Bloggin For A Reason

by Joji M John

For some it’s just a fun thing to do, while some others feel they will soon be left out; they soon join the crowd. Everyone who uses the Internet knows someone who has a blog. Now what do you find in a blog that you don’t find anywhere else… nothing? If you are a friend of a blogger, you probably visit his blog because you want a sneak peek into what’s happening in his life, right? Don’t deny that… been there done that! Oh, and if you are a blogger yourself you visit other blogs thinking that the other guy reciprocates.

So why do you blog? Ask yourself this question. If you can’t answer, I can tell you why you blog . . .

• You wanted to be famous like the friend of yours getting all the attention? You want people to give you more attention and listen to you more.
• You are socially disabled and the only contact you have is with the computer. You obviously have not taken a bath in a week or more. And you believe that the only people in existence on the planet are living on the Internet.
• You do not really care what people think about you. You want to drown others in your personal agony. You come up with some thoughtless contradictions that you think others will like to argue with you about.
• You want to have a say in all things that are happening around you. You want to talk about what you ate this morning, which side of the bed you got up etc. You have an agitated head that wants to express all the million bits of thoughts that is entering your head.
• You want to be a self-proclaimed town crier. You think of the eyeballs of people who know you, who are constantly looking for important updates about another person they know. You want to be the first to announce a friend’s wedding date that others know about already. You want to keep the rumor mills turning.
• You think you are very important in the society. You want your opinions to be read and heard. You want to give your profound insights and meaningless thoughts that you feel will affect society at large.
• You want to be a writer and you are only practicing your skills.
• You have a lot of time and maybe you are even jobless at the moment.

If you said YES to any one of these and that is the only reason you blog, you probably need to rethink what you want to do with your blog to put it to better use.

Now I will tell you the reasons why I blog.

• A blog is a very important source of information online. We know we are constantly on the lookout for more data to process and a blog is an all-important source. No denying that. I want to be a source of such useful information.
• I have a business and I need to promote my business online. If I own my own blog, I can self promote my services to you and because you know me you are probably going to recommend me and refer your friends.
• I know that Search Engines like content. Blogs are a great way to get my site noticed by the search engines. Because a blog is fresher than static sites, search engines love to visit blogs and index them. If I talk about my business in my blog and use a lot of keywords related to my business, people are more likely to find me when they search for something on Google and they will find the link to my business site and visit it. Believe me, the Internet works that way and this alone is a very good reason why you need to have a blog.
• I want to establish myself as an expert in my field. The more people hear about me and my business, the more likely they are to put their confidence in me.
• Blogs are a great way to position my company in the eyes of my existing clients. In other words, giving it a more human face.

Here is what Jonathan Schwartz, president and chief operating officer of server maker Sun Microsystems had to say about blogs after he started a blog himself and found that it was a gold mine. “It’ll be no more mandatory that they have blogs than that they have a phone and an e-mail account. If they don’t, they’re going to look foolish.”

Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates is considering starting a blog, says a company spokesperson.

Filmmaker Michael Moore began a blog on July 4, 2005 to promote his controversial new movie, Fahrenheit 9/11.

About the Author:
Joji M John is the CEO of 2edge Solutions http://www.2edge.com, a webdevelopment firm specializing in ecommerce & CMS development. He also owns a number of successful websites. For more information visit http://www.jojisayz.com

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