Have you asked your self why you blog? What makes you write a new blog post regularly? In 2008, there were around 70 million blogs out there and now in 2010 there has to be over 100 Million of them.

I have come up with a few reasons why I think people start a blog.

Blogging for money has to be the most common reason, but some people are blogging to express their thoughts with others and some are blogging to help others, like moms who blog about cooking or share cake recipes.

Personally, I blog because I simply love to share my marketing ideas with others and I love to get feedback from the readers of my blog.Sure, I like to earn money from doing this but for me creating useful content comes first and the income will follow.

These bloggers have written excellent posts about the reasons why they blog.

Blog Posts As Conversations
I’m sometimes asked why I blog and I rarely have a more meaningful answer than “just ’cause.” I’ve been thinking about that answer for a long time, and I think I now have a better one that actually means something. …

Why I Blog
So why blog, specifically? What’s its advantage over other mediums? I’m not good at being patient. I like to see fast progress, quick results and clear feedback. This is one of the reasons that I really enjoy blogging: I can come up …

Why Blog?
I came to blogging fairly late, in keeping with my tendency to listen, analyze, and discover the meaning of something before acting. Paradoxically, I was also an early adopter of social media, observing and consulting behind the scenes …

Why Do You Blog? Do You Have a Purpose?…
So take time in this new month in a new year to do some soul searching and a little confessing on your blog. Why do you write what you write and what do you expect from your public statements via blogging? How does it make you feel? What do you get out of it? What do you hope to gain? What do you hope to lose? Be honest and admit why you blog. …

Why do you blog?
There has been a lot of talk on the web lately about bloggers and their standing within the world of publishing.This has led to some excellent articles about the value of blogging versus the printed media.One thing the debate did was to make me examine my place in all this.Am I an anarchist scribbling on a toilet wall for all to see? Am I shouting my talents at the world in the hope that some paper will spot me and hire me? Am I taking a massive ego trip?…

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