How to Start a Profitable Blog Course

DAY FIVE · Check and launch your blog

Look at how far you’ve come! You started with an idea, and now you’re putting together a real place to share it. If pressing “publish” feels a little scary, that doesn’t mean you aren’t ready.

Today we’ll walk through a simple check so you can share your blog with more confidence. It doesn’t have to look like someone else’s five-year-old business. It needs to work, welcome your reader, and give them something helpful. We can build from there.

Still setting up? Return to Day One. Work through the course at your own pace.

Before you share the link

Your domain opens the correct site over HTTPS without a security warning.
Your homepage explains who the blog helps.
Your About, Contact, and policy pages are accessible.
At least one useful article is published, and sample/demo content is removed from public view.
Your menu and links work on a phone.
Any signup form delivers what it promises. Any product you sell has a tested checkout and delivery process.

Turn off a coming-soon page, if you have one

Coming-soon controls belong to your host or a plugin; not every WordPress site has the same switch. If Bluehost’s coming-soon feature is enabled, follow Bluehost’s current coming-soon guide to locate and disable it when your site is ready. If another plugin provides the page, use that plugin’s settings.

I have not verified your individual dashboard, and its labels may differ. Use the official guide or hosting support if the switch isn’t where an older screenshot showed it.

Check search visibility separately

Under Settings → Reading, review “Discourage search engines from indexing this site.” If your finished blog should appear in search, that option should not be selected. This setting is not a password or privacy barrier, and changing it does not guarantee search rankings.

WordPress’s Reading settings guide.

Set up measurement

You can prepare your Google Analytics account, property, and web data stream before a public launch. Data collection depends on correctly installing the tag and visitors loading it, subject to your consent settings and applicable requirements. Verify a test visit rather than assuming setup is complete.

Google’s Analytics setup guide. Track useful actions such as signups and purchases, not only page views.

Test like a new visitor

Open your public domain in a private browser window where you are not logged into WordPress. Check that visitors see the actual site, not a coming-soon page or login screen. Test again on your phone.

If an old page still appears, check the coming-soon setting and your host’s cache instructions. A domain that was just connected may also need time to update. Don’t bypass browser security warnings; ask your host to fix the certificate or domain setup.

Share one helpful article

Send your first article to a few people who would actually find it useful. Ask whether anything was confusing or broken. You can improve from that feedback without waiting for a large audience.

Your task for today

Complete the visitor check, fix any broken links, and share one useful post. Launching is the start of learning what readers need—not a promise of immediate traffic or income.