The Blogger or the Blog?

Hey. I know you wrote your blog. You’re the content provider and the media producer. You always had an opinion about everything. You believe in certain causes and would like to reach out to other like-minded people. You want to write your thoughts, promote your advocacy, and share the lessons you’ve learned. You want to publish them but couldn’t.

Thanks to blogging platforms, you’re now a citizen journalist. And you have a duty to your readers. You have to make sure that you communicate clearly and effectively. If you can’t understand what you wrote, how can anyone? You need to watch what you post because anything you upload now can come back to haunt you someday.

You also learned to look for what’s positive in every situation so you have something new to share to your readers.

It’s more than just polishing you writing style. You also had to learn to tweak your site. You learned to play with graphics, to understand code and to work with widgets. And after all these, you still had to keep abreast of what’s being said in the blogosphere — Who’s who? Who has something new to say? What’s the latest trend?

Sure, you formulated the production feel of your web log and you mapped out its editorial direction of its contents before even applying for your domain name. But as you went through these steps, something inside your brain clicked. Looking at your posts and the feel of your page, everything just became clearer. Somehow the act of planning your content, also clarified your personal vision. You now have a better sense of who you are and what you stand for. From there you have a better understanding of where to go. And along the way you managed to pick up some skills.

You made your blog but your blog also made you.