I always wanted to write a book about my life. I have storage boxes full of notebooks, diaries, poems I thought I could use to contribute to becoming a fully-fledged writer.
When the bottom of my world literally fell out from underneath me. Redundancy, a breakdown, a pandemic. Uncertainty central. I decided it was time for a change. Why not start your own blog, I thought? What’s the worst that could happen?
I felt compelled to share my story and what better way to do this than embracing the world of social media and online connections. After all, that’s where it’s at, right?
You have something to add. Your life experiences are unique and someone out there will benefit from what you have to say.
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I have a list of incredible reasons to start your own blog TODAY…
Your own platform
Starting your own blog can get your message out there.
I’m seeing a lot of wonderful people with amazing things to say and messages which should be out in the world for others to see. But sometimes this is limited to one social media site and I would love to see more content from this person.
Having a blog, which is connected to other social media sites, allows you to gain more followers and get your message out to more people. You control the content and create everything on the site.
If you’re thinking of setting up a blog and need web hosting, Bluehost is amazing. They provided me with the best customer service I’ve ever received when I recently lost my website! I HAVE to recommend them to other people.
It’s your chance to create something of your own
How exciting? I did a lot of research before starting my own blog. I decided I needed a chic-looking theme and I wanted to spend money upfront to ensure the branding was good.
After all, this place is like your office, your space, home from home. You’ve created it and why not make it look appealing?
If you need a theme, please check out Bluchic. I’ve had a few technical questions since setting up my blog and their customer service is fantastic. I am considering setting up a second blog and they will be my first choice for a theme.
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Your voice matters to others
Before starting my own blog, I was unsure about whether I should do this or not. Self-doubt crept in.
I spent 15 years doubting myself. My confidence wasn’t in a great place and like all bloggers starting out, I was seriously asking myself whether anyone would listen to what I had to say.
I gained a high number of followers on my social media platforms without really putting much content out there. On Instagram, there were 7 posts saying good morning and connecting with people. Despite this, amazing things were already happening when I started interacting with other people.
You have something to add. Your life experiences are unique and someone out there will benefit from what you have to say. Imagine the feeling of helping someone, without really knowing it. Just trusting that you are making a difference.
What are you waiting for?
Gain confidence
Starting the blog has helped me gain confidence in my writing ability. The lovely comments and compliments I receive mean the world to me and confirm I’m on the right path. Just like the one below.
Making connections
I interact with such wonderful, smart, supportive bloggers on a daily basis and I genuinely love commenting on their work and making connections.
The blogging community really is the best. An amazing group of people all supporting each other and I feel lucky to be part of it.
Use is as a diary
Writing is therapeutic and it certainly helped me during a tough time.
Your blog posts can be any format: a diary entry, a rant, or an informative post. You get to choose the type of content you share.
It creates opportunities
Whatever your end goal is, starting a blog WILL create opportunities.
Some opportunities have come to me, through social media messages and emails. Others I’ve had to work hard for.
The main thing is, good things are happening now I have my voice out there in the world. And I am finally doing something I love.
What you need to begin your blogging journey…
A computer
Sounds silly doesn’t it, but it’s true. I’ve heard some people try and run a blog without a laptop. But honestly, there are only certain tasks I can do on my laptop. That said, I do use my phone for some admin tasks like social media interaction and noting down ideas, occasionally writing in google documents.
Research
I spent a lot of time researching how I would set up my blog.
Pinterest was a massive source of information for me. Other bloggers give the best advice because they have walked in your shoes and can speak from experience.
Time
Luckily, due to my situation, I had time to set up the blog. I desperately needed to occupy my mind with something to stimulate my brain but also help my mental health.
Don’t worry if you don’t have huge amounts of time. Sometimes I only manage 30 minutes a day for blogging tasks. But I look at it like that’s a few things off my to-do list and you can only tackle small chunks, which then lead to bigger goals.
Small steps really do amount to something amazing.
Patience
It is correct that it takes roughly three months to rank on Google or start seeing any results in terms of traffic to your website.
I was starting to feel deflated. I went for a weekend away. I had writer’s block and was just not feeling the blogging vibes for about a week. Then I checked my DA score and surprisingly it was at 9, EXACTLY three months after I released my first blog post.
DA is at 9! Wooooooo hooooooooooo! Can’t quite believe it. But I have worked my back side off since 12 August!! 👍
— MummyConqueringAnxiety (@Mummyconquerin1) October 17, 2021
A little bit of blogging motivation
We all love a good quote, don’t we? It’s time to include some here to give you some motivation, whatever your next step in life is.
Final thoughts
I hope you enjoyed reading this post and it has given you some motivation. Or food for thought?
Let me know in the comments below.
All wonderful reasons to start a blog! There are so many benefits and it can open up so many opportunities. It’s a wonderful hobby – if that’s what you want it to be – and a great job as well.
I totally agree, it’s great. I would eventually want to be a blogger as my full time job 🙂
These are some really great tips and information for those starting to blog — it’s certainly a great experience to write and share things we are passionate about. Congratulations on everything you have achieved with your own site too!
Thank you 🙂
Really enjoyed this post – some of these reasons I’m sure are reciprocated by others but there’ll be some things that others haven’t considered! Really glad it’s working out for you and I hope your success continues!
Thank you. I am glad you enjoyed the post.
This is fantastic! I really agree about the confidence. My confidence has grown since blogging as well! So glad to connect with you here.
Aww, I am happy to connect with you too. I love the support from the blogging community!
A wonderful post for someone who wants to start a blog – do it do it do it! I think I have yet to find something as fulfilling as blogging, even though there are ups and downs and stuff I do not enjoy fully (looking at you DA score!) x
I hope it helps someone thinking of starting a new blog. The community is amazing and I love being part of it.
I’ve always said my blog is like my creative outlet of something that I’ve made and can be proud of. I really does help me express myself!
Corinne x
It feels great to have something of your own, doesn’t it?
Fantastic article! I 100% agree with all of these statements and couldn’t recommend blogging anymore than I, or you, already do!
Thank you. I think it’s important for us to recommend it to other people. The support in the blogging community is great.
I love your post! I’m so happy that I started Riyah Speaks. It’s given my a voice that I never knew I had, and the community is super supportive.
I totally agree and I am glad you’ve found your voice through blogging.
Great list, I loved blogging since I was kid and writing. It grew in me since then and now all I do is blogging haha
I have also loved writing since I was young. Sometimes it’s what you are destined to do!
These are some really good reasons why you should start a blog. About a year or so before I started my blog I had the idea but was so nervous and worried no one would be interested etc. So if anyone is reading this just do it! It is amazing. Thank you for sharing these reasons. Happy New Year. I hope 2022 is a good year for you!
Lauren – http://www.bournemouthgirl.com
Happy New Year – I hope 2022 is good for you too.
I felt the same when starting my blog, but the community is so supportive. I would encourage anyone to become part of it.
Great post. I was really nervous about getting started initially. I wasn’t new to the concept of writing as my job required me to write detailed reports for clients that were published. But they were highly technical! Writing about me and my own stuff, the things that interested me, my art, were all new and a bit scary. Now I have been blogging for a few years and I love it!
I am happy you still love blogging. There is something special about writing about what you love. Readers can tell when you are passionate about something.
Great post! Blogging is such an important part of my life and I love all of these reasons to start your own creative space x
I am happy to hear it is an important part of your life. I feel the same now.
I agree that blogging is a brilliant thing to work on and enjoy building.
It definitely is!
Nice sum up of good reasons to blog 🙂 I had one more, since at my day job I can’t try and test all marketing tips (SEO, posting etc) it is also my testing field where I can freely test how things really work without needing to answer anyone but me. I still need improvement, but visits are rising and slowly also DA – so must be doing something right 🙂
Glad you have found what works. My DA has slowly risen, so I also think to myself I must be doing the right things. Need to get better at insights, analytics & SEO though!