HOW TO START BLOGGING ON MIRROR: A STEP-BY-STEP GUIDE

January 22nd, 2025

Before we begin I want you to take a moment and imagine a world where you truly own your content, connect directly with your audience, and even turn your blog posts into valuable digital assets that you constantly earn from. That is the power of MIRROR!

Unlike, or let me use the word better, than traditional platforms, Mirror leverages the power of the ETHEREUM blockchain technology to empower creators with ownership, transparency, and new innovative ways to monetize and earn from their creativity.

In this guide, I’ll show you an exact step by step how to start blogging on Mirror—from creating your account to minting your first post as an NFT.

Why MIRROR? The Unique Advantages of Web 3 Blogging

1. Ownership and Control:

Through the blockchain technology writers are given full ownership of their contents. The open-source technology oriented platform allows you to see how contents performs and also the customizable licenses allows you to control your content completely.

The Mirror platform operates a transparent system for all to access.

2. Monetization Opportunities:

The MIRROR monetization opportunities are so flexible and solid that it enables creators to be able to earn for a lifetime from their contents. Article minting, crowdfunding, tokenization and so much more gives you the ability to blossom your earnings as a writer and blogger.

More will be treated on this in a later article.

3. Community Engagement:

Through the Mirror Split feature and community voting you empowered with the ability to foster deep reader connection and grow a loyal audience.

STEP-BY-STEP GUIDE TO START BLOGGING ON MIRROR

1. Step 1: Setting Up Your Web 3 Identity

Your Web 3 identity can also be referred to as your wallet.

What You Need:A crypto wallet e.g., Trust wallet, MetaMask, Coinbase etc.

The 3 examples I gave are the wallets I most recommend.

Remember to keep your secure your wallets by writing down your seed phrases and keeping them safe.

2. Step 2: Accessing Mirror

At the beginning when Mirror just started invitations used to be required, but now Mirror is now open to everyone.

To gain entry into Mirror you must have an account, and you've just done that in step 1. Your wallet serves as your identity and financial point of contact for receiving payments from the platform like your traditional bank account.

Now here is the platform interface 👇🏼

Now click on get started, and this window would pop up👇🏼

There you search for the wallet you intend to use. Mind you, you can use your wallets browser extension to connect to MIRROR directly. Once connected your account will be created. Very easy and better than traditional platforms that requests for personal details.

3. Step 3: Creating Your First Post

Now here is me logged in 👇🏼

Now to make your first post tap on the ‘CREATE’ icon at the top right corner, just beside your dp.

You'll be taken to this page 👇🏼

Remember to breakdown your post into subheadings and paragraph for easy read.

4. Step 4: Publishing and Minting Content

After writing your content go ahead and publish the post by clicking on the ‘publish’ icon at the top right of your post, here 👇🏼

You can choose to publish it as a free post or mint it has an NFT or even turn it into an edition you'll be given the options. More will be treated on this in a later article.

Why it Matters: Success on Mirror depends on your ability to promote your content on your other socials and draw readers. There are various ways to do this;