Over at John Gushue’s Telegram column, you’ll find some wise advice and observations about blogs and blogging.
John’s been the force behind what may well be the province’s longest running and certainly the best blog: dot, dot,dot. You’ll find John’s eclectic work in a link in the ‘Sir Robert Recommends’ pile on the left of by simply clicking here. no one will be surprised to know that John is typically the most popular out-link from these parts. People like to head from here to there and frankly, there really isn’t a finer place to go.
As John notes in the title of his post, blogging isn’t likely to be a source of income. If you think blogging will make money or even bring in some business for you, that may depend on the market where you are. Around these parts, blogging isn’t a money making proposition.
There are probably as many reasons for writing a blog as there are people writing. Blogging is a personal thing, after all. John makes that point in several ways.
Take a look around the Internet and you can find a variety of blogs covering everything from hobbies to technology to politics. If people are doing it or interested in it, then there is a blog out there somewhere about it.
That’s really the amazing thing about the Internet. People can express themselves freely using whatever talents they have. Some people may chose to be complete twits. That’s fine: for every one of them, there is at least one like the people over there who Sir Robert Recommends.
If you’ve been thinking about blogging, just jump in. The world can use more people like you online.
Just make sure you read John Gushue’s top-notch advice first.
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