I Blog Therefore I am. The 4 ½ Top Reasons to Blog.

By elizabethcassidy • October 26th, 2009

This blog was co-written by my new friend, Annie Hart, who is also a blogger. We took the Becoming a Blogging Maniac course together and we gained so much from it. My head is still on my shoulders – a major victory when it comes to technology and me.We went from hearing about blogs to blogging on our websites and then to seeing our blogs being picked up locally and internationally. So we wanted to give you 4 ½ reasons to sit down by your computer and start blogging.

Once upon a time, people wrote letters, peeled a stamp off their tongues and recited a silent prayer that their words would make it across the world or across town. While man wrote on cave walls and woman doused their love letters in cheap perfume, it was inevitable that one day all that would come to pass.  In its wake would arise communicating in a nanosecond with your friends, family and the world at large. I don’t know if you got the announcement but your computer gave birth to a weblog in 1998.   They call it blog for short. It’s a family name.  photo_4942_20090302

Now for those of you (and you know who you are) who think blogging is for everyone else – think again. It used to be that Facebook was for 20 somethings, but now their parents and grandparents are taking over. There is power in numbers and in our words.  We’ve got to get hip and we’ve got to get on the wave of the future.

Below are some of the reasons why you should be blogging. Read them now.  You’ll blog us later.

From Annie:

1. First of all, we ole’ folks need to get on the wave.  We don’t want to be out of it or left back in the dust with the dinosaurs right? If you’re over forty or fifty in my case and you feel freaked out by blogging then I suggest you take a class, read a book, take a course or call me or Elizabeth. We’ll convince you that you can do it.  Blogging and social media are the hip tools of today.  Ok, so I know the word hip is dating me but how about this – it’s cool to be a blogger.  Listen if we can do it, so can you.  While you’re at it get rid of the out-of-date platform shoes in your closet (for women) and (for men) dump the old leisure suit that you’re never going to wear.  If you’re going to blog, you at least need to look decent.

2. You want to get your message out to the world right?  Well then this is simply the best way to do it.  Enough said.

2 ½. It’s fun.  Believe it or not, once you get over the hump, it’s actually enjoyable  :>)

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From elizabeth:

3. We all have thoughts and opinions on what is going on in our lives, our neighbor’s   lives and the world at large. So let us know how global warming, mixing plaids with stripes or how the political scene is shaping up or destroying your world. Pick a subject that keeps you up at night and blog about it. When you write with passion, the world will beat a path to your door. Okay, they may knock at first, but people will come back for more when you tell us what you think, why you think it and how you plan on enlightening us in the future. Not a heavy  thinker and  have been known to crack a joke or two at the wrong time – like science class or in the middle of performing an emergency appendectomy? Then write a blog that will make people laugh and let your readers stumble upon it, follow or share it, tweet it with everyone they know.  Just write your blog as if the world depended on your voice getting out there.  And some days, you never know, it just might.

4. You are blogging up a storm and you are getting a following without starting a cult.  It feels great to have people clinging to your every word and your mother is thrilled to see how many people are leaving comments. But you just keep blogging and you forget to respond to the people who take the time to praise or scorn you. You remind us of those guys who promised to call but never did. After a while, you just start to fade from their collective memories and you are blogging to yourself. Do take the time to respond to those who take the time to let you know that you impacted their lives. Start a conversation and give people a platform to be heard.  More than likely someone will say something brilliant and viola’ – you got yourself a new blog.

Annie Hart, NLP Trainer, Ericksonian Hypnotherapist and Storyteller Extraordinaire, helps individuals and businesses to harness the power of change through story. She is fun, funny, fiery and out of the box. Annie believes that Stories Change the World and she can be found wildly and passionately blogging at: www.anniehart.com.

elizabeth cassidy, certified life and career coach for women who are looking to reach and surpass their dreams, is the founder of Branching Out Life Coaching. She is the Co-Creator/Founder of Coaches on the Edge – a blog that mixes wit and wisdom with life coaching. Along with her blogging partner, Laurie Lawson, they are national bloggers for Skirt! and their blogs have been featured on USA Today.com, Daylife.com, Treehugger.com and The India Times. You can read elizabeth’s own thought provoking and amusing blogs at Branchingoutlifecoaching

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By Kim Sisto Robinson on October 27th, 2009 at 4:32 pm

“When you write with passion, the world will beat a path to your door.” Yes!! how true. And You do, My dear. I looove your post. Kisses xxXX

By elizabethcassidy on October 28th, 2009 at 6:15 pm

Thanks so much Kim.
Annie and I had a great time putting this together.
you will love what she does -check out her site!

By Carlos Batara on November 11th, 2009 at 3:51 am

That was great!

As a newbie, I can truly relate. I have five blog posts written and I keep asking myself, “Why did I start this in the first place?”

Clearly, I write to express myself. Why not? Time is ticking and I hate to pass from this journey without sharing a few personal gems. (At least, they’re gems to me.)

In terms of riding the wave, well, I’m not sure. I’m proud of the “dinosaur” label given to me by my kids.

But I’ve joined LinkedIn and now this forum, so I guess I’m on the wave.

Thanks for the reflections.

 

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