More and more people are now looking for ways to make money online. The obvious way most people find it easy to make money online is through blogs.
Blogging is really a proven way to make money. I’ve been making decent income from blogging for over 10 years now and I can say that anyone with hard work can make money blogging.
If you are one among them who wants to make the most out of their free time, blogging is a great way to not only make money but to boost your online influence. So if you are looking for ways to create a free blog, this detailed guide is for you.
If you are looking for ways to start a free blog, I highly recommend you to consider using Blogger blogging platform as it not only easy to set up but you can start making money from AdSense as well.
Here’s a one stop guide for people to create a free blog on blogspot and start making money from AdSense. Before diving into the details, we will first answer few important questions.
Table of Contents
Few basic questions most people have before creating a blog on blogspot
How to start a free blog on blogspot platform?
Step 1: Sign up for Blogger.comStep
 2: Enter a name for your blog
Step 3: Start creating new blog posts
Step 4: Google AdSense!
What to do after creating your blog on blogspot?
Start creating SEO friendly content
Focus on getting AdSense approval
Find out ways to increase your AdSense earnings
5 essential SEO tips for blogspot blogs
FAQ’s About Creating A Blogspot
 BlogFinal thoughts on starting a free blog on blogspot platform
Few basic questions most people have before creating a blog on blogspot
Can I use AdSense on blogspot blogs?
Of course, you can make money from blogspot blogs. Even though Blogger blogging platform allows you to create blogs, at the same time, it will also help you monetize your blogs through Google AdSense.
Do I have to pay anything to start a blogspot blog?
Nothing. You don’t have to pay even a penny to start a blog on blogspot. All you need is to enter your email address to sign up and start creating a blog on Blogger.com. It’s that simple.
How can I make my blog’s look appealing to the readers?
There are so many blog templates available for blogspot blogs. Fortunately, you can use most of them for free, although you need to pay few bucks if you want to get the premium blog templates to make your blog design stunning and unique.
For beginners, you don’t need to buy anything premium, just go with the free blog templates as you will not only save money but you can find gorgeous looking themes even on free blog templates on blogspot.
How to get more exposure to my blogspot blog?
Increasing your blogspot blog’s exposure is really important as it can make or break your blogging success. If you want to get more traffic, links and shares on your blog posts, make sure to follow the authority bloggers in your niche.
And start engaging with them on social media sites like twitter and Facebook. Make sure to share their stuff frequently with your followers and focus on increasing your social media followers as well to increase your blog exposure.
How to start a free blog on blogspot platform?
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Creating a blog using Blogger.com is really easy. I’ll give you few easy instructions and follow them accordingly.
Step 1: Sign up for Blogger.com
First of all, go to Blogger.com home page and sign up.
Quick note: Create a GMail account if you don’t have it yet.
Once you are logged into your Google account, you will now see “New Blog” button on the left side. Click on it to create a new blog on Blogger.
Step 2: Enter a name for your blog
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Type in any title that you want to name your blog in the Title box. And just enter any short domain address, if it’s already taken, you will see a yellow box. Make sure to come up with a unique name and select a template from the options provided in the same box. You can choose many more templates and customize your blog later.
And that’s it! You have successfully create a blog on blogspot in under 2 minutes. Congrats. Now we’ll walk through the next steps.
Step 3: Start creating new blog posts
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Click the button “Create New Post”  on the left side to create a new blog post. Enter any title and start writing content that you want.
Step 4: Google AdSense!
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Once you are started getting decent amount of visitors from search engines to your blogspot blogs, you can apply for AdSense to start making money. Don’t apply for AdSense unless and until you are bringing at least 300-400 unique visitors every single day. Otherwise, it’s really hard to getting your account approved.
Quick note: You can anytime change your blog template by clicking on the button “Template” at the left side on your blogspot dashboard.
What to do after creating your blog on blogspot?
Start creating SEO friendly content
If you want to generate more income from AdSense using your blogspot blog, you have to bring more visitors from search engines. The more search engine traffic you get the more clicks you will be able to generate and the more income you will make from AdSense.
Unfortunately, increasing search traffic to any blog or website is not easy especially if you are a beginner to SEO. You have to learn everything on your own related to SEO and start implementing the effective SEO strategies to boost your organic traffic.
The only recommendation I can give to any beginner blogger is this: start focusing on creating content that is SEO friendly. Here are few simple tips to write SEO friendly blog posts that will help you bring more traffic to your blogspot blogs.
Focus on internal linking. Whenever you write new posts, link to the previous posts. This will increase the search crawlability. The more crawling is done on your site internally, the more search visibility your blog gets.Don’t write beyond 70 characters in your blog post titles. It will not show up in search results, so make sure to use short yet descriptive headlines.Always focus on readers first, then optimize later for search engines. Don’t use the same keywords again and again as it leads to keyword stuffing and your blog may gets penalized by doing so.Don’t use flash elements on your blog as it will slow down your blog’s speed. Google gives top priority to the sites that load faster.
Focus on getting AdSense approval
Once you started creating great contents for your blog, it’s time for you to focus on getting your Google AdSense approval. This is the major reason why most bloggers start a blog on blogspot. If you are also one among them, don’t wait for a long time.
I would recommend anyone to focus their efforts on getting AdSense approval after completing 4 to 6 months. Because by that time, you will be able to get good amount of traffic from search engines.
Even if you post one post a day, that would be around 100 articles in 4 months and if they are all optimized well for search engines, you will definitely getting around 500 unique visitors  . And that’s a good start to get your AdSense approved.