- You don’t need fancy software to blog.
- Free hosting services, like WordPress.com can as good as or better than self-hosting. You’ll need to pay for a few basics, but it won’t cost more than web hosting.
- A low-cost, minimalist option like Micro.blog (where you are reading this post) is the best for anyone who’d rather write posts than mess around with code.
- Blogging can take up a huge amount of time. It doesn’t have to.
- There’s a community aspect to blogging. It isn’t apparent until you dive in and do it yourself.
- Blogging is similar, but not the same as journalism.
- My blogs don’t have any direct economic benefits, but they keep me in touch with audiences and show prospective clients that I’m alive and kicking.