[00:00] Here's exactly how I'd start a blog. In 2026, if I had to start over again and do it from scratch. So I wouldn't touch WordPress, keyword research, SEO tools for the first little while. I'd just start with products. I'd pick three to five affiliate offers I trust
[00:12] or a few digital products that I would wanna build in the future. That's my monetization layer. I don't write a word until I actually know how I'm gonna monetize this thing. Then I'd build the entire blog around problems that solve things for one specific audience.
[00:24] So like things like how to write cold emails, best tools for AI course creation, how to automate a newsletter, things that people are actually searching for and need help with. Next, I go to Google and Reddit, type these in, copy every phrase that shows up in auto-suggest,
[00:37] people also ask, top-ranking subreddits. No tools, you can just see what people are actually searching for, finding one niche that you like. Once I have like 20 validated topics, I just create a clean site on something like Ghost or Framer, skip the plugins, skip the blog themes, just get it up and online.
[00:51] Every blog post I write would double as a script for a YouTube video or a short video. I embed the videos back in the post to improve the dwell time and get views on both sides. So the goal isn't traffic. it's targeted traffic that actually buys things that's how i build a money-making website in 2026
[01:04] starting with zero audience and zero domain authority comment the word blog below and i'll send you my free training on how to get started