Is Blogging Only For Money or something else?
When one gives a quick look at the articles written on blogging, the common theme seems to be making money from blogging. The authors invariably talk about adsense and how we can make money from blogs. Is blogging only for making money? Did blogs begin with that idea? Are we losing the direction somewhere?
Blogging is definitely worth a try. There are many people who enjoy Blogging, you will come to know that Blogging can really be one of your hobbies and you can do it as part of fun when you are tired of other activities. Saying that, there are people in Blogging industry very serious about their sites and really work hard to make tons of money, but that takes a long time to establish a career in Blogging.
A blog gives an opportunity to everyone to express himself/herself on the Internet. We feel that we are sharing our deepest thoughts with other members of the world. Blogging is bringing the world nearer to each other like never before. In certain cases, a blog is a great therapy for venting out anger, frustration and other negative feelings, which can otherwise damage the psyche. Blogging was never started with the object of making money on the Internet.
Blogging can also become one of the ways for people to know you, you can create Blogs on your life if it has been inspirational, people love reading autobiographies that interest them, and so if you have stories to tell, it can be love or action story but an interesting one, people will definitely pay their attention to your blogs everyday.
Imagine the scenario when the majority of blogs will somehow try to collect content from different sources and hope that their ad gets clicked. Is that not wasting of quality time? Will such blogs contribute to the Internet at all? Who will visit such blogs? Everyone is busy building a blog that makes money, so why should he/she visit other blogs?
A blog can contribute to very lively discussion. A blog can be a great platform to meet people and talk. A blog is a great way to help budding talents show case their work to the world. Let us not make blogs only as a money making tool.
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i do it for both, money and something else. the something else is for having fun, making new friends around the globe and having fun writing down about what i’m thinking of
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This is a good post. But I believe that one can blog for the fun of doing it too. And I have made lots of wonderful friends blogging. I think that there is money to be made but you have to become established first of all. Like your blog.
I blog for 3 reasons.
1) To make friends in the world.
2) To improve my English
3) To make money
3) is the most hard one…
There are all sorts of kinds of blogs – from wikipedia:
There are many different types of blogs, differing not only in the type of content, but also in the way that content is delivered or written.
Many blogs provide commentary or news on a particular subject; others function as more personal online diaries. A typical blog combines text, images, and links to other blogs, Web pages, and other media related to its topic. The ability for readers to leave comments in an interactive format is an important part of many blogs. Most blogs are primarily textual, although some focus on art (Art blog), photographs (photoblog), videos (Video blogging), music (MP3 blog), and audio (podcasting). Microblogging is another type of blogging, featuring very short posts.
On my personal blog I talk about my personal life and I never talk about making money. On my business blog, I share all sorts of ideas about making money and advertising.
Blogs do not all fall under one category – it’s silly to try and say they should.
nice post
it’s a really nice post…
money, knowledge, writing skill
I don’t believe a blog becomes successful with one of it’s main goals that of making lots of money. I believe successful blogs are from people who are passionate about the subjects they write about, regardless if they make money or not.
Blogging is like life itself. Those who become successful find that monetary rewards are a by product of their success, they are not successful because they make money. Most people who have attained wealth on their own, would gladly do what it is they do, for far less money.
i love blogging because i gain lots of friends all over the world. Thanks for the visit.
Money contributes a strong part in my blogging motivation.. but I also prioritize the quality of my contents above everything
i do blogging for both, social networking, share knowledge then to get extra money from internet. but money will come number two if we have a stable and loyal reader. so, I think we should focus to build a quality blog first.
nice post, keep posting bro … always smile
nice post my brother,,im waiting next posting on your blog
vsit the faithful blog friends … I’m waiting for the smile from my friends
wow is very nice site, is my first time to visiting here, can we link x-change? tell me
Well i like blogging both for money and also for myself, the reason is that i can make a online computer by making a blog online, where i can place all that i want and there is no risk of hard drive failures.
Nice post.
Regards
I blog for self-expression. Though I enjoy the monetary revenues I’ve gained from blogging, my sole motivation is to express and not to impress. The wonderful people I’ve met at the blogs made my blogging journey colorful and meaningful.
I blog simply because I love to write rubbish.
I blog because I like to share the stuff I love doing, exploring nature, taking photos and retro computer programming. Monetization is a secondary consideration
This post, I really like, hope you write this more…keep your good write, blogging for me while having fun and more getting fun when earn some…and wish we can make a good relationship, would you like to exchange link with me??? I’m very grateful if you will…thanks…
Such a nice blog, love your post so much, I hope you always happy to share this every single day… and have a nice day
I Blog to make friends with people who want to make money and then direct them to ways I have successfully used to do it, so I guess indirectly I blog to make money and that’s as much fun as making friends, isn’t it?
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It’s the fans who pay money to support the club and even legends like Lee Dixon. It is our club, we fund it so we should be able to protest if we don’t like the way it’s run.
It’s the fans who pay money to support the club and even legends like Lee Dixon. It is our club, we fund it so we should be able to protest if we don’t like the way it’s run.
Actually, I don’t understand why one wouldn’t want to do both. Especially if you are paying for your domain and hosting. Simply put an adsense ad or a program that pays you per impression on your site. Then you simply set it and forget it. Check it when you need some funds. Maybe you’ve earned. Maybe you haven’t. Most likely, if you have good content, you will have earned at least something.
i do both, blogging for make money and for my pleasure, blogging its my hobbies .