HOW TO START A

BLOG?
What is a Blog?
– a web log: a website containing short
articles called posts that are changed
regularly. Some blogs are written by one
person containing his/her own opinion,
interests and experiences, while others are
written by many different people.
Reasons Why you Should Build a Blog:
 1.Blogging has quickly become one of the most popular
ways of communicating and spreading information and
news. There are literally millions of blogs online
 2. It’s a great way to express yourself and also a
fantastic way to share information with others.
 3. You become a better person and a better writer.
 4. You can make money doing it!
5 Steps on How to Start a Blog

There’s five main steps you need to go through in order to

set up a blog. If you follow this guide and the five steps,
you’ll have your own blog set up in 30 minutes or less.
 
 1. Choose your preferred blog platform
 Ex. WordPress, Bloggr, Tumblr, etc.
 2. Choose web hosting for your blog
 3. Setting up a blog on your own domain
 e.g. You’ll
need to come up with a domain name you like
and also choose a hosting company that can host your
blog.
 Domain: The domain is basically the URL of your website.
Examples: google.com (Google.com is the domain),
Facebook.com (Facebook.com is the domain

 Hosting: Hosting is basically the company that puts your

website up on the internet so everyone else can see it.
Everything will be saved on there. Think of it as a computer
hard-drive on the internet where your blog will be saved.

 Ex. * You may use iPage (for blog domain and hosting)

 4. Design your blog

 5. Useful resources for blogging