Are you planning to start your own beauty blog? But confused on how and where to start with?
This was the exact reason on why this blog is written. It will be a step by step guide which makes beginners easy to start with.
After reading this blog you will be able to start your own beauty blog, earn money by writing various product reviews, get hired by many agencies and can be your own boss.
So let’s get started with.
Here are the steps which will be discussed for starting a beauty blog:
- Choosing the blogging platform
- Decide on your domain name
- Buy hosting and install WordPress
- Choose a theme which will be related to beauty blogs
- Install required plugins in WordPress, for more features
- Start writing, promote and drive traffic
- Earn passive income from your beauty blog
Step1: Choosing the blogging platform
When choosing a right blogging platform to get you started with beauty blog there are many options for you.
But I just wanted to make your life easy and save time on researching various other platforms.
If you ask me for the right platform, then I would recommend self-hosted WordPress (wordpress.org).
Note: There is also an another platform with same name – wordpress.com, do not get confused with it and I would suggest you to go with wordpress.org.
Once you have decided on your blogging platform, you need buy hosting for it. Do not worry, it does not cost too much and is also very easy to buy and integrate wordpress with your hosting, without the need of any technical knowledge. Will get to know more about it below.
Step2: Decide on your domain name
Domain name is the address through which people will try to access your website. For this blog the domain name is businessandlifeonline.com.
You can choose your own name as domain name or something interesting related to beauty. But please note that you will be able to get the domain name only if it is available and no other person or business has not taken it already.
You should generally buy domain name and hosting separately. But there are few hosting service providers which will offer you free domain when you buy hosting with them. Let’s discuss more in detail below.
Step3: Buy hosting and install WordPress
I know that this is the step you are waiting to know more about.
There are various good hosting providers in the market. Again, if you ask for my suggestion then I would recommend Bluehost.
Bluehost offers you free domain and free SSL certificate. (Do not worry if you do not know on what a SSL certificate is).
Here is a detailed blog I wrote on how to start your own blog by buying hosting through Bluehost. I recommend to take your time and then go through the blog. It will also clearly explain you on how to install WordPress in your hosting.
Here is the link to the blog: How to start a blog
Step4: Choose a theme which will be related to beauty blogs
A theme is like a clothing to your blog. You can find many free and premium themes in WordPress.
Choose your theme based on your business category. For example there will be different themes for news websites, eCommerce websites etc.
Since you are starting a beauty blog, choose a theme related to it.
Here are some of the free and premium beauty themes for you:
- Clementina (Premium)
- Ashe (Free)
- Fashion Guide (Premium)
Step5: Install required plugins in WordPress, for more features
Plugins are very useful in WordPress and they will try to help you customize or add more features for your blog.
There are both free and paid plugins.
Here are some of the best plugins that might help for your beauty blog:
- SEO Yoast (For SEO)
- WP Super Cache (For your website to load fast)
- Akismet (To avoid spam comments)
- PushEngage (For push notifications and increase traffic)
- OptinMonster (To help build your own email list)
- Social Snap (For social media sharing buttons in your blog)
Step6: Start writing, promote and drive traffic
Congratulations you are now ready to write your first blog.
Start writing good quality blogs on consistent basis.
Once you are done with writing, do not just sit and pray for the traffic. Start promoting it in your social channels, create a youtube channel and upload videos made by you, start writing guest posts in other blogs etc.
Without traffic it is very difficult for you to start earning money from your beauty blog. Writing consistently, doig SEO and promoting your blogs will help you get more traffic.
Step7: Earn passive income from your beauty blog
Once you get traffic to your blog on daily basis, then it’s time to make use of it to earn money.
The beauty with your beauty blog is you can earn passive income.
Here are some of the ways which will help you earn money:
- Advertise using platform like Google Adsense
- Promote various beauty related affiliate products
- Offer various beauty related online courses (You can automate this process and earn passive income)
Conclusion
Hope you are clear on how to start your own beauty blog.
Have you already started it?
What are various challenges you have overcome after reading this blog?
Please feel free to mention your opinions in the comments section below.
Happy learning 🙂
