Why You Should Be Blogging

Kristen King

Over 12 million American adults currently maintain a blog.
More than 147 million Americans use the Internet.
Over 57 million Americns read blogs.
1.7 million American adults list making money as one of the reasons they blog.
89% of companies surveyed say they think blogs will be more important in the next five years.
9% of internet users say they have created blogs.
6% of the entire US adult population has created a blog.
Technorati is currently tracking over 70 million blogs.
Over 120 thousand blogs are created every day.
There are over 1.4 million new blog posts every day.
22 of the 100 most popular websites in the world are blogs.
37% of blog readers began reading blogs in 2005 or 2006.
51% of blog readers shop online.
Blog readers average 23 hours online each week.

Source: Blog World Expo
Reprinted With Permission

This is week 3 of the 6 week Six Figure Blogging course, and it’s going awesome. I’m saving the sessions and listening to them on my computer and in the car after each session, and I feel like I’ve learned SO MUCH over just the first two weeks and the preview call.

Even if you’ve missed the first half you can still join in now and get all of the previous sessions recorded, with transcripts, so it’s still totally worth it. Check it out.

You may also be interested in attending Blog World Expo or BlogHer. And it’s a little last minute, but SOBCon08 is next weekend!

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Carla Apr 24, 2008 Link

>>22 of the 100 most popular websites in the world are blogs.
>>51% of blog readers shop online.

I think these are the two most significant statistics for business.

When I was in real estate, our trainers always told us that you have to be the one to define the selection criteria. That is one most important reasons for businesses to blog. It let’s them define the argument.
Rebecca Smith Apr 28, 2008 Link

Hi, Kristen –

Thanks for the great incentive to keep on blogging!

“There are over 1.4 million new blog posts every day.”

Yikes. I better get busy!

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Marjorie Apr 29, 2008 Link

Hi, Kristen! You must be super-busy with the course, as I haven’t seen you post in days! ;-)

I’m looking forward to hearing more about your experiences with the course. I wanted to enroll myself but don’t have the funds right now. Hopefully next year, though!

In the meantime, I’m definitely going to buy Darren’s new book.

Cheers,
Marjorie