Blogging is fun, it can be an interesting past-time and a way to make money. It can be a business, or a way to increase the traffic on your website. However, setting up a blog for free will probably make you feel even better than paying out for it.
By Keith Lunt, © HowToStartMyBlog.com

So, where are you going to start?
Well a lot of it is going to depend on why you are blogging and what you are intending to use your blog for? Business, hobby, interest, communicating with other people or inspiring you to train harder? These and many more reasons are why people get into blogging.

And to set up a blog for free is very simple. Just go to a suitable blogging website, create an account and start blogging. You are set up in no time. But where you go to start that process will depend on your intentions and needs. So here are a few suggestions.

Looking At Blogger
As part of an existing business you need to set a good impression. But getting blogging for free is still possible if you sign up to Blogger for your blog and then use their service that allows you to use your own domain name. This way, as long as you use a good looking style to your website, the Blogger name is hidden and instead visitors will see a private URL. All that you pay for is the registration of the domain name.

And Blogger can be used as a free tool for many other purposes as well, from hobbies to interests to earning an income. Plus, you can include Google Adsense adverts and you are (currently) allowed to partake in paid posting and other on site advertising, if these interest you.

What About WordPress?
WordPress.com is another useful blogging tool and in certain circumstances it can be very beneficial to use it. With a huge amount of plugins and themes you can have it looking just as you want to. However, with WordPress you are not allowed to include on site advertising, which also excludes paid to post schemes, so it is not useful for those wanting to earn money from their blogging.

But as the hosted version of WordPress is part of a community, it creates a community of people who might take an interest in your blog straight away.

Specialist Services
For those blogging about hobbies then there are also quite often very good specialist blog providers. For example, there are fitness and running blog providers. With these there is a very related community of bloggers all there to talk about the same interests and this can instantly drive traffic to your blog. There are even sometimes groups within these, for example for those bloggers training for a specific event.

Again, you might not be allowed to advertise, but if you want instant and in built traffic, it could be the way to go!

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