Getting Started

By this point you should have thought of a name and niche, and already created your Google account. The next step is to actually create your blog. You should see a box which says 'New Blog'. Upon clicking this box you will be prompted to enter the name and address of your site. For example my name was 'Money Relic', and the address was 'moneyrelic.blogspot.com'. The template you choose is up to you, it can always be changed at a later date. If the address is already taken, I would recommend choosing a new name so that it matches your new address.

Your First Post

You are now well on your way to making money online. I would familiarise yourself with the different tools blogger has, then click the pencil in the orange box to write your first article. Writing the content for your blog is the thing which will make or break you. If you can think of useful, interesting and valuable content which people will share, then you will succeed. If you are talking about how you made breakfast for your mother, you are likely to fail. This is why it's important to know enough about your niche so you can write plenty of content.  The effort you put into your content will reflect how much traffic you receive, which will ultimately determine your payments. I advise you to take your time in thinking of new content. Good spelling and grammar goes without saying. After all: whu won 2 reed sumat lyk dis. It's no good for anybody.

Another important thing to consider is what to title your post. the title can make a big difference traffic wise. When thinking of your title, put yourself in the readers shoes. If your post is about how to make a paper airplane, don't title it 'Boeing 747'. Think what the reader would search for, a good title for example would be: 'How to Make a Paper Airplane'. This is another example of SEO (Search Engine Optimisation) which we will look at more closely later.

A useful tool blogger provides are labels. You can add labels to your posts when writing them on the right hand side of the screen. The idea of labels is to tell the reader what your post is about. So for your paper airplane post you could give it a label saying origami. You can attach more than one label, with the idea being eventually you have a list of labels on your homepage so users can quickly get to the content they want to read.

After you have written your first post, it is time to Enable Your Blog For Monetization.