How to Start a Blog in 2025 | By Sophia Lee

[@beauteapolitan]

I’d really love to see if you can have a case study where you start an anonymous blog in 2025 and report back what you learned running that blog. Thank you!

[@stephaniejsmes8991]

Yes, that would be great. It would be nice to start from scratch. Also a suggestion would be to not do it under the name bysophialee. It can be totally from scratch.

[@corineglass]

I absolute agree!

[@milanab6647]

First Comment! Can't wait to implement your tips!!!

[@theresoundingglory]

Hey hey! Bought your blog and Pinterest course on Pinterest course now. Your stuff is soo good!

[@beauteapolitan]

Bought her bundle. Happy to report everything is good! Especially her email course. It's better than the other email marketing courses I bought! And her social media mini course is so jam-packed too!

[@Estearchives]

I’m a purchaser of the entire perfecting series ( minus email, still beginner blogger and email just isn’t my focus at the moment) BUY THE COURSES 10/10 recommend Also! WOW Sophie all the years I’ve watched the “ how to start a blog” series I never saw the “ get TikTok” part coming LOL. Though I will say after finishing perfecting Social Media, I’m very comfy adding social media into my blogging strategy to make money. Thanks bsl team!

[@Dagoddesseve]

Is the course for people who aren't writers like does she show how to create the content?

[@Estearchives]

like show you how to create a blog post? Yes. She gives detailed examples on what a google rank-able, easy read blog post, should be structured like. Everything is very step by step. It’s a great breakdown

[@Dagoddesseve]

@@Estearchives great thank you!

[@theresoundingglory]

I feel like you are growing in a way to really assist with business scale up. Have you thought about offering business course scaling your business from a blog and consultations with it? I think that would be awesome

[@valecastudios4839]

Thanks for all the amazing Tips!

[@kerstinmoser7815]

Thank you so much for this!😊 I'd be very interested in a video on how to make and use pictures on your blog. I live in a rather not aesthetic home and don't know how to make beautiful pictures. But I also don't really want to use generic stock photos. Tips on how to approach pictures on your blog (also how many, what size and where to place them) would be so appreciated!😊

[@itiaharts]

GREAT INFO, SOPHIA!!

[@senakwon]

Thank you so much for this video. 💜

[@Tarab40]

Hey! My history is acting, film & and production, but I'm finally trying to lace up my writer's shoes, so this was such good info! I'm looking forward to checking out a few things mentioned. I have to say though, there was something going on with the sound in this video. I'm not sure if it was maybe your mixer, but throughout the whole video, there's an underlying noise that sounds like a squared pencil or pen rolling back & forth over a desk. Just wanted to give you a heads up. 😉

[@arihantparsoya]

What are your thoughts on running newsletters?

[@geioshawilson4]

What if you want to make your vlog about your life and reviewing books and video games what would you do

[@briannenewby7308]

I've recently bought your beginners guide to blogging and I was wondering about niche ideas. You said having one single niche allows Google to rank you faster because they know what you are about. But what if you have a lifestyle niche? Will it be harder for Google to rank you? Should you only have 2-3 lifestyle topics you post about? Or what would be too many. How often should you be posting each topic you write about?

[@Faraz_khan0]

I'll be honest with you. This is out dated information. All of this trying to please google stuff worked a couple years ago, but since the past year, their algorithm has changed drastically. It's near impossible for a new blog to rank on google and get traffic just through SEO right now. I don't know why influencers are still promoting this outdated strategy of trying to get traffic from google. SEO is pretty much done for. I've been into blogging since 2017, and I'm saying this very responsibly. It would be better to invest your time and effort growing on other social media platforms and on KZbin. You'll have a much better chance of making income. All these bloggers that are still making big money are already established businesses, not just blogs anymore. They have developed big e-mail lists and tons of followers over the years when things were different, and now they sell courses and services to those followers. That's how they're still making money. Nothing against it, but i think selling blogging courses specifically in today's time is being dishonest with beginners who are eager to put effort and make an online income.

[@imaan7073]

@@Faraz_khan0that’s interesting, where did you learn this?

[@Faraz_khan0]

@@imaan7073 as I mentioned, I've been a blogger myself since 2017. I was also a member of a paid bloggers group and around 95-98% bloggers lost majority of their google traffic in the past year. I know bloggers who were making 10s of thousands of dollars and lost 90% of their income.

[@zozzle_]

Just did your course and started my blog about AuDHD.

[@_LauraElizabeth]

I'm in this niche too! What's your blog?

[@rebeccamarcus8121]

What are some tips for how to create videos? How to edit them, shoot them, any equipment I should have to make my. Ideas legit? I am a complete novice!

[@azpersonal]

Sophie would you say to wait for maybe a black Friday offer for your courses😢

[@ramshaqayyum6071]

Can you tell me your blog website to read your articles.

[@ramshaqayyum6071]

Also I have a question, like how the brand believe on us for sponsered blog that in real we have this much pageviews or traffic on our website. How we show them?

[@AlyssaPai-d1i]

I wanted to start a blog so I can make "passive" income, be less financially stressed out, and be my own boss. I am afraid to start a blog because I don't know what I would write about that would make me money. I can't say there are a lot of niches/ideas that I'm passionate enough (or at all) to write about. Should I bother start a blog because of this?

[@victorialee4833]

Only do it if you're willing to work 20-30 hours a week for 1+ years and potentially see no money. It's a grind until you make it, if you ever do

[@birds_are_alright]

A blog is definitely not passive. It can open up doors later for passive income, but a blog will take at least a year of at least 4 posts a month plus socials (ideally 8 to 16 posts/month) for Google to see your blog as relevant and trustworthy.

[@angelpagecdlmhq]

Hello there, I agree with the idea that you should adopt the human touch and not use AI-generated content. That said, I believe although it's not quite there yet, it has incredible potential as an assistive tool. I noted the suggestion of being specific and saying "I did ABCXYZ", etc., BUT my dyspraxic brain is struggling to reconcile this with something you've said previously, that "Nobody Cares About You" - Surely, if this is true, then it naturally follows that it's better to avoid the use of first person? Or could it be that more people actually do care than we think, and after being drawn to a post, they might buy into the person behind it because of an authenticity? Or because the post resonated with others. Or because more people prefer the personal, the human touch to AI content. Still trying to figure this out, as I signed up to a Bluehost plan in the summertime... But the idea that "Nobody Cares" seems like a very cynical outlook to have, and with this in mind, I suspect that others taking the critical step would feel less motivated, or wonder what the point is. 💕✨

[@WeShareTheSameAffliction]

When she says "nobody cares about you" she was saying instead of writing a post called "my favorite skin care products" to instead title it something like "skin care products to change your skin in 3 weeks" or something that is more focused on the reader and what value you can bring to them, since when we're just starting out, nobody cares about our favorite products or what we like. That will come later once we have some authority and have built a following. For example, Taylor Swift or Beyonce can write about their favorite items and everyone cares since they're already well known. But us who are just starting out would do better to focus on phrasing things in a way that is not about us, since we're not well known yet.

[@Faraz_khan0]

Not trying to be a party po0per but All of this trying to please google stuff worked a couple years ago, but since the past year, their algorithm has changed drastically. It's near impossible for a new blog to rank on google and get traffic just through SEO right now. I don't know why influencers are still promoting this outdated strategy of trying to get traffic from google. SEO is pretty much done for. I've been into blogging since 2017, and I'm saying this very responsibly. It would be better to invest your time and effort growing on other social media platforms and on KZbin. You'll have a much better chance of making income. All these bloggers that are still making big money are already established businesses, not just blogs anymore. They have developed big e-mail lists and lots of followers over the years when things were different (and honestly a lot simpler and easier), and now they sell courses and services to those followers. That's how they're still making good money. Nothing against it, but i think selling blogging courses specifically in today's time is being dishonest with beginners who are eager to put effort and make an online income.

[@sanasadia6301]

Can you please have English subtitles in all your past vedios or from now on bcz i cant understand as you speak fluent and words intermingle even at slow speed. national language is not English so it is difficult. Hope you will consider

[@valeriacook372]

Girl just activate the CC and it will show subtitles automatically

[@sanasadia6301]

Thank you so much I didn't know that before 🤭

[@dssd4890]

Attention span is really nothing these days. I heard till that part and then i don't think i heard anything else after that in this video. I zoned out pretty hard lol. When I came back its already 16:59 WTH!

[@wellnesswellth]

How about Pinterest and KZbin? So much value in this. Blunt and actionable, just how we like it 🩷