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First off what is a blog?
Simply stated, blog is actually an on line diary or journal that is published in the World Wide Web where the writer would keep a running account of events. Or, in the words of one famous and successful Internet Marketer "a blog is really just an on line journal that displays a series of posts, displayed in chronological order. These posts are typically written in a conversational, informal tone, and don't contain any overt advertising messages".
The most common forms of blogs are personal and business blogs. Some blogs focus on a particular subject, such as politics, travels, fashions and therefore classified as political blogs, travel blogs and fashion blogs and so on and so forth. Your blog is your means of expressing yourself to the world. It is a very powerful way of branding yourself and a very effective means of building a relationship with your readers.
OK, What to blog on?
There are countless topics out there to blog on. You can write a blog on any subjects. However, choose a topic that you have a passion for as your theme. You will be more motivated to write on something you are passionate about and will less easily to give up when you find yourself run out of ideas. As an example, retirement is the theme for this blog and I write on anything that touches on this topic. To me retirement means having the freedom not to work while being financially free to do anything I want. Retirement has thus become my passion. And if you think you are not good at anything to write about, think again. Everybody is good at something and so are you. You just have to think long and hard about it and the idea will come. Perhaps, you can use your knowledge and skills you gained while you were working and before you retired to write a blog on.
What if you cannot write?
Writing a blog is not like writing a book. Here there is no format to follow, no particular rules to obey. What you need is common sense. As an online diary, treat it as such and just write what you want.
Why blogging is good for you?
As a retiree, you now have all the time in the world to do your things. You're no longer bound by your work before retirement. No more time schedule to follow. And what better way to keep you occupied and mentally active than by writing your own blog on something you have knowledge and passionate about. A research done by a well-known brain researcher has revealed that those who are retired but stopped being physically or mentally active would tend to age faster than those who are still active. Reading and writing are two simple activities that you can do in order to exercise the brain and keep you mentally active and sharp during retirement.
Blogging can also become you source of income as you can use it as marketing tools to promote your business, products and services. Today, many of the better-known Internet marketers have their own blogs which they use to keep customers informed of what's happening. Many marketers use a blog as a way to promote their upcoming product launches and to dialog with their visitors.
How to profit from your blog?
You can monetize and earn money from it, which in the long term when you're really good at it can be your source of income. Already there are large numbers of bloggers out there who are earning full time from their blogs.
Want to know how to do this?
Check out Tay's blog where she writes about how you can make money blogging, optimize your blog for search engines, generate traffic, promote your blog, and much more. She is currently holding a contest where you can win a free month of advertising on her blog. Take a look at this post for details.
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