Normally people cannot see the benefits of blogging. Blogging does not look like it is worth anyone's time, particularly info overload times we live in today. Nevertheless, there are a group of very informed people and business owners who know what the very strong benefits of blogging are; and those benefits are so valuable to them it is almost scary that the world is not required to blog like they are to breath.
To begin with it makes sense to learn what a blog actually is (if you don't). Originally the term blog was called a weblog. The "w-e" was dropped and everyone just started calling it a blog. What is a weblog? It is plainly a log of content. Before blogs, websites were either flash or static; then came the blog where you could add content whenever you wanted. It really reminds us of a journal. You remember a journal right; those things teenage girls use to write in pointing out who they hate and who they had a crush on. Now that we know what a blog is, what are the benefits of blogging?
The key benefit for me is the capability to improve my thinking. A guy I work with explained this to me in detail. Anything kept track of and consistently written on will improve the brain's processing of that information. Processing things better helps the brain cognitively, and this helps one think better. I used this process before my colleague showed it to me and it has helped me in many different topics I ventured to learn about. I'd simply journal or blog my experience and what I learned. It helps to retain it better, communicate it easier, thus helping the brain process it. This is thinking better.
In order to think better, we have to ask ourselves questions and think about the answer and write about it. This is how to develop content for our blog. We can research questions other people are constantly asking and think for them by providing the answers. Our thinking will get so much better because we're forcing our brain to work in the form of thinking.
Another unknown benefit of blogging is that it can help you earn income. I call it the mutual fund (at least the good ones) of the internet marketing world. Blogging consistently with good topics and content can be monetized online. You can use a myriad of methods to monetize your blog. Some use banners to the side with ads that are related to the article. Other bloggers just use Google Adsense, some have affiliate links with product offers; whatever the case there are a number of ways to monetize your blog.
In order to earn money, good quality content is a must. Spitting out junk will have people avoid such blog and with no visitors, monetizing a blog is extremely difficult. So far thinking better and making money are two of the benefits; whoever would have thought thinking and money would go hand-in-hand.
By blogging, a blogger is able to help other people. How-to blogs, educational blogs, product review, or just entertaining blogs help the reader or viewer and that is a benefit successful bloggers enjoy. In order to be successful with this, the blogger has to give quality-solution providing material and this is how blogging helps others.
Blogs that help other people helps turn the blogger into a known expert in his or her field. In the past, a stay at home mother started a blog about how she handled being a mom, wife, and stay at home person (mom). That simple hobby grew immensely and people began to come to her for advice. She was able to help hundreds of people and mothers all across the world began to view her as an expert. This is one of the benefits of blogging. Bloggers can get press passes to events in their niche, and get media spots because they are viewed as experts in their field. This is a great benefit to blogging.
There are other benefits; however, these four really stand out to me. Taking the first step and starting a blog is the key. Imagine starting a hobby that takes perhaps half an hour a day and it helps one think better, earn money, help others, and become an expert. If that does not make one go out and begin blogging, I just don't know what will. It is very easy to begin a blog today; it can start for less than 25 bucks a month. Get started today and enjoy the benefits of blogging!
To begin with it makes sense to learn what a blog actually is (if you don't). Originally the term blog was called a weblog. The "w-e" was dropped and everyone just started calling it a blog. What is a weblog? It is plainly a log of content. Before blogs, websites were either flash or static; then came the blog where you could add content whenever you wanted. It really reminds us of a journal. You remember a journal right; those things teenage girls use to write in pointing out who they hate and who they had a crush on. Now that we know what a blog is, what are the benefits of blogging?
The key benefit for me is the capability to improve my thinking. A guy I work with explained this to me in detail. Anything kept track of and consistently written on will improve the brain's processing of that information. Processing things better helps the brain cognitively, and this helps one think better. I used this process before my colleague showed it to me and it has helped me in many different topics I ventured to learn about. I'd simply journal or blog my experience and what I learned. It helps to retain it better, communicate it easier, thus helping the brain process it. This is thinking better.
In order to think better, we have to ask ourselves questions and think about the answer and write about it. This is how to develop content for our blog. We can research questions other people are constantly asking and think for them by providing the answers. Our thinking will get so much better because we're forcing our brain to work in the form of thinking.
Another unknown benefit of blogging is that it can help you earn income. I call it the mutual fund (at least the good ones) of the internet marketing world. Blogging consistently with good topics and content can be monetized online. You can use a myriad of methods to monetize your blog. Some use banners to the side with ads that are related to the article. Other bloggers just use Google Adsense, some have affiliate links with product offers; whatever the case there are a number of ways to monetize your blog.
In order to earn money, good quality content is a must. Spitting out junk will have people avoid such blog and with no visitors, monetizing a blog is extremely difficult. So far thinking better and making money are two of the benefits; whoever would have thought thinking and money would go hand-in-hand.
By blogging, a blogger is able to help other people. How-to blogs, educational blogs, product review, or just entertaining blogs help the reader or viewer and that is a benefit successful bloggers enjoy. In order to be successful with this, the blogger has to give quality-solution providing material and this is how blogging helps others.
Blogs that help other people helps turn the blogger into a known expert in his or her field. In the past, a stay at home mother started a blog about how she handled being a mom, wife, and stay at home person (mom). That simple hobby grew immensely and people began to come to her for advice. She was able to help hundreds of people and mothers all across the world began to view her as an expert. This is one of the benefits of blogging. Bloggers can get press passes to events in their niche, and get media spots because they are viewed as experts in their field. This is a great benefit to blogging.
There are other benefits; however, these four really stand out to me. Taking the first step and starting a blog is the key. Imagine starting a hobby that takes perhaps half an hour a day and it helps one think better, earn money, help others, and become an expert. If that does not make one go out and begin blogging, I just don't know what will. It is very easy to begin a blog today; it can start for less than 25 bucks a month. Get started today and enjoy the benefits of blogging!
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