Why the heck are you blogging? Do you even know what for?

Have you ever wondered why you should blog? Ever sat down and understood why you post stuff hoping someone will read it?
I do. I think you need to understand this as well so your blogging starts to bring in the rewards you earn.

So why blog? In a word – social proof. Ooops I did it again. It’s 2 words actually but you know what I mean.

Let me put it this way – if you’re hungry and you’re driving around somewhere new to you when suddenly you spot two restaurants that look the same on the outside and even have the same menu in the same price range, how would you choose which one to eat at?
I’d say 99% of the people would go into the one with lots of cars parked beside it and never take a second glance at the one that’s deserted with not one customer.

That’s social proof.

We are wired such that we tend to go where everyone else goes, and do what everyone else does. Yup, that goes for rebels too. They seldom do it alone and go with the flow of other like minded people.

I have another question for you. Which blog is more valuable to it’s readers – the one with tons of post each with tons of comments, or the one with just several posts dated months back with not a single comment?
The answer should be obvious.

If you want to shine, add value and drive tons of visitors from your blog to anyplace else online (your affiliate links come to mind), you need to create social proof for yourself and for your content.

That’s why I’m speachless and honored to have won this:

It just goes to show that I am actually adding value. That’s apparent to anyone hungry for good, relevant, valuable content. It will actually go a long way into showing others that my blog’s worth a read (if I do say so myself)