So, I was sharing all about this wonderful site and all I’m learning and how I have recently helped my daughter start a blog and will soon have my husband writing one and my 21-year-old son says, “oh, Mom, that’s old stuff, no one blogs anymore!” What? I told him there are over 600 people in my blogging club! His response was that we were the only ones! What would you have said to him?

@deairby , instead of telling him about what we do everyday I would ask him first what people do these days?

It’s more interesting to know what he think, rather than telling him about blogging benefits!

I am 21.

You can’t force anyone to see the internet with a “biz” or “”blogging perspective, but if you can show someone how they can take something they are passionate about, and turn it into profit on the internet, then blogging just became for them lol.

Tell him to keep an open mind blogging is important! Without it, he would not be able to find anything on the internet.

@louisdagosto , I simply agree with you!

It took me a whole year to convince my wife that blogging and internet marketing can be a business, she never believed in what I do till she saw the money coming now that all my income is from blogging and online business in general, she even tell her friends proudly about it!

Also as a mom you have license to simply smile and tell him he is a silly boy. Bonus is that will leave him sligjtly baffled…

everyone should blog.

if not for the personal satisfaction of sharing your story, but for the search engine improvements it can bring your business.

there are so many advantages to blogging that its not funny and it builds as the perfect platform with which to share not only text but audio and video. 

facebook is great and allows you to do just about everything a blog can, but you never own your facebook profile.

you do however, own your blog.

@deairby There are people who think blogging is dead, social media is dead, Twitter is dead, SEO is dead, and so on.  Usually people who aren’t doing it, or aren’t doing it well, are the ones who will say that. 

Blogging is definitely not dead and I agree with Kristi  @kristi-hines

Sometimes I think social media channels are getting “flooded” but I do think when the “hype” passes, it will still be there (of course) and even more effective.
What I mean is that when something new comes out or is popular, everyone jumps on it. BUT those who are serious, remain consistent, patient, and continue even after the initial “craze”. This is just my two cents…LOL.@deairby 

@deairby Maybe also give him this info too

Here is some content from Technorati’s “State of the Blogosphere” where 60% of those surveyed are hobby bloggers…but…they are still bloggers http://technorati.com/blogging/article/state-of-the-blogosphere-2011-introduction/

1) Hobbyist: The backbone of the blogosphere, and representing 60% of the respondents to this survey, Hobbyists say that they “blog for fun” and do not report any income. Half of hobbyists prefer to express their “personal musings” when blogging. 60% indicate they spend less than three hours a week blogging, yet half of hobbyists respond individually to comments from readers. Because 72% blog to speak their minds, their main success metric is personal satisfaction (61%). 

2-3) Professional Part- and Full-Timers: These bloggers represent 18% of our total group. They are independent bloggers who either use blogging as a way to supplement their income, or consider it their full-time job. Most of these professional bloggers don’t consider blogging their primary source of income. This group primarily blogs about personal musings and technology 

4) Corporate: Corporate bloggers make up 8% of the blogosphere. They blog as part of their full-time job or blog full-time for a company or organization they work for. These bloggers primarily talk about technology and business in their blogs. 70% blog to share expertise, 61% to gain professional recognition, and 52% to attract new clients. They have found that blogging has given them greater visibility in their industry (64%) and company (63%). 63% of corporate bloggers use their number of unique visitors to measure success. 

5) Entrepreneurs: 13% of the blogosphere is characterized as entrepreneurs, or individuals blogging for a company or organization they own. 84% of these bloggers blog primarily about the industry they work in, with 46% blogging about business and 40% about technology. 76% blog to share expertise; 70% blog to gain professional recognition; and 68% to attract new clients for their business.

Read more: http://technorati.com/blogging/article/state-of-the-blogosphere-2011-introduction/#ixzz1j13AxmfG

Thank you @dextereugenio, I feel encouraged by your words.

Well Dea, I think your 21-year old son has got a point because I do agree with him that’s old stuff. Especially if he would have mentioned  http://scoopit.com  (the New stuff). I started using it about 5-days ago and it is truly awesome and easy to use and share:)   @deairby

awesome link, checked out http://www.scoop.it and just might do that myself @ajarndonald

Thanks for the link, Sam, I’ll check it out and maybe pass it along @samscholfield

now that would have been funny if he had! no he didn’t. I checked it out, got an account but don’t think it is for me for my purposes… if my message is going your own unique self it seems a bit contradictory to use other people’s content! @ajarndonald