Great question @phil-mershon!  I like blogging because I enjoy teaching.  Having my own blog allows me to help others learn about new technology and apply it to their own online pursuits whether it is blogging for personal, professional, or business purposes.

For me blogging stems from my passion for writing. 

I’m using my blog (and other blogs) as a way to establish a platform on which I can speak about content. Also, may I add that selective guest blogging has done great things for me. I have been able to ‘meet’ very interesting people (some of whom I went on to meet in person e.g. both of you @Kristi-hines and @Phil Mershon. 

Blogging has opened up some pretty huge doors for me this year

I enjoy blogging it allows me to serve my Hotel Family in a unique way. 

Coaching my Hotel Family on principles that will help them serve their guest, and create relationships with Champion Advocates for their brand. Social Media is bringing Hospitality to new dimensions. 

I see myself as the new Hotelier – The Social Network Hotelier and my doors are open for you all to be my guests.

Cheers..

Are MorchHotel Blogger

I love to write, and blogging lets me do it whenever I want. As @phil-mershon said, blogging can be a great way to organize your thoughts and, I would add, to learn all about a topic. 

I think every small business owner should blog, because it will help them to become more connected with customers. The constant need to say interesting things to customers takes us beyond that tendency to just give sales pitches. When we commit to providing useful content, we commit to a path of learning, sharing, and becoming better at our business.

I like blogging because there are no rules to writing.  I primarily want to share insights, thoughts and opinions that will hopefully help someone.  I also like the fact that it helps to show more of who I am authentically. 

I like blogging because it allows me to write how I speak.  I’ve never been the best writer when it came to academia, and though I realize the importance of grammer in all cases, I do much better when given the freedom to write in a conversational tone.

Speaking is a strong suit for me, so writing in a comfortable manner just flows.  Fortunately, my blog is all about party supplies and fairly light-hearted topics.  I’ve been lucky the grammar police haven’t broken my door down over some posts.

I haven’t found my stride yet in blogging (I’m hoping I will with this club).  The appeal for me is the platform it provides to help, inform, and pontificate with other people who might be interested in the same topics.

I’m not a personal blogger – though the idea has, as of late, intrigued me…I have a lot I’d love to start sharing! After reading all of the above posts, maybe this club will inspire me to start!? 

I started writing short stories and poems for fun when I was young — and would share some of my writings with close friends.  I started blogging in 1999, and it really started from my love of writing and sharing things that interested me.  I never cared how many people read my work, and was happy just to have a few comments here and there.  And that is still true for me today.  I will write even if nobody is reading my blog just because I’m passionate about what I write about.  I’ve started food blogs, short story blogs, education/productivity blogs, business blogs, and now I’m writing about Google Plus for Business.  These are all areas that interest me — and that’s why I do it.

I started blogging to get over the fear of writing. I still have visions of the red pen marks on my English papers from High School and College. I was not on the teachers favorite list. However, do the thing you fear, and it will subside…which I have found to be true. Still have a ways to go on improvement, but having fun.
I blog about Social Media, Leadership, Photography and Banks vs. Credit Unions.

So people blog because they want to help people, because they love to write, because in writing you sort out things in your own head and learn stuff too… These are all reasons why I blog too
BUT
Here’s a supplementary question….

Do you have  a strategy? Is your writing leading somewhere? Are you leading your audience to buy something from you?

That could be a service you offer or it could be a product – digital or not –

If your blogging has no structure or direction, your audience will not be progressing towards a predetermined outcome.

I’m thinking out loud here but I’m sure your get the gist of what I’m driving at

I like blogging because I will get onto a point and go into more detail on it than most of my friends can tolerate, and this gives me an outlet… Also in the vain hopes that what I think or have to say will help someone else in some way!