5 Reasons Why YOU NEED A BLOG!

Restored from the Empower Network archive (2011–2017), lightly edited to meet our current advertising standards. Views are the original author’s.

Our economy is shifting.  Day by day – more and more of our economic activity is happening on the internet. You can now purchase everything online from a personal life coaching session to groceries and gourmet meals.

Blogging is becoming a personal broadcasting system! Soon – everyone will understand that you need a blog! 

Image courtesy of Sahar Andrade, MB. BCh

I saw an interesting term the other day, which describes my sense of the change that is occurring. 

Blogconomy.  As far as I can tell – our economy is being transformed over the interwebs, as we tweet. Increasing numbers of entrepreneurs, advocates and hobbyists are coming to the conclusion that they need a blog! 

Manufacturers are losing market share to “shade-tree” mechanics who are pushing out spare car parts with their 3-D printers – with designs that people are sharing online. Recently, I heard about a Dad who built a prosthetic hand for his young son, using his 3-D printer.  He has since created a global network of people who own 3-D printers, and he has connected them with families of children needing prosthetic hands. They’re sharing the designs for the prosthesis over the internet.  I wouldn’t be surprised if he finds even more creative uses for 3-D printer that he can talk about online – and sharing through a blog.

The other day, I took a picture of the TV that was embedded in my hotel room’s bathroom mirror (their ‘electric television’).  I uploaded it to my Instagram account, and before I got my clothes moved from my suitcase to the closet, the hotel’s social media tech had re-tweeted my pic, letting me know she was glad I was enjoying the tv-viewing feature!

People in pursuit of every activity that you can think of are adding an online feature to their offline presence. And many of those people are finding that they need a blog to share what they’re doing.

So – if you’re up to ANYTHING – YOU NEED A BLOG!

Here are FIVE NUMBERS that should help you to come to that realization NOW!

• 345 Million – the number of people around the world who are reading blogs.
• 87% – the number of American adults who use the internet regularly.
• 250 Million+ – the number of blogs in the blogosphere, or blogconomy, as of 2014. 
• 5 – the primary types of bloggers online: 
  • Part-timers blogging to make supplemental income
  • Full-timers blogging to earn a living and create a lifestyle
  • Hobbyists blogging to share their crafts and musings
  • Entrepreneurs blogging to build a brand and engage with clients and customers
  • Corporate bloggers to enhance a brand and inform customers and clients
• 41 – the average age of people reading the top blogs on the internet

Are you seeing the picture yet – why it is that you need a blog? 

If you are READY to JOIN the Blogconomy, click this link to see how you can become a part of the Fastest Growing For-Profit Blogging community online TODAY!  

Click the link Now!  I’ll join you on the other side!

Blessings!

Shakira

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