The art of blogging has sparked your your curiosity as you find yourself scrolling your sister’s blog on her family. Your husband’s blog on photography, mother’s blog on gardening, best friend’s blog on psychology and son’s blog on rap music are all inspiring you to put your own creative juices to work. How would you be able to do this, though, with everything you have to do in the day? Who will run the errands, do the chores, and cook the meals? It can be done, and if you choose too, you can make a profit. I’ll show you how.

First, you need to choose a blog site. I prefer Blogger for my blog. This is a free site, and has a lot of features that I like about it. For instance, you can post anything you want on your blog–including text and videos. You can add your own pictures and add captions. If you don’t like the templates they provide, then feel free to customize your own. Readers are also allowed to follow your blog, and you’ll receive an update each time they comment or join your feed. If you’re on the go, it allows you post from your cell phone and even has the opportunity for a group blog.

Similar to Blogger is Xanga, but Xanga is different in many ways. While it is a blogging site, it’s a social blogging site. What this means is that authors of blogs are able to join web rings, add people to their friends lists, and generally have a larger reading audience. The same features of blogger apply–text, videoes, audio, pictures–and in addition, Xanga always lets you customize your blog site.

If you choose to start a blog with LiveJournal, keep in mind that this is a journal instead of a blog. Users can still see what you post, but you’re given security settings to avoid what you don’t want others to see. With blogging sites, you are not always given this option. Similar to the prior two, you have a user bio to describe your interests and are able to make friends by subscribing to their blogs. However, with any of these and other ones, keep in mind that what you put out on the Internet is fair game to present and future employers, family, friends, and everyone else.

Once you have a blog account open, then it’s time to choose a niche for your blog. Think about your passions and what interests you. Would you be able to commit to writing about this everyday or a few times a week? If you don’t know what to write about, there are always ways to find ideas. You can talk to friends, do some reading, or surf the Internet for a fresh idea to draw readers into your latest post. Make your something fascinating to you, and it will become real to your readers.

If you’re looking to make money from your one or many blogs, then there are web sites you can sign up for to bring in revenue. One of the most trustworthy sites you can sign up with is “Google Adsense.” This is a blog revenue site that places ads on your blog. It’s free to sign up, and each time someone clicks on an ad you make some profit. Blogger has an application that you’re able to add to your blog if you’re interested in using this service.

In addition, there are pay-per-post sites that will pay you for each blog posted. If you have multiple niche blogs, then this might be the route to go. While you don’t need a large readership, you may spend a large majority f your time writing. This is time taken away from family, friends, and other activities that you might enjoy. If this is the sacrifice that you’re willing to commit to, then you have my full support. However, I personally wouldn’t be able to do it.

Finally, submit your blog to search engines. Submit it also to blog sites that time submission links of blogs. The more exposure you give your blog, then the more readers you’ll have. The more writing you do, the more people will read your blog. Keep in mind that you have more readers than comments, and when you stop writing–they stop coming. It’s a two-way process that’s being done, and you may have some loyal readers.