5 Reasons Why You Should Start a Blog

In just a few short months I will be celebrating my 5th year blogging anniversary! I can’t believe I’m already at 5 years blogging with what started as just a hobby. I had a personal family blog for a few years before this blog, and enjoyed sharing our family members there, too. There are so many different ways you can use and implement a blog, here’s 5 reason why you should start a blog.

This is a sponsored post in partnership with Bluehost. All opinions are my own. 

5 Reasons You Should Start a Blog

Share Your Family With Relatives – With our ever-increasing online world, having a blog is a perfect way to keep a digital journal that can be shared with friends and family. Our world feels increasingly more distant from our family members, but checking in on family blogs and seeing what our loved ones are interested in and watching them grow helps keep those connections special in our lives. Not only is a family blog a wonderful way to connect with your family members, it can become a priceless record for your own family too.

To Share What You Love – Blogging gives an outlet to share your passions and interests. It doesn’t matter what it is that you love to do from DIY to fitness and everywhere in between. You could start a blog to share homemaking resources or gluten-free recipes or anything else that inspires you.

To Start Your Own Business – A blog can become your very own business with some hard work. You’ll have complete control of the direction of your own blog and business. It is absolutely wonderful to be able to be your own boss – whether you are able to support your family or supplement your income with your blog.

Build Friendships and Connect Online – You can create amazing friendships and bonds through an online community. I’m still friends to this day with the friends I made as a brand new mom in a new mommy forum. When you build a community to rally around your interest you are surrounded by friends with similar interests. I have built great friendships among the blogging communities as well as we learn and grow together.

As a Personal Escape – Being a mom can sometimes be lonely as you spend your days or your evenings talking with little children. The same can be said for men, after a long day at the office working towards someone else’s dreams, a blog can be a place to escape and do something that is just for you. A blog has become for me a place to have something completely my own.

Start Right – Start Self-Hosted

If there’s one thing I have learned about blogging, is that regardless of your reasons to start a blog, the key is setting up your blog right from the start in the proper format. Many people start with a free .blogspot or .wordpress blog, but you never truly own your blog if you go that route. Free blogging platforms own and control your content and can actually delete your blog for any reason at any time, it’s unfortunately happened all too often in the blogging world.

Make just a small investment in yourself as you are starting out will be worth the investment in spades. You absolutely want to start your blog with your own domain name and on your own hosting with WordPress. This will save you all the headache and worry of having to transfer to your own platform as your blog grows which can create problems with links and pictures and other areas of your blog when you move.

Bluehost offers a variety of hosting options that start at just $3.49/month. Their shared hosting plans will work wonderfully for you when you start a blog and you can size up your hosting package as needed. When you need to scale up, Bluehost will be able to easily move your site among their hosting packages to keep up with your growth. Even if you’re just hosting a family blog with a small audience, take pride in the ownership of what you are creating to truly own that content.

With Bluehost you’ll also get automatic daily, weekly, and monthly back-ups to keep your data protected. You can purchase your domain name or transfer an existing name to be managed with Bluehost as well so all of your products are right there in the same location easy to manage.

Visit Bluehost’s website to find the right hosting package to get your blog up and running!

Why will you start a blog?