Writing compelling content takes time to find your voice, connect and engage. However a lot can be learned early on with lots of practice. Here's how to start...

No doubt by now you will have seen numerous posts about setting goals for the New Year. Goal setting is an essential tool to successful blogging, but before you can set a goal, you need to take time and look back over the last 12 months and review your progress. If you haven't reviewed last year yet, now is the perfect time to do it!

If you've ever thought about starting a blog, wondered if blogging is right for you, or are ready to jump right in and start a blog for yourself or your business this course is for you.

In my FREE Ultimate Guide to Start a Blog Course, I will guide you through 7 steps to start your own blog:

1.  Is a blog right for you? What is your blogging purpose?

2. What will you blog about? Define your blogging niche and make sure it's viable

3. What will you call your blog? 4 factors to consider when choosing a domain name

4. Start your blog - register your domain name, set-up hosting and install WordPress

5. Get your blog looking good - blog design and theme choices

6. Add content and functionality to your blog with WordPress

7. Blog launch checklist and bonus learning modules on email and social media

The ProBlogger Job Board advertises hundreds of blogging jobs every month and each ad is seen by thousands of writers. If you're looking to earn some money writing, or you're looking for writers for your website, there's many opportunities.

Best Writing Jobs Board

- Kyle Byers, Growth Badger 

#2 of Best Job Sites to Find Freelance Writing Jobs Online

- Denise Lim, Make Use Of

Back in November of 2002 when I first hit ‘publish’ on my original (and short lived) Blogspot Blog I did so believing that this ‘blogging thing’, which I’d only just heard of, would be a bit of fun. I started for a number of reasons but in short it was curiosity and the hope of a new hobby and perhaps some new connections that drew me to it. At the time I was working three jobs.

Over time, through hard work and discipline, using the techniques I’m going to share with you in these courses, my blogs have grown from a hobby (some would say an obsession), to a part-time, then a full-time job, all the way through to a fully fledged business employing a team of people.