What the hell is blogging?

This was and is a great question.

What the hell is blogging?

Why do people blog?

Will a blog help my business?

How to make money blogging?

And my personal favorite:

What bloggers won't tell you about blogging.

Alrighty then. Let's tackle each one step by step....wow Backstreet Boys just jumped into my head....yikes...where was I? Oh yeah...blogging questions.

Before we go any further I will say upfront that the answers provided are mine and mine alone. I have different viewpoints on blogging from most people and well.....if I seem to be way out there then good....I always think outside the box.

Question number 1.

What the hell is blogging? Blogging, to me at least is a great way to stay in touch with people from around the world and stay up to date. Yes we have email and yes we have social media sites but the cool thing about blogging is that anyone can set up a blog for business or personal use and keep it private from the rest of the web.

I hear silence....it amazes me how so few people do not know of this little trick. Even if you use blogger, as I do for the majority of my blogs there is an option to make the blog private in your dashboard.

But why do you want to do that?

Simple, the blog could have several contributors about family or work or whatever and you don't want to share it with the rest of the planet.

I have one for friends that are from high school, so why would you want to read about memories of other people? Then again, maybe you would. :)

Blogging originally started as just that.

Question number 2.

Why do people blog? Aside from the reason's mentioned above, people blog to make money. Several people make a lot of money from blogging....I am on my way and I truly hope you are also.

Question number 3.

Will a blog help my business?

In a word...Absolutely. Any online presence helps a business but blogs seem to have a special power to rank in search engines quickly, granted this is usually short lived as most people don't keep them up dated or don't get actively involved in their blogs lively hood. If you blog properly then the sky is the limit.

Question number 4.

How to make money blogging?

This one is tricky. That depends on you and what you are blogging about and how much time and effort you will put into your blog. It's not like the good old days of internet blogging (2004-2006) lol, where you could throw up a blog in 10 minutes post, tack on adsense or cpa's and watch the cash roll in...believe me it used to be that easy.

A few options are to do affiliate linking, cpa's etc. This one is up to you and your personal blog and views, it can definitely be done however.

And my personal favorite:

What bloggers won't tell you about blogging.

Most bloggers spend 3 to 5 hours a day doing various tasks. I spend over 10 hours doing research, answering emails and contributing in various places around the net. So what most pro bloggers won't tell you is it's hard work. Sorry to scare you here, but when you blog and you take your blog seriously you have a real business and real things to do.

Such as:

Write articles.

Post daily.

Update the style every now and then.

Contribute in forums.

Answer reader's questions.

Keep up to date on the latest technology.

Etc, etc, etc.

This is not to say blogging is a bad thing. It's a great thing if you have a passion for helping people and making a difference. Maybe even a little cash. Don't quit your day job right away, it can take months or years to see a first paycheck. But once they start....you get so motivated to be even more successful that you will be.

A final note.

What does blog mean?

I have been asked this several times also and my personal answer is this:

Better
Listing
On
Google

BLOG ;)

I might be wrong, probably am...but hey...it works for me.

Best

Garret