Just like many of you, at one point I wondered about starting a blog of my own.
I
wanted to start a new blog and be somewhat intentional about it. I had
questions and others have also shared their questions with me.
- Should I just start a blog of my own or just comment on other people's blogs?
- Should I just start by being a "guest blogger" on an existing blog?
- And, my biggest question: should I start separate blogs for various topics?
As for the first two questions, sure, you can do those things, but if you really want to be known for who you are and get yourself known, I encourage folks to start their own blog. You can still do the other things (commenting and guest posting), but having your own blog gives you lots of freedom to be yourself.
I discussed the last question (my "big" question) with someone I talked to regularly who was (and is) a prolific blogger: Sacha Chua
- She encouraged me to start one blog and cover all the various topics I
was interested in. If you view her blog, you can see that's how her's
is structured. There are various topics listed that seem unrelated. She
made the point to me that people can always pick the topics in your blog
they want and ignore the rest. And, who knows, they might read about
something that you're interested in that they had never considered and
therefore open up new horizons for themselves.
So,
I intentionally started this blog. I saw recently that I've had 33,000
hits on it. So, someone must be interested in the topics I share.
You can start a blog on Blogger.com (google) or wordpress.com and it's free to get started.
Start writing about what interests you. You can always start your first post with your new journey in blogging
Next time, I'll cover: What topics should I blog about?
In the meantime, please share your thoughts about starting a blog.
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