Website for a blog: start a blog, price and example

What should a website for a blog do?

It has to keep you writing. A blog lives on posts, not design, so the tool has to be simple enough that you actually publish something every month.

• An editor where you write, add photos and publish without coding.
• Categories or topics, so readers can find more posts on the same subject.
• A Google title and description for every post.
• Fast pages, even with many photos.
• A page about you, so readers know who’s writing and why they should trust you.

Which pages does the website need?

Start with 5 pages. That’s enough for a customer to find the answer and get in touch, and you can always add more:

1. Home: what the blog is about, and the latest posts.
2. Blog: every post, newest first.
3. Topics: a page per category that gathers the posts.
4. About me: who you are, and why you write.
5. Contact: email and a form for readers and partners.

How much does a website for a blog cost?

A website for a blog typically costs DKK 15,000–38,000 to have made by a freelancer and DKK 43,000–110,000 by a web agency, excluding VAT. Running costs come on top every year. Over three years, that adds up to DKK 29,000–85,000 with a freelancer and DKK 70,000–212,000 with an agency. Build it yourself in Striive and there’s no build fee: three years cost DKK 5,500–7,500.

All amounts exclude VAT and come from our website cost calculator, built on Danish hourly rates: about DKK 500–900 an hour for freelancers and DKK 900–1,400 for agencies. Running costs are hosting, a domain, licences and a service agreement. Striive is DKK 99 a month incl. VAT for the first 4 months, then DKK 249 a month incl. VAT, plus your domain.

Having a freelancer set up a blog typically costs DKK 3,000–8,000 extra, and DKK 8,000–20,000 with an agency, excl. VAT. In Striive the blog is built into the website, and setting it up takes 1–2 hours of your own time. Posts get an SEO title, a meta description and a featured image from the same panel, and the photos are made web-ready in the media library.

What do customers search for when they need answers to what you write about?

Customers type what they need and where they live. Typical searches (in Danish, as they’re typed):

• [emne] blog
• hvordan [gør man noget]
• [emne] tips
• [emne] guide
• bedste [ting] til [formål]
• [opskrift/rute/projekt] i [town]

Use the same words on your pages: the trade, the services and the towns and areas you cover. Give each page a title and a description that say it, and check how it looks in Google with our Google preview. More in how to get found on Google.

What makes customers choose you?

Trust. The customer doesn’t know you yet, so the website has to show you’re good at what you do:

• A real name and photo of the person writing.
• Posts that answer one question thoroughly, instead of many short ones.
• Dates on posts, and old posts that get updated.
• Your own photos, showing you’ve tried what you write about.
• Honesty about partnerships: which posts are paid, and which aren’t.

What rules apply to a website for a blog?

The same as for every business, and a few for your trade. Every business must show its name, address, email and CVR number on its website (Danish E-commerce Act §7), have a privacy notice when it collects personal data through, say, a contact form, and get consent with a cookie banner before setting cookies for analytics or marketing. Prices for consumers must include VAT. The full list is in website requirements for businesses.

• If you get money, free products or commission for mentioning something, it must be clear that it’s advertising, for example at the top of the post. Check the rules on hidden advertising with the Danish Consumer Ombudsman (Forbrugerombudsmanden).
• Only use photos and texts you made yourself or have permission to use. A photo found on Google isn’t free to use.
• If the blog is private, it doesn’t need a CVR number, but if you collect personal data, for example through a contact form, the data protection rules still apply.

What could the front page look like?

Here’s how the top of the front page could read. The headline says what you do and where; the text under it says why to pick you and what to do next:

“Hikes in Central Jutland, with maps, distances and where to park.”

I’ve walked more than 100 routes between Viborg and Silkeborg and write about them so you can set off without getting lost. Find a route by length, or read this week’s new walk.

How do you make a website for a blog with Striive?

You build it yourself, with AI to help. Plan on 9–18 hours for a site like this:

1. Tell Striive about your business: what you do, where, and how customers reach you. Have an old website? Type its address, and Striive builds from it.
2. The AI website builder builds your front page and up to four more pages, with text about what you actually do.
3. Edit texts, prices and photos right on the page in the visual editor, or tell the AI assistant what to change.
4. Add a contact form, so enquiries land in your inbox.
5. Connect your own domain, check the site on your phone, and publish.

Which mistakes should you avoid?

These turn up again and again on websites for bloggers:

• The blog lives at a different address from the website, so it doesn’t help the website on Google.
• Posts have no Google title or description, just “Post 14”.
• Huge photos that make every post slow.
• No categories, so good old posts sink to the bottom.
• Three posts in the first month and none since.