The Best Way to Start a Blog and Start Earning Money in Nigeria

There are about 8 billion people on earth. It is certain that more than 20% of them get to read web content from their mobile, tablets or personal computers daily. If you are a good writer and can publish quality articles for your prospective visitors, you are in for a big win.

If you don’t know, you don’t know. “You are not certain” doesn’t mean that it isn’t real. Blogging has become a lucrative venture for anyone hoping to earn passive income online. As long as you have the right message, audience and time, you are good to go.

In this article, you will be shown tips on how to start a blog and earn a relatively good amount of money monthly. This guide is broken down into 5 easy to follow steps. Read and share if you find it informative.

Answers to Some Blogging Questions

Let us start by addressing certain questions that may be running in your mind. Here are some tackled questions to give you a head start.

1. What is Blogging?

Blogging is sharing engaging content such as videos, images and text for a targeted group for the purpose of educating and entertaining them.

2. What is the Difference Between a Blog and a Website?

A blog is typically a website that is usually updated on a regular basis. You can call your blog “My Website”.

3. Can I Start a blog in Nigeria for Free?

Yes, you can. There are tons of platforms out there that you can use to start blogging at no cost. You can equally monetize your content on most of these platforms.

4. How Much Does it Cost to Start a Blog in Nigeria?

As stated above, you can start a blog for free. If you need to customize your content and have full control of your blog, you need to upgrade. You can start blogging for as low as Ten Thousand Naira yearly.

5. Where Can I Learn Blogging in Nigeria?

Most things you need to start blogging are online and readily available for free. Use YouTube videos and quality online publications to help you in your blogging sensation.

6. How Much Can I make Starting a Blog in Nigeria?

Do not be deceived, your earning power depends on your visitors and the quality of the content in your blog.

Steps in Starting a Blog in Nigeria

1. Step One – Create Your Idea

This step is the first stage of earning as a blogger. You should be able to unleash an idea that will keep you at the centre of the sharing economy. Think of what you know how to do best. That will keep you inclined with the prospect.

You have something exclusive that others need. That’s it! Your elder brother, sisters and colleagues call you for relationship advice. Man, you are already in the biz. It’s not a matter of age, sex or disposition. If you have it, you have and can deliver it.

Ask yourself:

• What are my interests?
• Am I good in this line of interest?
• Are there others like me interested in the same thing?
• Will they be willing to reach out to what I already have?
• How best can I deliver what they need?

2. Step Two – Give Your Platform Unique Value

After the birth of a child, the parents will assign a particular name to him or her. You will have to be creative in dealing with creating a unique identity for your blog. Your blog’s name should be simple, easy to remember and represent what you offer.

Give your platform a unique name that speaks more of your website. A good name is the mainstay of your blog. You don’t want to be losing out on visitors due to the poor strategy of website naming. You should make the name short and catchy to easily be remembered. Avoid the use of confusing letters, numbers and hyphens. It should be clear and easy to understand.

In addition, you should endeavour to stick to a ‘dot com (.com)’. It is popular and easy to remember.

3. Step Three – Add Beauty to Your Blog

Beauty is skin deep— in the heart of like minds. To get started, you should learn how to design your website. You should get yourself acquainted with what is needed to completely install all the necessary plugins and themes for your platform. You can equally get the service of a web designer to help you out.

You can choose to install WordPress, Blogger or any other platform for your blogging experience. WordPress powers a large percentage of blogs. It is popular and has beautiful themes for any genre of blog. It comes with tons of exciting free features to keep your blog running.

This stage involves building up your platform to your taste. It should be customized, and up and running. Aside from making it attractive to humans, you should make it optimized for search engines like Google and Bing as well. This is very crucial if you intend to get more visitors to your platform.

4. Step Four – Regularly Feed Your Blog with Quality Contents

For a babe to grow, it needs food. You should endeavour to feed your little world for it to grow with time. Stock your platform with enlightening, optimized and original web content. This will keep your platform growing. New visitors will definitely troop into your platform daily if they get solutions from you.

Your readers are generally faced with certain similar or related challenges. You should be able to determine them. Grow along with them. You should also be able to determine what they love about your ‘product’. While creating a new blog post, you should have in mind what intrigues passion in your readers’ minds.

You should brainstorm popular topics for your blog with a group. You should know what to and not to blog about. Your content should not be biased and controversial. It keeps you popular only for a while. Use every means available to get quality content on your platform. This will go a long way in keeping your platform rated highly by search engines and visitors.

5. Step Five – Create a Reward System for Your Blog

You have scrutinized your platform from afar. You have nourished it with care, love and attention. It is now time to convert your platform into a money-spinning entity. This is only possible if you have the right content.

Monetizing your platform involves putting the necessary mechanisms in place to be able to receive a return. Being a blogger entails being able to actualize something from your blog post. You should be able to come up with ideas that will fetch you some amount of money over time while blogging. The following are some popular ways.

1. Google Advertisement

Google AdSense is a program run by Google that allows a blog to make money while allowing media advertisements to run on their platforms. A mechanism enables you to make money by placing ads on your website. It is free and very easy to initiate. This is a good way to earn money even while sleeping.

2. Leasing out Advertisement Space

You can choose to sell advertising space on your website or blog for an establishment. This is a very lucrative way of earning from your blog. The placement of this ad is sometimes renewed on an annual or yearly basis.

3. Product/Service Sales

Another way to earn money from your platform is by selling products and services. You can choose to sell your personal products on your platform. You can equally choose to do so on behalf of a client. This is a very good way to earn using your blog.

4. Affiliate Marketing

Aside from selling your own products, you can affiliate with other platforms. Affiliate marketing is referring users to a product or service and in turn, getting rewarded. Some affiliate programs can offer creators based on the number of sales they made from their referrals.

In Conclusion

Blogging can earn you a lot in Nigeria. It is a matter of placing the right message and getting the right visitors. The internet has become vast and you can’t imagine how much some fellas are making just by stocking quality content on their blog pages.

Get creative and initiate a perfect idea for your platform. Give it the perfect name. Beautify it, stock it with quality content and monetize it. You will be amazed at how much you will make on a daily, weekly or yearly basis. Nothing is impossible, just start. Since others are doing well, who are you not to win?