And if you have any questions, leave a comment at the end of the guide. I will answer as soon as possible.

Ready to create your blog? Let's go !

“Fill your paper with the breathings of your heart.” —William Wordsworth

The reasons to blog are as diverse as the fingerprints of a newborn.

There are several reasons why you would like to embark on this great adventure:

- To make money by working from home. A large part of my income comes from my blog and thousands of people have chosen to create an income to blog.

Making money with a blog is a lot of work, but it is within the reach of many people and the risks are not high financially (maximum $ 100) if you know how to do it and you have the motivation .

- Get more visibility for your business. Whether you are self-employed, an SME or a large company, a blog gives you the opportunity to get very high visibility at a lower cost.

- Become an author of a book. Today, publishers rarely work with authors who do not have an online presence. The reason is simple: it's much easier to sell books to people who already know you. A blog is a simple way to make yourself known.

- Just to write and share. If you want to share your travels, stories, encourage other people or create a community, creating a blog is an excellent medium.

Can you see how you could benefit from a blog?

So, let's continue learning!

Decide what you will share on your blog 

If you are already part of a company or you own a company , the subject of your blog will be quite easy to determine. Your site should be related to the products or services you provide.

If this is not the case, you are confused which niche to choose ! Here are the important things to remember when choosing your subject:

Blogging about a topic that interests you (travel, cooking, art, sports, hockey, football, etc.)

Your blogging business is going to start with the selection of a topic. You have to decide a topic for creating your blog and write on it regularly.

Find a niche through which you can demonstrate your know-how.If you can’t think of any topics, then think about your hobbies. Select something that you really enjoy.

The goal of any blog is that people know that your website is the place to go to find what they are looking for in your subject.

WordPress is used by more than 25% of the sites in the world. And if we consider the Content Management System (CMS.

Basically a system that allows you to easily add content on your site without having to code in HTML), the market share of WordPress is more than 55%.

You will understand, WordPress is a must and it is the platform that I recommend to use. This is the platform I use for all my sites and blogs.

Why WordPress became the number 1 platform?

There are many reasons for this:

You can of course start with another platform, and these also work well.

But they are not at all comparable in terms of scalability, you will be much more limited.

In fact, if you decide to bet on another platform, when your blog starts to be successful, it is likely that you will feel the need to migrate to WordPress, and you will regret not having started directly with WordPress; ).

If you dig the WordPress topic, you will realize that there are two versions.

WordPress hosted on your server: We are talking about this option when referring to a blog on the site "WordPress.org". This is the option I recommend to you without any doubt.

WordPress.com is a hosting platform that uses WordPress software. It is like Blogger or Tumblr.

It is a slightly easier option to take in hand, but much more limited. In fact, it is mainly because of all the limitations that it is easier to handle.

The big downside of this solution is that you are severely limited on many levels.

You only have a much smaller choice of themes, you can not install plugins.

You can not change the code of your site (eg PHP files).

In addition, the form of your domain name is imposed (me.wordpress.com), unless you upgrade to paid plan.

Last thing: you are not really in control of your content. Indeed, WordPress.com can decide at any time to delete your blog.

The domain name is your online identity. The domain name of this site is emarketinghacks.com.

That's what people type every time they want to find your site, and it's tied to your branding strategy so people remember who you are.

Take the time to think about a domain that relates to what you want to offer on your site.

Many people simply use their names, while others may have company names to use.

Many other sites try to focus on keywords, which can help a little, but that's not going to make or break your search engine optimization.

There are hundreds of web hosts , which will not help you take your final decision while choosing your hosting.

For bloggers choosing a host is like searching for Mr. Right, which is a a familiar dilemma.

So how to choose one?

In fact, when it comes to choosing a web host, there are 4 main criteria to take into account:

Performance - Speed and Up time : After you’ve invested your time and money into designing a great website, you should avoid annoying your audience with slow load time. Look out for a web hosting that has features that make your site load fast and guarantee 99.9% up time.

Customer Support: No matter how reliable your hosting company, there will inevitably come a time when something will go wrong , or you’ll need to ask for assistance. So, ensure you have a great customer service team waiting to help you answer your queries.

Security & backup: A web hosting with great security strength is for sure  what you want, especially if you’re planning on getting your customers information via your website like Offering a SSL . 

Scalability: With your business and brand awareness growth, traffic to your blog also increases. With such a rise, you need web hosting with easy scalability to make sure it will be able to withstand the increase.

Taking into account these 4 criteria, the host I recommend is SiteGround.

Honestly, I' m a really big fan of SiteGround. They’re extremely fairly priced, have the resources  you need to run a great blog or website , and a support team to assist  you when you run into any problems.

Saying this, here’s what’s so great about SiteGround, based on experience.

Related Post: Blog Hosting Solution – Which is the Reliable for you ?

We are now entering the concrete. At the end of this step, you will have a functional WordPress blog, on your domain name.

Let's go !

Note: I will show you the following steps at SiteGround. The process is very similar at the majority of hosting companies like Bluehost.

If you want to use another host (I'm not sure why, but hey,), make sure that this host offers easy installation of WordPress in one click.

If this is not the case, you will have to do it manually. This can be a bit complex and should be avoided for beginners.

If you choose Siteground follow these steps : 

​Click here to –> go to Siteground

Go to SiteGround.com and click on “See Plans".

You should arrive on a screen like this:

My recommendation is to go for the GrowBig plan (that's the one I choose for each site or blog I run),

because of the premium features included, such as more backups (last 30 days vs. the last day for the StartUp plan ) ), as well as more advanced cache features (useful for speeding up your blog). You'll also have priority access to customer support, and a faster site.

In short, all this is worth a few dollars more in my opinion, but the StartUp plan can do the trick too.

Once you have chosen the package you want, click  "Get Started" button.

Once all the information is entered, you will come to a page where you can choose the domain name for your blog.

Select "Register new domain" and enter the name you have chosen before and the desired extension.

Note that the registration of a new domain name is offered by SiteGround.

If you already have a domain name, click on "I already have a domain" and enter it.

In this case i have already a domain name.

SiteGround charges $ 14.95 for a domain name, but i can recommend namecheap, they offer  a competitive package ( 10.88$/yr)

Subsequently, SiteGround will ask you if you wish to subscribe to additional services.

You will then arrive on a page where you will have to choose a password for your account at SiteGround, enter your personal information as well as those of payment.

Lastly, you can choose to subscribe your plan for a longer period (24 or 36 months instead of 12 months), which will allow you to benefit from the promotional rate beyond the first 12 months.

A few moments after having validated the purchase of your plan, you will receive two confirmation emails, one concerning the validation of the payment, and the other concerning the validation of your order.

Now that you have completely configured your SiteGround account, you can install WordPress on the host.

To do this, open the email of validation of your order (including the object "Order Confirmation"), and click on My Accounts.

If, by chance, you decide to come back later, simply log in to your SiteGround hosting account using the username sent to you.

When you choose to go directly to the SiteGround client area, the SiteGround SetupWizard program is displayed.

To start installing WordPress on your host select Get WordPress pre-installed on this account.

Before you begin the installation process, SiteGround will ask you to choose your admin email, your WordPress username and password.

This information will be what you use to connect to your WordPress dashboard to do things like create and publish articles.

After doing this, you will then be able to add a free WordPress theme to your website through SiteGround. Themes are what your website will look like from the visitors' point of view.

Remember, there are tons of WordPress theme options on the market today, and you can change the theme on your website anytime, even if you pick one from SiteGround for now.

When finished, click Submit. If everything has been done correctly, you will be congratulated for completing the settings of your account.

On your SiteGround account, you will be able to visually see that WordPress has been successfully installed on your website.

By browsing from the Home> My Accounts page, you will be able to see the domain name you have chosen with a small WordPress icon, to make sure that WordPress has been correctly installed on your web hosting account.

If you click on the little green button near the right of your domain name called Go to Admin panel, you will be taken to your WordPress dashboard login screen.

Here you enter the username and password you chose when installing WordPress.

In this ection, I will now explain some basics of WordPress to help you in your first steps.

We will see :