Will You Survive the Blogosphere?
pinoyambisyoso.com | Jan 05, 2009 | Comments 47
I was talking to a friend a week ago and part of our conversation’s the growing number of people who are planning to enter the blogosphere. Fact is, thousands of blogs are created everyday. We both agreed that some of the novice bloggers entered the blogosphere “hoping” to make money online. We couldn’t blame their reasons and decisions in entering the blogosphere, but it would be best to make them understand that making money out of blogging is not an easy task. It requires discipline, patience and hard work.
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As we continue our conversation, we also both agreed that the growing numbers of bloggers is just part of a trend. The booming industry of blogging nowadays has increase awareness among college students to professionals. Politicians are bloggers too! Even young people ages 12-15 years can make money online. One good example is Carlocab and his latest project called Worlds Youngest Bloggers. Indeed, blogging on the other side could be one source of income.
Last year i wrote about Blog, Ang Sagot sa Kahirapan? (Blog, Answer to Poverty?). A question based on theory and partial truth. The conclusion, blogging could be an “answer to our financial needs,” but not to poverty. We could make money in blogging, but how big we can make? We can make today, but how about tomorrow?
I consider blogging as a game of luck and a game of passionate and determined players. In the Philippines, many Filipinos will attempt to enter the blogosphere, but soon will vanish if they failed to achieve making money online. In reality, as the saying goes “many are called but only a few will succeed”.
Yes blogging is another exciting place for people who loves Friendster, Multiply and Facebook. Didn’t you notice that majority of the bloggers are from this Social Networking sites? Like i’ve said, Blogging is exciting, but few will survive. Yep it’s a game of survival. Those who can write regularly on a daily basis will stay while others will quit to go on other pursuits.
Now here’s the question, are we overcrowded in the blogosphere? How big is the blogosphere? Find more answers in this very interesting article, Blogging in 2009: Year of the Earth Ox.
Finally, do you believe that blogging is also part of the trend? We blog today, but not tomorrow? Will you survive?
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If the Pinoy blogosphere is indeed a community and not a dark and scary Darwinian jungle, with your help and just even kind words, we who just started to blog may survive. I’m not taking our personal responsibility out of the equation; perseverance, keeping the faith, and all that are the main factors, I know. I’m just saying this will make a difference.
There are many kind souls out here. I haven’t met them personally, but I feel lucky to have met them this early. Maybe it’s a tad presumptuous of me, but I already consider them friends.
Very thought-provoking post. It stopped me dead on my tracks.
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You’re welcome Jan! Count me in your list! Keep on blogging! Thanks for dropping.
i must say…passion is the key to survive!
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Thanks for sharing Eli! Naniniwala din ako sa sinabi mong yan.
Even politicians are into blogging also. Like Brotherutoy said,ganun din feelings ko. Copy and paste ko na lang.
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Pati mga kurakot na opisyals din! hahaha.
Sobrang dami na talaga ngaung mga tao ang pumapasok sa Blogosphere. I agree na trend nga ung ganyang situation. But then nowadays, if we’re going to do a survey with this question: “Why do you blog?!”, most probably majority of the answers would be to earn or make money online.
Oo makakatulong talaga blogging sa paggenerate ng income but then again, hindi basta basta ang ginagawa natin. We need hard work and offer some time in blogging. One more thing, sana hindi mawala yung essence ng BLOG, as an avenue of communication, we blog to make money and of course we should blog because we want to express something also.
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Wow ang ganda ng sinabi mo Juanderpul talaga! It’s true. Tayong mga nakapagsimula e madami pang dapat malaman, yun pa kayang mga nagbabalak pa lang? parang gusto kong magtayo ng school para sa mga enrolees hahaha. Thanks for sharing a wonderful thought!
naligaw lang pong ka-blog ni Bluep, Mahalia at Malen (namedropping!)
ako rin po, galing lang friendster nung maisipang gayahin si bluep at magblog. natanong ko rin po sa sarili ko kung tatagal ba ako dito. di naman po ako professional blogger pero nakita ko kung paanong umikot ang mundo ko sa loob ng blogging. Kung paanong narinig ko bigla ang tinig ko na dati eh sa isip lang nakasulat. ngayon, may nagko-comment pa. sa blogging, magsulat man ako ng walang kwenta, magkwento ng kalokohan o kababawan, meron akong sense of achievement na nadarama kapag nakapagpost na ako. at very rewarding din kapag may nagbasa at nagcomment. siguro dahil mababaw lang ang kaligayahan ko kaya maliit na comment eh kaya akong pasayahin. habang tumatagal, di lang laro ang blogging para sa akin kundi parang exercise na rin ng writing skills, ng social skills, ng disiplina. It keeps me sane. I helped me survive the monotony of everyday life.
teka’t napapaenglish na ako.
yun lang po and happy new year!
Maraming salamat sa pagbisita Brother Utoy! Tama ka isa sa mga dahilan kung bakit ko pinasok ang blogging eh para maituwid ang English carabao ko hehehe. Totoo naman, nahahasa ang write skills natin sa pag bablog. You can make a comparison nung nagsimula ka at ngayon. Di ba ang laki ng pinagbago? Parte na ng buhay ko ang blogging. Hindi makukumpleto ang araw ko pag di ako nakasilip ng blog. Happy New Year din sayo Brother Utoy!
sa totoo lang, blogging kicked out my diary writing that i’ve been doing since am 8 years old
and yes, i blog because i love it. kung magtatagal ako? hindi ko alam.
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Mommy Kengks paran pareho tayo. Ako naman di ko alam kung hanggang saan ako. Malay natin mga Lolo’t Lola na tayo nagba blog pa din tayo LOL
couldn’t agree more. yes we can definitely earn money in blogging but we can’t make a living out of it. some people are creating blogs for the main reason of earning at kapag hinde sila kumita, tatamarin na at iiwanan nalang basta sa blog.
and i believe these “dead” blogs make the blogosphere overcrowded, if one wants to quit blogging, madali naman idelete ang account diba?
my two cents. Ü
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Wow nice idea yan Joycee! It’s true ang daming “deadblogs” na dapat linisin! Siguro nakalimutan na mga passwords kaya di na madelete. LOL. Thanks Joycee!
There is no doubt it is hard work. It’s better to get a job somewhere and time in and out to expect a regular paycheck. But Bloggers who make it do it for more reasons than money. It is an outlet for their passions, for that gab that won’t quit in their brains, for the love of finding new friends and for the courage to voice out your opinions. Monetization is just an added perk but overall, it’s more rewarding to find that somehow a blogger has encouraged, enlightened, invoked to thought and opinionated in matters that are close to his heart.
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Thanks Mahalia. In other words, nakaka addict mag blog! Hahaha.
sakto.
sakto sinabi mo mahalia. it’s what we love to do, kumita man o hindi. bonus na lang yun.
I won’t stop blogging!
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Jason goodluck to you! I mean to all of us!
Dumarami na talaga ang mga gustong mag blog. Kahit nga si Sean, magba-blog na, hehe, charing lang.
Will I survive? I hope I will.
Basta mag ba-blog ako may kita man o wala, kadalasan nga wala eh.
Hahaha grabe pabata ng pabata ang nag ba blog imagine si Sean blogger na? pero yung nanay ang nagsusulat haha. Thanks Amor!
mag-survive? oo!
kumita? sana, hehe…
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Brother Roy kaya yan!Tamang tama nga ang blog mo “The Struggling Blogger” di ba?
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Thanks sa link love bro! Sa tingin ko we will all survive in 2009 kasi andun ang passion natin eh. Hehe. Kahit nga mali mali grammar ko cge pa rin. Ayos lang.
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Brother B! Parang ako yata tinatamaan sa sinabi mo hahaha. I hope makadami this year at kelangang bumawi! You’re welcome brother!
I think I will survive as I provide one of the most unique content among Filipino bloggers. Even though I am not earning big since I don’t do SEO, I am very much appreciated with the comments of some fellow bloggers. That serves as my fulfillment.
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Very well said. Comments are also part of an achievement of every blogger, but no comments on your post doesn’t mean you’re nothing. The time you spent in writing unique article is already an achievement. Aim high!
those with passion will survive. as for me, my blogs may come and go, but the passion to write will continue.
Wow parang tunog legacy yan Ceblogger. Thanks for sharing Brother!
@AMBO, para kung sino yata yung comment ko ah. haha.
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talaga sikat na pla tlga ang blogging kung ganon..hehe. kung makakasurvive? what a good question…dapat cguro eh ieenjoy nila ang pgbblog pra tumagal…at ciempre dapat may konting passion…at disiplina. yun lang po, bow.
P.S. happy, happy new year ambo!
Hi Edel. Happy New Year to you too! You’re right. For now, let’s enjoy what we’ve started. It’s something that we can’t live without na din kasi.
For me, blogging is a choice. And if there’s something calling us to blog, then it’s money – it’s what others believe that blogging is all about. Making money out of blogging should not be taken seriously in the first place or we’ll be out of the blogosphere too soon. Matirang matibay, kumbaga.
Good conversation with your friend, Ambo. Seryoso nyo siguro ha.
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Hi Marlene. Tama ka dyan. Para bang survival of the fittest din ang larangan na to. So far, i want to get serious sa blogging. I don’t know if this is a calling nga. For now, blog lang ng blog muna feeling writer mode muna haha. Thanks for dropping Marlene.
pahabol, ang isang pinakamahalaga dito e may pc o laptop at internet ka sa bahay. gaya ko nagstart ako na dial up lang connection ko. mahirap kasi magblog ng rerenta lang.
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agree ako jan ambo! kasi dapat bago ka magblog or pumasok sa blogging e siguraduhin mo un purpose mo at priority mo. gaya ko kaya ko pinasok ang larangan na ito e para talaga kumita. no more no less. kaya kung maumay man sila sa mga paid posts ko at mangalay sa kakablock ng ads ko e bahala sila.basta mahalaga araw araw e may kinikita pantawid man lang. kasi un iba kaya nagstart magblog e sabi nga daw e may kita. pero di nila alam un proseso mong pagdadaanan bago kumita. basta mahalaga e may passion ka dito at kaya mo isustain un content mo e okay na yun. malaking tulong din ang magkaroon ka ng kaibigan dito para matulungan ka sa mga bagay bagay na gusto mo pa malaman.
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Itots nuung magsimula akong mag blog wala akong idea na pwede palang mag generate ng income sa blogging. Until na natuto ako sa mga feloow bloggers. Hanggang ngayon siguro nasa dugo ko na ang blogging. Kumita man o hindi magba blog pa din ako.
nice article! happy new year ninong. sn n xmas gift ko? ok naman dito singapore. hindi ganong kasaya holiday. excited na ako bakasyon sa pinas
Thanks Makoy! Hahaha tapos na ang pasko wala ng gift
Di bale pag yumaman ako padalhan kita ng mgadaming gift! Hope to see you back in the country!
I certainly agree with you that many are called in the blogosphere but only few are chosen. In my case for example, I’ve been blogging since late 2006 but only decided to go professional only in the last quarter 2008 so it really takes time to blog. However, I can personality assure you that only those who are really passionate (like us…hehehe) will survive.
By the way, thanks for the linky love!
Snow, never thought you’ve been in the blogosphere for 3 years. That’s an accomplishment! More power to you and dearbloggery!