Blogging about Bloggind

            I was trying to decide what I would write about for my first attempt at a real bog, searching the internet high and low for just the perfect reminder of what pop culture is to me and what about pop culture peaks my interest.  I realized that blogging and it power to connect people to each other is what I had been researching and dissecting the past few weeks. 

            What started out as an online journal entry, writers forums, or weblogs, have become what we know of today as the blog.  A blog can be a powerful tool that allows us to reach millions of people throughout the world.  A blog can be a website, part of a website, part of a larger forum, or found in many different areas of the web.  It can be used for ranting, reveling, describing, divulging, or polling.  Most often a person’s blog is used to spread some of their vast knowledge with people looking for that particular information, or personal feelings on topics to share with people who have the same opinions and interests.  Most importantly what defines a blog is that it is an unfiltered forum for sharing ideas and generally a place for commenting and conversing. 

            What I find the most interesting about blogging is that it has become more than just an idea of expression and connecting with people.  Blogging is a money making entity, get enough people to follow you and you can earn advertising money, become a link within in newspapers and magazines, or any number of options that can result in a high paying job.  Maybe not surprisingly, but some of the highest grossing blogs have come from blogging about pop culture itself.  As a society, we have become obsessed with celebs misbehaving, royal weddings, and reality T.V. drama, of course, the more pictures and videos the better.  Now as much as people are writers for printed copies of People Magazine, Cosmopolitan, or even the USA Today, and other magazines or newspapers they have become blurbs of print with a follow her at…   There are so many avenues to explore when considering blogging as a money making opportunity.  As a career, blogging could be incredibly lucrative with the right set of skills and an ability to entertain an audience.  I often wonder if I could make it in this one day you’re in and one day you’re out atmosphere, if I were a better writer of course.

References:

Gavriliuc, S. (2010) Top best most popluar blogs to watch in 2010. Retrieved on April 2, 2010 from http://ceoworld.biz/ceo/2010/03/29/top-best-most-popular-blogs-to-watch-in-2010

Problogger (n.d.) 31 Days to building a better blog. Retrieved on April 2, 2010 from http://www.problogger.net/archives/category/31-days-to-building-a-better-blog