Day 2 – Why do people Blog anyway?

 

First, let's level set what a Blog is in the first place. The term "Blog" is a conjunction of the word "Web" and "Log". A blog is an information sharing tool with many possible uses, accessible to everyone, both for free or with a cost.

Reason's for blogging vary from further a political view or reporting on cousin Stew's birthday party. Here are some coming purposes:

1. Demonstrate expertise in a particular field to advertise professional services. Let's say you are the best darn landscaper the world has ever seen and you want to get the word out on your expert status. Simply developing a blog discussing landscaping techniques, tools and tricks will expand your exposure to the world.
   
2. Share events in your life with friends, family, or total strangers…
   
3. Help further a cause that is important to you, like Keep Kid's Alive, Drive 25.
   
4. To help someone do something, whether it is simply how to program a new television remote or working through a tough semester of discreet math.
   
5. Selling a product
   
6. Collecting favorite videos from YouTube
   
7. Telling everyone about the quirks in a new piece of software and how to deal with it.
   
8. And on, and on, and on.
   

So you get the point, people can and do blog anything.

In conclusion, why do people blog? Because blogs are a low cost and highly effective tools that gives everyone an opportunity to speak up and, hopefully, be heard on any topic imaginable. Plus, some say its fun!