If you are planning to create a blog, wordpress is the best platform to start with.Wordpress provides excellent blog management platform.It is free to install and you can buy a good hosting space and install this software for free.

1.Choose a Good Theme

There are variety of wordpress themes available for wordpress.If you select theme depending upon your need, your blog's look and feel will attract the readers.There are magazine type themes, adsense ready themes and many more.

You can also purchase premium themes and install it.A theme will also provide many options to insert your adsense code, google analytics code and banner space.

2.Choose Appropriate Plugins

There is a plugin available for every need of your wordpress blog.If you want to optimize your blog for SEO, there is SEO plugin available.If you want to autopost content for your blog, there is autoposting plugin available.

If you are planning to start a blog , you can also read my other hub which discusses about the popular bloggers and their inspiring blogging success stories here