Why Do We Bloggers Blog?

why-blog1While visiting some blogs yesterday, it made me think why most bloggers start a blog? Although it may seem quite logical why most bloggers start blogging, I would still like to tell you guys why I and most of you started blogging?

Money-Blogging is  lucrative and offers a way to make some cash.

Fun-Blogging is fun as you can express your opinions, and the fact that you could make some extra cash makes it even more fun.

Interaction-I love surfing the internet and the chance getting to know different kind of people from different places interests me. Getting regular readers to my blog also makes me feel good.

Challenging-For me blogging is a challenge and makes me put my mind to something useful. It also makes me strive to be successful and  keeps me motivated.

These are my main reasons why I blog. All these reasons combined make me blog. Every person has different needs and reasons to blog. Some people only blog for the money, while others do it for fun. As all these reasons are different I will go into more detail .

Blogging For Cash

Oh yehe…The ultimate reason to blog. Now I’m not going to lie to every one of you, the main reason why I started to blog was because I saw that blogging was a good and steadily increasing business with a lot of potential. After reading other successful blogs time after time I decided to start one myself. Inspired by the fact some blogger´s were making some good money.

Although I don’t only think about making money with this blog, it is still a important part of blogging and definitely one of my long term goals I’ve  set for this blog.

Making money online with a blog can be a tough and long journey, but if you try and work hard it can make your job easier.

I know for a fact that every blogger would love to make a extra income from blogging, right? Would you still blog if there wasn’t any money to be made blogging? I know most bloggers would say no, but there are a few who blog purely for fun.

Blogging for fun

Ok, I admit I wasn’t the brightest student in the class when it came to writing, in fact I still ain’t, but that doesn´t stop me to enjoy blogging. Anyway, enough about my brightness, lets continue.

The thing I love about blogging is that I can get away from reality and just start blogging, it’s as if blogging opens a whole new world to me. You can express yourself and publish your thoughts. You can write about anything you want. There´s no limit on how much you can write, or what topic you can write. It’s complete freedom.

Another thing why I like blogging for fun is that other people get to read your blog and to be honest I like it when other people read my blog and give their opinion on the situation, because it gives me the energy and drive to continue blogging.

Blogging for your readers

Before I started to blog, I used to read a lot of other blogs and one question that I coudn’t figure out was

Why bloggers considered readers so important?

Well, now that I’ve been blogging for some time now, this has to be 1 of my main reasons to blog. I absolute love it when readers blog-interactioncome over to my blog just to see what I have to say, Eventually if they like your blog they will be reading your blog almost on a daily base, just to see what you´ve written on your blog.

To be honest, the first thing I do when I wake up In the morning is switch on my laptop and look if I have any comments on my blog. Getting comments on my blog makes me feel happy, because it shows that readers also have something to say. I understand that everyone loves to get positive comments, but sometimes you will get negative comments as well, don´t get angry when you get negative comments just take it as a critic and try to improve. At the end of the day you will get negative comments or positive comments, but at least you will know that people have read your post.

Seeing my readers go up every week, inspires me to write even more posts. It simply means people like your blog and are willing to read it every day. They become your loyal reader´s no matter what.

What I also tend to do when waking up is checking my Google analytics. By checking this I get to see all the traffic my blog is receiving. I also get to see where my readers come from and which country´s my audience comes from.

Blogging is challenging

Yes, blogging is a big challenge for me. Some of you must be wondering why the heck would blogging be a challenge as there’s nothing adventures about it?

Well, before starting this blog I had already written my goals and what I wanted to achieve with this blog. By writing my long term goals for this blog I personally made a commitment to make this a successful blog.

By achieving my goals for this blog makes it an interesting challenge as I can see what I am capable of achieving. Seeing this blog progress every day, makes me feel as if I’m one step closer to achieving my goals.

After completing a goal I always set my goal even higher than my previous goal.

As I believe there´s always room for improvement. By aiming for high standards you will get a habit to always aim high in life.

The bigger the challenge, the more you will achieve.

So what were your reasons to blog? Did you achieve your goals? What keeps you still blogging?

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22 Responses to “Why Do We Bloggers Blog?”

  1. Tinh Says:

    I am blogging for all those things listed, first is for fun, then for learning through interaction and then for money, it is quite logical
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  2. Dana @ Online Knowledge Says:

    Money as reasons can give a great fuel for blogging for sure. :mrgreen:
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    Gary Malhi Reply:

    Ha, yehe it inspires every one! Who doesn’t want to make a bit of extra money by blogging?

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  3. Ardit Veliu Says:

    I originally started blogging a while back for the money, but slowly it turned into a passion if you will. I would struggle to write a 2 page essay for a class while I could write a 1000 word post for a blog of mine without a problem.

    So I guess it turned into more of “blogging for fun” you think alot of people make this transition? Where interests go from one end to the exact opposite.
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    Gary Malhi Reply:

    Great, I have the exact same situation as you. At school It takes me sooo long to write a essay for class, but to blog it take smuch less time. It’s probably because we enjoy blogging more then those essays.

    I think many bloggers first blog for money and then it kind of turns into blogging for fun and money.

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  4. IndianCashMaker Says:

    well….i think i am blogging for money but that is not the only motive…..i want to prove to my friends and family that blogging is not only for special people…..everyone can do it successfully
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    Gary Malhi Reply:

    I also think everyone can do it, if you put your mind to it and make a effort you will have a chance to make money and enjoy.

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  5. Phaoloo Says:

    Admit that I’m addicted to blogging although I start blogging for fun and money recently.
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    Gary Malhi Reply:

    Yep, as I said many people do this and blog for money and fun.

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  6. Kok Siong Chen Says:

    I’m blogging for fun, money and increase the health awareness people around me. Although i’m not doing very well on these purpose now, i believe i can do it if i pay more efforts on it. Thanks for sharing!
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    Gary Malhi Reply:

    I think most people have their own reasons to blog, althought these reasons in this post are the most common reasons. Well, I also think that if everyone puts 100% effort we could acchieve much bigger things and be more succesful, hoever it’s easier to say the done.

    Good luck with your blog!

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  7. Free Microsoft Points Says:

    I’ve been blogging for a couple of years now. It’s been mostly for my own benefit, and to keep all of my projects in task. Just recently, I’ve been using my blogs to promote and earn from Affiliate Marketing. It’s a great thing to blog, it’s literally getting all of the stress out.

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    Gary Malhi Reply:

    Great to know you are into affilaite marketing, hopefully you earn a bit of money.

    I know it’s a great feeling to earn a bit of money online.

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  8. earnword Says:

    ehm..yup. everyone have their own reasons to blog. Same with me and others. Just do it.
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  9. Blogging Tips Says:

    I started blogging for all reasons listed above.I mainly blog to gain knowledge and make some money
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  10. yjc Says:

    I started blogging before blogging existed because I was a web designer and anti-xanga. And then I stopped missed the wordpress craze and started again.
    I’m hoping I’ll be able to help a lot of people with picking movies they’ll enjoy. :3

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  11. S.Pradeep Kumar Says:

    I want to blog for passion.. hope I’ll be successful..nice article dude.. :)
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  12. Walter Says:

    Blogging hold everything in it. The only question is: does it serve our purpose in the very beginning? :-)
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  13. Penny Stocks Says:

    hey i also started blogging as i had been reading a lot about making huge money via blogs but now i am blogging for fun, passion and keep my visitors updated. and about earnings i have started few websites for generating revenue ;)

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  14. Car Transportation Says:

    Blogging really can be challenging, I know that first hand. The comments I get though, really do help give me the motivation to keep going, so I know just what you mean.

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  15. Free PayPal Money Says:

    I thought blogging was hard at first too like the guy above me. I kept running out of things to blog about.

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  16. Satya Says:

    I started my blogging to learn and then promoting my websites and then started blogs writing to earn money.

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