How Blogging Can Help Your Career

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escote girl of ND 2:10AM May 19, 2013

Every writer has a particular audience that they are targeting. While you may have been unable to tap into your target audience through publishing in magazines and newspapers, you can still be able to so with relative ease by publishing blogs. Remember that blogs provide you with an international

Ben Troy of AK 12:41AM October 08, 2012

I'm thinking of using my real name for my personal blog http://www.freemindsfreelines.com. Let me see if this works. Thanks for this post by the way.

Maria 3:38AM August 01, 2012

Very interesting and informative. It has stimulated me to think of starting a blog. I have thouight about this for awhile. I am almost 80 and have lived through and been involved in so many history making events. Thank you Alison, well done!!

Dick of NC 10:13PM March 25, 2012

this is mind booster,thumb up.

fakunle 3:51PM March 24, 2012

This is very nice and useful. I like it!!!

Annie Zhang of SC 8:26PM December 15, 2011

I am an actor and was frustrated by the lack of money smarts I saw with my fellow artists. I started a blog called Canadian Performers Money and try to teach the basics about investing to actors.

I worry sometimes though because I don't have any formal education in the financial field and don't want to be liable for others investing mistakes.

Because of this I try and keep the topics of a general nature and supply as many links as I can to the data on other official websites.

Troy 8:34PM December 06, 2011

I currently have a couponing blog. Where I write about how I'm learning to save money. The problem I have is that topic really isn't helping me find a job of any sort in an office. I tried to blog about my job search/career field but it's kind of boring. For now I've been working on my couponing blog and will hopefully find information for my other blog soon.

Beth Anne of FL 2:02AM November 28, 2011

I'm trying, but haven't been able to do real blogging. Am doing micro-blogging, via Twitter, which may not be as helpful directly for my reputation. But one advantage is that's it's helping me stay widely informed of goings on in my field.

JT of NY 7:39AM November 27, 2011

There is a lot that you can gain from blogging. However as with everything in life it is not for everyone. It may cost next to nothing in monetary terms when starting a blog, but that does not mean it is free. It is only as free as your time. Blogging can take up large portion of your time. You have to think about the content ideas, write the posts, syndicate the posts and do your bit to be sociable by commenting on other people’s posts. Blogging can be a truly liberating and beneficial experience however there are those days when you mind is empty and you have the concentration levels of a small child in a toy shop.

So before committing a single minute to it you should assess whether it really is for you.

James Debono 3:41PM November 24, 2011

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