During my first year in college, I attended an entrepreneurship class that was organized by the student union government of my school then; The majority of what was thought there was how to start a blog. I immediately took interest in blogging and even though I had no laptop, no money, and definitely no experience; it didn’t stop me from jumping right in. 

I started with Google Blogspot and to be honest, I had no idea what I was doing, just that I wanted to learn how things are been done and I was willing to learn by any means necessary. Because I had no laptop nor access to a computer at that time, I had the use my Samsung phone to blog. 

To be honest, it was not easy to be blogging with a phone when most of my mates at that time had laptops and could afford many things. Nevertheless, that didn’t stop me; I knew that someday I’ll be able to afford the things I needed, so I kept working on my little blog. 

To make money from my blog wasn’t exactly in the picture when I started; I was just excited to see thousands of people read what I have to write on the internet. I guess that was one of the things that have kept me active in the Industry till this day while most of my mates that started this journey with me have all quit and have ventured into different other aspects of life. 

It Was all Old School: 

The lessons I got while starting were all old school and the practice of those lessons in today’s reality will take you years before you could even make your first $1,000 as a blogger. And top it all off, there were few or no platforms like this one to help point us in the right direction. 

I made mention of this in my article on how to start a blog, that most new bloggers are still locked on to the old school teachings which don’t get you far in the blogging industry. You should read that article. 

The Switch to WordPress: 

In November 2019, I switched from blogspot to WordPress. 

At this point, I thought to myself, ‘It’s time to kick it up a notch’ and also because I had gotten my own laptop then. So I bought a domain and hosted my first professional blog in 2019. Because I spent money to start this second blog, it was necessary for me to think about money and how to keep it running. 

Like I said earlier, it was all old school, so the lessons on monetization were very poor, and could take a beginner years to make a reasonable profit. Generally, the monetization strategy that was thought was just about AdSense and other similar ad networks. To most people, if Google doesn’t approve your blog for monetization, they feel frustrated and most of the time abandon ship. 

The blogging industry has evolved greatly and If I had known what I know now then, it would have been a different story.