Blogging is fun I must admit. At one time, I had 10 blogs at
once. Mainly because I wanted to write about a range of topics that didn’t fit
into one blog. The other reason, is I wanted to create passive income from
blogging, so thought having 10 blogs would really give me the best opportunity
to make that happen.
So what does blogging look like as a hobby?
First of all the theme.
Not the design theme of the blog, I am talking about the
theme of the subject of the blog. What can you write about?
Blogging theme activities:
First off, write down 5-10 subjects/themes that you love
talking about.
Then, write down 5 blog topics (not the actual blog posts)
that you could write about over 5 weeks. Do this for each theme.
Now ask yourself these questions:
Which one was the easiest to write for?
Which theme do you spend time on already as a hobby or in
your professional life?
What do you think you could talk about to someone about your
theme, that would have a similar interest on a weekly basis?
Do you feel from the above activities and questions that you
have found your theme?
Now find a blog website. I use blogger.com. I used to use
Wordpress.com. There are many free blogs out there. Research the place you want
to blog at.
Now style your blog, using the design theme for the blog.
Normal blog sites, have pre-made themes you can choose from. So you don’t have
to know how to do the back end of coding. You literally just write and publish
your blog posts and its done.
Choose a name for your blog
And publish!
How cool is that! You have published your first blog post.
You can do a lot of research for your blog topics, and how
to create a blog etc. Or you can keep it quite simple, and just write what you
want to write about, or even write it as a journal, if you don’t mind sharing
it with the world.
If you are nervous about sharing your work with the world,
you can create a pen name to use. A pen name is where you make up a fake name
to call yourself. Writer’s even use pen names when publishing their own books.
There is nothing wrong with a masked identity.
When to post
Ideally, you should write and publish your blog posts on the
same day each week. This helps you get into a routine and once a week is pretty
normal for a hobby blog.
Share your blog
Once your blog is published, share it with your friends and
family, if you want.
Blogging is fun
Because you don’t have to write perfectly. It’s ok to have flaws
in your writing. It’s a good starting point to any larger writing project down
the track. And most importantly, you can just enjoy the writing process and
feel a bit giddy with sharing your art form with the world.
Connection
You can also connect with other bloggers, to just share the
blogging world together. Plus, if you connect with another blogger, you can
start by adding comments to their blog. Check back to their blog on a regular
basis and read it. Get to know their topic. Maybe connect with them and ask if
you can write a guest blog on their blog (for free). Link your blog to your guest
post. And their followers/readers may even start to read your blog.
Blogging is a fun place to be. You really can just write
what you like and how you want to write it and build a readership.
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