Q&A for How to Create a Personal Blog

Focus on what's important to you, and be honest about your thoughts and feelings. Re-read over your old blog posts to look for insights and figure out what you should write about in future posts.

In addition to publishing regularly, make sure to respond to comments readers make on your blog post. Interacting with your readers and building a community will encourage readers to keep coming back.

Make sure your work is memorable. Whether you're posting written work, video content, or something else, it's the delivery that will make people remember your work. Make content that is good and clear with the audience in mind.

Content is queen! If your content is not good, you’re in trouble. Try to understand who your audience is and why what you do matters to them. Rather than simply thinking about what you want to say, consider what the audience needs to hear to get your message across.

Each has a different appeal, depending on what you're wishing to do. WordPress and Blogger tend to be used for longer posts and WordPress is often considered widely useful and good for professional purposes. Tumblr tends to be for smaller posts, it changes often and isn't ideal if you're trying to create a brand and ongoing structure with.

Monetize your blog by contacting a company that offers an affiliate program and promote their brand on your blog. You can also apply for Google AdSense, where Google will be paying you per each person that views their ads on your site. It depends on what works for you.

This can be done in WordPress easily. You can add as many people with different roles like editor, admin, media manager, etc.

Yes. Promote products from big companies that offer affiliate marketing.

Absolutely, you can blog from anywhere you have Internet access. That would be very interesting, since a lot of people haven't been to boarding school, and could get an idea of what it's like.

Absolutely. He may need help from an adult setting it up and maintaining it, though.

Not really, but any page set up on a blogging site can easily become child-friendly. The parent should work with the child and help him or her set up an account and create a blog.

Certainly, in a blog you can write about anything you would like to.

Twitter is a microblogging platform, so none of your posts can be longer than a few sentences. If this is what you want, great. Setting up a Twitter is easy as setting up Facebook, etc. Just go the Twitter website or download the app and follow the prompts to get started.

Blogger.com is the only free option that will allow you to use Google Adsense. WordPress is the most popular, but without spending a good deal of money up front, you can't run your own ads.

Sure! With some hosted blog systems, you'll need to pay or move your blog to self-hosted.

On the first day blogging, introduce yourself (first name, age, and grade, but never tell anyone the name of your school or where it is). Then tell at least 3 interesting facts about you not many people know. Then just start writing about what happens to you during the day, like if you joined student council, made a new friend, etc. It's sort of like writing in a journal, but for everyone to read.

You could use WordPress recommended hosts, like BlueHost or SiteGround, as they are good for beginners. Opt for their basic plan and shared hosting servers.

Yes, you can. Because it reflects which videos you enjoy and your interests.