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The Ultimate Guide To Blogging: How To Start A Blog That's Epic

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Starting a blog is not as simple as throwing up a few posts and hoping for the best... at least not if you want to start a blog that's epic, draws in loyal readers, and makes money.
Before you create a blog you need to figure out your niche and draw up a launch plan. It's essential to know what topics you'll write on and understand where your traffic will come from.
You also need to know in advance how you plan to monetize and the correct way to build an email subscribers list.
And that doesn't even touch on themes, plugins, getting social shares and comments, blog security and images for your posts.
By knowing all these things BEFORE you start blogging you'll be able to launch an epic blog and write excellent content that people love to read, share, link to and comment on.
You can drive a torrent of blog visitors ON LAUNCH DAY, boost your email subscribers and start blogging for money immediately.


You'll learn all of this in The Ultimate Guide To Blogging: How To Start An Epic Blog....

Content
  1. Things You Need To Know Before You Start A Blog
  2. What To Blog About?
  3. What's The Best Blogging Platform?
  4. How To Choose A Memorable Domain Name For Your Blog
  5. How To Set Up A Blog: The Technical Stuff
  6. What Blog Pages Should I Include?
  7. Website Security: How To Stop Your Blog Being Hacked
  8. Best Wordpress Plugins To Make Your Blog Epic
  9. How To Select The Best Wordpress Theme & Make Your Site Stunning
  10. Speed Up Website Loading Time & Reduce Bounce Rate
  11. How To Brand Your Blog & Stand Out
  12. How To Create A Blog That's Epic & Launch With A Bang
  13. Content Is King: How To Create Better Blog Posts
  14. How To Pick Profitable Buyer Keywords For Your Blog Content
  15. How To Find Blog Images To Make Blog Posts Sparkle
  16. How To Get Endless Blog Traffic & Promote Blog Posts
  17. Blogging For Money: Run A Profitable Website
  18. Interacting With Your Audience & Building A Relationship
  19. How To Get The Attention of the Best Bloggers In Your Niche
  20. How To Build An Email List & Get More Subscribers
  21. How To Write Emails That People Love To Read
  22. Testing & Tracking Your Blog
  23. Other Epic Blogging Guides
  24. Blogger Resources
  25. Conclusion

Things You Need To Know Before You Start A Blog
Before you even think about starting a blog you need to know a few fundamental blog tips.
With these resources you'll learn what it takes to be a successful blogger and find out whether blogging really is for you.


What To Blog About?
what to blog about - profitable nicheHow To Pick A Profitable Niche For Your Blog
Every blog need a niche topic to write about. You can't blog about everything and anything as it's too unfocused and no one will read it.
In this section you'll learn how to pick a profitable niche for your blog so you can profit from your hard work.
HOT BLOG TIP: Pick a niche you are passionate about so you don't get bored blogging about it.


What's The Best Blogging Platform?
Free WordPress vs Self Hosted WordPress vs Blogger vs Tumblr
A common problem when you first start a blog is deciding what is the best blogging platform to use. There's lots of options including a free WordPress blog, self hosted WordPress, Blogger, Tumblr.
The only sensible option is to use a self hosted WordPress blog with your own domain as you have full control over your site but in case you want a second opinion check the resources below..

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How To Choose A Memorable Domain Name For Your Blog
Choosing a domain name people remember and associate with is a skill.
You'll learn how to pick a domain name people never forget and instantly associate themselves with.
HOT BLOG TIP: Try and avoid generic domains and create a 'brand'.

How To Set Up A Blog: The Technical Stuff
Setting up a blog is a daunting task with hosting, domain, and other technical worries. You have to get this bit right or you can't start blogging.
You'll learn the basics of how to set up a really great blog that runs smoothly.

What Blog Pages Should I Include?
contact me pagesHow To Write About Me Pages & Contact Me Pages That Build Trust & Increase Email Subscribers and Sales.
There are some blog pages that EVERY blog needs including an about me page and contact me page but most people make the mistake of thinking they are not important pages so put no effort into them, big mistake!
You'll learn how to write an about me page that engages visitors, builds trust and increases email subscribers. What to include on your contact page to build relationships with your visitors and how a tools and resources page can make you money from blogging.
HOT BLOG TIP: Your about me page should actually be about what you can do for your reader and not just about you!

Website Security: How To Stop Your Blog Being Hacked
Blogs are hacked all the time and if you don't have adequate website security or backups in place you could lose all of your work in an instant.
Take website security seriously! These great resources will stop your blog being hacked
HOT BLOG TIP: Backup your blog automatically using a backup plugin - if you get hacked you could lose everything!

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Best WordPress Plugins To Make Your Blog Epic
WordPress has plugins for just about everything, some good and some not so good. For my best WordPress plugins check out the toolbox page.
These resources will help you pick additional WordPress plugins that make your blog epic.
HOT BLOG TIP: WordPress plugins slow down your site so only use when 100% necessary.

How To Select The Best WordPress Theme & Make Your Site Stunning
A premium WordPress theme is essential for any serious bloggers as the free themes are just too limited in what they can do.
I personally recommend either WP-Radiance (theme on NicheHacks) or Genesis Generate but with the resources below you'll find the best WordPress theme for your blog and how to create a blog logo
HOT BLOG TIP: Your site should look good but it has to be functional and easy to navigate too!

Speed Up Website Loading Time & Reduce Bounce Rate
speed up websiteFaster Websites Get More Readers, Higher Search Rankings & Make More Money
A slow site causes a high bounce rate (people leaving immediately after they arrive) which means most of your visitors are wasted. Google also penalizes sites with high bounce rates.
You'll learn how to speed up your website and keep your visitors on your blog

How To Brand Your Blog & Stand Out
There's a lot of blogs out there. Most of them completely forgetful. Even some blogs with great content don't do enough to stand out and make people remember them due to poor blog branding.
Discover how to brand your blog, stand out from the crowd, build trust and authority and have people remember you.

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How To Create A Blog That's Epic & Launch With A Bang
Get Traffic, Subscribers, Social Shares & Links On Launch Day.
Most bloggers decide to start a blog, write a post, publish it, and then sit around wondering what to do next and where the traffic is.
This is NOT how to create a blog that's epic.
You'll learn how to have droves of visitors, backlinks, email sign ups and social media shares ON DAY ONE.
HOT BLOG TIP: Create a landing page to capture email sign ups before you've even launched and promote it so you already have an audience on launch day.

Content Is King: How To Create Better Blog Posts
How To Create Epic Content That Gets You Loads of Links, Stupid Amounts of Social Shares & Torrents of Traffic
Epic content is the cornerstone of ALL blogs. Without it you have nothing and can do everything else right but still fail because people come to blogs looking for great content.
Content really is king so don't make it mediocre.
You'll learn how to create captivating content & inspiring new topic ideas, get people linking and sharing your posts, and effortlessly drive torrents of traffic to your blog through content marketing.
HOT BLOG TIP: Get content ideas from your readers - ask them what their problems are and solve them!

How To Pick Profitable Buyer Keywords For Your Blog Content
Using 'buyer keywords' (keywords search users type that show an intention of making a purchase) in your blog content is the difference between attracting readers and customers.
You'll learn how to pick high converting buyer keywords for your blog content that will turn your visitors into buyers.
HOT BLOG TIP: Write for your readers BUT keep search engines in mind by using relevant keywords in your content.

How To Find Blog Images To Make Blog Posts Sparkle
Finding blog images is a common problem for bloggers especially those who want free blog images. If you use images from Google images and they are copyrighted you can get into serious legal trouble.
I personally use PhotoDune for the images on this blog as they cost just $1!
These resources will show you other sources to find blog images both free and cheap.

How To Get Endless Blog Traffic & Promote Blog Posts
blog trafficHow To Drive Torrents of Targeted Traffic To Your Blog
Traffic is one of the most vital parts of any successful blog. Without blog traffic you'll never have a popular website.
You'll learn how to get website traffic from search engines, find visitors through content marketing, build up huge social media followings you can leverage, get easy and targeted blog traffic just by interacting on your favorite sites and forums and more free traffic generation strategies that will help you promote blog posts.
HOT BLOG TIP: Syndicate and re-purpose your content in as many places as possible to drive traffic back to your site and promote blog posts.

SEO Traffic:

Guest Blogging For Traffic:

Social Media For Traffic: General
HOT BLOG TIP: Only be involved on the social media sites where your target audience hang out.

Social Media For Traffic: Facebook

Social Media For Traffic: Twitter

social mediaSocial Media For Traffic: Pinterest

Social Media For Traffic: G+


Social Media For Traffic: Stumbleupon

Social Media For Traffic: Reddit

Social Media For Traffic: Tumblr

Social Media Traffic: LinkedIn

Blog Commenting

Forum Marketing 

Video Marketing & Youtube

Infographics For Traffic

Blogging For Money: Run A Profitable Website
blogging for moneyHow To Make Money Blogging.
Blogging isn't easy but when blogging for money it's even more tricky however it can make you a full time income if done properly.
Here are some incredible resources that will help you make money blogging.
HOT BLOG TIPS: Have a monetization plan BEFORE you start your blog and execute it from day 1, it makes no sense to wait!

Interacting With Your Audience & Building A Relationship
How To Get Your Blog Readers To Share, Comment & Link To Your Content
The more blog readers who share, comment and link to your content the better. It means higher search engine rankings and more visitors.
You'll learn how to engage your blog readers so they leave comments and share your content on social media.
HOT BLOG TIP: Ask a question to your readers and tell them to answer in the comments section. Take the lead and be the first to answer to encourage them.

How To Get The Attention of the Best Bloggers In Your Niche
One of the greatest ways to grow your blog traffic is to network with authority bloggers in your niche and have them share and link to your content.
You'll learn how to get the attention of the best bloggers in your niche so you can tap into their audience to divert traffic to your own blog.
HOT BLOG TIP: Treat other bloggers like friends rather than competitors it will benefit both of you.

How To Build An Email List & Get More Subscribers
It's vital to build an email list as a blogger. It allows you to keep in touch with your visitors, update them of new blog posts or products, build a relationship with and market to them.
You'll learn how to build an email list and increase your subscribers so you can build a relationship, drive more traffic and make money from blogging though email marketing.
HOT BLOG TIP: Build your email subscribers list from day 1 - it's never too soon! 
increase email open rateHow To Write Emails That People Love To Read
Email marketing allows you to build relationships with your audience, drive traffic back to your site and promote products to them. However unless you understand the basics of email marketing no one will open your emails in the first place.
You'll learn how to write exciting emails that people absolutely love to read and can't wait for the next one.


Testing & Tracking Your Blog
Increase Website Traffic, Email Subscribers & Sales.
Testing and tracking your blog is crucial otherwise you don't know what is working and what isn't. You need to be tracking website visitors, clicks, email opt ins and sales.
You'll learn how test and track your blog to boost your traffic, get more email subscribers and make more sales.

Other Epic Blogging Guides
The Ultimate Guide To Blogging: How To Start A Blog That's Epic isn't the only blog guide available on the net, here's some more you might be interested in.


Blogger Resources
Conclusion
The Ultimate Guide To Blogging: How To Start A Blog That's Epic has hopefully given you everything you need to create a blog that has incredible content, draws in readers, gets tons of social shares, builds a huge email subscriber list and makes money.
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