Where Can I Blog for Free 6 Sites to Get Started

I'm gonna start this video with a giant disclaimer .

I do not recommend that you permanently blog on a free platform or any of the free platforms that I mentioned in this video .

So if you watch this video , don't start running out , telling people , Alison Lindstrom said that I could run a blogging business on a free platform and I don't have to pay for hosting or any of that stuff .

No , Alison Lynch did not tell you to do that , but I do , you do want to mention a couple of free blogging platforms that you can get on so that honestly you can test drive blogging because when I start talking about running a blogging business , I tell you pay for your own hosting , get a domain , get a website set up and it's going to cost you a little bit of money .

But what if you're sitting there saying honestly , I don't really know that I actually want to blog .

I don't even know that I'm going to like blogging or writing blog posts .

I completely understand and honestly , I'm probably one of the cheapest people that you will ever meet .

And so I don't want you to spend money on web , on a website like on the hosting or on the domain , if you don't know yet that you actually want to blog .

So in this video , I'm gonna share a couple of my favorite free blogging platforms that you can use as a test drive .

And then if you decide that you actually want to go ahead and blog permanently full time and you want to build a blogging business , then you will want to move on to some other options .

So here's what I'm going to do for you guys .

In this video , I will leave all the links down below of all the free platforms that I recommend .

But then I will also leave a link to my free blogging course so that you can use one of these free platforms .

You can start to get your feet wet and kind of take blogging for a test drive .

And then you can also sign up for my free blogging course so that you can learn more about what it takes to run a blogging business so that you can decide whether or not really is the best choice for you .

The first free platform that I recommend is blogger hands down .

It's probably one of the most popular platforms that people use to test drive blogging .

I do think that even though it's incredibly popular , I think that the interface is a bit outdated , but it's still a great option .

You can sign up for free and then you can go ahead and put up your blog post and you know , really test drive the whole blogging , feel the second platform that I recommend wordpress dot com .

Now , you should know this right out from the gate , ok .

There's a difference between wordpress dot com and wordpress dot org .

There's not a whole lot that you need to worry about in this video .

If you're just looking for a free platform , you're just going to want to go with wordpress dot com later on in the future .

If you decide that blogging is for you and you want to do it permanently , you are no longer test driving it , you want to do this full time or you want to continue to do it , then you will have to move from wordpress dot com to wordpress dot org and pay for your own hosting .

So there's a little bit of , you know , some different elements that go into wordpress dot org .

If you want to just test drive , head on over to wordpress dot com .

The third free platform that you can use is Wix dot com .

Now keep in mind that with Wix and then with a lot of these other platforms , there are free plans and then there are upgraded plans that you can move on to Wix I think is one of these um I created a free Wix blog .

How old was I ?

It was years ago , I was a lot skinnier back then .

That's all I really remember .

I don't remember my age .

Um but it was a really easy platform to use .

I felt like it was incredibly user friendly .

Um But I haven't seen too many people use the upgraded Wix plans permanently .

I don't typically see like full time bloggers use Wix .

But I do still think that it's a really great free platform to , for you to use to just kind of test drive things same as all the rest of these platforms .

It's a good user friendly free place to join .

The fourth platform that I recommend is Webley Weeley is I would say one of the less popular , less popular in the sense that it's not hard to use or it's not a bad option .

I think that it's a good option , but I just don't see a ton of people use it .

Um But it still is yet platform that you can check out .

So maybe you just prefer their interface or you prefer the options that they have .

Again , I will leave all the links down below .

The fifth platform that I recommend is called medium .

Now .

Medium is very different from the other four platforms that I have mentioned .

It is not like Wee Wix wordpress or blogger .

It's not where it's not a place where you can go and create a blog , but it is a place where you can go and write blog posts and post blog posts .

So honestly , the only reason that you would start a medium account , so you're not even going to start a blog , you're just going to start a medium account is to just get honestly , get in the practice of writing blog posts and posting content online .

So you're not gonna have your own website , you're not gonna have like a direct link really for people to go to , you're going to go and create a free account and then you can post your own blog posts or your own articles or whatever .

And so it really is just a place for you to go practice the writing aspect of it .

And that brings me to my sixth and final recommendation for you .

And that is actually Tumblr .

Tumblr is very popular , especially I think with the younger generation , I feel like a lot of younger kids really know and use Tumblr .

Um I'm a huge fan of Tumblr , although I am not part of the young generation .

Um But here's basically what Tumblr is , it's not really a place for you to go and practice blog posts .

So like me , you're not really going to create your own website , you're going to create a free account and then you can post things .

So you're not typically , you will not see a lot of people write blog posts .

It is more like photography or , you know , graphics focus .

So if you're a really great graphic designer or you're a really great photographer or you are just a budding art .

You know , maybe you haven't got quite gotten to the point to where you're a wonderful photographer , but you're working on it and you want a place to go and share your photos , then Tumblr would be a good place to go .

I do see some people turn Tumblr into like a full time blog .

But honestly , like in all the years that I have in , in all of the thousands of bloggers that I have run into , I honestly feel like it's only been a handful .

So Tumblr is not really a place that I would recommend you go and create a full blown blog .

But I do think that is a great place for graphic designers or photographers that just want to share their content and get used to the idea of making it very public .

So again , like medium , it's not a place where you're going to go and create a free blog , but it is a place that you can go and practice those blogging skills that you will need with medium .

That would be the blog post writing .

And then with Tumblr , that would be the sharing of your art or your photography .

If you guys liked the recommendations or you're excited about the recommendations in this video , be sure to hit that like button and please leave a comment down below .

Let me know which one you are going to be using or which one you have used in the past .

And again , if you are interested in my free blogging course , because right now you're probably just interested in the free things , then I will leave a link down below .

You may not be at the point where you're ready to kind of follow and , and do the actions in every single one of the lessons that I send out to you guys .

But having access to a free blogging course will kind of give you an even deeper understanding of everything that will likely go in to your blogging journey .

And it can really help you make a more firm decision into whether or not you are ready to invest in buying a domain , etcetera and so forth .

So , thanks so much for watching this video guys .

As always , I'm Alison Lindstrom and I will see you next time .