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How to Start a Blog (and Make Money) in 22222The Ultimate Beginner's Guide to Start Blogging and Make Money in 6 Steps
This is my easy, step-by-step guide to learn how to start a blog and make money from it. For 10+ years, I’ve been blogging & making money online—this is the best way to start blogging (and soon make money from your blog) in 6 steps that’ll have you create a blog in 10 to 15 minutes.
2,167 replies to “How to Start a Blog (and Make Money) in 2025: Ultimate Beginner’s Guide to Start Blogging in 6 Steps”
Hello Ryan,
I really appreciate you making this article, but I have some questions for you as the experienced blogger.
Why do the majority of bloggers make ($1,000 per year), I need to know the common mistakes most bloggers do and lead them in the loss?
You’re welcome, Nimana.
Great question! I actually have a pretty in-depth list of the most common blogging mistakes (and how to avoid them) right here on my blog: https://staging.ryrob.com/blogging-mistakes/
Among the most damaging mistakes though, include things like using the wrong technical platform (CMS) to start blogging on which leads to difficulty gaining traction/being able to monetize later on… picking a bad domain name, using the wrong hosting company, having a clunky design, not picking a clear niche for your blog, not putting enough effort into content that can truly help/transform your audience, and so on. Check out that article I referenced and you’ll see the rest 🙂
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I’m glad to help, Akash! Good luck with your blog 🙂
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You’re welcome, Ranvijay! Be sure to subscribe to my email list for updates on new articles when they come out then 🙂
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Thanks for the kind words, Sanjay! Really happy to help.
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You’re welcome, Yuvraj! Stay tuned for weekly new content here!
Hi Ryan! This is so helpful. For years I have gone back and forth about starting a blog and I think i’m ready. I have a question! I already have a website for my artist platform (spoken word artist/speaker). Am I able to do the market affiliating and such through my Squarespace account if I host my blog there? Is it necessary to get a BlueHost/Wordpress account? What would you recommend so that I can have one solid platform and not multiple sites? Thank you!
Great, Porsche! I’m glad you’re finally taking action on your blog.
The short answer to your question is that yes it’s possible to grow a blog on Squarespace as your platform, I just don’t know of any successful bloggers who use anything but WordPress as their platform—largely because of how much flexibility comes with WordPress and that it’s very intentionally designed as a platform to do well with natural SEO best practices as a starting point. Squarespace isn’t set up as well in that regard, plus they can also (at times) have pretty funky settings and limited options that can hinder your monetization abilities… but you’re able to publish affiliate links from a Squarespace site, yeah. If it’s easier today to just start blogging with your existing artist site on Squarespace, then I don’t think there’s anything wrong with that—but I’d keep in the back of your mind that you’ll want to consider a future switch to WordPress once you’ve proven there’s a real opportunity to grow your blog.
If you want my advice for what I’d do in your situation though, I’d migrate the existing artist site you have from Squarespace and over to WordPress today, because it’s always easier to migrate a site when you have less pages & posts. The more content you have on the site, the more work will go into most migrations—but the migration process is pretty painless if you’re coming into a hosting company like Bluehost or Dreamhost. That’s what I’d do! Good luck and keep up the positive momentum 🙂
I started a blog this month. I have been a freelancer for 10 years but still feel like a fraud when it comes to sharing what I know. I have procrastinated for so long but I’m not looking back now. I’ve gathered so much content from your blog. I have like 10 tabs open. I’ll soak it all up. I feel more confident. Thanks for being so generous with the information.
Nice, Helen! You’re welcome, and thank YOU for the kind words.
Glad you’re getting started (and taking your own Chinese proverb advice there), I’d imagine you have a lot of experience to teach from with ten years of freelance experience. Looking forward to seeing what you create!
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Glad to help, Rasamaya! Thanks for stopping by.
Very useful guide, I like this simple explanation of everything.
Nice! Really happy you found this guide helpful, Rahul.
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Love it, Ravi! Good luck with your new blog, I’m excited for you 👏
Thank You…
You’re very welcome, Ravi!
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Thanks for the kind words, Ayan! Glad you found my guide so useful 🙂
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You’re welcome, Jasvinder! Good luck with your blog.
My goal is to further the pursuit of truth, justice and American way judging fairly those who don’t
Love that, Owen!
wow, excellent tutorial and easy to learn for begginer thanks
You’re welcome, Andy!
Thank you a lot
You’re very welcome, Aliyu! Wishing you luck with your blog.
Read thru this once, tried the ideas, and couldn’t stick with it. I’m back to try it again, hoping I learned from my mistakes
Hope you’re able to stick through it this time around, Torrin. Good luck! Let me know where you’re getting hung up and I’m happy to help here.
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Ah, thank you so much for the kind words Sandeep. I really appreciate it, and I’m super glad to hear you’ve been finding this guide so useful. Good luck with your blog!
The main purpose of a blog is to connect the relevant audience as per your requirements, and the second thing is to boost your website traffic and send quality leads to your website. It may be a personal use or for business, project or anything else that can make money in a very straightforward way. Blogging makes your business look more credible that is important when your brand is at starting position or unknown.
I couldn’t agree more! Blogging can be a solo-run business, but it can also be a tool for existing companies to grow their reach.