Thursday, April 21, 2011

Consider Blogging...as a Career!

If you're thinking of a unique way to utilize your resourcefulness, creativity, writing, or if you're like me and you're open to an interesting opportunity for English majors, consider becoming a blogger. Blogs can be personal and professional, and they're great for communications, public relations, and marketing purposes. Be part of the industry you're interested in working for, but in a new way. Bloggers can work freelance, for newspapers and magazines, book publishers, radio and television stations, and business or non-profit organizations. Plus, it's a fun way to be subjective about a topic that you're passionate about!

Imagine all the contacts you gain from the people that follow your blog. It's a great way to network professionally, while allowing people to get to know your interests based on the information you write about. Some experience is needed, preferably a bachelor's degree, but majors vary. You could be hired to write an economics blog if you majored in economics. The same goes for political science, botony, anything! And tell Mom and Dad that, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in a summary of 2009, the average salary was $54,000/year nationally. That's about $26.00 per hour, and if you get to freelance in your pajamas, that's not a bad trade-off!

If you consider yourself someone with insatiable curiosity and you're looking for an "out of the box" way to target a career path, consider blogging. Or start doing it as a hobby and see what kind of following you get. It's not the same old kind of personal or professional writing you're used to, so you might learn you're a writer and you never even knew it.