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| There are always seems to be two sides to a subject. |
There are always two kinds of people. The ones who agree with you and the ones who don't. Pick a subject, any subject and you always will have two sides to it. So when I bring up the point that one of the easiest and most expressive ways to get YOU out into the world of the the Internet is to blog you immediately get the two sides of topic. First there are the eye-rolling naysayers who swear that blogging is dead and you are just wasting your time. Can't we all just express ourselves in 140 characters or less? Better yet isn't it better to just Facebook your ideals and interests? Blogging is so last-couple-of -years-ago, isn't it?
It is my hope to help persuade you back into the light and side with me about the benefits of blogging. Here's why.
Yes it is true that you can express yourself in the social media world by doing tweets, statuses and other media blurbs. Though in those cases you are extremely limited to the amount of content you can provide to others and if you notice most of them point to other sites that have more information - like blogs for example.
Blogs or Blogging allows the author to discuss specific points of interest with much greater depth and detail. It also allows you to have viewers who are interested in your particular subject to know that the posts created are made for them and they know what to expect. Everyone else can simply ignore it and move on. You have then a focused audience and can write to their and your needs.
Getting it off your chest, you've heard that expression before and believe it or not blogging has been one of my most pleasurable ways to do just that. Discuss subjects that are of interest to me in a way that I feel comfortable explaining them. I am not a technical writer in any way and I know that my posts are not grammatically correct. In fact my wife IS a technical writer and I have brought her to tears with my writings. The funny thing is when I have put out posts that have been "corrected" I immediately get comments back of the difference, this is not a technical manual and to cut it out. I listen to my readers and writes how I writes. The point is you don't have to worry about how you write your blog, rather that you make sure you write a blog. Tell people how you feel about a particular subject. Then use Twitter, Facebook, Google+ and the tons of other social media outlets where they can go to get more. If you write it, they will come.
I can't tell you how much of an outlet blogging can be. I personally cannot express myself in too many media ways. For example, I can't draw a circle to save my life but I can tell you about all the good things in my circle and the stuff on the outside as well. You can too. Sure you may not have thousands of readers right off the bat but that is not important. What is will be you venting your viewpoints and information into blog posts. When you get enough of them out there people will come and read them. For me personally it is a great stress relief.
My first blog I ever put a good effort into was about geocaching (go figure). It is called "
Geocache: I'm NOT Obsessed... Right?" and it was a way to talk about my geocaching adventures from day to day. Now over the years it has become an award winning encyclopedia of insights that is viewed all around the world. Who'da thunk a career that I have in Over The Top Television, Internet Video, Podcasting and so much more would have originated from a simple blog telling what I think about a game, sport and obsession like geocaching. It happened to me, go out and see what it can do for you.
See you out on the trails,
Andy HeadHardHat Smith
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