Hi, today I want to talk to you about why we might see a second wave of blogging soon.
The first wave happen around 2007-2012.
Than social media platforms begin to pop up and many bloggers switched over to those. Specially bloggers that were in video, photography and even journalist. Instagram for models and the visual arts. YouTube for videographers. And Twitter for journalist, authors and other assorted content creators.
It's easy to see why bloggers would rather switch to the most popular platforms. You have access to a bigger audience and you're able to monetize your brand faster. Specially in the early days of social media platforms. The early adopters could quickly grow their accounts because they had no competition. Some even made it big with bots by buying followers, subscribers and views. Essentially boosting your account to the most popular lists in any social media platform.
But things are different now. Bots hardly work anymore. Facebook and Google now have stricter regulations. You can be banned for any number of offenses. And if not banned demotinized.
Last year there was a purge of right leaning channels on YouTube. In 2020 another purge will happen. If your videos don't comply with Coppa regulations regarding content for children they can fine you up to $42k for every video that's found violating any of all the vague regulations.
If you take a look at this graph you'll see that social media platforms are some of the most visited websites on the internet. With Google having the biggest share. And in a way having a monopoly on the internet because most traffic goes through them before reaching the smaller websites.
Worst of all some of the websites are owned by the same companies. Get banned by Google and now you're also banned on YouTube. Get banned by Facebook and you're also banned on Instagram.
You have NO control.
That's why we might begin to see a second wave rise in the blogsphere. With a blog you have control over your content. You can publish anything you want without worrying if you'll be banned or not.
Best of all you have control over your money. Your fans are yours. They are not owned by Google or Facebook. If Google or Facebook bans you lose all your fans.
Why?
Because you never knew your fans. You never had a way to contact them directly. Google and Facebook know them because they have their email, phone number and personal details.
Neither your followers nor you know how to contact each other outside of the bigger platforms.
I'll be starting a blog soon. My strategy will be to drive traffic to my blog above all else. I'll use all social media platforms but I will not give them control. I'll use the top five photo sharing websites and upload my content in it. I'll use the top five video sharing websites and upload my content in it. Maybe I'll even use other blog platforms like Medium and upload my content on it. If one platform bans me I'll have four others holding me up. My objective will be for anyone who enjoys my content to head over to my website and subscribe via phone, email or mail to my mailing list. That way I know my fans and I won't depend on the Corporotocracy that were slowly becoming for my survival.
2020 might be the year that we begin to take back the internet.
What do you think? Will blogs have a comeback?
The first wave happen around 2007-2012.
Than social media platforms begin to pop up and many bloggers switched over to those. Specially bloggers that were in video, photography and even journalist. Instagram for models and the visual arts. YouTube for videographers. And Twitter for journalist, authors and other assorted content creators.
It's easy to see why bloggers would rather switch to the most popular platforms. You have access to a bigger audience and you're able to monetize your brand faster. Specially in the early days of social media platforms. The early adopters could quickly grow their accounts because they had no competition. Some even made it big with bots by buying followers, subscribers and views. Essentially boosting your account to the most popular lists in any social media platform.
But things are different now. Bots hardly work anymore. Facebook and Google now have stricter regulations. You can be banned for any number of offenses. And if not banned demotinized.
Last year there was a purge of right leaning channels on YouTube. In 2020 another purge will happen. If your videos don't comply with Coppa regulations regarding content for children they can fine you up to $42k for every video that's found violating any of all the vague regulations.
If you take a look at this graph you'll see that social media platforms are some of the most visited websites on the internet. With Google having the biggest share. And in a way having a monopoly on the internet because most traffic goes through them before reaching the smaller websites.
Worst of all some of the websites are owned by the same companies. Get banned by Google and now you're also banned on YouTube. Get banned by Facebook and you're also banned on Instagram.
You have NO control.
That's why we might begin to see a second wave rise in the blogsphere. With a blog you have control over your content. You can publish anything you want without worrying if you'll be banned or not.
Best of all you have control over your money. Your fans are yours. They are not owned by Google or Facebook. If Google or Facebook bans you lose all your fans.
Why?
Because you never knew your fans. You never had a way to contact them directly. Google and Facebook know them because they have their email, phone number and personal details.
Neither your followers nor you know how to contact each other outside of the bigger platforms.
I'll be starting a blog soon. My strategy will be to drive traffic to my blog above all else. I'll use all social media platforms but I will not give them control. I'll use the top five photo sharing websites and upload my content in it. I'll use the top five video sharing websites and upload my content in it. Maybe I'll even use other blog platforms like Medium and upload my content on it. If one platform bans me I'll have four others holding me up. My objective will be for anyone who enjoys my content to head over to my website and subscribe via phone, email or mail to my mailing list. That way I know my fans and I won't depend on the Corporotocracy that were slowly becoming for my survival.
2020 might be the year that we begin to take back the internet.
What do you think? Will blogs have a comeback?
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