After procrastinating for several months about starting my blog I have been forced to ask myself ‘Why’…..
1. Why have I found it so difficult to start my blog?
2. Why write a blog?
These are questions a great deal of you would be bloggers probably ask yourselves. Although, I have answered these questions in reference to myself the answers will probably hold true for most of you.
1. 1.
- Placing personal information on the internet goes against everything I have previously drummed into me (aka by my parents) that I should not have pictures and personal information on the internet because you never know who might see them.
- It’s scary having an open forum to rant and ramble on. I find myself asking why anybody should care what I have to say when there are sooo many experts out there, who know far more than I do
- The idea of creating a site dedicated to myself appears self-centred and egocentric, and this is a culture I have been fighting against.
2.
- We should take advantage of how lucky we are to live in an open culture where we have the freedom to share our opinions, and the opinions of others. It is our pro-activity in doing this that ensures we can never live in a repressed society.
- You don’t need to be an expert to have an opinion.
- It is an intrinsic part to developing a strong personal brand. This is particularly important in today’s world where employers often Google names of future employees.
- A blog is a way for us to connect to others. Just because your blog is on what may seem a trivial matter, does not mean it is unimportant to others.
- Gives you the opportunity of an audience, anybody can read if they want to.
These pros, ‘why to start a blog’ definitely outweigh reasons against blogs. Sooooo…….time to start blogging!
I am going to dedicate my blog to personal branding: how to do it and why it is so important.
very inspiring!
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