[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"nav-categories":3,"article-how-to-start-a-blog-a-beginners-checklist":70},{"data":4},[5,37,57,64],{"name":6,"slug":7,"categories":8},"Productivity","productivity",[9,13,17,21,25,29,33],{"id":10,"title":11,"slug":12},17,"Branding","branding",{"id":14,"title":15,"slug":16},19,"Marketing","marketing",{"id":18,"title":19,"slug":20},20,"Work","work",{"id":22,"title":23,"slug":24},34,"Community","community",{"id":26,"title":27,"slug":28},21,"For newbies","for-newbies",{"id":30,"title":31,"slug":32},24,"Investment","investment",{"id":34,"title":35,"slug":36},22,"Finance","finance",{"name":38,"slug":39,"categories":40},"Tech","tech",[41,45,49,53],{"id":42,"title":43,"slug":44},28,"Technology","technology",{"id":46,"title":47,"slug":48},32,"Artificial Intelligence","artificial-intelligence",{"id":50,"title":51,"slug":52},26,"Security and protection","security-and-protection",{"id":54,"title":55,"slug":56},31,"YouTube Blog","youtube-blog",{"name":58,"slug":59,"categories":60},"News","news",[61],{"id":62,"title":58,"slug":63},18,"quasanews",{"name":65,"slug":66,"categories":67},"Business","business",[68],{"id":69,"title":65,"slug":66},16,{"post":71,"published_news":97,"popular_news":165,"categories":235},{"title":72,"description":73,"meta_title":72,"meta_description":73,"meta_keywords":74,"text":75,"slug":76,"created_at":77,"publish_at":78,"formatted_created_at":79,"category_id":18,"links":80,"view_type":85,"video_url":86,"views":87,"likes":88,"lang":89,"comments_count":90,"category":91},"How to Start a Blog: A Beginners Checklist","For those who consider themselves technologically challenged, the idea of trying to start a blog can be intimidating.","How to Start a Blog, blogging, blogger, A Beginners Checklist","\u003Cp>Hello!\u003C/p>\n\n\u003Cp>For those who consider themselves technologically challenged, the idea of trying to start a blog can be intimidating. The misconception is that you practically need to be a programmer in order to effectively build and operate a blog.\u003C/p>\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Cpicture class=\"image-align-right\">\u003Csource srcset=\"https://cdn.quasa.io/photos/foto-11/aaaaamm-1.webp\" type=\"image/webp\">\u003Cimg alt=\"How to Start a Blog: A Beginners Checklist\" class=\"image-align-right\" height=\"157\" src=\"https://cdn.quasa.io/photos/foto-11/aaaaamm-1.png\" width=\"300\" />\u003C/picture>Modern software and hosting platforms, however, take a lot of the technical work out of blogging. As such, even small businesses can utilize blog marketing. Here is our checklist of things you need to do in order to start a blog.\u003C/p>\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>Pick your \u003Ca href=\"https://quasa.io/media/7-mistakes-you-should-avoid-when-blogging-for-business\">blogging\u003C/a> platform.\u003C/strong>&nbsp;Now if you have an existing website you may not have much of a choice depending on how it is hosted, unless you are willing to migrate your site to another platform. If you are starting from scratch, we recommend WordPress as it is relatively easy to use set up and use, plus offers a lot in the way of flexibility.\u003C/p>\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>\u003Cpicture class=\"image-align-left\">\u003Csource srcset=\"https://cdn.quasa.io/photos/foto-10/aaaaaaasab-1.webp\" type=\"image/webp\">\u003Cimg alt=\"How to Start a Blog: A Beginners Checklist\" class=\"image-align-left\" height=\"180\" src=\"https://cdn.quasa.io/photos/foto-10/aaaaaaasab-1.jpg\" width=\"300\" />\u003C/picture>Research keywords and competition\u003C/strong>. \u003Ca href=\"https://quasa.io/media/increase-readership-of-your-blog-with-seo-content-writing-services\">SEO\u003C/a> is all about appearing as close to the top of search results as possible. In order to do this, you need to target specific keywords that will bring you the most traffic then use those keywords in your content.\u003C/p>\n\n\u003Cp>Google&rsquo;s AdWords \u003Ca href=\"https://quasa.io/media/what-is-keyword-cannibalization-in-seo\">Keyword\u003C/a> Tool is a great way to get this information. Once you know what keyword you plan to use, check to see what the competition is like for those keywords, and eliminate the ones with a very high competition rate.\u003C/p>\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>Develop a plan for \u003Ca href=\"https://quasa.io/media/4-types-of-blog-content-that-always-creates-a-buzz\">creating content\u003C/a>\u003C/strong>. There is no point in starting a blog and only posting once every few months. Determine how much content you want to post per week and find a way to set aside the time to&nbsp;write&nbsp;this content. In order to make the process easier, you can write a weeks&rsquo; worth of posts in advance and then schedule them to come out for certain days.\u003C/p>\n\n\u003Cp>Thank you!\u003Cbr />\nJoin us on social media!\u003Cbr />\nSee you!&nbsp;&nbsp;\u003C/p>","how-to-start-a-blog-a-beginners-checklist","2024-06-13T07:34:37.000000Z","2024-06-13T08:30:00.000000Z","13.06.2024",{"image":81,"image_webp":82,"thumb":83,"thumb_webp":84},"https://cdn.quasa.io/images/news/PEAHpYhQ0MIywqJxja4PDJAaSu8xzKgNb9WyIrh4.jpg","https://cdn.quasa.io/images/news/PEAHpYhQ0MIywqJxja4PDJAaSu8xzKgNb9WyIrh4.webp","https://cdn.quasa.io/thumbs/news-thumb/images/news/PEAHpYhQ0MIywqJxja4PDJAaSu8xzKgNb9WyIrh4.jpg","https://cdn.quasa.io/thumbs/news-thumb/images/news/PEAHpYhQ0MIywqJxja4PDJAaSu8xzKgNb9WyIrh4.webp","large",null,1325,42,"en",0,{"id":18,"title":19,"slug":20,"meta_title":92,"meta_description":93,"meta_keywords":94,"deleted_at":86,"created_at":95,"updated_at":96,"lang":89},"Quasa Media's blog about Growth Hacking in action","Exclusive life hacks on how to choose a career and be productive in any job.","Freelance, business, startup, Survive As a Freelance Developer","2021-09-03T20:21:41.000000Z","2024-08-25T15:40:14.000000Z",[98,114,126,139,152],{"title":99,"description":100,"slug":101,"created_at":102,"publish_at":103,"formatted_created_at":104,"category":105,"links":106,"view_type":111,"video_url":86,"views":112,"likes":90,"lang":89,"comments_count":90,"is_pinned":113},"GitHub’s AI Agent Tsunami: 275 Million Commits a Week, 14 Billion Projected for 2026 — And the Platform Is Starting to Crack","GitHub just hit numbers that would have sounded like science fiction twelve months ago.","github-s-ai-agent-tsunami-275-million-commits-a-week-14-billion-projected-for-2026-and-the-platform-is-starting-to-crack","2026-04-17T17:10:50.000000Z","2026-04-20T11:57:00.000000Z","20.04.2026",{"title":58,"slug":63},{"image":107,"image_webp":108,"thumb":109,"thumb_webp":110},"https://cdn.quasa.io/images/news/XZTYmDGdaBEeRqB4Fv56AeOVoRtMa9PgoABzA3uj.jpg","https://cdn.quasa.io/images/news/XZTYmDGdaBEeRqB4Fv56AeOVoRtMa9PgoABzA3uj.webp","https://cdn.quasa.io/thumbs/news-thumb/images/news/XZTYmDGdaBEeRqB4Fv56AeOVoRtMa9PgoABzA3uj.jpg","https://cdn.quasa.io/thumbs/news-thumb/images/news/XZTYmDGdaBEeRqB4Fv56AeOVoRtMa9PgoABzA3uj.webp","small",6,false,{"title":115,"description":116,"slug":117,"created_at":118,"publish_at":119,"formatted_created_at":104,"category":120,"links":121,"view_type":111,"video_url":86,"views":14,"likes":90,"lang":89,"comments_count":90,"is_pinned":113},"Time’s Up for SaaS: Grow Faster or Disappear","The public markets have spoken — and the verdict is brutal. 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