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The blog is the backbone of the modern website. If you’re a beginner blogger and want to learn to blog you’re in the right place. In this section, you will find useful articles on how to start a blog and become a successful blogger.

Evergreen Content: What It Is and Why You Need It?

Evergreen Content: What It Is and Why You Need It?
If you happen to be a newbie in the world of digital marketing, you might be not familiar with evergreen content quite yet. It is a popular buzzword used in content marketing and referred to as one of the key factors for achieving content strategy success. Whether or not, you are familiar with the evergreen […] Read the full story

16 Practical Tips That Guarantee More Blog Subscribers

16 Practical Tips That Guarantee More Blog Subscribers
A lot of people who run a blog often get so caught up in writing regular blog posts that they forget about the heart of their blog – their subscribers. Your subscribers are one of the keys to making your blog successful and reaching out to more people. You can have amazing content, but it […] Read the full story

73 Top Blogging Tips For Beginners (2023)

73 Top Blogging Tips For Beginners (2023)
Eager to start blogging? No wonder, since blogging has become a dream job for everyone endowed with a creative mind and a laptop. Sharing ideas and voicing opinions seems easy, delightful, and fulfilling enough for you to decide on building a blog and giving it a go. It is true, but there are still a […] Read the full story

How Do I Name My Blog? (50+ Blog Name Ideas)

How Do I Name My Blog?  (50+ Blog Name Ideas)
If you want your blog to be counted among the best, one of the most important things to consider as you set it up is selecting a name. There are more than 570 million blogs on the internet, but only a few million get the traction and traffic that all others wish for. While people […] Read the full story

How to Find and Validate Your Niche As a Blogger

How to Find and Validate Your Niche As a Blogger
This article is a part of our in-depth guide on How to Start a Blog. Before you start a blog and find your way to blogging stardom, consider the following nugget of ancient Greek wisdom: “The meaning of life is in attaining the highest form of knowledge.” Incidentally, this is also all you need to […] Read the full story

12 Blogging Mistakes That You Should Definitely Avoid

12 Blogging Mistakes That You Should Definitely Avoid
At this point, even your grandmother knows that “you need a blog”, but not everyone knows how to be successful at blogging. You might know how to start a blog, but you have no idea how to make it productive and prosperous. We see a lot of people jump right in with little preparation and […] Read the full story

Why Do People Blog? – 15 Benefits of Blogging

Why Do People Blog? – 15 Benefits of Blogging
When blogs and blogging began, the original purpose was for individuals to share their personal lives online, similar to an online journal. Over the last decade, blogging has evolved from having more personal to more professional goals. Instead of individuals solely blogging for their friends and family, blogging began to encompass professionals blogging for the […] Read the full story

50+ Best Examples of Popular Blogs in 2023

50+ Best Examples of Popular Blogs in 2023
We’ve created this article with a simple mission, to share with new bloggers some examples of successful and popular blogs on the web.  Hopefully, these niche blog examples will motivate you to start your own blog.   However, the quality of the content itself is sometimes not enough, meaning that most popular blogs also pay attention […] Read the full story

8 Types of Blogs and Bloggers. What Type is Yours?

8 Types of Blogs and Bloggers. What Type is Yours?
In the blogging world, there are different kinds of blogs and bloggers who blog to reach specific goals. If you decided to start a blog, but you’re not sure what your blog is going to tackle, then identifying the type of blogger you want to become can help. In this post, we’re going to look […] Read the full story

20 Reasons Why You Should Start a Blog (for Business and Pleasure)

20 Reasons Why You Should Start a Blog (for Business and Pleasure)
What is a blog and why start one? There are many reasons why you should have your blog. This article will look at twenty ways why everyone should have his or her blog. For some of us, there is nothing more satisfying than having the job of a dream. Whether it’s engineering, art, biology, or […] Read the full story

Posterous is Dead. What Now?

Posterous is Dead. What Now?
Reaching for the Stars An astronaut with a wrench floats in the void of space, with only a smoking satellite for the company. Beside him are the words, “Posterous Spaces is no longer available.” On April 30, 2013, this popular service went down. At the time of its demise, Posterous had an estimated 60,000 daily […] Read the full story

Robot Wisdom and How Jorn Barger Invented Blogging

Robot Wisdom and How Jorn Barger Invented Blogging
Blogs are everywhere. Everybody, every business, everywhere, has a blog these days, some run on free platforms like Blogger and WordPress, but the majority of blogs are created on self-hosted platforms where you are in charge of everything. There are blogs on family, health, writing, music, news, a million other things, and, yes, blogs on […] Read the full story

84 Experts Reveal The 3 Best Blog Marketing Tips

84 Experts Reveal The 3 Best Blog Marketing Tips
When you just starting a blog you have many things to take into consideration, from choosing a domain name and web hosting services to writing content and promoting your blog. Whatever you started a blog as a creative outlet or to make some money, you probably want other people to see your hard work. After […] Read the full story

Free Blog Checker the “Fifth Eye” Tool by FSG

Free Blog Checker the “Fifth Eye” Tool by FSG
Tool description Summary. The “Blog Checker / Fifth Eye” tool comes in handy when you have to check big lists of websites (URLs). It lets you preview web pages in one display without annoying copy-paste processes and mark (vote) them Yes or No. By using this tool, you can review 100s of websites in less […] Read the full story

Blogger Icon Set by FirstSiteGuide.com

Blogger Icon Set by FirstSiteGuide.com
60 Free Blogger Icon Set We’re happy to offer a free useful icon set for you. This cool set of 60 New Blogger Icons was released by FirstSiteGuide and our friends from Infographics.kz for the WordPress Blog Community. The icons are available as PNG (in two sizes) and AI source files and FREE of use […] Read the full story

Free Custom “Blogger Sans” Font by FSG

Free Custom “Blogger Sans” Font by FSG
We’re happy to present you with the “Blogger Sans” font, which was custom-designed to be used on our website FirstSiteGuide.com. However, we would like to release this font 100% free, which means you are FREE to use it in any web design or blogging project with one condition. The font is licensed under the Creative […] Read the full story

Why Do People Blog?

Why Do People Blog?
When blogging began, the original purpose was for individuals to share their personal lives online, similar to an online journal. Over the last decade, blogging has evolved from having more personal to more professional goals. Instead of individuals solely blogging for their friends and family, blogging began to encompass professionals blogging for the public to […] Read the full story