The cost of running a blog
Opening a blog isn’t that expensive but what you should know is that running a blog can really cut out cash from your pockets but at the end of it you will never regret spending those cash. A blog can be built either on a free sub-domain; that is, http://yourdomain.blogspot.com or http://yourdomain.wordpress.com . But it is better to get a custom domain name like http://yourdomain.com and this may cost from $6-$10/ year depending on the hosting company you are purchasing it from.
As for the hosting, the two platforms have both free and paid hosting. Hosting is where all your web files are stores from contents to pictures, videos, banners and whatsoever you put on your blog; the hosting is where these files are all stored.
Hosting price may range from $3.99/month to $12/month depending on the hosting company and the package you choose to purchase from them.
Don’t use a hosting company because you see so many people using it but do a good research on the best hosting companies and make your pick. Running a blog
isn’t that expensive; you only have to spend when you want to go professional and standard.
As I mentioned earlier you can start a blog free by just going to Blogspot.com or Wordpress.com, but I would advise you to go professional because people online love reading professional blogs that has custom domains like for example http://yourdomain.com.
When I say running a blog can really cut out cash from your pocket, I meant through adverts and there are some service you will subscribe to and pay monthly fees for them to add some certain cool features to your blog like email list builder and auto mail responder.
Another thing that running a blog may cost you is your time and this is the most important investment you can put on your blog. You will need to update your blog as frequently as possible.
If you know you don’t have time to update your blog regularly, then you can hire someone to do that for you but you will be ready to pay them money to do it. So you must give your blog your time and try if not every time but at least twice a week to post contents on your blog.