There are countless people that wonder how to start a blog. Starting a blog isn't as daunting as you may think. There's plenty of information on how to start a blog for free as well, but in spite of that, thousands beyond thousands still want to know.. rightfully so... as to how to do this the right way to experience high success rates in blogging. Considering how large the blogosphere is these days, you can't just turn on your computer and say today's the day I want to start a blog, talk about whatever comes to mind and see droves of traffic knocking down your blog's door to hang on to your every word.. those days are long gone.

With that said, there are several things that you need to consider before getting into the meat of blogging itself. Goal/purpose, subject matter and niche are extremely important elements. Those are the first few things that you need to make sure that you've got squared away.

If you start a blog without a clear goal or purpose in mind for your blog it's going to be quite difficult to see where you're going to go with it or what you're going to do with it too. So I'll ask you this... what do you want your blog to do for you ?