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Guides to blogging, newsletters and Ghost

Practical guides for people who want a site and an audience of their own.

• How to start a blog or newsletter
  Topic, platform, domain, first posts and an email list, in plain steps.
• How to start a recipe blog you own
  Why a blog beats Instagram captions, how to structure a recipe, and what Ghost can and cannot do.
• A Substack alternative
  What Substack and Ghost each cost, and what you gain and give up by moving.
• Moving from WordPress to Ghost
  What carries over, what does not, and how to keep your search rankings.
• Managed Ghost hosting
  What hosting includes, the two plans, and how to choose between running it yourself, Ghost's own hosting, and us.

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Last updated 2026-10-30.