How To Start A Free Blog In 2019 and Earn From It?

Planning to start a Blog in 2019? Here is a great option to create your own space for free and still earn from your work.

Starting your own blog website sounds interesting. Everybody is doing it nowadays and you might have thought about starting one too. But, is it that easy to have a website/blog running without much effort?

Once you start to research on creating a blog, you’ll come across many terms like hosting, registering a  domain, SEO and way too many things that you never thought of dealing with. No matter which plans you choose from any service provider, it is going to cost you some amount to start with your own blog.

But, what if you realize blogging is not your thing later? That is why I am going to suggest you create a free account and try it for a significant time to check if you’re happy with your decision. There are different options for it, but I am going to introduce you to a platform where you can have your own space to blog and still earn. And it’s absolutely free to join. But, the great catch here is the amazing community on Steemit.

No, you're not going to get a free website with Steemit, but you can have a blogging platform for free and earn from your blog posts. This post is going to be an introduction to Steemit. What Steemit is and how you can use it and what a Steem account can offer you.

What is Steemit?

Steemit is a blogging platform built on the steem blockchain. Steemit is not just a blogging space but a social media platform too. Here, you can write blog posts, share photographs, add links inside the posts and share it with everyone anywhere.

Steemit adds value to your casual “likes” and “comments”. How? On steemit, the “likes” are known as “upvotes” and comments are as usual “comments” and sharing a post is called as “resteem”.

That means, you get your revenue on your blog posts from the upvotes you receive rather than the ads on any other platform and therefore Steemit is a highly socially engaging platform.

How to start a Steemit Account?

Starting an account in Steeemit in 2019 is a very easy and fast process. It is a three-step process which will get your account ready within 2 days as of 2019. You can start a free account which will take around 1 day to get approved or can create a free account spending a small amount of fee. Yes, the procedure is still evolving and that means this waiting period for the approval may change in the future.

Sign up with your email address and then you’ll get an email notification. The next step is to add your phone number and the verification process is over. You’ll receive an email from the Steemit team asking you to wait for the approval of your account. Once the account is approved, you’ll get the notification email.

From the link given in the email, you can get your password for your steem account. Copy this password and keep it safe. DO NOT LOSE THIS PASSWORD.

Since the Steemit wallet has been introduced separately in 2019 for more security, you can access the Steemit wallet using this password. Once you open your Steemit Wallet, you will see different “key”s, private posting key, Active key, Owner key etc. These keys can be accessed anytime under the “Permissions” section in the Steemit wallet.

These keys serve different purposes and you would want to copy “Your Private Posting Key” and login to your Steemit account.

There you go, you have your Steemit account ready to go. Create your first post and add the tag “introduceyourself” so that others in the community will get to know the new addition. Enjoy your time there browsing through the amazing content in different categories.

There are different Dapps you can use with this account credentials and join different channels for active engagement. Let’s talk about that in the upcoming blog posts.