HOW TO START A BLOG ABSOLUTELY FREE WITH A CUSTOM DOMAIN ?

HOW TO START A BLOG ABSOLUTELY FREE ?

If you want to start a blog absolutely free! Then this article is for you because here I am going to mention proven methods which definitely works and will not charge you even a single penny. 

Disclaimer : if you need to have a blog with a custom domain then you need to purchase it from a domain registrar because here free domains like - ". Tk" etc is not supported by the blogging platform,as i have tried to do it personally. If you want to use the free domain then you could use the free domain provided by the blogging platform. 

So lets begin ;

When I started my online money making journey I use to search for online money making search query a lot on different search engines starting from Google till Yahoo almost every day and I failed multiple times because on the internet there are so many things to do that I could not stick to just one thing. 

Initially, I thought that all the online money making techniques are scams and nothing works but when I entered into the world of IT, I found some of my colleagues working on their blogs to earn money as a Part Time job and that was the day when I started researching on web development. 

Since I came from the Engineering background my thought process became so complex that I simply don't trust the things that seem to be simple. I believe the process which is simple will not lead me to progress and the first mistake that I made when trying to earn online was to think more complex and beyond my scope.   

After trying for a year with no success I thought of just giving up but then one day I was reading blogs from "www.shoutmeloud.com" and the founder of this blog "Mr. Harsh Agarwal" gave me so much energy to start my blogging journey again. He is the biggest name in the Blogging Industry in India and guess what he is one of my senior in my school.

So I thought if he could do it why not I and simply why not you?

So let's not wait here and simply get started with the process but with the only disclaimer: Blogging is not a business where you will start making money in a day or a month, the process takes time and efforts so if you are seriously into blogging only then enter into this field, but I guarantee if you follow these steps and work on your blog seriously you will definitely earn well from your blog  

THINGS TO REMEMBER BEFORE YOU START A BLOG 

Here I will be going to share some of the own experiences that will help you not to attempt the same mistakes that I did when starting my blogging career. 

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•  Choose a name for your blog that is unique which will relate to your blogs or business. Think of it like naming your own business or Company because it will be your trademark that no one else owns. 
• If you discover a suitable name for your blog then search for your domain name availability from any domain name provider. for eg "godaddy.com" and purchase your domain if you want to have a premium domain like ".com", ".org",".net" - the reason you should purchase these premium domains is because it will help you discover easily on the web especially .com domains and your domain authority will be high that will help you build more trust. So you need to pay for your domain name and i gaurantee the rest is absolutely free. 
• Now if you are a beginner then you need to understand that blogging is all about creating original content that provides value to your readers and blog is different from the business or any other social networking websites. Here you need to publish your content on a regular basis to attract and retain your audience and your writing should inspire people to read your blogs. For eg: If I would not provide the content that you are searching for will you read this blog? ask this question to yourself and I am sure you might have got the answer. 
• The next but extremely important thing to remember before you start a blog is to create accounts on various social media platforms with the same name as your blog title, this is very important because just simply posting your blogs on a single platform will take a lot of time to get it discovered if you promote and share your content with people on the social media then the chances are your blog will start attracting people and traffic will increase . Since I made this mistake for the first time after a while I discovered that the name with which I started my first blog was already taken on social media. 
• If you think you are ready to start a blog then get ready to experiment and learn because blogging is a very versatile form of business. Its different for everybody and also for the audience. The audience always wants new and fresh content that provides them some value so get ready for it. 

CHOOSE YOUR BLOGGING PLATFORM 

Nowadays there are many platforms where you could start a free blog starting from "www.blogger.com"(formerly known as Blogspot), "www.wordpress.com", "www.quora.com", "medium.com" and many others but if you seriously want to earn money from your blog then just go for either Blogspot or WordPress. 

Now first coming to WordPress , If you are able to purchase a paid hosting (recommended) from a good hosting provider company like "Bluehost, GoDaddy, Hostgator" etc then the chances of your income from your blog increases because it will be your own property and you can control your blog in any manner you want free from limitations and yes to install WordPress on hosting is absolutely free. Here you could publish your articles and design your professional looking website very easily and could perform SEO (Search Engine Optimisation) as WordPress is SEO friendly. 

So if you could spend some money then go for this option and there is no better option in the world for blogging till now as mentioned above. 

But if you want to start your blog for free and still want to earn well from it then I recommend only go for Blogspot (www.blogger.com) which is a free service by Google for publishers. I wanted to experiment with a free blogging platform Blogspot and the blog that you are reading right now is a free blog that is created on Blogspot, Yes "www.inspireadvices.com" is hosted on blogger.com.  

Only I purchased a ".com" domain. The advantage of creating with Blogspot is that you will learn a lot and once your blog start gaining traffic you could easily apply for Google Adsense to monetize your website and earn money blogging.

It's that simple! 

Once you sign in to blogger.com it will provide you a free domain something as "www.yourblogname.blogspot.com" but it does not look professional. There is an option to choose your custom domain which I did to redirect "www.inspireadvices.blogspot.com" to "www.inspireadvices.com" and the result is in front of your eyes. 

Similarly, you could map your registered domain with Blogspot and start a blog absolutely free with a custom domain. 

So what you are waiting for? 

Start a blog Today! The world is waiting for you.

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