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The Wonderful Aspects of Having a Personal Blog

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As I just discussed in “Should I blog for myself or for a company?,” it isn’t necessary to choose between writing in a personal blog or writing in a company blog but because trying to keep up two blogs for newbies in the field can be overwhelming, you’ll definitely want to start out with one or the other. I thought we would discuss the pluses and minuses to having your own blog first, then move on to company blogs. Hopefully this will give you the chance to make an informed decision about what you want to do for yourself. 🙂 … Continue reading →

Should I Blog for Myself or for a Company?

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“Should I blog for myself or for a company?” is the very first question you need to ask yourself when trying to decide how to break into the blogging field. Yet it really isn’t an either/or question – I ought to have phrased it, “Should I blog for myself or for a company or both?” because quite often, people end up doing both. I personally blog for Families (obviously) and then I also have two personal blogs – one supporting a political candidate, and then the other is just a blog where I can spout off random thoughts and happenings … Continue reading →

Blogging as a Business, Part Two

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If you missed part one, check it out here. So when blogs get large, the owner will bring on guest bloggers and will also intersperse their own blogs throughout, so that the content of the blog isn’t entirely written by someone else. Once a blog has grown even more and is too large for one person to handle, the owner will usually take on a manager or a partner and split the ad revenues with that person, to help handle the amount of work it takes to keep it going. Don’t worry about that just yet – you’ve got a … Continue reading →

Blogging as a Business, Part One

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I’ve talked about blogging as a hobby and blogging as a job, and now I wanted to talk about blogging as a business. Yes, there is a difference between blogging as a business and blogging as a job, although I certainly didn’t know the difference when I first started out. As I said before, when you blog as a job, the amount of income that you make directly corresponds with the amount of blogging that you do. If you stopped blogging on your personal blog today, your income would dry up because Google would eventually stop sending traffic your way, … Continue reading →