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Should I Start My Own Blog?
Hello,
20/m.
I'm thinking of a career in journalism, and so have thought about writing articles for some big blogs. These blogs have like 500,000 readers each month, and are well established.
The only problem is, whenever I think of something to write, it seems that someone has already written it. Because I have a few things going on at the moment, I also find it hard to write as much as these blogs require (usually 3 articles a week).
So would it be best if I just started my own blog? The only problem with that is, that I don't have as big of an audience? And the reason I'm doing this is to get experience and get my work published.
So yeah, my question: start my own blog, or write for other, well established blogs?
Thanks in advance! :)
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Finding your own audience is the best thing you can do plus constant writing will help polish your skills as long as you pay attention to good grammar and syntax. Just keep in mind that the internet is forever and what you write will be cached by Google and other search engines for anyone, including future employers, to later dig up if they want info on you.
So if you're going to do this you better be damned serious about it and treat it like a job. If you do something frivolous or half assed you will have no credibility with anyone.
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Both.
Honestly, if you are serious about making a career of it, do both.
Crack down on yourself and write things quickly and pitch them to these blogs as one-offs if you aren’t ready to commit to 3x weekly AND start your own blog to work yourself into the habit of producing regularly.
It's a really easy answer: Yes.
It's just had to do.
So, slog through the first few months of having no audience. Jump on Twitter and get involved in conversations with established bloggers or organizations. Build your audience the hard way.
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