Blogging for Business and Pleasure

Blogging is now very commonly used by teenagers, stay at home mums, business and even politicians. It is essentially an online diary but it has evolved to serve more purpose than just and online diary. It is a powerful tool on the internet, apart from SEO, PPC and other marketing techniques. However, when abused, it can get the blogger (the writer) in trouble. For example, a teenager was arrested in Singapore for making racist remarks on his blog.

Blogs was used by many to write their rants and raves, their daily lives or anything else that they fancied. Some are anonymous; while others have their full profile on for anyone to read. The anonymity gives some bloggers the freedom to write about anything and not be judged by those who know them. For example, a quiet and shy person could find blogging as a way to escape as they can write about anything that they felt, which no one knew about.

People who blog for business have a different purpose from online journal bloggers. Blogs give them the flexibility to talk about their business as compared to a website where the contents are fixed are purpose driven. When they have a blog for their business, it gives the human touch to the readers. Readers can relate to their experiences and may want to take interest in the business. Even when members of the same company/affiliate have blogs, it would be a way to differentiate one from the other. It is like their identity.

However, it does not mean that when you blog, “that’s it! I’m going to rake in the money!”. Blogging is just the first part. After which, you need to expose your blog. I would recommend submitting your URL to as many link directories as possible. To do that, just go to any search engine and type “ add URL”. Another method recommended is to submit your blog in blog directories. Also, some bloggers use link exchange. This just means that you place the URL of the other blogger in your blog, and vice versa.

Success from Basics Part 2

We had a mini get-together learning session at my place yesterday. I shared my knowledge on blogging. I felt that it was great cause now I know they have more information to do something about their blogs. So, all the basics of blogging – from creating a post to getting traffic was done. I know how frustrating it must have felt for them – not knowing the “how to’s”. They had the will and I had the way. Perfect!Tho I must say, I admire their strength and determination to learn because they are not familiar with the internet (not internet-savvy), so learning how to blog could be an uphill task. It was okay for me that we spent close to 6 hours to go through the basics cause what was important for me was that they understood.

We have decided to have another session on the 17th of June. Hey I’ll show you the links of their blogs, see what they have been up to!

• Raai – http://www.raainahsecret.blogspot.com
• Rass – http://www.bainah.blogspot.com
• Rose – http://www.nurhaidajais.blogspot.com
• Enon – http://www.zainabsudri.blogspot.com
• Selmah – http://www.kicksgerek.blogspot.com

ps : I had the strangest yet one of the best dreams last night. Make it come true.