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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”
Great article. You are such a great blogger and your website is an inspiration for me to start a blog. This article is very helpful for us.
So happy to hear that, Pooja! Good luck with your new blog that’s getting started 🙂
He Pooja!
It’s extremely impressive and comprehensive post isn’t it! I was pretty blown away too! Good luck with starting your blog! What’s your niche?
Jules
very nice information, thanks for sharing. please keep us updated and I appreciate your effort
Will do! Thanks for sharing, Kifayat 🙏
Thank you very much for this guide on starting a blog
You’re welcome!
I’m a normal blogger and with my experience, I would say that this article is very optimized. Good work Ryan 👍👍.
Thanks, Manjesh! 🙏
Hi Ryan, that’s an amazing and informative post. How do you feel about Schema theme for starting a blog?
Thank you for the in-depth info.
You’re welcome, Chris!
Schema theme—from my experience, it’s a pretty solid (and well-optimized) basic theme, but I haven’t used it for an extended period of time on any of my sites… so I wouldn’t (today) be the best person to really vouch for it. I’m a much bigger fan of Astra, Kadence or GeneratePress as I feel they have a bit more features out of the box and are still super quick & SEO-friendly. Just my two cents!
Hi Ryan,
Starting a blog seems daunting. particularly for wannabe bloggers. And then making money from your blog is just another hurdle to tackle. But your article makes it a lot easy. I also love the infographic, and especially, the FAQs section at the bottom of the page. It helps improve SEO and content rankings.
Would you be so kind to share the FAQs plugin you’re using?
Thanks already!
Thanks so much, Moss! I agree, it takes a lot of time and concerted effort to make major strides in the traffic and income departments with a blog, but my journey has been well worth the effort 🙂
FAQ plugin—yes! I use Lightweight Accordion (https://wordpress.org/plugins/lightweight-accordion/), which my good friend Andy built for my blog here and we use it across a lot of websites now! Couldn’t recommend it more highly 💪
I always appreciate your support, my friend!
Hey Moss, I agree with you. I’ve just started my blog and if I’m completely honest, I’m feeling a bit daunted too… but you have to start somewhere and keep making baby steps. Another thing I find is that mentally, I put pressure on myself to achieve my goals within a certain timeframe. Any successful blogger will tell you that it takes time to build an audience.
I can be quite impatient so I’m having to take lots of deep breaths and talk the panic and urgency down, so that I can be calm enough to make good decisions.
I’m always interested in people who are around a similar level as me so good luck with your blog. I’m sure you’ll be fine!
really like and appreciate your blog article
Thanks for the kind words, Suzen!
Hi Ryan, I’m very inspired by your visual blog….
Nice to following your step
Thanks for the kind words, Arya! Good luck with starting your new blog 🙂
Morning Ryan,
Wow! I’m blown away by your blog and your overall online presence Ryan! I’m a new blogger (literally just about to post my second blog) and I only just stumbled across you yesterday. Put it this way, if bloggin was a university degree, you could easily write the whole course. You blog is packed to the seams full of valuable content! It’s beyond brilliant.
As I’m just about to write my second blog post, I found the segment on ‘Brainstorming Blogging Ideas’ really useful!
As a newbie, it’s easy to feel a little intimidated – especially with the likes of you and other seasoned pro’s out there clearly smashing it.
We all have to start somewhere! You’ve worded your blog in such an easy to understand and inclusive way, that I feel inspired to keep going. Thank you!
Jules 🙂
Thank you so much for the kind words, Jules! This is awesome to hear, seriously 🙏
Right you are—we all have to start somewhere and the fact that you’re getting your first articles published is all that matters… one step at a time is the only way to eventually build something great. Keep up the persistence!
Starting a blog is always challenging and intimidating, so in depth posts like these serve not only as a fantastic resource, but also as a great motivator.
Agreed! It takes concerted time and effort, no matter who you are 🙂
Great tips here about how to start blogging & earnings online. It’s all in one post. Amazing.
Thanks for the kind words, William! 🙏
Great article. You are such a great blogger and your website is an inspiration for me to start a blog.
Thanks so much, Anna! 🙏
Great information in simple easy language that anyone can understand. I was thinking of starting a blog but knew nothing about it as to what to do how to do. Now I know all that is needed to know.
Glad you’ve made your way here, Lynn! Good luck with starting your new blog 🙂
Incredible guide, thank you
You’re very welcome!
These is great stuff here. Please help me create a powerful blog and get more momentum. You are trending and GOOD.
Ah, thanks so much for the kind words, Isaac. Wishing you the best! If you follow along with this step-by-step guide, you’ll be positioning yourself for all the right next moves… and be sure to browse through my collection of articles about blogging to keep helping along the way. Check them out over here: https://staging.ryrob.com/blogging/
Hi Ryan,
You are sharing a great thing here, thank you.
I just tried my first blog at wolfer(.)online
Thank you for the kind words, Vijay! Glad you’ve gotten your blog started 🙂
So, after almost 3 years of working on my site, I feel like I picked the wrong niche. Especially since the pandemic almost shut down all travel. It is so hard to give up and start over with a new niche. Do you have similar stories? Do you experiment with different niches and what would you recommend now?
Ah, I can empathize with you on this one Gerry. I know it might feel difficult to see the light at the end of the tunnel, but I do believe the travel industry (and content niche) will begin to recover some time next year… possibly with less players in the space, which does provide some unique opportunities if you’re still keeping some regularity with your blog. Something to think about at least.
It doesn’t feel like a bad idea though, to be thinking through some other possible niche sites you may be interested in pursuing in the meantime while travel content is being consumed a lot less (again, I strongly believe this is only in the short-term if we zoom out to the perspective of years here). What other kinds of topics would you find energizing to start a blog about? This guide (above) might be useful in helping you to explore that, but I also have a dedicated post that walks through my process for deciding on a strong niche here that you should give a look when you have a chance: https://staging.ryrob.com/blog-niche/
Sending you positive thoughts and I also hope the travel industry bounces back as much as possible next year 🙏
Hi Ryan,
Great in detail information to start a blog! I have few questions as below, hope you will help me in.
I am an automobile enthusiast but don’t have any professional experience about automobile blogging or writing or auto journalism. But want to start a an auto blog. Few months earlier, I tried to acquire permission to publish car images (from corporate portal) from a specific brand and they denied saying that we don’t share our product images since you are not an experienced auto expert.
So, in this case how can I proceed further? Can you please advise? Also I don’t have any clue how lucrative or productive this niche would be today or in upcoming years. So how I can monetize it then? Are there any possibilities of affiliate marketing in this niche?
Sorry for too many questions. But your insight would be immensely helpful.
Regards,
Sunil
Hey Sunil! I’m really glad to hear you’re pursuing a blog about a topic you’re so personally interested in (that’s the right way to do it). I love cars myself, so that’s an area I’m interested in as well.
To your question about using car images, I’ll tell you the approach I’d take—to be honest, I probably wouldn’t ask for permission up front about these kinds of things (in the very early days of your blog when you’re just trying to get into a rhythm of publishing content, attracting readers and figuring out how your business will operate). I’d do my best to source royalty free images of the cars you want to feature on your blog by starting with stock image sites, running some Google searches to see what kind of royalty-free images exist out there already, and if that still doesn’t net you the kind of images you’re hoping for… using an image on your blog that may not be 100% within your publisher rights to use isn’t the absolute worst thing in my opinion. The car manufacturer may reach out to you and ask to remove the image, which is pretty easy & straightforward to comply with. I don’t want to advise you toward doing something that could put you in hot water with the kinds of companies you’d like to one day have good relationships with, but I do think taking a flexible mindset/approach is necessary in the early days of your blog.
Monetization—I’d imagine that the auto industry is best monetized with a blog from the perspective of recommending parts that can be purchased through affiliate links. Maybe some of these partnerships already exist with big manufacturers or retailers, but Amazon also sells some auto parts online. My advice would be to spend some time looking carefully at the ways more established auto blogs appear to be monetizing their audiences… do they have display ads? Products they sell directly on their own site? Affiliate links? Other services or products they may offer? Don’t be afraid to take some inspiration from others already in your niche.
Wishing you luck, Sunil!
Thanks a lot Ryan for so much encouragement! I will follow the steps you have advised here and will reach out to you if I stuck somewhere again.
You’re so welcome, Sunil! Good luck with your new blog 🙂
Hey Ryan! What I love about your content is that I can come back to the same article I’ve read 3 or 4 times and still learn something new!
My blog is just days away from launching, but I also plan on launching on a couple of social media platforms soon after. Since my topic is personal finance, I’m leaning towards Twitter, FB & LinkedIn.
For Facebook, probably makes the most sense to start a page with my blog name. For Twitter, any recommendations on whether to use a blog name or personal name?
With LinkedIn, it’s a bit more complicated. I still have a day job and of course, my account is under my personal name. How would you recommend I market my blog without drawing too much attention since many of my connections are tied to my current employer? How to keep these two worlds separate, at least for now? I’m sure I’m not alone here 🙂
Look forward to your input, thanks!
That’s so great to hear! Wishing you luck with your upcoming launch 🙂
For Twitter, I’d personally recommend going for an account to name as yourself… it’ll make you more approachable, personable and hey, you’re interacting as a real person anyway so why not appear as such!
LinkedIn—I’d actually recommend not spreading yourself too thin on promotional efforts, so maybe you could make things easier on yourself and not set the expectation that you need to promote all of your blog content across several different networks at once? Starting with Facebook and Twitter may be a good beginning step and you could see how those channels progress for you before worrying about the exact right way to crack into your LinkedIn efforts (unless, of course you have a large following there that would be interested in your blog content—that’s worth tapping into now).
Thanks Ryan, appreciate the feedback and advice! Makes sense to gradually roll it out and see what works.
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Awesome Ryan! A great detailed guide for someone considering blogging.
Great tips about starting a blog. Very valuable information, explained in a very simple way. Thanks for sharing with us.
You’re welcome, William! So happy to hear that 🙏
Thanks for the kind words, Minosh! 🙏
Thank you for this amazing article, you are an inspiration.
You’re welcome, Dwayne! I really appreciate the kind words—wishing you luck with your new blog 🙏