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In 2024 Here’s How To Grow A Blog From Scratch & Make Money

Md Mamoon Moulavi by Md Mamoon Moulavi
January 5, 2024
in Blogging
How To Grow A Blog From Scratch
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So you just started your blog and want to know how you can grow your blog from scratch and get traffic and potentially earn revenue from your blog. Well, after reading this article you will know all the strategies I personally use to grow my new blogs from scratch in 2023 plus some of the best strategies other bloggers use to grow their blog traffic and earn more money from their blogs.

Key points you will learn from this post about how to grow a blog from scratch.

Important things you need to do to successfully grow your blog, types of keywords to target, what blog articles work for new blogs, practical traffic estimation per blog post, when you should start monetising your blog, how many articles should you post and a lot more.

So, without further ado, let’s dive in and explore the best steps you can take to grow your blog from scratch.

In this article
  • How to grow a blog from scratch with strategies that work right now
  • Time and effort required to start a blog from scratch and earn money from your blog
  • How can I make my blog grow faster?
  • Roadmap to grow a blog from scratch and make money blogging
  • Conclusion

How to grow a blog from scratch with strategies that work right now

To give you more information in fewer words I’ve broken this post into 21 sub-sections. From my research, these are the ones I think are crucial for growing a blog from scratch. The list isn’t in perfect order and if I missed something important you might leave a comment so that I can add it in the post. Let’s start.

1. To grow a blog from scratch faster having a niche is crucial

niche blog fact

If you want to grow your new blog from scratch fast then it’s important that you have a niche.

Here are some of the benefits of starting a niche blog over a multi-niche blog.

  • If you produce content for your niche site then you could grow your blog 3-4 times faster than a multi niche blog. Especially if you are a solo blogger and write all the blog posts by yourself. The only exception to this rule is when you have a team of writers and can produce 40-100 articles per month then you could grow a multi niche blog in less time.
  • You become an expert in that niche as you research and write more blog posts. Also, it gets easier to do keyword research and you can find many long tail keywords in the process of writing blog posts.
  • When you have a niche blog and write content that is related to each other you can build your site’s topical authority faster and gets easier to rank on Google.
  • Your readers are more likely to join your email list and it’s easier to monetize if you have a niche audience.
  • It will take you less time and fewer blog posts to find out what works in your niche and what type of posts gets the most views.

For some perspective on selecting a niche here’s an example: broad niche – a site that talks about hairstyles for men and women. Sites that are considered niche blogs but will need more content and effort to grow – hairstyles for men, hairstyles for women, hairstyles for kids. Perfect niche blogs that can grow fast with good content and less effort – hairstyles for specific events, hairstyles for teens/ 20-25-year-olds, hairstyles for hair types etc.

Important note: You can always expand your niche after covering all the topics in your niche. So to futureproof your site even for a niche blog you should have a domain name that is not too specific but brandable.

2. Best blogging platform if you don’t want to learn coding and other technical stuff

If you want to earn money from your blog or in future you would like to earn a full-time income from it and even if you want to sell your blog for a good some of money after growing your site for 5-10 years then it’s best to start your blog on WordPress.

More On This Topic ~

100 blog posts

After I Wrote 100 Blog Posts I Learned How To Grow Pageviews

How Many Blog Posts Per Week

How Many Blog Posts Per Week To Improve Ranking & Pageviews

WordPress is one of the best blogging platforms you can start your blog on even if you don’t have that much technical knowledge.

For some perspective, many of the top blogs like shoutmeloud, Neil Patel, niche pursuits, smart blogger,  New York Post, TED, Thought Catalog, Williams, USA Today, CNN, Fortune.com, TIME.com, National Post, Spotify, TechCrunch are all powered by self-hosted WordPress.

So, if you want to start your blog or started your blogs on other platforms like Wix or Squarespace it’s better to move your blog to WordPress.

3. Spend some time setting up your blog then spend most of your time publishing blog posts

If you are new to blogging then it can take you some days to properly set up your blog. To grow your blog from scratch you should have a fast loading and a good looking blog.

To optimise your blog for speed you should pick the right web hosting plus have a lightweight fast-loading theme like generate press.

But if you want a magazine-styled blog then you can pick other themes but it can make your blog load slow if it’s not properly optimised.

If you want to grow your blog fast then you should not spend more than a week setting up your blog, installing a theme, creating a logo and optimising your site for speed.

After you have set up your blog you should spend most of your time publishing blog posts. 

4. Have a content publishing schedule you can keep up with and maintain it

blog posting schedule

To grow your niche site you need to have a publishing schedule that you can keep up with.

If you want to grow your blog to more than 50k sessions per month within 1-2 years then you should publish a minimum of 2 blog posts per week.

For the long-term growth of your blog, you need to publish SEO-optimised high-quality blog posts more often.

The more posts you can publish targeting easy-to-rank keywords the less time it will take to grow your blog.

For informational niche blogs publishing 10-15 posts per month is good for growing blog readership faster.

5. Post your first 10-15 blog posts soon after launching your blog

You can launch your blog without any posts or with just one blog post. But within the first month or two you should publish your first 10-15 blog posts targeting less competitive keywords.

If you do proper keyword research and cover one topic with 5-8 blog posts then publishing 10-15 blog posts on your site can help your blog get some initial traffic and you can see for which search queries your blog posts are getting impressions in Google search console.

As time passes and you publish more content on your blog the more keyword data you can get in GSC (Google Search Console) that will help you to understand your niche better and find topics or keywords you can write new blog posts on.

Publishing 10-15 articles early on your blog is crucial to test out the niche and grow your blog as a solo blogger.

6. Publish blog post targeting less competitive long-tail keywords

long tail keyword example

If it’s a new blog and you want to grow it then the first 25-40 of your blog post should be created targeting keywords which are less competitive or long tail keywords (keywords that have 4 words or more).

If you are using the free keyword tool from ahrefs then you should target keywords which have a kd of 10 or less and if you are using a free or paid semrush and using its keyword tool then you should target keywords that have a kd of 40 or less for a new site.

But even if you use these tools before you start writing a blog post you should do keyword research manually on Google to find out the actual competition.

For your new blog, your first 20-30 articles should target keywords that have a monthly search volume of 20-100 as per keyword tools to rank faster with good content.

Also, for long tail phrases, you should leave those keywords or write them later (if those keywords are important to build topical authority) when there are more than 4 sites on Google that optimised their title tag or H1 and have the keyword as it is and the content is good or provides a detailed answer to that query. You can use allintitle: your keyword to find out how many pages are indexed for the keyword on Google and to find out the number of sites optimised for that keyword.

allintitle function 1

If for a long tail keyword, you find out that not a single website targeting one specific long tail keyword but some of the ranking pages touching on the keyword slightly but not giving detailed information then if you write a blog post on that search phrase providing a better answer plus take care of fundamental on-page SEO practices like – having that keyword in your H1 or title tag, in H2, in the article introduction, body text, in conclusion, in the page URL then you will have the best shot at ranking that article easily even if it’s a new blog.

Now to grow your blog you need to find multiple keywords like this and write blog posts and repeat.

In my previous post about how to grow your blog as a solo blogger, I covered natural traffic tiers or keywords where you can rank in the top 10 within 1-2 weeks for most of the blog posts.

In future, I’ll create a detailed article about how to find low-competition keywords to rank your blog posts faster and multiple ways to find less competitive keywords. So make sure you subscribe to the email newsletter or enable push notification to get notified.

7. Create more blog posts answering question-type search quarries in your niche

To increase traffic to your blog (which is new and has low domain authority or fewer quality backlinks) you should create more blog posts answering question-type search phrases in your niche.

Often these types of keywords are longer. So, most bigger sites run by organisations or news and media sites won’t cover them so you have a good chance of ranking even with a new blog.

For these types of queries, you can easily rank for the main keyword plus rank for multiple related keywords. In my experience, these types of blog posts on average can bring 100-150 visits per month and for some queries, it can bring 250-380 visits per month. Also, after publishing these types of blog posts you can expect to rank in the top 10 and get traffic within 20 days. So, if you want fast results or to build initial traffic to your blog you should follow this strategy.

Some might think that’s lost of effort or you need to publish many articles to scale your blog to cross 50-100k pageviews. But the fact is these types of blog posts should be 20-35% of your total articles. The only reason you should write most of them, in the beginning, is these types of blog posts can rank very quickly, help your blog get to 10-15k visits faster and let you test the ad earnings for multiple topics in your niche to help you pick better topics that can have better ad earnings.

Now if you have knowledge about the niche then it will take less time to write this type of blog post plus you can rank with a blog post with a word count of 750-1350 words.

Note

If the answer for a question-type search phrase should not be answered with yes/no and needs a detailed explanation then it’s a good post to write about. You should leave those queries that can be answered with yes/no. For traffic estimation – if that question has a 70-100 monthly search volume then you can expect to get 60-80 pageviews. If the search volume is close to 400 then you can get more than 100-300 pageviews. I have posted a list of 19 things I have learned after publishing 100 blog posts.

8. Capture your audience through multiple channels

Most informational blogs depend on SEO traffic and social traffic. But among them on average blogs gets most of their pageviews from organic search traffic.

If you are not capturing your blog readers by implementing email marketing and web push notifications then you are missing out on building an audience base. Having blog subscribers is also good if in the future for some time, you lose rankings and search engines don’t send that much traffic to your blog.

Focusing on growing your organic traffic through seo and publishing helpful content plus using multiple ways to convert your blog readers to subscribe to your blog is a great way to grow your blog.

9. Target keywords in your natural traffic tier

The basic concept behind natural traffic tier is for certain keywords with a certain volume Google trusts your website and if you publish a high-quality article optimising for keywords that are in your natural traffic tier your blog post gets ranked in the top 10 and in some cases in the top 20 within weeks after publishing the blog post.

A general rule is to target keywords that have a monthly search volume that matches the daily visits your site gets from search engines.

Here’s a natural traffic tier chart for reference.

natural traffic tiers

Targeting keywords in your natural traffic tier can help your blog posts rank faster and bring traffic to your blog. But as per this concept, you might need to post more articles. But if you focus on building topical authority and roughly follow the natural traffic tier theory then you can have a better success rate at ranking your articles.

10. Optimise your blog posts with the best on-page seo practices

on page seo fact

To build a successful blog from scratch you need to get better at ranking your individual blog posts. Publishing informative helpful content and optimising your blog posts with the best on-page seo practices can increase the chances of ranking your blog posts for several keywords.

Here are some best on-page seo practices you should keep in mind while optimising your blog posts for seo:

  • Include your primary keyword in the blog post URL. Example – yoursite.com/best-camping-tents/ if your main keyword is camping tents or best camping tents.
  • Include your primary keyword in H1 or the title tag. Example – Best camping tents for outdoor camping for individual & multiple campers.
  • Include your primary keyword in the article introduction, body text and at the end or in the conclusion section.
  • Include your primary keyword and keyword variations in your H2
  • Include long tail keywords related to your main keyword in H3 and if applicable or if it’s a detailed blog post then in H4.
  • Have at least one image on the blog post with the main keyword as alt text.

These are some of the fundamental on-page seo practices that can help your blog post rank higher in the SERP but taking into consideration that your blog post is helpful, satisfies user intent and provides something valuable for the reader or provides a satisfactory answer to their question or query.

11. Growing a niche blog from scratch requires publishing a lot of helpful content

For most of the niche sites, it needs more than 20-30 blog posts to grow it from scratch.

Approximately you will need to publish close to 30-40 posts on your niche blog to build topical authority and test out the niche and see what works.

If you target less competitive keywords and your blog niche is not highly competitive then you can get a good amount of traffic after publishing 100 blog posts.

But if it’s a competitive niche or many established sites are targeting the same keywords as you are then it can take 200-250 blog posts to grow your blog to cross 50000 sessions per month.

12. The more quality posts you publish on your site less time it will take to grow your blog traffic

The number of quality blog posts you publish targeting keywords where you can rank greatly determines how long it will take to grow your blog traffic.

On average it takes 4-9 months to obtain a higher ranking in the SERP. So if you want to grow your niche blog within a year then for the earlier months you need to increase your article publishing schedule to grow your blog traffic in less time.

If you target less competitive keywords or long tail keywords like questions then you can write 1000-1400 words on average per blog post. So, if you are a good writer then you could publish 15-18 blog posts per month. Publishing these many posts for 5-7 months straight can make your niche site grow a lot quicker.

But for most bloggers, if they publish a mix of long-form blog posts which are close to 2k – 3.5k words and short-form blog posts 700-1200 words then they could try to publish 8-12 articles per month. The more blog posts you could publish without getting burned out the less time it will take to grow your blog.

13. Writing great content but targeting the wrong keyword won’t increase pageviews

If you want to grow your first blog then it’s most likely you are not that sure about writing blog posts that will bring traffic to your blog. If you target the wrong keywords then even if you write the best blog post on that topic it won’t increase your blog’s pageviews.

Below are some blog posts that don’t bring traffic:

  • The blog post you write on topics or things you are passionate about and in most cases, you don’t optimise that post for what other people are searching or have a very low search volume for that keyword.
  • Writing a blog post on a topic where search engines like to rank authority sites.
  • Targeting high-volume keywords where already established sites currently rank with helpful content.
  • Writing a blog post about your personal experience and not selecting keywords or topics through research.

After I wrote 100 blog posts on one of my blogs I found out that among 100 articles close to 15 blog posts don’t get search engine traffic because of the above-mentioned reasons.

So, to make sure every blog post you write gets traffic from search engines you need to write quality blog posts on the right keywords.

14. Set realistic traffic goals for your blog post

avarage pageviews per blog post
A section from this blog post about the average page views other bloggers are getting per blog post

If you are trying to grow a blog from scratch or it’s a new blog then most of the blog posts won’t bring 1000 – 2500 pageviews per month. Realistically for a new blog, you can get 150-350 pageviews on average per blog posts.

So you need to set realistic traffic goals and if you want to achieve certain traffic goals for your blog then you need to put in the effort to write that many blog posts considering the number of page views your average blog posts can get if you write the best content and are able to rank in the top 10.

But things can be different after working on a blog for 1-2 years and publishing 8-12 quality blog posts per month.

As you publish more blog posts on your niche blog your blog naturally builds topical authority and after your initial growth phase, your newer blog post will bring more traffic. So after you work on your blog for 1-2 years, your new blog posts could get 500-800 page views per month and will take less time to rank your new blog posts.

15. Tweaking your blog and not posting frequently won’t grow your blog

This is by far one of the common blogging mistakes every blogger makes in the early stages of their blogging journey that takes away their time and won’t help in growing their blog.

You need to stop tweaking your blog or more specifically stop doing small design and layout changes to your blog. Once you have properly set up your blog you need to spend more time doing keyword research, writing and publishing blog posts to grow your blog.

If your blog is running smoothly don’t try to tweak it often. If required every 4-6 months you can spend some time optimising your blog for speed or doing some changes to your website design.

16. Publish 30 blog posts before you wait for seo traffic

If you want to get organic visitors to your blog then you need to publish 30 blog posts on your blog as soon as possible.

Out of these 30 blog posts, 10-15 blog posts should be written on keywords where other sites don’t provide a detailed answer or you should target those keywords where on SERP there is little to no content exactly covering those keywords.

You can call these types of keywords low-hanging fruits or underserved topics. Generally, these are long tail keywords or keywords with multiple words or a question around your niche. You need to find 10-15 keywords like these to rank faster with your new blog and bring some initial traffic to your blog.

Within your first 30 blog post, you should write around 5 blog posts on keywords or on topics that should be valuable for a wider percentage of readers in your niche. These blog posts should be interlinked from other blog posts to increase engagement and to convert some of the traffic to blog subscribers. 

For example, these 5 posts should be valuable and interesting to read for most people that come to your site. Let’s say it’s a baking blog then here are the type of posts you should write:

  • Baking guides for beginners: 11 ways to master basic baking skills
  • 15 Most common baking mistakes you need to avoid
  • Easy but tasty baking recipes which are beginner-friendly
  • 11 things You can learn from my baking experience to improve your baking skill
  • 11 Best baking recipes you can prepare within 30 minutes

For the other 10-15 posts you should write on 3-4 topics in your niche targeting less competitive keywords.

After posting 30 articles you can find valuable keyword data in the Google search console that will help you decide what types of blog post you need to write in the future or give you keyword data to expand your niche

17. Stay hyper-focused until you post 70-100 quality blog post

To grow a blog faster I have already mentioned above that you need to have a niche and especially if you are a solo blogger then you should avoid building a multi niche blog if you want to build a successful blog within 2 years.

Your first 30-50 blog posts should be created targeting keywords that are low competition and spread over 3-4 categories or targeting 8-12 topics in your niche.

After publishing 50 blog posts you will know in which topic you can rank your blog posts and in the Google search console you will find many new keywords to write new blog posts or to optimise your previous blog post.

You need to give more importance to building topical authority and covering your niche or main topics from A to Z until you post 70-100 blog posts on your niche blog.

It’s better to write blog posts on topics or similar format blog posts for related keywords after looking back at what performs best after posting your first 50 blog posts.

After publishing 50 blog posts you should create the next 20-50 blog posts like what’s giving you the best results or for your next blog post ideas, you should look at your best-performing articles.

Related: Things you can know after publishing 100 blog posts.

18. Scale and grow your blog after publishing 100 articles

After you have posted 100 articles on related topics in your niche then you will have some topical authority and at this point, you will be in the position to scale your blog and increase your blog traffic.

At this point, you will also have a list of competitors you can use tools like semrush or Ahrefs to find content gaps or keywords and topics your competitors covered but you haven’t.

During this time if you target low competitive keywords then you can rank within a month or two and get 100-200 traffic to your blog per blog post around 1000 words. And for most keywords, you can get more than 300- 450 monthly visits for longer blog posts.

So, this is the best phase to grow your blog traffic drastically.

19. It can take 150 -350 posts targeting easy-to-rank keywords to cross 50k sessions

Premium advertising networks like Mediavine require your blog to have a minimum monthly session of 50k or more. I have looked to find out the average number of blog posts niche sites or niche authority sites have that crossed 50k monthly sessions. On average most blogs that have Mediavine ads have 250-350 blog posts. A few sites also have close to 150 blog posts.

So, if you want to cross 50k sessions or get 50-65k pageviews to your blog then it can require you to write 150-350 blog posts on keywords where you can rank most of them in the top 5 or in the top 10 in the SERP.

20. You won’t have a 100% success rate in ranking each blog post

Even if you write the best blog post and do all the right optimisation some blog posts won’t rank at the top of SERP or they will not get the number of page views you thought they might get.

Generally, if you pick the right keywords and create a high-quality blog post you will have a 50-70% success rate at ranking those blog posts and achieve the desired number of pageviews per blog post.

So, you need to accept and tailor your blog growth strategy knowing that not every blog post you write will result in higher rankings or more pageviews.

21. You can monetize your blog after getting close to 1500-2000 visits

To make some money from your blog you need to have 5-10k pageviews or more. But you can start to make money from your blog after your blog gets more than 1500 visits per month.

You can start monetising your blog with ads and affiliates after your blog gets close to 1.5k to 2k visits. A blog that gets close to 1k pageviews can earn 3-10 $ from display ads. Even though it’s little money but good for motivation that you can earn money online by creating content for other people.

If you monetize your blog with only display ads you can expect to earn 140 – 375$ per month if your blog gets 20k-25k visits per month. You can earn 80-150$ more if you also promote relevant products in your niche and place affiliate links.

Time and effort required to start a blog from scratch and earn money from your blog

You can grow a blog to 20k-30k page views within a year if you pick the right niche and focus on creating helpful content around that specific niche. To achieve these numbers you need to publish 10-12 articles per month and try to publish close to 100 blog posts in the first year.

For your first 50 blog posts you need to have a traffic goal per blog post is 150-200. And for the next 50 posts have an average traffic goal of 200-350 per blog post.

After publishing 100 blog posts you can have a traffic goal of 300-450 monthly pageviews per blog post.

Note: some blog posts can generate 500-750 pageviews or more whereas some might get 70-100 pageviews. For a competitive niche you should have a traffic goal of 150-250 per blog post and for a less competitive niche have a traffic goal of 300-450 per blog post.

For most people publishing 8-12 blog posts per month is ideal and you can keep up with it even if you are a beginner or have a slow typing speed. Where if you are a good writer then you could write 15-18 blog posts per month.

There are two main content publishing strategies you need to know to grow a blog from scratch:

  • Publishing fewer posts and trying to get more than 350-800 page views per month from every blog post. Requires you to spend more time searching for the right keyword and writing high-quality content and optimising it with the best on-page seo guidelines. Takes more time to rank that individual blog post (6-8 months on average). You could reach 50k pageviews with 100-150 blog posts.
  • Publishing lots of articles targeting less competitive keywords and long tail keywords and primarily monetising with display ads. Builds your topical authority faster and takes less time to rank your blog post (1-3 months). You can expect to get 100-350 pageviews per blog post. You can get 50k pageviews publishing 200-250 blog posts.

How can I make my blog grow faster?

Like most other things there is no quick hack to make your blog grow faster. To grow your blog faster you need self-discipline to continuously work on your blog, have a plan and most importantly you have to execute your plans.

In simple terms, if it’s a new blog then you need to build the base of your blog by covering a topic or niche, publishing helpful content targeting less competitive keywords, building your blog’s topical authority, writing a number of blog posts per week that you can keep up with without burnout, follow fundamental seo rules and gradually target keywords which are competitive and have higher search volume.

To grow your blog faster you need to ramp up your content production and update your low-performing older content and find under-served keywords and write helpful blog posts answering those keywords.

That’s basically everything you need to know to grow your blog faster.

  • Do keyword research and find less competitive keywords. 
  • Check the search engine results page and try to estimate the actual competition.
  • Write better content than what’s already ranking and optimise your on page seo.
  • Build internal links to older articles from your new blog posts and from older articles internally link to newer blog posts.
  • Give it time to rank and periodically update older content every 6-12 months if required.
  • Write more content and repeat. 

To grow your blog faster write as many articles as you can without compromising the quality. Additionally, you can outsource the content or hire writers. If you want to grow your blog faster publish 20-70 articles per month targeting keywords you can rank.

For reference here’s a video on how this blogger reached 500k pageviews and earned $10600 in revenue with a new blog within 7 months. He published 1350 blog posts with an average word count of 900 words per blog post to get this result.

Roadmap to grow a blog from scratch and make money blogging

Phase 1: Foundation and blog setup

  1. Choose a Niche: Choose a niche that has a sizeable audience but is not too broad. If you plan to write the content all by yourself then pick a niche you have some interest in or you can spend time learning the topic without feeling bored. 
  2. Competitor Analysis: Research successful blogs and already established sites in your niche to understand what type of content you need, Identify content gaps and what you can add to make your content helpful and somewhat add some of your own unique thought.
  3. Domain and Hosting: Choose a catchy relevant domain name around your niche. It should be specific but have the potential to expand your niche in future. Choose a reliable web hosting that fits your budget. For beginner bloggers, I recommend starting with shared hosting and once the blog grows and gets 30k or more page views per month move to cloud hosting or VPS. Shared hosting can cost 3-5$ per month whereas cloud or VPS hosting can cost 6-10$ per month.
  4. Set Up Your Blog: To create a blog choose the right blogging platform based on your technical abilities. You can select a user-friendly Content Management System (CMS) like WordPress if you want to set up a blog without learning to code. Pick a fast-loading theme which looks good and has the functions you need to make your blog visually appealing.

Phase 2: Keyword research and content creation to grow your blog from scratch

  1. Keyword research and finding content ideas: Use tools like Answer the Public and Google autocomplete to find relevant keywords around your niche to write blog posts on. You can also use forums like Quora and Reddit to find out what questions your target audience has. Use keyword tools like keyword everywhere, ahrefs free keyword tool or a free semrush account to have some idea about the search volume of a given keyword.
  2. Content Strategy: Based on how many articles you can write make a content strategy. If you can write more blog posts create 3-4 blog posts per week targeting less competitive keywords. But if you could only write an average of 2 blog posts per week then you should write 50% of blog posts targeting longtail or question-type keywords and write the other 50% of blog posts covering low competitive keywords that also have multiple keyword variations to increase the average visits your each blog posts get.
  3. Be consistent: Have a weekly blog posting schedule and try to maintain it for a year if you want to grow your blog. Try not to spend multiple days creating one blog post. Set a reasonable amount of time to write each blog post and move on. You can always come back to it and update it in future.
  4. Optimise your blog posts for SEO: From the very beginning, you should optimise each blog post with proper on-page seo best practices. Optimising your blog for seo is the best way to grow your blog organically.

Phase 3: Building your blogs audience

  1. Build an email list: Even if your blog gets new visitors from search engines and social media you should avoid being totally dependent on them. Building an email list is a great way to increase your blog readership plus if in future your blog gets fewer pageviews from search engines or other social networks you can always send your email subscribers notifications about new posts.
  2. Web push notifications: You should use multiple ways to make your blog readers subscribe to your blog. Web push notifications like one signal (in the free plan you can have 10k web push subscribers) can help you to send web push notifications to subscribers about new posts and you can also send custom notifications.
  3. Reply to comments: If you haven’t disabled comments on your blog posts then if it’s not a spam comment then you should take some time to reply back. Engaging with your audience can convert a reader to a loyal blog subscriber.

Phase 4: Making money from your blog

As you have spent your valuable time creating content for your readers it’s time that you get the rewards for your efforts.

  1. Earn from display ads: For an informational niche blog, you can start to earn money by implementing display ads to your blog. Once your blog crosses 1.5k monthly pageviews you can start earning with display ads. But when you are trying to grow your blog you should only have an ad density which is reader-friendly. If your blog gets less than 50k monthly sessions then you can use Google AdSense or Ezoic. After crossing 50k monthly sessions you can join premium ad networks like Mediavine and Raptive (adthrive) which can drastically increase your display ad earnings.
  2. Affiliate marketing: If your blog suggests some products or services then you can start affiliate marketing and get a commission for sales that comes through your links.
  3. Sale your own product: After you build some authority in your niche and you have built some blog audience then you could sell your own products like a guide or a digital ebook and courses to earn more money from your blog.

Conclusion

To grow a blog quickly from scratch, having a niche is essential. Niche blogs have several advantages over multi-niche blogs, including faster growth.

When you concentrate on a particular subject, you can establish yourself as an authority in that field, which can simplify keyword research and draw in a more targeted audience. Developing expertise in a specific topic can also speed up the process of building topical authority, resulting in improved Google rankings. Niche blogs are more likely to attract email subscribers and can be monetized effectively.

One effective way to increase traffic growth on a blog is by publishing posts that target less competitive long-tail keywords. Another strategy is to answer questions that people may be searching for and use various channels to capture the audience and convert them into blog subscribers.

Additionally, it is important to consistently publish quality content while targeting the appropriate keywords. Following these will help you to grow your blog from scratch faster.

How do I start a successful blog from scratch?

To start a successful blog from scratch, focus on a niche and publish quality content. Target less competitive keywords when creating your first 30-40 blog posts. Once you have these many posts see what blog posts perform better for your niche blog and try to create similar posts on related topics. Plus at this point in the Google search console, you will discover many new keywords and search phrases to write new blog posts to expand and grow your blog.

How do I grow my blog from zero?

To grow a blog from zero you need to find keywords where there is a content gap or fewer to not a single article gives a satisfactory detailed answer for that search term. You need to repeat this keyword research process and find 30-40 keywords to write a blog post on. Now publish a helpful blog post with proper on page seo optimisation to rank your blog post. After completing your first batch of articles try to fill your content gaps by analysing your competitors and by using keyword data from the Google search console.

How do I start a profitable blog for beginners?

To start a profitable blog as a beginner you need to pick a niche that can be monetized well with display ads and affiliate marketing. Create a new blog post and try to publish 2-4 new blog posts every week targeting less competitive keywords to grow your blog traffic and earn money.

How fast can I grow my blog?

You can expect to grow a blog within 6-12 months but depends on your blogging effort. If you are a solo blogger and can manage to publish 12-20 articles per month then within a year you can grow a blog to 30k pageviews. You can grow a blog to 50-100k pageviews in 7-9 months if you have a team of writers and can publish 40-70 articles every month targeting easy keywords and publishing quality content.

How can I increase my blog traffic in 2 months?

To increase your blog traffic in 2 months publish as many quality blog posts as you can on your blog on topics you have some topical authority or target keywords that are in your natural traffic tier. To increase blog traffic in 2 months you need to target less competitive long-tail or question types keywords where there is a shortage of quality content or no blog posts on serp have a detailed helpful answer for that search phrase. Now publish tons of content to grow your blog traffic or to hit your traffic goals. Additionally, you can update and make your older blog posts that are ranking on page 2&3 in Google.

How to build a blog from scratch?

To build a blog from scratch choose a popular blogging platform like WordPress and set up your blog. Pick a good WordPress theme and create a logo, choose the typography. After you have completed your blog set up do keyword research to find content ideas. Research and write blog posts on keywords that you have picked and now you have a functional blog.

How to grow a blog from scratch?

To grow a blog from scratch, focus on a niche and publish high-quality content targeting less competitive keywords. Aim to post at least 30-40 articles as soon as possible. Write a blog post on different topics which are related to your niche to build your blog’s topical authority. Implement best on-page SEO practices, optimize your blog for speed, and capture your audience through email marketing and web push notifications. Publish blog posts targeting question-type search queries or long tail keywords to increase traffic fast. Set realistic traffic goals for each blog post and keep in mind that not all blog posts will rank equally, but producing quality blog posts consistently will help you to grow a blog from scratch. 

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Md Mamoon Moulavi

I'm a blogger (content creator) just like you. Here I document what I have learnt & learning about blogging, building content websites & content creation. The processes and tips helped me go from writing terrible articles and getting a fraction of views than my expectations... to writing something that makes sense to the reader and brings enough people every month to my blogs that's enough for me to make a full-time income from blogging.2015 when I heard about blogging for the first time. After making many experimental blogs on free blogging platforms decided to launch self hosted wordpress blog on lifestyle and fitness niche in september 2017.Currently - I keep myself busy in growing my portfolio of niche sites and a few micro niche sites.

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