How To Start a Blog

Blogging basics: how to start a blog

A blogging platform is the internet based software that you will be using. I find the following the easiest to navigate and the most intuitive to set up and use:

WordPress blog

Because of its diversity, WordPress is a great blogging and website platform. WordPress is renowned for being far better for SEO. Plus it often has more functionality and is the most robust platform available.

I’m going to run through the steps for starting a blog on WordPress but if you find that you would prefer another platform, most internet “how to” guides are useful and each platform has their own help guide which is usually designed for people who have never blogged before.

1. Go to WordPress.com
2. Click “GetStarted”
3. Type in your email address (that you want associated with logging in to your blog), username and password
4. Choose the name of your blog (all one word, nospaces) -it will let you know if it’s available or not.
5. By now, WordPress will probably be asking you to verify your new site via a link sent to you via email. Once you have done that, you are ready to go!