I recently asked the question in a forum, “Is blogging a waste of time?” I was gobsmacked by the number of responses I received. My wife pointed out that the responses were probably from bloggers. Here are the some of the recurring themes which came up in support of blogging.
Be good
- Help people.
- Give good advice.
- Solve problems.
- Be interesting.
- Be Regular.
Work hard
- Good content is hard work.
- Research can take days.
- Be a reader and a writer.
- Get good backlinks.
- Enyoy writing.
Blogging for business
- Find the right audience.
- Help users better use your product.
- Consider producing high qulaity articles instead.
- Use long tail keywords such as, “What is a good APR?”
- Consider paying for writing.