Starting a blog can be scary and feel pointless to some of us. So, Thomas Frank aka Collegeinfogeek wrote a great post giving logical reasons why you should. I decided to address these points and tell you all why these reasons inspire me to create a blog.
Here are my personal answers to Thomas Frank 14 Hard-Hitting Reasons Why You Must Start A Blog In College. Here is a link to his twitter and original article:
14 Hard-Hitting Reasons Why You Must Start A Blog In College
Teach Other People Useful Things
-This is something I can/will think and ask myself to understand what relevant topics and themes for this website/blog are, especially when I am stuck. This is also an incredible opportunity to share what I know with others.
Establish Yourself as an Expert
-This blog is proof of my knowledge and can show what I am capable of. As was stated before a great way to share what you know and maybe even learn a little along the way.
Build an Amazing Network
-Networking is very important to, so the knowledge that this may be an outlet for that is a great motivation. As this can help me gain a future job.
Solidify Your Knowledge Through Teaching
-Teaching helps you remember what you are learning or have learned. I tend to need study tip and extra steps, to remember and learn correctly. So, this blog can help me solidify what I have learned in my classes that pertain to the motivation of this site.
Get Access to Well-Known People (When Others Can’t)
-If I can do this it would be a great opportunity to learn and could lead to being a great networking source.
Become a Better Writer
– I am currently not the best writer, however, I always believe you can improve, which is what I want to do. So, if this blog can help with that I am in.
Learn Useful Technical Skills
-Technical skills are very important especially since I am planning on getting a digital marketing degree. So, if I can gain more hands-on experiences that’s a win for me.
Transform Yourself into a Solution Finder
-Being able to find a solution is a skill set, that translates into any section of life and is something worthy of working on. Which is why I am excited to gain some practice in it, especially with any technical issues.
Build Your Resume
–A great resume is a very important step in getting a great job/career, it will help push me to think… “Would I want a future boss to see this?”, “Does this show my skill, and work ethic?” and so much more. Which is always valuable in my opinion.
Express Yourself and Your Ideas
– Expressing myself is very important, my family instilled this in me at a young age to always have your own ideas/values and to never just go with the crowd.
This blog gives me a chance to practice that and to show my ability to do critical thinking to future employers.
Improve Your Personal SEO
– This is an interesting reason to me for my name is not extremely common especially my first and last name combo. However, I do think it is important to not only know but to improve, as well as curate as much as possible what will pop up when someone searches your name.
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Learn Marketing Skills
-As someone who is planning on going into digital marketing, this is a very important reason to blog.
I want to be the best possible version of myself in almost all areas, especially with my future career if there is a way to gain more experience I am there for it.
Become Incredibly Attractive to Recruiters
-This is something I had not thought about before reading this post by Tom Frank, however, it is an excellent point.
As someone who plans to transfer to a university, this reason really appeals to me, because I know that there are a lot of people who will want to apply to the same colleges and programs as me.
Make Money
-This reason is very appealing to me as someone who is both in college and has medical bills. Money can always be useful, though I know that it is very unlikely that I will be able to make money off a blog.
Thank you guys for taking the time to read this post, I hope you enjoyed it. Lastly here is some other information from the original article. Enjoy!
