Years back, blogging was perceived as techy and only for few people who knew much about ICT. Nowadays with the advancement of technology, more people are embracing blogging because it has been made easy.

Blogging can now be done on laptops, desktop and even smartphones.

 

On this article, I will be showing you how to start a blog with few easy steps. We will be using your Gmail account to create your blog.

 

Steps to open up your blog

 

1.      Create a Gmail account by visiting the site www.gmail.com

You will be required to use a Gmail account for your blog. If you have an existing Gmail account you can use it In the following step.

 

2.      Open your browser and visit the site url www.blogger.com

When you input the url, you will be required to login with your existing Gmail account or you can create a new account and you will be redirected to your blogger dashboard.

 


3.      Create a blog

On the blogger dashboard, you will have to create a new blog. You will see a ‘Create blog’ on the top site side of the blogger dashboard.

 


4.      Give your blog a name and url

A pop-up screen will show up and you will be required to choose a name for your blog and the url which you will use. Example of url can be example.blogspot.com

 




5.      Create your first post publish

On the top right side of your dashboard, you will see a ‘NEW POST’ button, click it and you will be directed to an editor.

 


You will now be required to write your article which you will publish using the ‘Publish’ button located on top right of the editor.

 


6.      View your blog

You can view your blog by inputting your blogger url or you can view it by clicking ‘View blog’ located on the bottom left side of the blog.



Check video tutorial on how to create your own blog below: