Before deciding on whether to start a blog

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Blogging typically has a low startup cost – $10-15 to canada whatsapp mobile phone number list a domain (renewable each year), plus web hosting to get started. Many new bloggers will start with a hosting provider that costs $10 or less per month, but as your traffic grows you will need to upgrade to a better, faster plan. These upgrades can jump up to $30-60 or more per month for quality web hosting.

Then, you should also factor in costs for a theme, advanced plugins, and outsourcing articles, among other costs. Many professional bloggers also invest in email marketing and SEO/keyword research applications (which can cost over $100/month).

So in sum, blogging can start out cheap but it has a lot of extra costs once you “go pro”.

With podcasting, you need to invest in your gear up-front which can be as little as $50 for a basic-quality mic up to hundreds of dollars for decked-out tech (up to you).

Then, all you need next is podcast hosting (similar to web hosting) which averages to be around $10-15 per month. If you wanted to, you could even make your own cover art and edit your own audio using free software on your computer.