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Thursday, April 5th, 2007 by Andy Beal

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Blog Meme – Five Reasons Why I Blog

It’s been far too long since a blog meme circulated through this neck of the woods, so let’s tackle the tagging handed down by Nathan Weinberg.

The tag seems to be a little weak – I don’t know if it should be 5 reasons, or just 1 – but here goes.

  1. I love blogging! I am totally and disgustingly addicted to blogging. I guess I’m one of those stereotypical net users that just likes to connect to people. Apart from a brief vacation, I’m rarely away from the blog. My wife constantly teases me; “You love that blog more than me, don’t you!”
  2. I first started blogging as a means to share information with fellow employees. When you’re at a company of nearly 200 people, and a dozen a day ask my thoughts on the latest Google news, it just makes it easier to put those thoughts down on a blog. I’m no longer at that company – and have no employees right now – but close to 7,000 people a day visit Marketing Pilgrim to hear my thoughts (oh the pressure).
  3. I got bored writing articles. I must admit, I found blogging to be so much more fun – and less time consuming – than writing 1500-word articles. I like being able to share 50 words or 2000, as frequently, or infrequently, as I like. Blogging allows me to push content that would otherwise remain in my crazy mind, until I found the time to write an article.
  4. Meeting new people. I’ve made many new friends through this blog, and hundreds more that I share a comment or email with now and then. I’m always very flattered when I meet someone at a conference, who tells me they read my blog.
  5. The money. Sure, making money was the furthest from my mind, when I first started blogging, but I’m not going to lie and say it’s not part of why I put 4-5 hours a day into Marketing Pilgrim. Blogging brings me consulting gigs, speaking opps, press interviews and of course, paying advertisers. It’s amazing to earn income from speaking your mind.

Ok, that’s probably enough scary insight for one day. So, I’ll just go ahead a tag five others…

Rand Fishkin

Michael Arrington - maybe he’ll answer from TechCrunch. ;-)

Lee Odden

Pete Cashmore

Aaron Wall

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13 comments on “Blog Meme – Five Reasons Why I Blog”

  1. Lee Odden Says:

    April 5th, 2007 at 4:22 pm

    Ooh, that’s some smart link building there Andy!

  2. Andy Beal Says:

    April 5th, 2007 at 4:30 pm

    Only if I can get the kids to play with me. ;-)

  3. Five Reasons Why I Blog » Online Marketing Blog Says:

    April 5th, 2007 at 4:47 pm

    [...] I haven’t participated in a blog meme for a while so Andy Beal who was tagged by Nathan who was tagged by Randy went and tagged me, so here goes: [...]

  4. Jason Schramm Says:

    April 5th, 2007 at 4:55 pm

    I was tagged along with Nathan. I don’t remember there having to be a number of reasons. http://www.jasonblogs.com/2007/03/31/why-i-blog/

  5. Andy Beal Says:

    April 5th, 2007 at 5:02 pm

    Some used five, others not. I thought five would keep it somewhat structured. ;-)

  6. Michael Jensen Says:

    April 6th, 2007 at 12:10 am

    Like the last blog meme that rolled through the SEO blogosphere, I am again tracking the growth of the blog meme through a blog tag tree. This makes it easy to know who has been tagged already, and to get to everyone’s answer really easy.

    http://www.soloseo.com/why-blog-meme.html

  7. rexblog.com: Rex Hammock’s weblog » Blog Archive » I always wondered how memes got started Says:

    April 6th, 2007 at 9:35 am

    [...] Some bloggers are posting “5 Reasons Why I Blog” as demonstrated by Andy Beal of Marketing Pilgrim and others are writing brief essays, like John Robinson, editor of the Greensboro News & Record. [...]

  8. Why You Should Blog-- Search Engine Optimization Says:

    April 8th, 2007 at 12:17 pm

    [...] I got tagged with a blog meme about why I blog by Andy, but rather than simply ennumerate my personal reasons, I decided to go bigger and describe all the reasons, personal and professional, that should encourage you to start a blog (or continue to update the one you write). [...]

  9. Webmaster Money Says:

    April 9th, 2007 at 3:48 am

    I like your reasons Andy… I am still thinking to create blog but I am lazy to write something longer than 4 lines:)

  10. Dario Says:

    April 9th, 2007 at 7:29 am

    I’d love to see the follow-up post on “top 5 reasons people will read your blog”! :)

  11. klikhir Recommendation Age Filter Says:

    April 10th, 2007 at 4:54 am

    ..or a follow up on how blogs have increased human intelligence by a factor of 5: consciousness, knowledge, truth, taste, sociality

  12. Why should you blog? | Blogging Blog Says:

    April 18th, 2008 at 4:25 pm

    [...] – Andy Beal of Marketing Pilgrim lists down the Top five reasons for Blogging [...]

  13. Tiffany Says:

    April 24th, 2008 at 4:29 am

    What is better than earning money by doing what we love to do :)