Tech blog is a kind of platform where a skilled and scholarly person shares his experience with tech. If you are tech savvy then this is the best platform for you to start a tech blog and share your views with tons of people.
Tech is always a growing niche. There is always something new to write about technologies, new gadgets and many more. It’s an opportunity to be connected with thousands of tech lovers and create your own community to take and give help and most importantly a great way to gain money.
So, how can you start your tech blog?
Only seven steps to go through. Want to try? Let’s check out step by step.
- Find your Niche
First thing you need to do is to choose a market niche. As you are starting a tech blog means that you are going to compete with giant websites such as Mashable, Futurism, TechCrunch. It will be extremely difficult to establish your own audience.
It is a topic or a package of topics which include a particular segment of the market. Your tech niche could be your passion. It is just an approach, the audiences, your way of talking etc. there are several types of tech Niches:
- Tech repair
- Desktop
- Mobile
- Audio
- Photography
- Videography
- Information of tech company
Before starting a tech blog, select an exciting niche which will encourage you to write.
2. Select a blogging platform
There are multiple options to choose a perfect blogging platform. Among them some are free where others are at cost. Free platforms contain many drawbacks on the other hand premium platforms have many benefits. Drawbacks are like limited support, pay to remove Ads, fewer monetization options and benefits of premium platforms are full theme customization, more control, control on Ads, etc. there are some blogging platforms you can choose:
- Blogger
- Wix
- wordPress
- ghost
3. Choose a domain name
Domain name is the name of your tech blog. Your audience can find you through this URL or internet address . Once you have chosen a domain it will be hard enough for you to change but not impossible. If you are satisfied with the name then select it. Things you should keep in mind are:
- Get a.com Domain Title
- Decide a Broad Name
- Make it simple and short
- Use creativity
- Use Name Generators
- Use Alliteration
- Use extra words
You can have a look at some famous tech blog domain names such as Mac Rumors, Android Authority to know why they are famous and why they make sense.
4. Purchase domain name and get hosting
After choosing a domain name and blogging platform it’s time to buy your domain and hosting service. In this step you should select a perfect hosting service for your blog. Hosting will provide you the service to make your blog online and your audience can access you.
For instance, when a reader searches your website URL, then the host will display your blog for the person who searched it.
5. Choose a theme for your tech blog
A theme is a software which makes a look of your tech blog and if you want to make your blog the way you want then, choose a specialized theme for a tech blog.
According to researchers, an attractive and effective theme makes a good judgment for your blog to the readers.
There are free and also paid themes to select. But, it would be best for you to select a premium WordPress theme that includes more features and gives you the control to customize your site according to your choice. For example: they are user friendly, mobile friendly, good support, have unique designs etc.
6. Create Logo
It is the perfect time to create your tech blogs logo. There are multiple ways to create logos but using a logo maker can make your logo more professional. A logo can differentiate your blog from others and make it easy for the readers to find you among tons of tech blogs.
7. Start blogging
Remember it is the most competitive platform for you, so try to provide relevant, in depth and awesome content. There are numerical tech blogs on a single content but you should make your one informative, genuine and timely for the readers which are the key determining factors in the way of success or failure of your blog.
Wrapping up
Tech blogging is not such an easy job. It’s a very competitive field to work and establish here is also hard for the beginners. However, you need to follow some rules for example: become an expert in your area, be genuine, arranged, updated and blogging about less competitive content will help you to stand out. If you are passionate about your task, sooner or later you will get the desired position.
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Writer–
Rubaiya Begum
Intern, Department of Content Writing
YSSE
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