Easiest Blog Hosts to Grow Your Business/Blog

If you're thinking about creating a blog for your art business, first you should find a site that will host it.

Most will stop here, thinking "I know nothing about creating a blog, let alone a website."

From the most customizable blog to the easiest site to use, there are many to bring instant attention and show the world your ideas and experiences. Listed below are a few of the most popular and widely used "blogsite" builders. Click the dropdown menu next to it to see more.

Wordpress

One of the most popular options for creating websites and blogs, their site provides templates that are easy to use, and you can use their service for free. The only catch is that your website domain name will include “WordPress” in it.

For instance, your potential buyers would go to your website “lomise-art-blog.wordpress.com” rather than the more simple “lomise-art-blog.com.” If you are willing to pay, you can upgrade to a site without “WordPress” in the domain term and acquire entry to even more customization alternatives. However, it is a great option for a simple and effective "blogsite" design.

Wix

Wix’s blogging platform is fairly straightforward to get the hang of, and it offers a variety of attractive design options and templates to work with. In addition, it comes with features to analyze your blog’s performance and monetize your content, which will come in handy as you build your readership.

- Wix's "How to start a blog" page.

As you may notice by a banner in the top corner of all pages associated with this site, it was built on Wix! However, that does show a downside; the domain name will be "-.wixsite.com" on all free plans, and show a "created using wix" banner at the top.

However, there are also many benefits to using Wix as a site builder, including those quoted above. When you create a blog on Wix, you can integrate Google AdSense ads to your blog and generate income anytime those ads are viewed or clicked. For the ads on your blog to be profitable, make sure that they relate to your audience's interests. There is only one catch to this - you need to have your own domain.

Weebly

Similar to WordPress, Weebly is free and extremely easy to use. The site name is included in the domain unless you pay to make it your own, but that isn’t a problem if you don’t want to pay extra. Just focus on making your branding as consistent as possible, and people will ignore “weebly” in your site’s address.

Weebly offers tons of features so you can easily customize your art business blog to your heart’s content. And, you don’t need any technical experience to do it! Add anything from images, videos, and slideshows of your artwork to maps, surveys, and contact forms to better connect with potential buyers.

Tumblr

If taking on a full-blown customizable website seems too daunting, but you are also looking to easily connect with people, try a site like Tumblr. Tumblr consists of over 200 million blogs, so not only is it a good platform for people to read your own personal blog, but a great source to follow and communicate with other art blogs as well.

For instance, if you see something you like on Tumblr, you can repost it to your own blog and add your own commentary. Artists or fans can do this with your content as well, so you can interact constantly with new people. With a whole Tumblr section dedicated to art, the possibilities are endless for what you will find and the other artists or art enthusiasts you will meet.

Sources used:

Information on Wix:

• How to start a blog

• Monetising your blog

Websites to grow your blog:

• artworkarchive.com