How do you start a blog in Kenya? Here we provide step on how to start a blog from scratch, earn as high as Ksh 200,000 per month from your side hustle.
Blogging has become one of the main sources of income for many youths in Kenya, especially fresh graduates. Due to scarcity of job opportunities, they end up in blogging. But one thing that always makes it hard for them is how to penetrate the saturated platform. It’s my believe that as a passionate blogger, you will definitely succeed, but only if you do things in the right way.
The first step to take is to create a blog. There are many ways of creating a blog, you can create using Blogger,Wordpress,Weebly or any other Content Management System that you feel is right for you, but I suggest you create it with WordPress,which works well for SEO.if you are stuck, you can contact us on [email protected]
The second thing to do is to find the right hosting company, where you will purchase a domain name and host your site.You can decide to host your site in Kenya or in top hosting companies. We encourage you to host with Bluehost since it has a good reputation, and later move to Kinsta or Amazon when your site becomes viral.
Once your site has started running, you will need to monetize it.The first option is to apply for Google AdSense, which is tough to join and strict in terms of policies. In case you are rejected by Google AdSense, there are many ways of monetizing your blog, you can apply to join Chitika, which is one of the best AdSense alternatives. You can join MGID, Content.ad or Infolink…there are also other native Advertisement alternatives.Chitika and MGID are the easiest to join.
Now, after starting your blog, how do you make over Ksh 200,000 per month?
Running the adverts we have listed above is not enough, your blog has to receive lots of traffic so as to earn reasonable amount. For you to make over Ksh 100,000 from AdSense, your blog has to receive at least 20,000 daily visits. If you are using Chitika, your blog has to receive at least 25,000 daily visits.
Besides using the adverts listed above, your blog should be actively promoting products of other companies. Once you establish yourself as a big player in blogging, you will start receiving sponsored posts from companies. Sponsored post are the best since you earn as you do nothing…what you only do is to post an article that is sent to you by a company.
Another way of earning money from blogging is by doing affiliate marketing. In Kenya, you can pick on Jumia or Kilimall and place their banners on your website.There are also a couple of other affiliate programs you can run on your blog.
But the main question is, how will your blog receive that amount of traffic?
The answer is, have as many unique articles as possible, which rank first in Google and other search engines.
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