Why do I write a blog?

Why blog? If you are also a blogger, you may wish to think about this issue before reading the following. This article is translated from Gabriel weberger's blog "why I blog". Some paragraphs adopt the free translation method to better express themselves.
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Insisting on writing this blog is one of the smartest decisions I have made. I have opened many blogs and only stick to this blog. Last year, I set a goal for myself: To write 100 blog posts, not only to achieve the goal, but also to surpass this number. This year I decided to reduce the number of blog posts to write more in-depth blog posts at the frequency of every Monday.

Writing a blog is not an easy task. It takes a lot of time to write a blog every week. It takes 3-5 hours to complete a good blog, I gave up some outing activities. Since the cost of blog writing is so high, why can I convince myself to stick to it? The following are my reasons for persistence.

Helps to correct and improve understanding of things

With the increase of age and accumulation of experience, people will gradually form a fixed understanding of things, from religious beliefs to the best cooking methods, relying on and sticking to these experiences and fixed understandings, life is like losing motivation and letting inertia lead.

Blog writing prompted us to repeat "analysis" and "thinking" to help us correct and improve our self-recognition. Reading Materials in the early stage-> writing blogs to constantly ask questions and sort out ideas-> sort out and optimize blog posts. Through this process, we can correct the original misunderstanding, or deepen the understanding of the original knowledge.

Writing blogs helps you to correct and improve your understanding of things. This is the main reason why I write blogs. With this alone, I think writing blogs is very meaningful.

Enhance self-confidence

Writing a blog is a bit like a speech. In our speech, we will present our views and understandings to the public, and show our inner world to others. Most people are afraid of this. In addition, sometimes the opinions in the blog post will lead to controversy, criticism or criticism. For every blogger, it takes a lot of courage to face up to others' questions and criticisms.

However, as the number of blog posts increases, you will find that you are more and more competent to defend against attacks, and your opinions will become more confident and more open to the public. A blog is such a platform that helps you achieve the above changes and turn around brilliantly.

Help you find like-minded people

When I first started writing this blog, I knew that the number of my blog members was zero. On Twitter or Facebook, every time a publisher is added, the blog we write becomes more meaningful and valuable, because it will be spread by the publisher's microblog, some blog posts are reposted on other websites, which has a greater impact.

Even if a blog is not followed by others, we can still find it. You can repost the blog to another site on your own. People will find you through the search engine, with tools such as email and Weibo, we have many ways to communicate with others.

Make you stand out

It really takes a lot of effort to write a blog. There are only a few people who insist on writing high-quality blog posts. Once you stick to it, you will stand out.

Why have Chris Dixon, Mark Suster and Fred Wilson become well-known risk investors? They are smart and competent, but when you look closely at the venture capital industry, there are many of them, compared to other venture capital investors, it is their blog that makes more people know and understand them.

The above lists the benefits of blog writing, and you may not be able to persuade you to write your own blog immediately. However, if you have made up your mind to write a blog, please refer to the following suggestions:

1. Avoid plain content. A blog with plain content won't stand out, because there are too many such blogs. I know this is hard to understand and record the process of thinking and analysis. However, if there is no argument or empty content in the blog, writing a blog becomes meaningless.

2. let more people know. A hard-to-write blog with a few readers not only did not benefit more people from the blog, but also gradually lost the strength of bloggers. It has taken us a lot of time and effort to write a high-quality blog post. However, after posting a blog post, we should do more promotion for it so that more people can read it, give full play to its role.

3. Actively participate in communication and interaction. Actively communicate and interact with blog readers, so that you can gather more popularity for your blog. Enable the post comment function, pay attention to the updates of the comments in a timely manner, and reply as quickly as possible. This requires continuous enthusiasm. At present, I am also trying to try it in this regard.

In my opinion, the following two excellent blog posts are:

Misadventures in VC funding: the $24 million Moz almost raised
Bootstrapping stormpulse

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Why do I write a blog? The four points mentioned in Gabriel weberger's blog are my voices. For usProgramStaff, working overtime is a common practice. It takes less time to write blogs, but even so, for the blog posts to be completed for each plan, I will use my free time to read relevant materials and make full preparations for writing. I strive to do the following for technical blog posts:

1. The pursuit of quality is preferred;
2. It is difficult to learn from the beginner's perspective;
3. Do not make e-waste, do not pick up people;
4. Focus on commonality from actual problems

After reading the translation of why I blog, what do you think? Do you have a new understanding of blog writing?

Author profile: Gabriel weberger, founder of the duckduckgo search website, is also an angel investor.