3 Essentials for Kickstarting Your WordPress Blog- Do’s and Don’ts For Bloggers

WordPress offers a complete platform for setting up and creating a blog.

All you need to OWN a or WordPress based website of your own is purchase a domain name and host it on a reliable server.

These sources can be achieved less than $100 an year.

With this amount as starting range for starting a WordPress site, thousands of people start a blog every day.

While there is no dearth of people of setting up and starting a new blog everyday, YOU certainly don’t want to be one of those crazy millions!
Do you?

What then do you need to make sure before beginning a blog?

What are the ‘bare essentials‘ you must stick to even if your sole aim of blogging is to earn money?

What are the must have investments for every blogger who aims to achieve a reasonable degree of success?

Obviously, you need to have something EXTRA, an edge over all those who slog night day and night over the internet if you want to make your presence felt in the blogosphere.

What do you need to do that to get that extra edge?

3 Essentials for Kickstarting Your WordPress Blog: Do’s and Don’ts For Bloggers

Here are the 3 essentials for kickstarting a WordPress blog which every blogger must keep in mind to get better results in a shorter span of time:

Invest in A Premium  Theme

The first and foremost thing  which a blogger needs after buying his domain and hosting plan is a super- duper premium  theme.

It has been proved that an average visitor makes up his mind to hang around a site or quit it within the first 3 seconds.

And the theme, layout and the ease of navigating about your website will play a key role in determining whether your readers want to stay on longer and read you or choose to ignore you.

The design, therefore, plays an important role is holding on to a reader’s interest and attention.

A premium WordPress theme is, therefore, worth a one time investment if you want to be an instant hit among your readers. Most premium themes today cost less than $50.

So, just hunt for the best premium theme that suits your needs and buy it without any hesitation. Don’t take a hasty decision which you might regret later- spend a few days and research thoroughly before investing in a premium theme.

Endow in Great, Shareable Content:

The unsurpassed way to build free and quality is to write EPIC content which people  would make people want to come to your blog time and again and also share what they have just read with others.

Write innovative articles on topics about which you possess indepth knowledge so that you can deliver value to your readers. That is the surest way to build an audience for yourself.

Forge Relationships in Your Community

Devote some of your time, step out and try to connect with people in your field. When you intend to earn a living from your online ventures, you must have a sizable online community as well.
Consisting of people whom you respect and appreciate while there are others who value and trust you as well.

One of the easiest ways of getting noticed in this manner is by commenting and Guest posting on similar blogs. Not only will it help you earn traffic to your blog and help you by way of building backlinks, but also help you forge strong relationships.

These were the things that you must do before starting a WordPress blog.

All the same, here are some of things that you must not perform too often.

•  Custom Design: If you are starting a site with limited funds, there are so many other things you could spend on. Like premium plugins and various tools, membership to various sites and forums, etc.  Do not run after getting a custom designed WordPress theme which will burn a hole in your pocket and might cost you at least $1500. Use your resources sensibly.

• Ignore the value of Social Media: Most bloggers do not realize the importance of creating strong networks across social sites like Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Google+ and Pinterest.  You cannot afford to ignore them if you are a blogger.

• Hiring a marketing or SEO company: Approaching marketing or SEO without knowing their tricks is not advisable. They might help you get some quick traffic but their dubious link building strategies are likely to spell doom for you in the long run.

Conclusion

These, according to me, are the essentials for kickstarting a WordPress blog. Can you think of more worthy additions to this list which I might have missed out?
Let me know by writing to me- I love to hear from you all!!!