Starting your own blog

Posted on March 01, 2010 in Internet, Social Networking by Gerhard | 8 Comments »

So you want to start your own blog and tell the world exactly what is on your mind, and maybe even make a buck or two while you are at it? I’m going to show you just how you can be blogging in a matter of minutes.

What is a blog you ask? A blog is a type of website ran by an individual or sometimes multiple individuals where they can post regular entries of commentary, or keep an online journal. Blogging is the perfect way to express your opinions about certain subjects to other people on the web, or just tell them whats happening in your life.

I’ll be showing you how you can be blogging in a matter of minutes by making use of the free blogger.com platform.

If you already have a GMail account signing up to the Blogger.com service from Google is a breeze. Blogger.com is a free blogging platform that enables anybody to run their own personal blog for free. It also allows unlimited flexibility to personalize your blog with themes, gadgets and more.

Step 1: Go to http://www.blogger.com and click the Create a blog button

Step 2: Enter your name and tick the Acceptance of Terms box and click Continue

Step 3: Give your blog a title and choose a blog address, this will be the domain you type into the browser to get to blog, click Continue

Step 4: Choose a template you like, this will be the look of your blog, click Continue

Step 5: You blog is now created, to start writing your first post click Start Blogging

Step 6: To start writing your first post give your blog post a title and then start writing your heart out about what ever you would like. After writing your first blog post simply click Publish Post and your post will appear on your site for everybody to read.

See how simple it is to start your own blog? Keep coming back as I will be doing some more articles soon on blogging, including how to get more readers to your blog and setting up your first advertisement to earn money from your blog.

If you have any questions regarding starting your own blog feel free to leave a comment and I will reply swiftly.

Liked this post? Share it!

Share Starting your own blog on Facebook

Email Starting your own blog to a friend

Article by Gerhard

Gerhard is the owner and founder of iGeek, most of his time he spends writing poetic PHP code, spreading technology news and thinking of new tech startup ideas.

Gerhard has written 396 awesome articles.

8 Responses to “Starting your own blog”

Jolene, on March 1st, 2010 at 14:20 Said:

Could you do a similar post on using wordpress and then perhaps compare the the pro’s and con’s between using blogger.com and wordpress?
Gerhard, on March 1st, 2010 at 15:33 Said:

I will do that Jolene
darylhb, on March 2nd, 2010 at 14:45 Said:

Thanks for the post and i agree with Jolene – a comparison would be great!

One question on Blogger:
i have three blogs on Blogger, but i haven’t, however, put the time into customising them greatly and i was wondering if you have any tips on personalising the design beyond the templates provided?

i don’t have any developer experience, so is there a simple way making the design one’s own?

Thanks!
Gerhard, on March 2nd, 2010 at 14:49 Said:

Hey Daryl thats a great question, I’ll add that to the list of posts to do about blogging. I’ll try and squeeze in a post or two tonight.
Gordo, on March 3rd, 2010 at 09:46 Said:

Support your local blogging platforms, start a blog at bundublog.com.
Gerhard, on March 3rd, 2010 at 09:50 Said:

Hi Gordo thanks for the feedback, I will check out bundublog and maybe work that into the blogging series of posts.
Gordo, on March 4th, 2010 at 08:55 Said:

That’s great. I do think South Africans should support locals more, keep the revenue local too.

Go take a look at http://SAblogs.tel too, free advertising for South African blogs & free Ad space on the Ad Network.
Tonette Cantore, on March 5th, 2010 at 18:43 Said:

Thx for this nice article.