To Blog or Not to Blog (2)
Posted on July 4, 2008
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Generally speaking there are two types of bloggers: part-timers and professioal bloggers. While the former uses his or her blogging activities as a way to share one’s experience and thoughts, the latter makes it to make a living, so to say. That’s why we’d find the full-timers are blogging everyday and expect a high volume of traffic, readership, subscribers and, well, online earnings.
The Part-time Bloggers
The part-time bloggers, on the other hand, are those bloggers who don’t have any ambitious expectation. They are blogging i.e. writing in their blog / website as a way to express some of their ideas and experience they feel of beneficial to others or just feel uncomfortable to share it with their offline friends.
Part-time bloggers don’t have too high an expectation. They hardly push it too hard for themselves. They blog / write an article whenever they want. Short or long posting doesn’t matter. They comfortably write irregular posting / articles every now and then; it could be daily, weekly or even monthly. They don’t care. They own the blogs, not the blog own them.
Rima Fauzi rightly said here:
I would never stop completely or keep my blog private but that is because I am too ‘cuek’, I dont care if people stop coming to my blog, or if I am criticized or even if I get negative feedbacks or comments. I blog for myself, and unless I am too busy, I will try to maintain my blogs and update it as often as I can.
Part-time bloggers should be like Rima Fauzi. They should care less to traffic. And focus more on writing and with the intention to share it with others. With the larger audience that cross the boundaries of localities.
One should make clear what the purpose of one blogging activities in the first place: as part-timers or professional ones? Because the two have totally different ways and consequences. Being part-time bloggers are like being what you are before starting to blog. By being part-time bloggers, you just transform your speaking habit into a writing / blogging one. Only with a bit larger audience (readers) in the case of the latter. For part-time bloggers, writing in the blog is just an extension of talking. And therefore there is no question of quitting. If blogging is like talking, why the question of quitting should arise in the first place? (to be continued)
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For part-time bloggers, writing in the blog is just an extension of talking
what do you mean by an extension of talking?Sometimes, people do blogging (writing) is simply because they cannot speak or express or deliver their ideas verbally…cmiiw…
this is just to simplify thing for those who make blogging harder than it should be. see another post here
At post#1
That is one correct reason, but I think blogging as an extension of talking is more the actual case these days.
Further, if we can blog with our voice, or our our blog can be structured like some kind of presentation or animation complete with graphics and everything, then surely we will do it? (come to think of it, that IS a neat idea
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Back to the subject, I couldn’t agree more on the part-time blogger definition above.
so the points are :
1. the professional blogger writing regularly to get benefit from their writing.
2. the
professional bloggerpart-time blogger willing (with honest intention) to share their idea/esperience.is it correct?
and what about the blogger writing their idea regulary, but doesn’t want people to know his/her writing? is he/she classified as professional blogger?
correction and addition from me (fatih)
Assalamualaikum Warahmatullahi Wabarakaatuh..
owh this is a nice blog..
pleace keep update..
sorry my english is bad
I am not a Part-time Bloggers and professioal bloggers, I am a student blogger
As a matter of the fact, part-time bloggers are full time bloggers. Many part-time one take all time to think about what to write on blog. They keep thinking about update. It could be a whole day and everyday
Sorry but this makes no sense. What’s the point here? What about bloggers who started out blogging as a leisure activity and after a while when traffic’s up, they decide to go pro?
Or do you mean part-time bloggers as blogger with a personal blog?
btw, mas Fatih is a full time blogger or just part time blogger?
What about if blog is our main source income? it would be difficult to stop it. But, i prefer blogging just for fun and looking a friend
Well mas fatih.. you have a good blog!
I don’t read & speak eglish, Cz, i don’t schooll
Well, I just think about my self. Do I professional or Part Time bloggers.
mas fatih, terima kasih ya, saya sekarang dah rajin nulis blog seperti saran di tutorial, alhamdulillah.
biar dapet penghasilan tambahan triknya gimana ya mas, oya, saya kurang bisa menulis dalam bhs inggris.
Big salute to Rima Fauzi,she just enjoying what she have done for her own blog without worry with who will read it or are there people want to read it.She is really blogger.
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hum blog… i think is not an extension too. i prefer to call that is an expression. more soft to hear in our ear.
so have a nice week end
a full time blogger or just part time blogger is your choice. Every time you can change about your orientation .
keep blogging….
yes, keep blogging for fun, hope it will be your full time job..
blogging for me is to share our thought. that’s why we must be serious.