Why Do We Blog? A Global Perspective...

According to Technorati (October 2005), less than 5% of us do so to make money. I think that, at least from a business blogging perspective, this is a little misleading. While many of us, I for one, would report that we want the "visibility as an authority" that 34% selected; why we want that visibility is no doubt to make money. Oddly enough, people pay authorities, aka experts, in their field for their expertise. What better way to demonstrate your expertise than through a well-constructed, informative blog?

Here are the reasons reported for blogging. Note that only 54.8% were US respondents to this does provide a bit of a global viewpoint on blogging rationale...

• Generate Revenue - 4.62%
• Other - 9.62%
• Connect with Others - 20.34%
• Create a Record of my thoughts - 31.54%
• Visibility as an Authority in my Field - 33.86%

Why do you blog?

Thanks for reading...

tom.gray@gemsolv.com
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