guide have shown you how to properly set up your blog (start with Step 1 if you haven’t already). As I’ve mentioned in previous steps, there are countless tweaks and changes you can continue to make to your blog. However, if you’ve followed the earlier steps in this guide, your blog should be set up just fine.

Remember that being a good blogger isn’t just about writing; you also need to read other blogs to stay informed about what’s popular and to gather new ideas for your own blog.

When you visit a blog and notice a really cool plugin that you’d like to have on your site, don’t hesitate to ask the blogger directly—they're often happy to share details about it. This is a great way to enhance your blog’s setup while also building connections in the blogging community.

I can’t stress enough that the steps I’ve outlined are more than sufficient. If you want to make additional changes in the future, that’s perfectly fine. Just don’t get caught up in the idea that everything must be perfect before you start blogging; your blog will always be a work in progress.

Amazing Content  

The heart and soul of a successful blog is great content. If no one is interested in what you’re writing about, your blog won’t achieve much success.

One of the easiest ways to create content that people actually want to read is by answering questions you have about your topic. Chances are, if you’re curious about something, others are too. Of course, you’ll need to do some research to find the answers, but once you do, you’ll be providing valuable content that people will want to read and share with their friends.

It’s also important to remember that great content involves more than just writing. Images, videos, varied fonts, and colors can all make your content more visually appealing and interesting. Blogs are not like books; they need to feature more than just a large block of text to maintain readers’ interest.

Marketing

Even if you setup your blog properly and create great content, there is no guarantee that anyone will ever see it. Because of this, marketing your blog correctly is a requirement if you want to be a successful blogger.

In the next step we will go over a variety of methods for marketing your blog so that you can make sure people are actually seeing all of your hard work.