10 Good Reasons to Start your own BLOG

Writing is something that has always fascinated me. Web logging could be considered as one of the modern forms of writing; it’d rather be more appropriate to use the term “publishing”. Although I’m new to blogging, it has given me ample pleasure and taught me many an important lesson. Hence I did a little research and came up with the ten most popular reasons to see if I could convince anyone to start their own blog.

01.  As a very good hobby

Blogging is an excellent hobby for those who enjoy spending their leisure in a creative manner. If you are blessed with some time to kill, then a blog is sure to provide you with the opportunity to make the most out of it! It is quite financially effortless as well since there are plenty of services such as blogspot, weebly, tublr and wordpress that are willing to host your blog free of charge. All you need is  a will to blog and a computer or a mobile device with an internet connection.

02. As a mode of self-expression

Expressing one’s own self is a must for any healthy human being. A blog is among the best ways to target a mass audience all over the world to share your thoughts and views and to get the feedback from your followers.

03.  As a way to create memories

You may post anything in your blog; from text to videos. You can write about your personal experiences and add graphical enhancement with colorful photography so that one day you will have the priceless pleasure of scrolling through your old posts; taking a happy walk down memory lane.

04.  To stay in touch with friends and family

A blog is a great way to connect with your folks. You may share media with friends and family instantly via a private or even a public blog.

05.  To Practice your creativity

Creativity is a gift. If you have it; you ought to preserve it with the right respect. Practice makes perfect; but the opposite of that is bound to happen if you lose touch. Blogging as a hobby is a wonderful way to harness your creativity.

06.  A way to share your knowledge

Most blogs are written with the motive of helping people. The knowledge you have gained through education and experience could be very useful to another person in need. Hence blogging could quench your thirst to help people.

07.  As a way to meet people like yourself

When you blog about your views and ideas, the people who follow your posts are definitely in favor of what they read. This gives you the amazing chance of meeting like-minded people who share your vision.

08.  To become an expert in a particular field

When you write investigative articles, you gain plenty of knowledge regarding a variety of things. Upon repetition of articles on a certain topic, you automatically become an expert in that field. This will benefit you in numerous ways.

09.  To market or promote something

As I said before, a blog is an effective method to get your views and ideas across the world. Hence it is easy to promote a cause or your visions. Further if you have a product to market, a professional blog could help your reach that goal.

10.   A platform to make some extra money

As you go on blogging, you would attract a reasonable traffic to your page at one point. Then it will be time for your blog to earn you some extra money; that is if you want it to. There are several programs such as Google’s adsense that pay you for an advertising space in your blog. However, one can hardly reach any success if he/she had pocketing some money as his/her primary target.