Why You Should Start A Blog

When I started my blog thethoughtjournal.com last year, I never imagined the success I would have with it. I make a good monthly income from my blog, I've launched a course to help other bloggers make a high-income blog and I'm able to work from anywhere in the world. If you're considering starting a blog then this is why you need to start a blog today.

Starting a blog is so easy, you can get started within the next hour. I recommend Bluehost for hosting your blog and using Wordpress with the Genesis theme. Most bloggers use these tools for self-hosting and it's important to set your blog up professionally from the start.

1. You can create a business from blogging

You can write about just about anything and be able to make a business from your blog. If you're interested in a certain subject, chances are other people are googling it thousands of times per day too and your blog could be at the top of those search results! I launched a high selling course for profitable bloggers to make passive income. If you have a service to offer that can solve a solution to someone's problems, then you can make a business from it. Whether you want to write about cooking, gardening, sailing, relationships, marketing or even blogging, you can start up a business with your blog in no time.

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2. Blogging is a great creative outlet

Blogging for me is like a form of therapy. I can write anything I want and open up about anything I'm passionate about on my blog. There's nothing better than being able to have your own space on the internet to create whatever you want and help others while doing so. Whether you love to write or you've never written before, blogging can be a fun way to express your opinions and make your voice heard while having the creative freedom to do so.

3. You can make good money from blogging

Blogging isn't all about making money and I don't recommend that you start a blog purely to make money, because you have to be passionate about what you're writing about to make it succeed. However, I make a very good income from my blog and my income started increasing only a few months after starting my blog. Ways to make money from blogging are ads, affiliate marketing, sponsorships and creating digital products to sell online.

I created a course that I sell called Pinterest Millionaire where I break down my exact strategy to getting millions of views from Pinterest, which is my main traffic referral. A great course I bought was the Making Sense Of Affiliate Marketing course where Michelle makes $100,000 per month blogging, which hugely increased my income after taking the course and implementing affiliate marketing strategies in my blog. Affiliate marketing is one of the main ways I make money from my blog along with traffic, so I'd highly recommend checking out those two courses.

Read how Michelle Schroeder-Gardner owner of Making Sense Of Affiliate course makes $100,00 per month from her blog here.

4. You can work from anywhere in the world

I know so many bloggers who travel full time while working from their laptops in gorgeous locations around the world and you really can work from anywhere with a blog. You're not tied down to 9-5 working hours and you can travel while you work and have the freedom to work from anywhere. If you've ever wanted to work from home then blogging is the perfect way to start.

5. You can write about literally anything

No matter what you're interested in, no matter how kooky or strange, people will want to read it. The best way to have a successful blog is to pick a niche, so say you wanted to be a fitness blogger, instead of covering all aspects of fitness, narrow down your niche to say staying fit as a mom or if you wanted to be a money blogger you could focus on personal finance. You want to find a profitable niche that will get you a loyal readership.

6. Create opportunities for your existing business

If you already have a business and want to expand it, having a blog for your business is a great way to promote your services. You can reach a much bigger audience and get a lot more customers by blogging for your business. You can become an expert in your field and open many doors for your business by writing blog posts that are relevant and engaging to your customers.

If you're able to offer a service with your blog, you can increase your earnings by thousands. I created a service with my blog by making my online course 'Pinterest Millionaire' that shows you how to go viral with your blog on Pinterest and get huge traffic referrals. I'm able to provide a solution for other people's problems and you can do the same with your blogging business.

You can build an email list to send weekly or monthly updates to your customers to promote new blog posts, offers or products you're selling. I use ConvertKit as my email list builder and it's the easiest and most affordable email marketing platform for bloggers. Having a blog for your business will increase your reputation and earnings massively and makes you look a lot more professional and helps you stand out from competitors.

7. You'll inspire others and meet amazing people

Your writing will inspire so many other people and once you start getting comments on your blog from readers your hard work will really pay off. Your readers will be so interested in what you're writing about and you'll influence them to go out and do great things themselves. You can change people's lives from blogging, even in the smallest ways. Blogging is a very rewarding career and you'll meet many other like-minded people through starting a blog.

If these aren't enough reasons to start a blog today then I don't know what is! Blogging has changed my life and has opened up so many doors for me. I'm so thankful that I decided to just go for it and start my blog because I've never looked back and it's only getting better. If you want to create amazing opportunities for yourself then you should definitely start a blog using Bluehost and start your blogging journey now!

Once you have at least 25,000 page views per month, you can join bigger Ad paying sites like Mediavine who pay much more than Google, but you need high amounts of traffic to join them first. My main way of getting views to my blog is Pinterest so don't forget to check out my Pinterest Millionaire course to see how I refer thousands of readers daily to my blog.

Good luck on your blogging journey! Emily x

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