Why YOU should blog for Emergen in 2012

A major part of the Emergen online community is blogging.  

In 2011 the Emergen blogging community exploded, with the return of beloved bloggers from the years previous, and a new generation of first-time Emergen bloggers emerging (most who were first-time bloggers!).

These Emergen members posted on everything from book and event reviews, interviews with people they admired, the use of social media, lessons learned and inspiring stories, volunteering experiences and so on.  This was on top of the 2 main blogging for a cause events that many members participated in, culminating in the release of 2 free ebook compilations: Emergen’s International Women’s Day Ebook and Emergen Bloggers Tribute to the International Year of the Volunteer.  

So why should YOU blog for Emergen in 2012?

• To find / develop your online ‘voice’

• To express yourself - because you have something to say

• To share - experiences, events, stories, lessons learned, successes, tips, etc.

• To challenge yourself

• To learn and grow personally

• As it’s a step towards blogging somewhere else (your own blog perhaps!).

• To help grow and diversify the Emergen community

• For others - so that they can learn also

• To build your online reputation

• To connect with others

• For exposure - you will be surprised WHO will read your posts

• To promote - a Not for Profit Organisation, a cause, an event.

• Because YOU want to.

Believe me, since joining Emergen in 2010, and since I started blogging on Emergen in 2010, I have - mostly unintentionally - ‘fulfilled’ almost all of the above.  It’s been a crazy ride, but I’ve loved every minute of it, and my life has changed for the better.  I now have my own blog, I’m the Blogging Coordinator for Emergen, I guest post for other communities and bloggers, I run my own little international blogging community, I’m now developing ebooks for other communities (and myself), my writing has improved so much, as has my confidence, and I have actually made some fantastic friends - all on top of actually finding in life what I was passionate about again!

So yes - it can be daunting to sit down and write something, and then press the publish button!  But it can be so worth it.  

And if you ever need advise, someone to read over what you have written or some tips, don’t hesitate to contact me either via Emergen, directly via email on janine.ripper@gmail.com or via Twitter @Neanster77.

I do hope to read you soon!  Let’s make 2012 a year to remember.