Why Should I Blog?
Introduction
So youâve heard the term âblogâ and you want to know what blogs are all about. Well youâve come to the right place. My goal is to help take you from asking what a blog is to having all the knowledge you need to start a blog of your own.
Over the months and years you will be able to share your thoughts with hundreds or thousands of readers, promote yourself, your business or your cause and you may even earn a full time living from your blog.
So What Is a Blog?
Letâs begin with some definitions. A bit dry, we realize, but this is a necessary evil. First weâll define the word this whole site is based around â blog.
A blog is a frequently updated online personal journal or diary. It is a place to express yourself to the world. A place to share your thoughts and your passions. Really, itâs anything you want it to be. For our purposes we will say that a blog is your own website that you are going to update on an ongoing basis. Blog is a short form for the word weblog and the two words are used interchangeably.
Here are a couple of other definitions:
ââŠthe first journalistic model that actually harnesses rather than merely exploits the true democratic nature of the web. Itâs a new medium finally finding a unique voice.ââAndrew Sullivan
â[a] collection of postsâŠshort, informal, sometimes controversial, and sometimes deeply personalâŠwith the freshest information at the top.ââMeg Hourihan
Terminology
In our English language, many derivatives of the word blog have been created. One who participates in the activities of maintaining a blog is known as a blogger and the activity of keeping a blog is known as blogging. So we could say that the blogger blogs in his blog, but that might cause your English teacher to cry or laugh. Make sure you understand what they mean before you go on.
Blog (noun) â a journal or diary that is on the Internet.
Blogger (noun) â a person who keeps a blog â Bloggers are revolutionizing the way news is shared.
Blog (verb) â to write a blog â I am going to blog before breakfast this morning.
Blogging (verb) â the action of writing a blog â Blogging is my way of sharing my passions with the world.
Originally blogs were known primarily as places for people to write about their day-to-day activities. Their mundane, everyday tasks became fodder for journal entries. Somehow these writers gained a following and the hobby of blogging was born. Today people write about far more interesting topics, but weâll get to that in a minute. If you look on the side of the blog page, youâll noticed that my blogs so numerous now that I have them in categories.
Who Blogs?
So who are these fearless people who would be willing to post about their lives in as public a forum as the Internet? They are people just like you. Once the haven of technical know-it-alls, blogging has suddenly caught-on as a legitimate hobby and has entered the mainstream. Every day millions of people, some of whom have no technical ability whatsoever, write on their blogs.
To meet this demand some amazing tools have been created that will allow anyone, even people with very little knowledge of computers, to have their own blog. If you can find your way onto the Internet and follow some basic instructions you can have your own blog. Itâs just that easy.
Why Do People Blog?
So you may be asking why anyone would want to have their own blog. We believe the answer lies in the fact that every human has a voice and wishes their voice to be heard. The Internet is a medium that is unparalleled in its reach. Never before have average people like you or me been able to reach a global audience with so little trouble. Bloggers have the opportunity of reaching hundreds or even thousands of people each and every day.
There are still many people who like to share the details of their days. They may post twenty or thirty times a day, detailing when they ate lunch and when they headed home from work. On the other hand there are bloggers who give almost no detail about their lives, but write instead about a hobby or interest of theirs. They may dedicate their blog to something they are passionate about.
In fact, todayâs blogs can provide hair tips, up-to-date news, technical information, celebrity scandal, political rumor, gets people involved in volunteering, advice on investments as well as there being blogs on cooking, health, gardening, sport, blogging blogs (this blog) and of course many personal blogs and quite a few strange blogs.
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