Domain Name:

It is always better to register a longer domain name easier to remember and that makes sense than a shorter one that doesn’t. Go with just Letters Numbers, hyphens and other unknown characters can confuse your user. And register the ‘.com’ domain rather than ‘.net’ or ‘.org’. It should be obvious why.

Content:

Ok, now when your blog is set, important thing to focus on is your content. Originality and regularity are the two most important factors that will determine your site’s fate. Think what you know that most people don’t. What are your fields of expertise? Make it your niche. For example, a celebrity Gossips blog is a celebrity gossip niche.

Spread The Word:

Participate in different forums and reply on posts that matches your sites content. If you think you have written something amazing, interesting or unique then dig it. Submit a new topic on digg.com and you will immediately see some traffic. There are whole bunches of these kinds of site. Submit your story on as many sites as you can. If nothing happens, you will end up getting free backlinks from these high page ranked sites. But this technique will be only feasible for a short period. You will have to keep providing good content so that the visitors want to come to your site directly.

Monetizing Your Site:

Some webmasters claim that they don’t want to focus on monetizing the site unless it gets some traffic but I believe that you have to think about monetizing even before you register your domain. Think ways how you can earn money without loosing the professionalism of your site. Don’t just fill your site with junk ads. Google adsense and adbrite are probably the best source of income for webmasters. Also check for affiliate marketing because it can help you earn a lot of money in a small period of time. Read other webmaster forums as mentioned above to know what are the latest money making trends on the net.

And finally, be optimistic, don’t give up and pray.