One Cent At A Time

A Personal finance blog for saving money and earning more and thus having a better life

How to Start a Self Hosted Blog in 20 Minutes and $20

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Blogging is fun, blogging is easy. Blogging is rewarding. Many of you might already have a Blogspot, Blogger, Typepad or WordPress blog accounts. But those are not revenue-generating blogs. A self-hosted (having your domain) blog, like mine, is what attracts advertisers. Search engines value self-hosted blogs more than other blogs for contents of similar quality.

You earn money from self-hosted blogs. Naturally, if you’re a blogger you should start creating a blog on a self-hosted domain. So, what you need to create one? Let’s explore every step, using Siteground hosting (one I use)

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How Does it Really Feel to be a Blogger

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This is an introspective post that can tell you a little bit more about myself. I was pondering over this question, how does I really feel that I am a blogger with good follower base? Am I happy, proud or just normal? Here, I will write about how does it feel to be a blogger. How a blogger feels for his blog and the readers.

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Real Time Visitors, as shown on Google Analytics

Blogging gives you mixed feeling. It can be enjoying, satisfying and at time it is too draining. No doubt it’s a great feeling that readers keep coming back for the new posts. When I see the dots in my real-time Google Analytics screen (like in the picture above), I feel proud to be a blogger. I think it’s the same feeling of pride that book authors get with each copy being sold. Where it pains is the immense work-load you take on.

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Monthly Blog Update

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It has been 1 month since I joined blog network Yakezie. With a big smile on face, let me tell you that it was the best blog decision I ever made. After starting with first post Why This Blog on 03/01/2011, I was getting no where with this blog, for next three months, you can read about my frustrated feeling in these two posts, ‘Why I am failing as blogger‘ and ‘Why people should not follow my blog‘.

Just like me, you might also find that writing a finance blog will help keep you motivated when you are trying to save money. Keeping a record and sharing your success through a blog, will positively encourage you to keep going. There are various small things you can do to start saving some dollars, such as checking comparison sites like Love Money for the best deals available, searching for online restaurant vouchers, or even going to the supermarket in the evening because many items are reduced at this time. The key is to find the balance between spending and saving.

Last month was fabulous, when slowly traffic started coming in, I got inspired and wrote down an article which best describes why I am writing this blog.

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