There are a lot of blogs around. So many abandoned, too. Like
forgotten pages of journals tucked inside the stacks of newspapers in
some musty library. I have enjoyed reading the updated ones, but I
really love the new highly charged SEO sites. The ones with all the
widgets and images and so forth.
So, why are blogs still up and running when everyone has camped at the social media monster sites? Didn't they get the memo? Blogging is supposed to be dead.
There are a host of reasons why blogs haven't coughed their last breath, at least in the circles of writers. Here are a few of the best ones I settled on as I contemplated this dilemma.
1. Writing Warm-up
For a writer, blogging counts as your word count. How many times have we decided to turn out 1000 words a day and can only muster the blog that day? It counts in my opinion. Everything we pen counts. So look at your blog as your writing warm-up.
2. Feedback
When we blog, we can get input from our subscribers. They leave comments and suggestions on what we need to do about whatever the blog topic was. I hope you will leave one for me today on this subject. I love comments and feedback.
3. Marketing ops
Today, the world wants content. Yes, and they want it in a variety of ways. We consume ebooks, and online videos, and listen to podcasts like maniacs. But we sure do get a lot of information that way!
4. Networking ops
Blogs are still the best way to connect with our group of friends and fans. As writers, we need outlets to find others with our particular bent. I follow a number of blogs and try to visit them once a week to say hi. Writers need to connect with others and blogs are great networking tools.
5. Availability
For our readers, blogs are a way to reach our audience. Readers can visit our blogs and learn all about what we are doing. They can also find out personal stuff like where we are going to go for dinner, who's babysitting our children, and what our pets look like.
6. Book Promotion
And finally, at least in my mind, is our blog is still our best way to promote our books. We can post excerpts, cover art, buy links, and talk endlessly about our books and stories on our blogs, because, well, they are OURS.
There are many other reasons, and some unique to writers specifically. Blogging's not dead, it's surely alive and living on the Internet.
So, why are blogs still up and running when everyone has camped at the social media monster sites? Didn't they get the memo? Blogging is supposed to be dead.
There are a host of reasons why blogs haven't coughed their last breath, at least in the circles of writers. Here are a few of the best ones I settled on as I contemplated this dilemma.
1. Writing Warm-up
For a writer, blogging counts as your word count. How many times have we decided to turn out 1000 words a day and can only muster the blog that day? It counts in my opinion. Everything we pen counts. So look at your blog as your writing warm-up.
2. Feedback
When we blog, we can get input from our subscribers. They leave comments and suggestions on what we need to do about whatever the blog topic was. I hope you will leave one for me today on this subject. I love comments and feedback.
3. Marketing ops
Today, the world wants content. Yes, and they want it in a variety of ways. We consume ebooks, and online videos, and listen to podcasts like maniacs. But we sure do get a lot of information that way!
4. Networking ops
Blogs are still the best way to connect with our group of friends and fans. As writers, we need outlets to find others with our particular bent. I follow a number of blogs and try to visit them once a week to say hi. Writers need to connect with others and blogs are great networking tools.
5. Availability
For our readers, blogs are a way to reach our audience. Readers can visit our blogs and learn all about what we are doing. They can also find out personal stuff like where we are going to go for dinner, who's babysitting our children, and what our pets look like.
6. Book Promotion
And finally, at least in my mind, is our blog is still our best way to promote our books. We can post excerpts, cover art, buy links, and talk endlessly about our books and stories on our blogs, because, well, they are OURS.
There are many other reasons, and some unique to writers specifically. Blogging's not dead, it's surely alive and living on the Internet.
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