Five Tips for New Bloggers.

Hello guys! What’s up? Welcome back to my Blog Post. I was brainstorming content the other day, trying to think of how I could share more beginner blogging tips with you because sometimes I feel like I share some of the advanced stuff and don’t take it back to the basics. That’s exactly why I wrote this Today

Today, I figured it would be fun to talk about some simple things you can do in your first month of blogging. When you first start your blog, there is so much information out there and so much stuff that you have to do, or that other people are telling you that you have to do if you want to grow your blog. So, what are some things you can do from the beginning to set up your blog for success? I’m going to share five things with you that I think you should be doing in your first month of blogging. I’m going to start with the basics because I don’t want to overwhelm you.

1. Set Up Your Social Media Presence

The first thing you should do is set up your social media presence. Once you have your blog, your domain, and your website, it’s going to take you a while to actually design that website and get it ready for launch. While you are doing that, you need to make sure that you are setting up your social media presence on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and Pinterest.

When you are setting up your social media accounts, you want to make sure that they accurately reflect your brand and what you are trying to create with your blog. If you are talking about one specific topic on your blog, you should be talking about that topic across your social media platforms as well. One important thing to remember is that when you are setting up those accounts, you want your handle to match your blog. If your blog name is something unique and something you came up with, and then your social media handle is just your personal name, it’s going to be a little bit harder for people to find you. For example, everything for me is “emmanueljtv.” If you go on Instagram, it’s “.emmanueljtv” If you search on YouTube, it’s “emmanueljegedetv.” If you type in “emmanueladex.com,” you’re going to find my website. It makes it a little bit easier for your audience to find you if they just have one specific name. So, you definitely want to make sure that you are setting up your social media presence.

2. Create and Build Out Your Content Calendar

Next, you want to create and build out your content calendar. If you have no idea what a content calendar is, it’s very simple. It’s basically just your schedule that tells you what blog posts are going out on what days. Within my content calendar, I also like to have a section that includes all of my ideas. So, when I have to write a blog post, I have an idea right there ready for me, and I can just sit down and write. This is something that is really going to hold you accountable and help you stay consistent as a blogger from the very beginning. I have to tell you, a new YouTube video is coming out very soon talking about how to remain consistent as a blogger. There are going to be a lot of tips in that video, so make sure you subscribe to my channel so you don’t miss it.

3. Set Up Google Analytics

Since you’re a website owner, there are a few technical things that you need to do to set up and manage your website. You want to set up your Google Analytics . Let’s start with Google Analytics. Google Analytics is going to be your place where you can tell how many people are visiting your website, where those people are coming from, how long they’re spending on your website and so much more information. Google Analytics is going to become your friend.

Setting up your Google Analytics isn’t that complicated; honestly, Google will walk you through the steps to do it. But I want to talk a bit more about Google Search Console because I feel like not a lot of people know about Google Search Console, and it is the foundation for your SEO success. SEO stands for Search Engine Optimization, and that’s basically how you get found on Google. Google has an algorithm just like YouTube, Instagram, and Facebook. Everything has an algorithm, and you want to ensure that you are working with Google’s algorithms to appear higher in searches. Many people want to appear first in search, and one of the steps you have to do is get set up with Google Search Console. What Google Search Console does is lets you verify your website with Google so Google knows that your website exists. They know what pages to go through as well as what pages their robot is allowed to crawl and rank within their search engine.

Google Search Console

You’re going to want to go to Google and simply search for “Google Search Console.” This should be the first search result that appears. You will also notice that Google Search Console is also referred to as a webmaster tool. So, if you ever hear either name, just know that it is the exact same platform. You’re going to click on the first search result; it should be search.google.com/search-console/about. This is going to show you a little overview of what Google Search Console can do, but what you want is the “Start Now” button. It will then bring you to this page where it’s going to tell you that you need to verify your website. This is the exact step that I want to walk you guys through. But it is so important to note before you start typing in your domain here, you need to understand if your domain is a www or non-www domain. Now, you may think that this is confusing because you may think that all websites start with www, but that’s just not the case. So, I’m going to go to my website right now and show you how you can tell if yours is a www or not. This is my website, and if you click up top, it will include www if it is a www website. Mine is not; I have it registered as emmanueladex.com without the www ahead of it. Let me show you; straight to Pinterest, just to show you one that does have www in front of it. Once I am here, if I click on the URL, you can see that this includes www ahead of it. So, you want to make sure you check your website right now to see if it does have www or no www in front of it. I just said wow so many times. Then, you’re not going to do this domain option; I would go to this URL option over here, and you’re going to type in your URL. You also want to make sure if your website is an HTTP or an HTTPS website. I’m going to type in my website right here, no www in front of it, and I’m going to click continue. Then you should see a box like this appear. You’re going to want to click on the HTML tag option. When you click on this, there is going to be a specific piece of code for your website that appears in this general section right here. Once you see that piece of code, you are going to select it and copy it. Then you’re going to jump to your WordPress dashboard, and you are going to need a plugin called “Tracking Code Manager.” So, under plugins and new, I will show you guys what this looks like. This is the plugin right here that you are going to want to install and then activate. You’re going to want to add a name, so I would do “Google Search Console Verification” just so you know not to delete this in the future. In this big black box area right here, you are going to paste your code that you just took from the other page. Then you want to make sure that this position is before the head; do not select anything else. You want those two selected, make sure your code is here, and then you’re going to click save. Once that is saved, you can go back to Google Search Console and click verify, and your website should be verified immediately. Now, if you do not have a WordPress website or maybe you don’t feel comfortable walking through those steps, you can actually go through your hosting provider, and Google Search Console shows you some other options that you can use to get your website verified. So, you would follow the steps given to you by Google Search Console, but for me, I like using the HTML tag. It’s just personal preference; I think it’s easy and gets it done fast.

4. Apply for Google AdSense

Then, I would recommend that you apply for Google AdSense. When you are a beginner blogger, one of the easiest ways for you to make pennies—I’m talking two pennies if that—is through ads. You are not going to be making very much money with ads from the very beginning, but I do think it is important that you include ads on your website from the start so your audience gets used to seeing ads. Compared to if you don’t have any ads on your website for months or maybe even a year, and then you randomly start including ads on your website, your audience may get confused or they may not like the format or the flow of your website anymore. So, I would recommend putting ads on your website from the very beginning so your audience is used to it and so you can start making money as soon as possible. With Google AdSense, you do not need a certain number of page views to apply. You can simply apply to Google AdSense and start adding ads to your website. Then, once you do hit a certain number of page views and you want to move up to maybe a more advanced ad network, you can go ahead and do that.

5. Learn About Pinterest

Of course, if you are serious about growing your blog from the very beginning, you need to learn about Pinterest. Guys, I’m going to talk about Pinterest all the time because it truly is a powerhouse, especially for bloggers, to drive traffic to your website. So, if you want more traffic, and more eyeballs on your website, and you want to start growing from the very beginning, from your first month, you need to learn as much as you can about Pinterest. But some of the things that I would recommend you pay attention to and research about Pinterest are how to set up your Pinterest account for success, how to SEO your Pinterest account, how many times to pin, and research Tailwind. I’m telling you, Tailwind will help you to grow on the Pinterest platform with Tailwind Tribes. Oh, and don’t forget about group boards because group boards are very important as well. So, I would highly, highly recommend you learn as much about Pinterest as possible so you can start driving that traffic.

Those are the five things that I think you need to do in your first month after starting your blog. If you have any other questions about how to set up your blog for success or how to grow your blog from the very beginning, please let me know in the comment section down below, and I will create more content for you guys. Otherwise, if you liked this content, please give it a rate and like. Subscribe to my site while you are down there. I post new content every day, and the next is about how to create content consistently as a blogger. I’m sharing my tips, my strategies, and everything you need to know to continue to create content every single day. So, make sure you subscribe so you don’t miss that, and I’ll see you guys back here soon. Bye, guys!

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