Blogging as a Hobby
Posted: February 14th, 2009 | Author: Spoofy | Filed under: Blogging, Uncategorized | Tags: hobbies | 2 Comments »I don’t blog as a profession, the fact that I do has never gotten me an interview; for the mostpart not even so much as an interested ‘hmm’ from people I want a job – or to do buisness with.
This is I suppose part of the reasoning behind the eclectic nature of this blog, I post about various things, I’ve gone off on tangents – I’ve even made innocent remarks that have led to extremely abusive comments that resulted in police enquiries. Like most bloggers I imagine, I actually dislike any sort of negativity toward my blogging – its a hobby for me, not a lifestyle choice; I doubt it would be any different for a ‘pro’; but I like to at least selfishly believe that what I do here, is valuable to some of you who visit.
People often don’t realise the work thats involved in keeping an active blog even remotely interesting: if all your going to talk about is the meanderings of your inner world, you might end up developing a following after a very long time, but the effort-value trade off to me, and the whole revealing personal details, they’re not my style. This might explain, if you ever wondered why I post those articles from ezinearticles.com every so often. Apart from the obvious ploy to get people to click on the banner advert (which I make no bones about, they’re a good host, I use them and I get something if you click on the link and use their service. seems fair to me), I usually do it to keep an active ‘conversation’ going. Theres nothing worse than a silent blog!
Without speaking for other bloggers, when I make a post I generally try to research the subject, at least enough so I know enough about the subject that I can carry a short conversation about it. Mainly because, perhaps, thats how I like to write – as if I’m having a conversation with you; only inexplicably you’re letting me do all the talking.
If you blog as a hobby, why not post a link in the comments?
