In our
earlier post on How To Make Money Online, we discussed so many
ways you can earn online and
I believe you remembered in the post that we made mention of blogging as
one of the most essential way to make money online and it was stated in
the post that through blogging, the other means of earning online comes
naturally. If you have read our post on the topic,
I will congratulate you because you have taken another step today to know more on how to earn online but
if you are here without reading the earlier post I will advise you to read it now before proceeding: How To Make Money Online 2016
many are curious to know what blogging is all about, so todays post will take us through the things we need knowing on
blogging.
What is blogging?
Blogging
is an act of writing. It is an online journal that enables people to
share their thoughts, views and interact with people through their
comments on each post. The rate of blogging on the internet is now
on the increase because so many people have now been motivated to start
blogging simply because, it is very easy and mostly free to setup.
This act of writing this post you are reading is simply referred to as blogging.
WHERE TO START YOUR BLOGGING
1. www.blogger.com:- free
2. www.WordPress.com:- free
3. www.tumblr.com:- free
4. www.medium. com:- free
5. www.WordPress.org:- $5 per month with other fee
6. www.square space.com
7. www.typepad.com:- $9-$30 per month
8. www.weebly.com:- $5 per month with other fee
9. www.drupal.com:- $12- $80
10. www.jomla.com:- $20- $100 for premium plan
The above mentioned sites are where you can start your blogging career from,
I know you still get it confused of which one to choose from the above sites, Read this article to give you proper enlightenment:
ADVANTAGES OF BLOGGING
1. It can make you money
Earning
decent incomes from your blog is attainable once you create value with,
and grow an audience around, it. Many big blogs make millions of
dollars every year.
2. It can help you aid good causes
Whether
it’s bringing drinkable water to more people, supporting the education
of orphans or building schools for poor communities, blogging can help
you lend a helping hand to great causes you believe in.
3.It challenges you
Let’s
be honest, we all need to do something challenging at some points in
life. It’s easy to slide into our comfort zones and stop growing. Not
with blogging though!
Although starting a
blog is easy, managing it is not. Coming up with interesting ideas,
interacting with readers and building a community around the blog are
awesome challenges that would force you to keep learning and growing.
4. It helps you build an audience
People
are attracted towards things and places they get value from. When you
start a blog, you can start creating value and building an audience.
5. It lets you help other people
You
want to inspire young people to discover and explore their true
potentials? Start a blog. You want to spread the virtues of your faith?
Start a blog. You wish people would make better choices in relationships
and want to help them achieve that? Start a blog.
6. It disciplines you
Showing up at regular intervals is hard. Blogging helps you cultivate that discipline.
7. It helps you build credibility
Certificates
are fast losing their standing as the acceptable way to prove you have
skills or knowledge on a subject. Whether you’re a job seeker, an
entrepreneur seeking investors, an NGO representative seeking
connections, or a professional seeking clients, starting and running a
blog is the best way to build credibility.
By regularly sharing
helpful information about a subject, and openly sharing bits about your
life, your struggles and glories, you build trust and position yourself
as an expert, and reaching your other goals becomes much easier.
8. It helps you get published
If
you’re still waiting for a publisher to come pick you – who have no
readers yet – you might wait till… forever. The way out? Pick yourself.
The easiest way to get published today is to first get a blog and build a
loyal readership.
9. It can land you speaking engagements
Your
blog opens you up to a world of opportunities, including speaking
engagements. The feeling is amazing. I know this because it’s happened
to me. I’ve been invited to speak at events and keynote at conferences,
thanks to thoughts I’ve shared on my blog.
10. It can promote your art or hobby
We
all have things that make us tick. Whether yours is writing, bead
making, drawing, painting or singing, a blog can help you promote it.
11. It sharpens your observation
Blogging
challenges you to look beyond the obvious, to ask questions where
everyone else simply nods, and to set the status quo on its head. The
more you blog, the better you see and appreciate tiny details others
take for granted. This translates to a better memory and improved
performance in other stuff you do.
12. It helps you stay in touch with distant friends and family
One
of the most important concerns everyone should have in life are his
family and friends… Family members who love and care. And true friends
always ready to help and support your dreams.
But sometimes, dear
people aren’t near. When the adventures and challenges of life come
calling, we get too far, too busy or too distracted and forget these
important people in our lives.
Having a blog where you document
your life adventures, ideas and struggles (and maybe even receive
comments) is a great way to stay connected with family and friends who
might be thousands of kilometers away.
13. It boosts your creativity
Blogging
pushes you to be resourceful, to envision and try to create the
beautiful things you want to see in the world. You imagine better,
create ideas that challenge norms and share your genius with others.
That’s how to become an idea machine. And you can go ahead to give the world something essential it doesn’t know it lacks.
14. It helps you make better choices
Many
things happen in your life, relationships and environment every day.
You read, see, feel and hear many things every day. You won’t be able to
blog about them all. That means you’ll develop an eye for meaningful
things.
By selectively blogging on only the most
important things to you and your blog readers, you’ll improve your
filter, and become more skilled at making better choices in your life.
15. It makes you happy
Personally,
I’ve found that the feeling of having inspired, helped or saved someone
is what gives me the greatest joy. I’ve heard many other people say the
same thing.
And since I’ve embraced blogging, it has
helped me become more generous with my knowledge. There’s an amazing
bliss I feel with every positive comment, email, tweet and Facebook
share I get from readers whose worlds my words have impacted.
It’s a great feeling and money cannot buy it.
16. It gives you freedom
Blogging
can give you the freedom to work from anywhere, at any time of the day
and on things you actually enjoy doing. It can give you the freedom to
finally have ample time for your family and your hobbies.
And it can afford you the freedom to travel the world as you please while making a modest living from your blog.
17. It helps you acquire valuable new skills
When
I started blogging, I didn’t know a thing about domain names, hosting
servers, HTML, social media, link building, SEO, blog design, etc. Now I
do.
With your blog, you instinctively start learning
about these stuff and more. Within a short time, you’ll have amassed a
ton of valuable new skills that you’ll be proud of. These skills alone
can make you thousands of dollars. I know it because that has been the
case for me.
18. It eases your personal problems
Everyone
has problems. Whether it’s your health, family or finances you have
challenges with, blogging can be an avenue to get listening ears and
maybe seek help for your personal problems. And isn’t a problem shared
halved?
19. It helps you learn new things
Blogging
is about sharing what you see, or want to see, in the world. It’s about
teaching or sharing what you know and what you, too, are learning. When
you start a blog, you’ll find yourself always learning new things about
your areas of interest so you can keep sharing without running dry of
ideas.
Think of it this way: when you set out to wash
clothes, your objective is to clean the clothes, not your hands, but
it’s your hands which become clean first.
20. It makes you think clearer
The
ability to think clearly and generate ideas is one of life’s most
critical skills, yet one of the things you don’t get taught in school.
Blogging fills that void, helping you grow your thinking muscles
exponentially.
You’ll learn to reflect deeply on your
life, your relationships and your society; engage with others
intellectually, appreciate the strengths in arguments and point out the
flaws in them; appreciate the tiny distinctions between what, why and
how; the nexus and disparity between excuses and justifications, and so
on.
21. It helps you write better
Many things have
boosted my writing proficiency over the years: essay contests, tapping
from mentors, reading books, etc. But none of them has challenged me so
consistently as blogging.
These and many more you can achieve through starting your blogging career today.
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