The Pleasure Of Being Read

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Once in a while, I got a question and answer here and someone asked a question like this:

Wess Stewart: What motivates you to blog? What made you want to blog in the first place?

I just said for the pleasure of being read and for money. Well I think I would love to say more about that. The money, of course everyone in the blogosphere has believed they can become rich and they can put up a decent amount of money having their blog. It’s given, I mean not so many people can continue a blog that you have to pay $10 a month and get no moolah for it.

Back again to the pleasure of being read. I was looking at my stats and it says I am getting 800 page views a day and 350 uniques. About 1/4 of that probably is just because of AdWords and some PPC. So thinking of having about 150-250 readers a day reading the simple thing that you say about something, man don’t you feel happy for that? Being read from US to Australia to India, New Zealand, Philippines and etc. just seems to be a pleasurable thing for me. I even have some offline friends who says “oh dude, you’re post about this topic pretty got a great response!” And I was like “oh I thought you’re not reading my blog”.   I know a lot other blogs there have bigger number of readers but for someone like me who’s just a dork and a cool student, it’s really amazing. I also got about 100 feed subscribers and its great!

To be honest, I never think at first blogging can be this  fun. Back to my first day I just posted how I think making money online being not for everyone and I think receiving no responses to now getting 5-10 comments per post and keeping on growing. I also meet a lot of people and learned from a lot of people who commented on this blog to share something about what they think and how they disagreed and such stuffs!

I see people who are getting depressed with their blog not piling up hundred of dollars for them every month but with great readership. I know its hard not to get a lot of money but well you just always have to think that a lot of people are following you. You may not be gaining money but for sure you’re getting the traction that most people couldn’t get. And believe me, this will be more useful for you and your journey!

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    18 Responses to "The Pleasure Of Being Read"

    • Tom - StandOutBlogger.com 10:57 AM 25/9/2008

      I have to agree. Knowing that people not only read what you say, but value it, encourages me to keep blogging!

    • Ganesh 01:49 PM 25/9/2008

      That’s one very good reason why blog too.

      Aside from that, you said that almost no one commented on your first post. It was me who commented first on your blog. :D

      Melvin Reply:
      September 26th, 2008 at 9:02 am

      hahha, never noticed that.. ;-)

    • Adam - Creadiv 04:08 PM 25/9/2008

      I most definitely agree. I blog for money because my goal is to eventually not have to work a full time job, but knowing that what I have to say is important to people make me feel all warm and tingly inside.

    • Rajaie AlKorani 06:36 PM 25/9/2008

      Even though I don’t make much money from blogging, I still do it for the same reason mentioned above; feeling appreciated.

    • IronBlogger 03:12 PM 26/9/2008

      This is what inspires me to keep going even after I feel like all hope is gone. If it wasn’t for the readers, I would have given up a long time ago.

    • Zawadi 04:07 PM 26/9/2008

      I like you blog. you know I was awake about 3am this morning really aggravated with my blogs not making me enough revenue to purchase a new PC or laptop.
      I keep blogging, because with it, I can express myself and talk about somethings i wont talk about with friends or family.

      I am getting better at it( making money online) as times passes and it takes more dedication and work than I had imagined, but it doesn’t feel like a chore and it’s fun.

      I started a Blog to talk about my frustrated making money headaches lol .. It’s not a Top Blog but it’s my thoughts
      Also a few links of blogs I read everyday. http://webmoney2k.blogspot.com/

      Melvin Reply:
      September 27th, 2008 at 6:37 am

      thank you very much dude.. ;-)

    • ZK@WebTrafficROI 08:34 PM 27/9/2008

      Encouragement from fellow blogger like you and all here keeps me motivated to blog

    • Hussein 02:48 AM 28/9/2008

      I do want also to be read and be noticed. I feel good when someone comments on my blog and subscribe to my blog :D

      Melvin Reply:
      September 28th, 2008 at 4:47 am

      yes it feels like someone cares on your blog… ;-)

    • Lucas 03:32 AM 28/9/2008

      Melvin, I concur. It’s not really the revenue that matters, it’s the feeling that you’re being appreciated and respected. ;)

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    • Salwa 01:02 PM 01/10/2008

      This is one main thing why I blog.

    • kouji 10:07 AM 02/10/2008

      true. personally, since i write poetry, it’s great to know that there’s an audience out there for what you write, and then you later find that some of them actually like your stuff, and keep on coming back. it’s a great feeling. :)

    • Simon from Otooo 12:54 PM 02/10/2008

      I love being read – it’s what inspires me to keep going, to write another post for them
      I wouldn’t write for no audience

    • IronBlogger 01:17 PM 04/10/2008

      oh, how I do love blogging. :)

    • Armen Shirvanian 03:03 AM 16/10/2008

      Having one’s material read is quite a validation for it as it signifies that it was up to par and seemed to provide the viewer with something that they would take their time for.