I hope you had a marvelous yesterday whether you celebrate or not ! Alas, you might be wondering whether or not you should blog. Maybe somebody suggested it at some point and you were like ewwwwww. But I’m here to tell you, there are a few different things you’ll want to consider when you’re making that decision. I’ll cover some of the factors that we think are most important !
Reasons You Shouldn’t Start A Blog
Not to be a Debbie downer but sometimes it’s best to start with the cons first. There are a few reasons I think are the “wrong” reasons to start a blog in some situations.
You Want To Be A Baller
Blogging for cash while you travel the world is def something to aspire to do. Make that IG feed your real life sis. But know that making a steady income from blogging is HARD. If you’re wanting both substantial and steady, you’re in for a rude awakening. Not only that, but the compensation you can get from blogging fluctuates wildly.
You Want Something Easy To Do
Blogging might seem easy at first but it’s super tedious to do it the right way. Blogging is a form of copywriting that definitely helps the SEO on your website; both of which we just spoke about in the blog and in the podcast. For blogging to ‘work’ so to speak, it needs to be done consistently, without fail. That means you run into the risk of running out of things to say ! It takes so much research and creativity to prevent that. So yeah, it’s not an easy ride, bucko.
But Besides That, It’s Awesome To Blog
If you own a business, blogging helps to educate your audience more on what you do and why it matters to you. You can also mesh them with your newsletters to help promote sales.
SEO Blogging
When you write your blogs SEO style it helps to attract people to your website. Say you’re blogging about how to fly a kite and so you make your keyword ‘kite’. Whenever people Google ‘kite’ there’s an opportunity for your blog, your website, to come up. This is way more cost effective than having to always take out ads to get discovered.
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