Only last week I was asked to share my views on Blogging with a group of 20 students at a local university. It was such a wonderful experience, and at the end of the discussion, I offered them help as well. I said if anyone of you wishes to become a serious blogger, send me your draft posts and I will do tweaking for improvements.
I thought few posts on the subject would interest readers. So expect several small posts here on this subject. And these will be purely based on my experience of blogging.
Question is, why blog?
Key reasons for me were “Recognition” and “Expression”. In addition to these two, I think for a young blogger, there are three more convincing points; blogging
- Improves creativity
- Improves writing skills and styles
- Interaction with wide community around the globe.
I was reading a report by KPMG, UK that suggests;
• People are watching more television, reading more news, playing more video games, spending more time updating their social networking profiles and using more video on demand services than they were six months ago, according to a new survey published today, but their actual spending has plunged as increasingly consumers expect free access.
• Spending on 'traditional' media such as newspapers and magazines has dropped almost 20% in the last six months, while spending on digital media has almost halved.
• Online, social networking and blogging remains the most popular pastime with half of all respondents doing it compared with 47% six months ago. The big jump in usage most recently has been among 45 to 54 year olds, increasing from 37% to 45%.
When more and more people are searching for reading material online, with over 2.9 million searches every minute, opportunities are infinite!
My next post on this subject will cover:
1. Challenges Before you Start
2. Finding your Niche
So watch out -
I thought few posts on the subject would interest readers. So expect several small posts here on this subject. And these will be purely based on my experience of blogging.
Question is, why blog?
Key reasons for me were “Recognition” and “Expression”. In addition to these two, I think for a young blogger, there are three more convincing points; blogging
- Improves creativity
- Improves writing skills and styles
- Interaction with wide community around the globe.
I was reading a report by KPMG, UK that suggests;
• People are watching more television, reading more news, playing more video games, spending more time updating their social networking profiles and using more video on demand services than they were six months ago, according to a new survey published today, but their actual spending has plunged as increasingly consumers expect free access.
• Spending on 'traditional' media such as newspapers and magazines has dropped almost 20% in the last six months, while spending on digital media has almost halved.
• Online, social networking and blogging remains the most popular pastime with half of all respondents doing it compared with 47% six months ago. The big jump in usage most recently has been among 45 to 54 year olds, increasing from 37% to 45%.
When more and more people are searching for reading material online, with over 2.9 million searches every minute, opportunities are infinite!
My next post on this subject will cover:
1. Challenges Before you Start
2. Finding your Niche
So watch out -
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We would love to see in your next post, the methods a person can adopt to enhance readability of one's blog
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