Creating and Monetizing a Blog; a step by step guide

(1). To create a free blog,
go to any of the following sites;
www.blogger.com
www.reallifelog.com
www.sulekha.com
or use the google search bar on this page to search for "free blog" on the internet.

(2). To publish an article on your blog,
write(or copy and paste your already written) article of your choice or of interest to
your readers and click 'publish' or 'send' on your blog's compose panel,
or
collect(copy) an article of your choice or of interest to your readers from any of the
following sites;
www.articlejoint.com
www.ideasmarketing.com
www.ezinearticles.com
or use the google search bar on this page to search for 'free article submission sites' on
the internet.

NOTE; Remember to give full credit of the article to the author by including the author's name, the author's link and the article's source.Its always better this way if you made no amendments to it.

(3). To create an account with google,
go to google-adsense(check for link to google adsense on this page) , fill in the required info.
For the URL, fill in your blog's URL. For product info, fill in for content and search. Within
48hrs, google will approved your account( after manually scrutinizing your blog) and then
give you steps to generate codes that you will be asked to paste on your blog which will
allow google ads display on your blog.

For steps on how to paste codes in your blog to dispay ads,
click "Pasting codes in your blog" in the blog archive above.

(4). Visit your blog,
go to your blog to see that it is ready with relevant google ads showing on it. Sometimes
it might take about 48hrs before ads start showing on the blog.

NOTE; Do not click on the ads yourself as this amounts to cheating and google will close your account for it.

(5). To drive traffic to your blog,
(a). register with several online & offline forums where you can discuss the topic
and relative topics, and then drop your blog's link in your discussions. Make sure
you participate with vital contributions and not just droping links.

(b). write articles of relative topic and include a link to your blog in them, and submit the
articles to free article submission spots on the internet. Use the google search tool on
this page to find some article submssion sites on the internet.

(c). submit your blog's URL for SEO(search engine optimization)

(d). send your blog's url( or link to your blog) to friends interested in your blog's
topics. Anyone who follows the link and gets to your blog might click on the google ads
placed on your blog. If this happens, google pays you a certain amoun

(6). Relax and earn your money,
just relax and expect your paycheck. Google will send you a paycheck if the money you
earn adds up to a certain amount.

For more information on blogs, visit the following
(a). http://ezinearticles.com/?expert=Naresh_Belliyappa for "a simple guide to blogging for
fun or profit".
(b). http://www.ezinearticles.com/?expert=Shirlene_Moore for "making money through
blogging".
(c). http://www.ezinearticles.com/?expert=Lynette_Chandler for "ten tips for getting more
blog comments".

The above links will give more topics relating to blog and blogging.

Go ahead and own a blog, visit http://www.blogger.com/