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The value of blogging can be immense depending on why you decided to write a blog in the first place.\u00a0 If you don\u2019t have a reason to write it, then it serves no real purpose and has no value.\u00a0 That makes sense, doesn\u2019t it?\u00a0 Well, it sort of makes sense.\u00a0 If you wrote a blog for <\/span>no real reason and at some point in your life you became a person people were interested in learning about, your blog will have value.\u00a0 So even if you started your blog just to journal your thoughts, it can have value to someone someday.<\/p>\n

\"Why<\/a><\/p>\n

Why Blog<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Why Blog\u00a0– Why\u00a0I Blog?<\/h2>\n

I hope that my blog gives people something of value.\u00a0 Things to think about and things to do.\u00a0 A direction of sorts.\u00a0 I blog mainly about things that beginning on-line marketers should know about.\u00a0 My last two blogs while called something else were really about what is called Attraction Marketing which basically means how to talk to people in a way that they want to come back for more.\u00a0 I started this blog on August 28, 2012 and was not sure where I was going to go with it.\u00a0 I can basically write about anything and maybe one day I will \";)\" \u00a0 For now though, my main purpose is still to give people value in the area of online marketing. So why blog?\u00a0 To help others learn something that they may not be aware of yet.<\/p>\n

Why\u00a0Blog \u2013 What Are Other People Writing About?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Why blog<\/strong>?\u00a0 I actually have another blog, you can find it here<\/a>.\u00a0 The purpose of that blog is to give value to people who want to get in shape.\u00a0 It is a health and fitness blog and I am a Beachbody coach.\u00a0 I had a third blogs (which was actually my first) that was put together when my mother was very ill.\u00a0 The purpose of that blog was to share information in one place about how she was doing so everyone who that wanted to know could find out and I wouldn\u2019t be on the phone all the time.\u00a0 It was a pretty successful blog while I was posting to it.\u00a0 My mother has since passed away so the need for that blog had passed to.<\/p>\n

Some people use blogs to build a business, share news with family and friends, teach people\u00a0about\u00a0something that\u00a0interests them or just to journal.\u00a0 My daughter makes cards for the military personnel to write home on.\u00a0 She has a blog about what she is doing and how she does it.\u00a0 Some people have blogs and don\u2019t write on them, they shoot videos instead.\u00a0 One person who I know has a\u00a0goal to post a video a day until he passes away.\u00a0\u00a0 His reason is so his children and grandchildren\u00a0will know and remember him.\u00a0 He talks about everything under the sun and how he feels about it.\u00a0 He has a big following and his\u00a0video blogs gets hundreds of hits a day.<\/p>\n

Why Blog\u00a0– Did You Know it Can Help Your Health?<\/h3>\n

This is a true statement!\u00a0 It can help your health.\u00a0 The following comes from Scientific America:<\/p>\n

\u201cSelf-medication may be the reason the blogosphere has taken off. Scientists (and writers) have long known about the therapeutic benefits of writing about personal experiences, thoughts and feelings. But besides serving as a\u00a0stress<\/a>-coping mechanism, expressive writing produces many physiological benefits. Research shows that it improves memory and\u00a0sleep<\/a>, boosts immune cell activity and reduces viral load in AIDS patients, and even speeds healing after surgery. A study in the February issue of the Oncologist reports that\u00a0cancer<\/a>\u00a0patients who engaged in expressive writing just before treatment felt markedly better, mentally and physically, as compared with patients who did not.\u201d <\/em><\/p>\n

To read more about it, click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Why Blog<\/em>?\u00a0 Because it can be therapeutic, who knew??\u00a0 I didn\u2019t until I started this blog.\u00a0 See my other blog is a business.\u00a0 I give free information and free coaching to people who want to get healthy and fit and in exchange I sell them Beachbody products to do it with.\u00a0 I have to say at this point that I am a product of the Beachbody products and they work!!\u00a0 I still have a way to go but so far so good.\u00a0 You can read about that here<\/a>.\u00a0 With all that said, I have to research a lot to write a blog post on that blog.\u00a0 I am an IT Manager, I am not schooled in the health and fitness field, I am a participant in it but the details need research.<\/p>\n

Why Blog\u00a0– You Never Know Who Is Reading Your Stuff<\/h3>\n

It\u2019s true, you don\u2019t.\u00a0 When you blog anyone can find you and read it (unless you do it as private.)\u00a0 You may have 4 readers or you may have 4000.\u00a0 Some will comment, some won\u2019t.\u00a0 There are ways of finding out how many are reading on a given day.\u00a0 Tools have been created to give you that information.\u00a0 But you don\u2019t know who it is, where they live or even which country they live in.<\/p>\n

One thing I can tell you is blogging can be fun.\u00a0 I really enjoy writing this one because I don\u2019t have to\u00a0research everything.\u00a0 What I tell you here is fairly common knowledge with people in online marketing.\u00a0 It mainly comes from my head and flows out through my fingers.<\/p>\n

You can still write about anything you want and make money doing so. Not bad, right?!?! So why blog<\/span>?\u00a0 I say Why Not Blog!\u00a0 If you are looking to do that, watch the video on the right side of the page and you will get more information on how it works!<\/p>\n

The real answer to why you should blog basically is\u00a0within you and you alone.\u00a0 Only you can determine your why for blogging or your\u00a0blogs purpose.<\/p>\n

Happy Blogging!!<\/p>\n

Mary Riley<\/p>\n

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P.S. I almost forgot!!\u00a0Click here<\/a>\u00a0now to watch a 30 minute video and you can join me on this amazing blogging journey. I can\u2019t wait for you to get started. I\u2019m so excited and I know you will be too!<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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