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How to Start a Blogging Business in Nigeria

How to Start Blogging Business in Nigeria

&NewLine;<p>Starting a blogging Nigeria is one of the best ways to make money online if you consider joining hundreds of thousands of people taking advantage of the online space&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Just like any other type of business&comma; you need to learn the ropes&comma; you have to understand what works and what doesn&&num;8217&semi;t work to be able to start a blog that will be lucrative&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Many people have started blogging businesses and stopped&comma; on the other hand&comma; many have started and are making a fortune out of it&period; It just depends on how you go about it&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Your ability to learn and implement what you have learned&comma; to know what not to do again&period; Some of the skills you need to learn as a blogger are SEO &lpar; Search engine optimization&rpar;&comma; writing&comma; WordPress&comma; digital marketing and advertising&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>You need to put your best foot out because the competition in the online space is real&comma; however&comma; if you make your blog unique and you continuously dish out quality content&comma; you will be able to make money blogging in Nigeria&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>This blog will explain to you how you can start a blogging business in Nigeria from the ground up&period; Whether you are reading the post as a learner or expert&comma; you will be learning something new&period; Keep reading to find out how&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"wp-block-heading">How to start a blogging business in Nigeria<&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h3 class&equals;"wp-block-heading">1&period; Decide your blog niche<&sol;h3>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>What is a blogging niche&quest;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>According to<a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;en&period;m&period;wikipedia&period;org&sol;wiki&sol;Niche&lowbar;blogging"> Wikipedia<&sol;a> Niche blogging is the act of creating a blog with the intent of using it to market to a particular niche market&period; Niche blogs may appeal to &&num;8220&semi;geographic areas&comma; a specialty industry&comma; ethnic or age groups&comma; or any other particular group of people&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>It is simply blogging to appeal to a set of people&period; it is narrowing down your writing expertise to meet the needs of a specific group of people&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>From the Wikipedia definition&comma; a blog ought to meet the needs of<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<ul class&equals;"wp-block-list"><li>A geographic area<&sol;li><li>A speciality industry<&sol;li><li>An ethnic<&sol;li><li>An age group<&sol;li><li>Particular groups of people<&sol;li><&sol;ul>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h4 class&equals;"wp-block-heading">1&period; A geographic area<&sol;h4>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>This type of blog focuses on people in a particular location&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Blogging target people in a particular location&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>This makes it easy for the blogger to create contents that the people in that location would love&period; It reduces excesses and increases efficiency&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Blogging about cities like Abuja&comma; Lagos&comma; Kano&comma; Nasarawa etc are examples of geographic niche blogging&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h4 class&equals;"wp-block-heading">2&period; A speciality industry<&sol;h4>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>This involves blogging about an area of expertise&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>For example&comma; a medical doctor specialising in Dermatology &lpar; Skin &rpar; can have a blog that talks about how to take care of the skin and all&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>A teacher can start a blog to show other teachers how to overcome the day-to-day challenges of being a teacher in Nigeria&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>You can create a blog in any field or speciality that will give value to your audience&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h4 class&equals;"wp-block-heading">3&period; An ethnic group<&sol;h4>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Oxford dictionary defines an ethnic group as a community or population made up of people who share a common cultural background or descent&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>An ethnic group blog will talk about the interests of people with common cultural backgrounds&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>In Nigeria&comma; that means ethnic groups like Yoruba&comma; Igbo&comma; Hausa&comma; Ibibio&comma; Tiv etc&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Your blog&&num;8217&semi;s target market can be an ethnic group&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h4 class&equals;"wp-block-heading">4&period; An age group<&sol;h4>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>This type of blog involves creating content for children&comma; youths or senior citizens<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>It solves the problems of people within any of the age groups mentioned above&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h4 class&equals;"wp-block-heading">5&period; Particular groups of people<&sol;h4>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>A blog can be created for any group of people provided that there are real people with needs to be met&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>An additional blog niche could be a blog based on sex&period; Blogging to meet the needs of the male or female folks&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Now that you know what a blog niche is&comma; the next thing to learn is How to choose a blog niche&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h4 class&equals;"wp-block-heading">Benefits of choosing a blogging niche in Nigeria&nbsp&semi;<&sol;h4>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>We defined a writing niche previously&comma; but the question is must you choose a writing niche&quest; Can&&num;8217&semi;t you just create content on everything&quest;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Have you heard this quote before -Jack of all trade&semi; master of none&quest;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>When you hear Ronaldo what comes to your mind&quest; Football right&quest; What about Tuface&quest; Wole Soyinka&comma; Bishop David Oyedepo&quest;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>They are all known for a particular thing or purpose&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>You can&&num;8217&semi;t do everything at once and expect to be successful at everything&comma; the fact is you may end up not achieving anything at all and even risk being overworked&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>There are benefits to choosing a writing niche&comma; namely&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<ul class&equals;"wp-block-list"><li>Freedom<&sol;li><li>Focus<&sol;li><li>Specialisation<&sol;li><li>Brand building<&sol;li><&sol;ul>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h3 class&equals;"wp-block-heading">How to choose a blogging niche in Nigeria<&sol;h3>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Choosing a writing niche is something many people find difficult to do&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>From my observation&comma; I think the problem is not just about choosing a writing niche&comma; generally&comma; in life&comma; people always find it difficult to make choices&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>When people are faced with choosing between many good choices&comma; it becomes difficult to decide &&num;8211&semi; because most times almost all the available options look good to the eyes&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>You may think you don&&num;8217&semi;t have that challenge until you get to a party where you have a variety of good food displayed for you to choose from&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>You will be wondering&comma; should I eat fried rice&comma; jollof rice&comma; moi moi&comma; amala&comma; pounded yam&comma; akpu or which kind of mixture can I make&quest;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Is it jollof rice &plus; fried rice &plus; Moi Moi and then later top it with Amala&quest;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Many things will be coming to your mind&comma; especially if you are really hungry&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>But assuming rice is the only available option&comma; you would just eat it peacefully without becoming a human calculator&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Since blogging has many niches it becomes difficult to choose a niche&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>I don&&num;8217&semi;t believe someone should dictate a niche for you to specialize in&comma; people can only make suggestions but you are to choose&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Why &quest; because you will be expected to write in that niche for a long time and if it&&num;8217&semi;s not something you love you will give up early before you create a personal brand&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>There is no one formula for choosing a writing niche but there are questions that could lead you to make a good choice<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Some of the questions you should ask yourself are<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<ol class&equals;"wp-block-list"><li>What are you passionate about&quest;<&sol;li><li>What can you do&quest;<&sol;li><li>What problems do you see around you that you can solve&quest;<&sol;li><li>What experiences do you have&quest;<&sol;li><li>What do you want to be known for&quest;<&sol;li><&sol;ol>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h4 class&equals;"wp-block-heading">1&period; What are you passionate about&quest;<&sol;h4>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Passion is defined as any great&comma; strong&comma; powerful emotion&comma; especially romantic love or extreme hate by Wiktionary&period;org<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Forget about the strong romantic love part&comma; bring your mind home- that&&num;8217&semi;s not what we are talking about now&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>You are passionate about something when you have strong emotions that are always making you want that thing&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Most men I know in Nigeria are passionate about football &lpar; with a few exceptions though &rpar;&period; Even when their team is not performing well they still support them&comma; hoping that someday soon they will do better&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>I read a post one time where a girl wrote that &&num;8221&semi; Guys are not faithful in relationships anymore because they have given all of it to football&&num;8221&semi;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Just go to a football viewing centre and see how they will be making analysis and sometimes intelligent arguments just to prove a point&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>That&&num;8217&semi;s a great niche right there&excl; Create a blog that brings the latest football news to Nigerians&comma; and write it in a style that will resonate with them&period;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>On the other hand&comma; create a <strong>forum<&sol;strong> that allows fans to discuss football topics on your website&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>And then he uses that platform to sell jerseys to his followers&comma; just imagine how he will increase his business reach with a larger audience blog has the potential to create&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Whatever your passion is&comma; writing&comma; eating&comma; teaching&comma; baking&comma; make-up&comma; fashion&comma; agriculture&comma; art&comma; music&comma; cooking etc&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>You can be a specialised writer in that niche&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h4 class&equals;"wp-block-heading">2&period; What can you do&quest;<&sol;h4>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Many motivational speakers&comma; clergymen and philosophers have been hammering on the fact that every man has something to offer the world for years&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>What can you offer &quest; Think deep<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<ul class&equals;"wp-block-list"><li>What do you do easily&quest;<&sol;li><li>What can you do for long hours even if you are not paid&quest;<&sol;li><li>What do people compliment you about&quest;<&sol;li><&sol;ul>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Just think about it<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>It could be music&comma; playing football&comma; talking to people&comma; listening to people&comma; love for children&comma; travelling&comma; name it&period; You can find a niche out of it&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h4 class&equals;"wp-block-heading">3&period; What problems around you can you solve&quest;<&sol;h4>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Pastor Sunday Adelaja wrote a book titled <strong>&&num;8220&semi;where there is a problem there is money&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;strong>&period; He emphasized the need to look intently at problems to be able to find solutions that will generate money&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Look around you&comma; what problems can you profer solutions to&quest;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>For instance&comma; if you see that couples are finding it difficult to stay in the marriage and you have what it takes to counsel them&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>What&&num;8217&semi;s next&quest; Create a relationship blog with your own uniqueness&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>In every problem lies a potentially profitable blog niche&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h4 class&equals;"wp-block-heading">4&period; What experiences do you have&quest;<&sol;h4>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Adam Enfroy&comma; known for building a profitable blog within a short time&comma; advises people to leverage their skills while starting a blog&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>The skills and experiences you have acquired over time could be used to start a blog&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Medical workers can start a blog talking about health-related matters&period; Engineers&comma; agriculturists&comma; teachers&comma; clergymen and women&comma; cooks etc can all start a blog related to their skills and profession&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h4 class&equals;"wp-block-heading">5&period; What do you want to be known for&quest;<&sol;h4>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Whatever dream you have&comma; starting a blog in that niche could help you in becoming that person&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>What do you see yourself becoming&quest; Start a blog in that niche and gradually become that person&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>These are a few questions I believe if answered correctly could make you find a perfect blog niche&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Related&colon; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;truehost&period;com&period;ng&sol;blog-niches-that-make-money-in-nigeria&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noreferrer noopener">8 Best Blog Niches That Make Money In Nigeria&period;<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h3 class&equals;"wp-block-heading">Factors to consider before starting blogging in a particular niche<&sol;h3>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>There is an important aspect of choosing a blog niche I haven&&num;8217&semi;t mentioned&comma; if you miss that aspect you may not go far with your blog because there won&&num;8217&semi;t be motivation o keep you going&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>You need to consider if the blog is profitable&period; How do you do that&quest;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>By considering the following factors<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<ul class&equals;"wp-block-list"><li>Are other people making money from the niche you want to cover&quest;<&sol;li><li>Does it have an audience&quest;<&sol;li><&sol;ul>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h4 class&equals;"wp-block-heading">Are others making money from the niche&quest;<&sol;h4>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>If no one is making money out of that niche offline or online that’s a red flag&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>There ought to be others making money out of that niche or a niche closely related to it&semi; there’s nothing really new under the sun&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>On the other hand&comma; you can start a niche you’ve conducted research on and found the potential of it yielding income in future&comma; and then stick to it until it pays off&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h4 class&equals;"wp-block-heading">Does it have an audience&quest;<&sol;h4>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>People are everything in business&semi; without people who do you sell to&quest; Who do you Impact&quest;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Your niche must solve people’s problems and answer their pressing questions&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>If you discover people are not interested in your kind of knowledge then there’s no point stressing yourself to start a blog in that niche&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Even though there are exceptional cases where people don’t know they need something until you make them realize they do&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h3 class&equals;"wp-block-heading">What is a blog&quest;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;h3>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>A blog is a website where creators post content on the internet&period; Content on blogs appears in reverse chronological order&comma; that&&num;8217&semi;s to say&comma; the latest post replaces the previous post&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>That means a blog is dynamic and always changing&period; If a blog is functional&comma; its content always changes with time&period;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>A blog was initially used for an online diary&comma; people usually post things happening around them on the blog for people to read&comma; but in recent times a blog has become a source of income for many people&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Businesses now have blogs that serve as a source of traffic and a means to increase visibility and brand awareness&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Individuals on the hand have used blogs to build a brand online and to increase their income by monetizing the blog&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h3 class&equals;"wp-block-heading">Platforms you can start a blog in Nigeria<&sol;h3>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>There are more than one ways to start a blog blogging business in Nigeria&comma; it depends on the platform you decide to use&period; Some of these platforms are free while others are not&comma; they all have their pros and cons&period;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>We will look at some people platforms you can use&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h4 class&equals;"wp-block-heading">1&period; Olitt<&sol;h4>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Olitt is a website builder in Nigeria that you can use to design your blog for free&period; It has templates you can use to design your blog within 5 minutes or less&period;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>You just need to create an account with them and pick your templates&period; They have a free plan and a paid plan&period; When you register and are okay with the free plan&comma; you can upgrade to the premium plan to enjoy better features&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>The premium plan of Olitt is one of the best you can find in the online space&period;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h4 class&equals;"wp-block-heading">2&period;Wordpress&period;com<&sol;h4>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>WordPress&period;com allows you to register your website on their platform for free&period; You will be able to create a blog with the different themes available on the platform&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>But&comma; your domain is a subdomain of wordpress&period;com&comma; that&&num;8217&semi;s to say your website link will have a wordpress&period;com attached to it&period; For example&comma; if your intended blog name is www&period;johnndoe&comma; if you register your blog with WordPress&period;com&comma; your blog address will be www&period;johndoe&period;wordpress&period;com&period;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>And you won&&num;8217&semi;t be able to enjoy advanced benefits unless you subscribe&period;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h4 class&equals;"wp-block-heading">3&period; Blogger&nbsp&semi;<&sol;h4>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Blogger operates almost the same way as WordPress&period;com&period; When you register on blogger your domain will be a subdomain of Blogspot&comma; that is&comma; it will have blogspot&period;com attached to your website name&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Just like in the previous example www&period;johndoe&period;blogspot&period;com will be your domain name if you register under them&period;&nbsp&semi;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Blogger is owned by Google and it also has beautiful templates you can pick from to design your blog&period; Popular Nigerian blogger&comma; Linda Ikeji started with Blogger before moving to her own domain and hosting&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h4 class&equals;"wp-block-heading">4&period; Medium<&sol;h4>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Medium is another free website that you can use to blog online&comma; you will be able to write and publish your content on the website&period; They have millions of monthly visitors which gives your content exposure&period;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>You will be able to share your knowledge to a large audience and you can get paid if your content attracts lots of traffic&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h4 class&equals;"wp-block-heading">5&period; WordPress&period;org <&sol;h4>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Using WordPress&period;org to design your blog gives you full control&period; You can design your blog how you want it and add all the features and functionalities you want&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>WordPress is the most used content management system in the world&period; About 60 per cent of the websites in the world are designed with WordPress&period;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h3 class&equals;"wp-block-heading">How to start a blogging business in Nigeria with WordPress&nbsp&semi;<&sol;h3>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>We have discussed elaborately how you can choose a blog niche for your website because that&&num;8217&semi;s an area you need to look into deeply before starting a blog&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>You can&&num;8217&semi;t write in every niche and expect to make an impact or create something unique&period; You need to focus on a particular field&period; Having said that&comma; you will learn how to design a blog with WordPress&period;org next&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h4 class&equals;"wp-block-heading">1&period; Choose a domain name<&sol;h4>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;lh6&period;googleusercontent&period;com&sol;ir0ZKYrXCQ8lYuxOdZG-&lowbar;Bk3Knv0yCT9Rj6&lowbar;Ap&lowbar;U4fcMEc62AXqd-TGb8XBjc53XKdVYI0&lowbar;0wcj205dJCL&lowbar;En-GxZVLn4jLi-6oKRKaIvC7KM5D7YrGOCp5c89LWEkl3vU3HTAMtcEsfgo5IdrpUu9Qm42t4gqTsj5oWchtLxRrg6uLG3A8JffN53yNnAw" alt&equals;"Truehost Domain"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>A domain name is the identity of your website on the internet&period; That is the address people put on a web browser to access your blog or website&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Some examples of domain names are www&period;google&period;com&comma; www&period;truehost&period;com&period;ng&comma; www&period;facebook&period;com etc&period;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>You can follow the following steps in choosing your domain name<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<ul class&equals;"wp-block-list"><li>Make it simple and easy to remember<&sol;li><li>Let the name relate to your blog purpose<&sol;li><li>Use a suitable domain extension<&sol;li><&sol;ul>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Some examples of domain extensions are &period;com&comma; &period;com&period;ng&comma; &period;net&comma; &period;co&period;UK etc&period;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>After making your choice of the domain name you are to confirm if your desired name is available&period; Therefore&comma; it&&num;8217&semi;s advisable that you choose more than one domain name so that you can fall back on the second domain name if the first one is not available&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;lh6&period;googleusercontent&period;com&sol;KtOlxSoDpGXQpdjX7CGLjMFFurm1JGlFzIg7HBoI&lowbar;slWkMyA20dirQErfe65F-6mBZY9VECUma98RoB4vV0Q9WjTS90ZZAeECwWQf0QxM4-45kQNi6NOmvh5dQGpC6sCA&lowbar;co3STYVMJzDuH8aYLK50TnXTY2OYJYcQGeQ-hiDgMyYoKVII3pDKgg7e0BSg" alt&equals;""&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h4 class&equals;"wp-block-heading">2&period; Register your hosting and domain<&sol;h4>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>There are lots of web hosting companies you can use to register your domain name&comma; both local and international but we will focus on a local web hosting company in Nigeria called <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;truehost&period;com&period;ng&sol;">Truehost<&sol;a>&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>The image below shows examples of some popular domain extensions available in Truehost for you to buy&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;lh3&period;googleusercontent&period;com&sol;UPPNICgcO2v9PtCGaaJXlD-fSQ1Umo1x-NqrfxOrlnrrWEfkQrfCTiW6xFk&lowbar;CJhJjyaeUK3dCK62HTktoar3Qm3H44BbVm80wiix4u&lowbar;BTDlHoZC7K&lowbar;ikIb4IbcLb&lowbar;w-dPeZZakunAm8Iw7XiIyjm5A5ezhfATWG4UtUSXt-kgF6fCKnTFd7rv8QODiHZCA" alt&equals;"Truehost Nigeria Domain extensions"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h3 class&equals;"wp-block-heading">Truehost Nigeria web hosting<&sol;h3>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;lh6&period;googleusercontent&period;com&sol;eflYlpC9z0BDVacFWuyS06MBCFr4pSxBgJjK0hbzu&lowbar;JjH3zmj5nkVn1Emq0iOsl9CWUfbU5HD6XQQAZFXXI-2&lowbar;bnQsAsrRCQDJ75He3jmv&lowbar;HtSgIE3&lowbar;lwPAXjjxwjnLp3c32WXPIFkfmHXbvMd06Udha&lowbar;Rbw9mwkmKSYYeZX0uG1lIb2fibX9o8n3Ujpng" alt&equals;"Truehost Nigeria Hosting"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>There are a lot of local and international web hosting companies that you can use to host your blog but we recommend Truehost Nigeria because of their affordability and credibility&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>The price of their web hosting company is cheap compared to other web hosting companies&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>After buying the hosting and domain from Truehost&comma; you will be given credentials to Cpanel and other accounts&period;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h3 class&equals;"wp-block-heading">Truehost Cpanel<&sol;h3>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;lh5&period;googleusercontent&period;com&sol;zLKhyTXi8NZmgwoKCmQEO9yhy1O5cSxS0qlhHcg9bwpItM7Y58PSsTGd1vGou9aMcpV&lowbar;fFqqkZxsgDafxX&lowbar;FmZr4pfIXmi7G8aymmDY7iKBB7FocdyVFhi&lowbar;FNG1Yj3fQgQZHbEHMtZZGldD7qPKAMpmXnlfhkE&lowbar;SarxCV0gxXB-1QvG8VslyYsfe44t8UA" alt&equals;""&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Cpanel is the admin of your website that allows you to control your website files&period; You can install WordPress through your Truehost Cpanel&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h4 class&equals;"wp-block-heading">3&period; Install WordPress<&sol;h4>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h4 class&equals;"wp-block-heading"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;lh6&period;googleusercontent&period;com&sol;XYpB676XD8Db38tbYb3G0uR0HsfQp9k35H1tfLFOkGPLssPQP7tEKCmPQrkabnANZzbxMM6Qyd-i4DJ8GbjevwrAx-z0RoIrP-sdtxlY2n6KgcUGB5jhbeAv42LNjDjXNRzX2bdSTA9I5rM3JTzT5qiVZpYPUXxIiTo9cJ6BzQJQRV1zr84NCxJN-lsBjw" width&equals;"602" height&equals;"143"><&sol;h4>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>When you put in the login details in your Cpanel&comma; you will be able to access the dashboard&comma; from which you will scroll down to the Softaculous app installer under the software section to install WordPress on your website&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;lh3&period;googleusercontent&period;com&sol;XEeRLu4VkYmQROq4Ch4JkqR48IYhlYc-81b7XC0&lowbar;ne3yt3oTTaMHfOAEcSIMUakT7JaWneLIIXzpCxQTvgqCXyVxjZJvMGNDHYBFDamgUgigNiEfP28IVF1nuPscA1Y434suMWbyKN-SuqVyTAydFuzTg3qxuJSm2aBtF78ViXDv8&lowbar;DZPaRPu924VPBxig" alt&equals;""&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>You are to click on the install button shown in the image above to install WordPress&period; Fill in your desired WordPress admin username and password&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;lh3&period;googleusercontent&period;com&sol;&lowbar;-rchDIrmPatqjTSSgY8UMvkTFTXtP-hq6QdTKMhL8qYHxbNRJq5kHK2KfIaKEEENlGh9bYZjdrZVfUnP&lowbar;&lowbar;TV9CqI-LODHf&lowbar;Gxrf9AERh&lowbar;hpN5IrILr4USyqZYMCZk8rKIKiV6YNPNlFEBhZbC-9Nm6wgeRLhM&lowbar;8BsyV9rKj2CpmTGikC8NmgQVzFjzFVA" alt&equals;""&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>It takes just about a minute to install WordPress on your website&comma; after which you will be given a link to your WordPress admin dashboard&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>When you are directed there&comma; you will fill in the login details you used while installing WordPress&period; Another way to access your WordPress admin is by www&period;your blog domain&sol;admin&period;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h4 class&equals;"wp-block-heading">4&period; Install a theme<&sol;h4>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;lh6&period;googleusercontent&period;com&sol;VZTy703tgKWLuUeIuoXkP3pH6zeKyEJYXCF7LeAOudZNs2X0m9auRBolEqZ1h1-DHdazA0iiLz&lowbar;fNxMod3FxUCdYdW-SaXpsbeNwLzukibKq&lowbar;dMDqk21JznMej2&lowbar;Ivlr1x1rdQu&lowbar;YpaTe5l1smskBgg7gYWvEXV-3X4nn6xzeZbedxdjgkMlLEbVpUAupg" alt&equals;""&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>After buying hosting and domain&comma; you need to install themes&period; A theme has templates that you can use to design a website&period; There are free and premium themes for you to use&comma; if you need more customization you need to buy a premium theme&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h4 class&equals;"wp-block-heading">5&period; Install plugins<&sol;h4>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;lh6&period;googleusercontent&period;com&sol;1RQpt46v&lowbar;sTklbfKEtMxs9gdaLVN3pEH&lowbar;Qm62ZKzEPAwJmtjHZxhcP6tPVTZ9cTroM7c7pKlP6z0cSecxsBNnWxvR0Ruknu8oGvjo7K0tcFQTHC&lowbar;bxr9ViusR0YwGkiBE1mq7&lowbar;SESOFYPpjDt&lowbar;4&lowbar;r-lWQqi1R5m&lowbar;ZtaTRDSUTDyAYdjKzAEmjDNeX&lowbar;i1lw" alt&equals;""&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Plugins are software that adds functionality to your website&comma; there are free and premium plugins that you can use on your blog&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h3 class&equals;"wp-block-heading">6&period; Set your blog SEO&nbsp&semi;<&sol;h3>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>There are SEO plugins that help to improve your website&&num;8217&semi;s organic traffic&period; Some examples of popular SEO plugins are Yoast and All in One SEO&period;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>You can install any of them to improve your <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;truehost&period;com&period;ng&sol;website-seo-efforts&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noreferrer noopener">website&&num;8217&semi;s SEO&period;<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h3 class&equals;"wp-block-heading">7&period; Write your blog posts and pages&nbsp&semi;<&sol;h3>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;lh3&period;googleusercontent&period;com&sol;9T0z33ct9m9bJ9TlL8ZXKCCE6uZwd4vEWVhq6QBeV6nqOFkf0RbDnwoYDLTU5qxqUKaeVQWUqtveux2lKTd6y0q5vTQFA90NSlfUvuhBf5PvLGji1AO3A5mL6AWn3anv4R6tQUDqMsewqGGTtkkvYCiZvlW1QwULaDxWmAd5ZuydRKqC1wib6w&lowbar;ciG-5PA" alt&equals;""&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>You can write a blog post when you click on the &&num;8220&semi;posts button&&num;8221&semi; in your admin dashboard&period;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;lh5&period;googleusercontent&period;com&sol;0WYnx7-PHuWmsvQNLnCiXODXxH-uPbki6d2p4iBILtuZE-w2qvN2JBWNL3BUAkKZkZU8Rx7JNklto7BW3qY5IC1tJqu&lowbar;RsW4BukYUpBns1MazxG82qbsyH-YwvtqWPdPTRta&lowbar;UqAKc-8tPup7WqUrVOPiItFoyqKCskFSNi28kwW4zKeoQIwKKASj3MdEg" alt&equals;""&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>To create a page you are to click on the page button and then publish it&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h3 class&equals;"wp-block-heading">WordPress Setting<&sol;h3>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;lh6&period;googleusercontent&period;com&sol;fCtG9gAnUuYaWBMrSpeB0nFxaddo4-cY8XKxEEtr3WdUqNNBF6Y0oR18ioFey9dbtMFpWkqaG3&lowbar;HD7jbrS9JadTsnDEePjRNI9DCYEPWQg0yw9QTljnd4vuR0RlZmvpV4lzevBbK1u6Ql1E6hlFjVkL3VTUPR3bmz0DAPBdZTYyu90XM680qZ6pAtNLzxQ" alt&equals;""&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Your WordPress site can either be a website or a blog&period; To make it a website&comma; select a static page as your home page&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>But if you want to make it a blog&comma; make your latest posts your homepage&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"wp-block-heading">Tips for building to lucrative blogging business in Nigeria <&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h3 class&equals;"wp-block-heading">1&period; Write high-quality content<&sol;h3>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Your blog posts need to be unique and comprehensive for people to get attracted to your blog&period;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>If you write scanty and plagiarized blog posts&comma; it will be difficult for you to grow your blog&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h3 class&equals;"wp-block-heading">2&period; Implement SEO good practices<&sol;h3>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Try everything you can to bring as much organic traffic to your blog as you can&period; Practice on-page&comma; off-page and technical SEO to make sure everything is in place&period;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h3 class&equals;"wp-block-heading">3&period; Promote your blog<&sol;h3>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>You can promote your blog through your social media platforms and guest blogging&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Related&colon; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;truehost&period;com&period;ng&sol;guest-blogging-in-nigeria&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noreferrer noopener">Guest Blogging in Nigeria &&num;8211&semi; A Guide to the Process for Beginners&period;<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h3 class&equals;"wp-block-heading">4&period; Monetize your blog<&sol;h3>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>When you have accumulated a number of consistent traffic you will be able to monetize your blog&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"wp-block-heading">Conclusion<&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Starting a Blogging business in Nigeria is one of the best ways you can use to make money online and this post has done justice to the topic&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>It&&num;8217&semi;s now your responsibility to <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;truehost&period;com&period;ng&sol;">buy your hosting and domain name<&sol;a> to design your WordPress blog&comma; so you can start making money online too&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;

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