What is blogging? Blogging is a regularly updated website or web page, typically one run by an individual or small group, that is written in an informal or conversational style.
Here is the best way to start a successful blog in ghana
This Guide Will Teach You How To:
- Identify Your Blog’s Purpose
- Determine Your Blog Goals
- Map & Plan Content
- Set Up Your Blog
- Write Your First Blog Post
- Promote Your Blog
- Analyze & Optimize Content
- Monetize Your Blog
Here are the main Processes to start a blog in Ghana
- Pick a Niche/Topic
- Get a reliable Hosting
- Choose your Domain
- Choose a Blogging Platform
- Set up your Blog
- Publish Quality content
- Monetize your Blog
Pick a Niche/Topic
Before starting a blog, the first essential step is choosing a niche for your blog. It’s the area you will be writing about.
Proftable blog niches in ghana
- Health Blogs
- Education Blogs
- Technology Blogs
- Health and Fitness Blogs
- Make money online Blogs
- Fashion Blogs
- Lifestyle blog etc
- News
Choosing Domain Name in Ghana
Domain name is your internet URL: Universal Resource Locator. It’s basically the internet address of your blog. It’s the address people type into their browser to access your website.
Generally, Good domain names should be catchy, very short and should give direct meaning
examples of domain include
- Smiletimegh.com
- ghgossips.com
- jbklutse.com
- ghstudents.com
- mfidie.com etc
Reliable hosting companies in Ghana
There are many Hosting service providers in Ghana, I use ULTRAHOSTGHANA, ultrahostghana.com is reliable, other hosting service providers in ghana include
intek.net etc
International Hosting Companies
Choose a Blogging Platform
There are many blogging platforms available. The best and most recommended is WordPress (self-hosted). WordPress is a free and open-source content management system, it powers 33% websites on the internet today. WordPress can be used to create not only a blog but also, Forum, Business websites, eCommerce stores, Blogs, Portfolios, Resumes, Forums, Social networks, Membership sites or anything else you can dream up.
Types of WordPress
There are two types of WordPress:
WordPress.org, often called self-hosted WordPress, is the free, open-source WordPress software that you can install on your own domain and web host to create a website that’s 100% your own.
WordPress.com is a for-profit, paid service that is powered by the WordPress.org software. It’s simple to use, but you lose much of the flexibility of the self-hosted WordPress.
Most of the time, when people say “WordPress”, they mean the self-hosted WordPress available at WordPress.org. If you want to truly own your website, self-hosted WordPress.org is always the best option.
Other Blogging Platforms to use in Ghana:
Wix
Joomla
Blogger
Weebly
Magento
Tumblr
Drupal
Medium
Setting Up Your Blog
Setting up a blog is the process of installing, configuring, designing and optimizing your blog and make it business-ready.
Firstly, after you install WordPress on your hosting. You will need to login into your WordPress dashboard using the URL http://yourblogname.com/wp-admin
Installing Theme for your Blog
WordPress has thousands of Free Theme/Template Designs to use on your blog to improves the user experience of your blog. You can browse the theme catalogue on your WordPress dashboard and apply the one that matches your blog niche.
Installing Important WordPress Plugins
WordPress Plugins are extensions/add-ons that enhance the functionality or add more features to the core WordPress software. As a beginner blogger, the freest essential WordPress plugins you need to install on your blog are Yoast SEO, Jetpack, Akismet, WP-Cache, Social share and others.
Creating Legal Pages for your Blog.
Before you start your blog, it’s essential to create legal pages for your blog. This includes About Us, Contact Us, Privacy Policy, Disclaimer, if you will be monetizing your blog through an affiliate program, then you will need an Affiliate Disclosure page.
Make a search on how to write each legal page for your blog.
Start Creating Good Content
After the one-time setups are done and your blog is live. It’s about time to start blogging (I mean creating valuable contents for your readers.) Before you even think of making money from your blog, you need to build an audience first.
This is providing useful content, helping, or entertaining your potential visitors. Below are some tips to grow your blog and making money online blogging in Ghana.
Content Is King: Great content is the key to running a successful blog. Your content must be valuable, helpful, engaging, entertaining, informative, and educating, depending on your blogging niche.
SEO: Search Engine Optimization should be a priority when creating content for your blog. Use proper and relevant keywords in your content. Use attractive Post Title, slug and ALT Text for your Images.
Avoid copying other people’s work at all cost. Plagiarism will have you penalized and have your website shut down. Be original.
Place useful links in your posts. Link back to your articles and other useful blogs.
Have a schedule for your posting. It could be daily, weekly or monthly.
Join and interact with other bloggers online. Comment on their blogs and request for backlinks.
How to visitors to your Blog in Ghana
Optimize your posts for search engines (SEO)
Comment on Other Blogs
Write a catchy headline
Create Fresh Content Regularly
Promote massively in social media
Participate in Question and Answer sites
Work hard to promote your blog and get lots of visitors. Remember, the more traffic you can. the more money you make on your blog.
Make Money from your Blog
As I stated earlier in this post, there are many ways to make money Blogging. You can stroll to the top of this article to see different ways to make money online blogging in Ghana.
The money you can make from your blog is unlimited and it’s passive income. This means the content you create today on your blog can make you money every month. Tons of bloggers start monetizing their blogs with Adsense, Below is Brief information on Adsense
Adsense
Google AdSense is a program run by Google through which website publishers in the Google Network of content sites serve text, images, video, or interactive media advertisements that are targeted to the site content and audience. These advertisements are administered, sorted, and maintained by Google.
How to integrate Adsense on your Blog
Step 1: Set up your site
Step 2: Make sure your site is in compliance
Step 3: Apply to AdSense
Step 4: Configure your ads
Step 5: Copy and paste the AdSense code onto your site
Step 7: Verify your address
Once you start generating earnings from Google AdSense, you’ll receive a card from Google in the mail. Before you can withdraw your earnings, you’ll need to make sure your address has been verified.
The card will include a PIN associated with your AdSense account. Just follow the instructions on your card for verifying the PIN online.
Once the PIN and address have been verified, you’ll be able to cash out payments when your account reaches the specified payment threshold.