Even if you don’t like blogging, you should start your own blog.

Having a blog is a wonderful thing, especially if you’re going to build an online business. If you want to build a long term business, having a blog helps rather than hinders.

Why should you start your own blog?

Network. This is the biggest reason. Having your own blog allows you to meet a lot of people, people you would never have met without it. These contacts can help you if you have questions or just when you want to hang out.

Make Money. People are making lots of money blogging, including John Chow who made more than $40,000 last month. This is uncommon, but there are also smaller blogs, like Tyler Cruz (making $2,700 last month) and Blogging Experiment (something like $10,000 two months ago).

Develop. Developing websites is one of the best ways to practise your marketing skills, and a blog is one of the most fun websites to develop (instead of your standard niche website).

Get feedback. If you have ideas, or just want to practise your blogging skills, it’s easy to get feedback when you have was is essentially a public journal.

Do you have a blog? If so, link to it, I’d love to see it. If no, why don’t you yet?

I’m looking to grow this blog more, so if you have any post ideas you want to see, let me know!

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