How to start a blog…1 of many posts about blogging
I decided to share a how to start blogging with you. As it dawned on me… “Wow, some knowledge about blogging you may have a need and use for…
Rumor has it you want to start blogging… Well over the next few emails you will learn a few of your options.
But for starters… what is blogging….to do a “copy pasta on the subject and quote wikipedia…
A Blog (a contraction of the term “Web log”) is a Web site, usually maintained by an individual with regular entries of commentary, descriptions of events, or other material such as graphics or video. Entries are commonly displayed in reverse-chronological order.
Some Demographics because numbers are cool LOL … No really they are.. and besides knowing the “average” will help you know your place in what many call the blogshere (the world of blogs and blogging)
Global Snapshot of Bloggers
| Demographics | U.S. Bloggers (N=550) |
European Bloggers (N=350) |
Asian Bloggers (N=173) |
| Male | 57% | 73% | 73% |
| Age | |||
| 18-34 years old | 42% | 48% | 73% |
| 35+ | 58% | 52% | 27% |
| Single | 26% | 31% | 57% |
| Employed full-time | 56% | 53% | 45% |
| Household income >$75,000 | 51% | 34% | 9% |
| College graduate | 74% | 67% | 69% |
| Average blogging tenure (months) | 35 | 33 | 30 |
| Median Annual Investment | $80 | $15 | $30 |
| Median Annual Revenue | $200 | $200 | $120 |
| % Blogs with advertising | 52% | 50% | 60% |
| Average Monthly Unique Visitors | 18,000 | 24,000 | 26,000 |
Segment Snapshot of Bloggers
| Demographics | Personal (N=1015) |
Corporate (N=156) |
Professional (N=590) |
With Advertising (N=695) |
No Advertising (N=595) |
| Male | 64% | 70% | 72% | 66% | 66% |
| Age | |||||
| 18-34 years old | 52% | 45% | 48% | 53% | 45% |
| 35+ | 48% | 55% | 52% | 47% | 55% |
| Single | 36% | 24% | 31% | 34% | 34% |
| Employed full-time | 52% | 51% | 55% | 49% | 56% |
| Household income>$75k | 37% | 49% | 42% | 40% | 37% |
| College graduate | 70% | 74% | 74% | 69% | 72% |
| Average blogging tenure (months) | 35 | 35 | 38 | 35 | 33 |
| Median Annual Investment | $100 | $200 | $150 | $100 | 0 |
| Median Annual Revenue | $120 | $250 | $300 | $200 | 0 |
| % Blogs with Advertising | 53% | 64% | 59% | 100% | 0% |
| Average Monthly Unique Visitors | 12,000 | 39,000 | 44,000 | 46,000 | 4,000 |
Global Bloggers by Gender
| Demographics | Female (N=438) |
Male (N=852) |
| Personal Blog | 83% | 76% |
| Professional Blog | 38% | 50% |
| Age | ||
| 18-24 years old | 9% | 15% |
| 25+ | 91% | 85% |
| Single | 29% | 36% |
| Employed full-time | 44% | 56% |
| Median Annual Investment | $30 | $60 |
| Median Annual Revenue | $100 | $200 |
| % Blogs with advertising | 53% | 54% |
| Sell Through a Blog ad Network* | 16% | 7% |
| Have Affiliate ads* | 41% | 32% |
| Have Contextual ads* | 61% | 73% |
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