Why Everyone Should Have a Blog
Personal blogging isn’t anything new; people have had blogs since the late 90’s — but only recently has it become so easy for anyone to create one. Fully dynamic blogs can be created within seconds using software like WordPress, Blogger or TypePad — all three of these offer free hosting services too.
Gary Vaynerchuk does a good job of explaining why everyone should have an online video show; I’m going to try and do the same for why everyone should have a blog.
Your blog is whatever you want it to be — but whatever it is, it’s original. Here are some reasons why everyone should have a blog:
Your online home
If anyone ever Googles your name, this will be the first result (in most cases). This means that people who know you can find you online; your blog could potentially be a meeting point for old friends.
Make your view heard
Blogging is all about your opinion, and it’s one of the best ways to get it out there. Sometimes, if people agree with your view, you’ll get a lot of publicity from social news websites like Digg linking to you — suddenly your blog becomes the centre of attention — all because of your opinion.
Unleash your creativity
Not all of us will have the opportunity to write a book — but we can all write a blog. Share your thoughts, photos, videos and more to the world. It doesn’t matter if everyone doesn’t like what you share, but out of the millions of people in the world, someone will.
It’s the new media
Mainstream media is slowly diminishing: Newspapers are becoming blogs; TV Shows are becoming YouTube shows; Radio shows are becoming podcasts. The future is on the internet, and blogging will be even bigger than it is today — establishing a domain and blog early may help you in the future.