Start Here – The best of my articles in one place

If you’re visiting here for the first time, this page is important for you. I have added the most important blogs/articles here & I update this page every month. This page contains the blogs category-wise so that you can jump to the relevant sections.

Let’s explore.

#1 Blogging

  1. What is Blogging?: Understand blogging as a concept from scratch
  2. How to pick a niche: Most important question for anyone who wants to get into blogging. Go wrong here & you won’t realize that you’ll waste years of effort without even realizing it.
  3. Claim free domain: Once you’ve decided on the niche, it’s time to book a domain. As a reward for the action-takers, you get a free domain from the best web hosting service for beginners.
  4. Start a blog: You decided on the niche and got yourself a free domain. Now follow these simple (yet detailed) steps to get started with blogging
  5. Recommended tools: While you’re blogging, you’ll need tools to be efficient and more productive. These recommended tools will help you along the way.
  6. Blogging on WordPress: I’m a big fan of WordPress. I can’t tell you how much of time the CMS has saved by making it so easy to manage the content. This guide will show you everything you need to get started with Blogging on WordPress
  7. Content writing framework: Getting started is easy, but to remain consistent you need a system, a framework that will not only keep your content creation process very smooth, but it will also help create content faster.

#2 Search Engine Optimization

  1. How do search engines work?: In order to understand SEO, you need to understand how search engines work. This will teach you what search wants to rank & with that in mind, you will create exactly that. Easy right?
  2. What is SEO?: In order to get exposure from search engines, you need a certain level of understanding of SEO. Hence this guide.
  3. Create SEO-Friendly content: Now that you’ve understood how search engines work & the fundamentals of SEO, you need to learn how to create SEO-friendly content.
  4. Get traffic to a new site: You’ve just got started, and you’ll need help with getting traffic to your new site. This guide will help you with exactly that.
  5. Learn SEO for Free: I have collected several resources from across the web for various aspects of SEO & online business in general. This page is a collection of all those resources. For Free!

#3 Make Money Online

  1. Monetization ideas: While you’re creating content and getting traffic from various sources, you will need to monetize it someday. You need to start preparing for that right now. This guide will help you with 30+ novel monetization ideas. Unlike others, I have also shared the most important steps to get started with the listed monetization idea.
  2. Google AdSense guide: A most common way to monetize a blog is Google Adsense. Google has paid billions so far with the Adsense program. Sure, they’ve made much more than that but you get the point.
  3. Google Adsense best practices: When you focus on making money from your blog, it’s very easy to cross a line that’s not supposed to be crossed. If you don’t want that to happen, use this guide & keep it handy.
  4. Create & set up a Google Adsense account: You got your blog up & running, and you’re sure it’s time to monetize it (don’t do it immediately) but don’t know how to? This guide will help you.
  5. I got my account approved in one go: The Google Adsense team has gotten really strict with who they let into the party. Learn how I did it in one go.

#4 Web Hosting & WordPress

  1. Best web hosting for beginners: You have everything ready, but don’t know where to host your ideas? This guide will educate you about the best web hosting for your need.
  2. Why chose WordPress hosting over regular hosting?: WordPress is a mind-blowing script, but it requires certain infrastructure to perform at its best. This guide will explain why.
  3. WordPress SEO: Once you’ve set up everything, you will need to optimize WordPress as per your needs. Follow the steps mentioned in this guide for the same.
  4. WordPress.com vs WordPress.org: If you’re yet to take the first step, you might be confused between two flavors of WordPress. This guide will clear all your confusion.
  5. Migrating from WordPress.com to self-hosted WordPress: If you’re an experienced WordPress user & migrating to self-hosted WordPress, this guide will act as a checklist for you.
  6. Installed WordPress? Do these 20 things right now: Done with migration or setting up a web hosting account? It’s time to clean your work desk. These 20 steps will ensure WordPress is ready to use.
  7. WordPress FAQs: You can’t know everything upfront. Something is meant to be discovered along the way. Check out this guide to get answers to top questions related to WordPress. This can be handy if you’re just starting out and need to decide if WordPress is right for you.

#5 Deals & Reviews

  1. Siteground: I love Siteground to the moon and back. I’m no more an affiliate but I can shout at the top of my voice to recommend siteground to anyone who’s getting started with blogging. The prices aren’t beginner friendly, but trust me, it’s worth your money.
  2. Bluehost: When you’re getting started, you need reliable web hosting to learn things. Bluehost is one of those reliable web hosting providers. I have used Bluehost for nearly 10 years now, and just once I’ve had a bad experience, that too because of a reason Bluehost isn’t responsible for.