Starting Up a Blog: And Getting Profit From It!

Posted by Mike Wagan | Friday, September 19, 2008

Definitely, you want to earn money from blogging. But you don't know how to start. Here's a quick guide on how to set-up a Blogspot blog and putting some Adsense into it.

1. Go to Blogger.com, and sign up for a free blog (really easy to sign up!) If you have a Gmail account already, you can also use that to login.

2. Once you've already signed up, you arrive at your Account page. You will now be creating your own blog with a few steps. Think of a cool name and a catchy tagline. It will help a lot!

3. You can now tweak your blog in the Dashboard area. Most bloggers would click the Layout tab and select an appealing template. But if you want templates other than the ones listed there by default, you can try searching in Google for free Blogger XML templates. Make sure to follow instructions when installing them.

4. Make your first post!

5. To add AdSense advertisements on your blog, go to Layout->Page Elements and click the "Add a Gadget" link inside the layout preview box.

6. A pop-up window appears, listing some of the available Gadgets for you to use. Scroll a bit down and you'll see "Adsense".

7. Click Adsense. You have to login to your Adsense account using your Blogger/Gmail account. Once you've setup your Adsense account, you can now easilly add ad units to your blog!

Once you've setup your blog, the best way to monetize it is to promote it. I'll be tackling in the future so always be updated and subscribe to my feeds!

Ciao for now!

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