Seth Godin
“The word blog is irrelevant, what’s important is that it is now common, and will soon be expected, that every intelligent person (and quite a few unintelligent ones) will have a media platform where they share what they care about with the world.” Read the rest of this entry »
Wondering what blog industry think tanks and top bloggers believe their future will be? Read on…
Brad Feld
“In 2004 when Technorati started, the typical reaction to the word ‘blog’ was ‘huh - can you repeat yourself?’ Today, blogs are everywhere —even presidential candidates have blogs. The blog has forever changed the way publishing works —now anyone can be a publisher. The issue is no longer distribution; rather, it’s relevance.” |
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Chris Pirillo
Internet Content Producer (Since 1992)
chris.pirillo.com
“The idea of blogging will never disappear, but the process by content is created for one blog or a series of blogs will continue to undergo radical upheavals. This past year, we saw the introduction of countless “microblogging” platforms, to the point where they (themselves) have become a commodity —further pushing individual voices to the Blogosphere’s melting pot. Brand will continue to decentralize, and micro-communities will form within any one of the loosely-structured services (like FriendFeed, which values the continuation of conversation as much as it does the initiation portion).” Read the rest of this entry »
- Author: admin
- Filed under: Mindset
- Date: Nov 8,2008
The opportunity to create your own blog with little funding or technical ability has been around for some time now. I wanted to find out why people enjoy ‘their place on the Internet‘ and become a blogger?
Firstly to get an estimate on the size of the blogosphere we turn to
studies over at Technorati. There are several separate studies into the
actual number of blogs in existence. Most are
Wordpress blogs but there are other platforms out their to blog from.
- Technorati says 133 million (June 2008)
- comScore MediaMetrix says (August 2008)
- eMarketer says 22.6 million are US bloggers (May 2008)
- Universal McCann says 184 million people worldwide have a blog (March 2008). They also say that 77% of active Internet users read blogs.
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Bloggers Blog But Why?
- Communication - sparking conversations regarding a timely event or interest
- Information - in the process of writing a quality post they gain further knowledge of the topic
- Influence - stating your opinion to the world and aligning others to your view
- Fame - to increase popularity of their profile among others and get attention
- Reputation - to become an expert on the topic
- Business - the blogger is employed to market a brand or product indirectly increasing sales
- Money - create content, build a readership and make money from ad revenue
How Did You Get into Blogging?
We at Blog Monies would love to hear how you entered the blogosphere. If you haven’t yet then start one now. It is never too late to get blogging!
