2. Choose a Good Theme

You can't change the theme of your blog every day. Changes to your theme can negatively impact your SEO and readership.

It doesn't look professional to change themes often. When you are inexperienced you will probably choose a theme that you are attracted to, later you may have to change this theme to get better load speed. Once or twice is fine. Ask for advice before changing your theme as it will depend on the layout that you need and how many pictures you would be loading.

Your best bet is to keep it as simple a theme as possible without a large picture at the top. If you look at many of your top competitors' websites you will notice that they have very simple website themes.

It is important to start with a great theme and stay with it for a long period of time. It is crucial that you choose the right WordPress theme for your blog before you start blogging.

There are many benefits to choosing a high-quality theme that loads quickly.

A great theme will not only increase your readership but also help with SEO. It allows you to customize your website in any way you like.

Most premium WordPress themes aren't free. It's sometimes not possible to get the best products for free. It's worth the investment to purchase a theme.

But there are many free WordPress themes, such as Astra, GeneratePress, Blocksy, and Kadence which are a great starting point.



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    jn232 Premium
    This is very helpful to me as a newbie, Lily.
    I am now moving to your next tutorial: 8 Ways to find trending topics.
    What I normally do is having a google alert to send me daily topics based on my interests or related to my niche. It does help me a lot too.

    Thank you,
    Joe
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    Aussiemuso Premium Plus
    That's a terrific idea, Joe.
    It's good to stay focused so that you are growing in knowledge the way you desire.

    Lily
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    YvonneBray Premium
    Great idea Joe.
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    jn232 Premium
    Oh yes, Lily.
    This google alert is the tutorial that I learned from Kyle's lesson.
    It does give me tonnes of new ideas and current topics on what I should focus on more.

    Joe
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    jn232 Premium
    Yes, it is, Yvonne.
    The google alert set-up based on my niche opens up a lot of ideas or topics that I should focus on more.
    For example, for this whole month, I'd already had well-planned topics to blog about, after looking into my google alert.

    Joe
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    YvonneBray Premium
    That’s great to hear.
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    Zveki Premium
    Lily, thank you so much for your helpful information and wish you even more success here 🙂
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    Aussiemuso Premium Plus
    So kind of you Zveki.

    Lily 😁🎶
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    Israel17 Premium
    Thanks for highlighting the fundamentals of blogging, Lily! This is much appreciated.

    Israel Olatunji
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    Aussiemuso Premium Plus
    You are very welcome Israel.

    Lily 😁🎶
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    muslimah Premium
    These are essentials things to consider for successful blogging.
    Thank you for the reminder, Lily.
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    Aussiemuso Premium Plus
    Happy to oblige my friend.

    Lily 😊
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    YvonneBray Premium
    Great training Lily and it’s a good reminder of what needs to be done.
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    Aussiemuso Premium Plus
    Yes Yvonne, it seems to be in the detail.
    Lily 😁🎶
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