If you want to learn how to start a blog so you can grow an audience and make money, you’ve come to the right place.

With over 3 million readers, we’re one of the world’s biggest websites about blogging. We’ve helped thousands of people start a blog, improve their writing skills, and earn real, tangible income online. And today, we’re going to help you.

In this massive, in-depth guide:

We’ll walk you through the step-by-step process for starting a blog, answer some common blogging questions, and show you free tools and resources that’ll put you on the path to success.

You’ll follow the steps, create your own blog, and start padding your wallet with tens and twenties.

Sound good?

We’ll begin with the question we hear most often…
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This is the web’s most in-depth guide on how to choose a domain name. It’s also the web’s largest resource for blog name generators (to help you brainstorm ideas).

In this post, you’ll learn how to create a large list of domain name candidates, how to check which ones are available, and how to buy the best domain name for your target audience.

Let’s get started.

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Let’s cut to the chase:

If you want to nurture leads and turn them into raving fans who will shout your virtues from rooftops (as well as buy whatever you’re selling), you need to learn the ins and outs of email marketing.

In this simple, easy-to-digest guide, you’ll learn:

• The two things you need to get started with email marketing;
• How to choose the best email marketing service for your needs;
• How to grow your email list;
• What kind of emails you should send to your subscribers;
• Why (and how) you need to segment your email list;
• How to improve your email open rates;
• How to automate your emails (with examples);
• And more…

When we’re done, you’ll have all the info you need become an email marketing kung-fu master.

Let’s dive in.

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Wouldn’t it be great if there was an ultimate list of blog post ideas?

A definitive resource you could bookmark and reference whenever the need arises?

We thought so too.

So, we decided to create it. This is the biggest, most in-depth list of blog post ideas available on the web.

(Seriously. We’re pushing 12,000 words here.)

Let’s jump in.
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Blog comments are a relic from a bygone era.

That’s the word on the street, isn’t it?

In its heyday, a blog comment was powerful. Write good comments and they could land you on the radar of a popular blogger — the kind of super-connected influencer who could accelerate your success.

But that was then, right?

Today, readers have turned to Facebook and Instagram for their commenting fix. Spammers have taken over. And, as a result, some blog owners have done what would’ve once been unthinkable: turned off their comments.

So, game over. Blog comments are dead. Stick a fork in them.

Right?

Not so fast.

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