My Foray
into the Blogosphere
by
Cora Parks
I first learned of blogging in 2007 as
a way to make money. Unfortunately, I
promptly forgot about it until 2009.
What precipitated my going into blogging was a desire to disseminate tax
information to a larger audience than I would be able to reach as a sometime
tax instructor at work.
So in August 2009, I commenced my first
blog post. It was nothing special, just
a “hey I’m here” type of post.
All I wanted to do was to talk about
taxes in plain English so that no one’s eyes would glaze over. Although, others make money off their blogs,
I don’t make a penny. In fact, I lose
money in that I must pay hosting fees every month out of my own pocket.
Do I wish that I could make money? Yes.
Do I want more readers? Of course
I do. But my writing was and is not
predicated upon the number of readers or how much money I make. I do it because I love it.
The only caveat is producing fresh
material. Except for a couple of guest
posts, I write and edit all the material on my blog. This year, I made changes to the blog
template, the size of posts, and frequency of posts in an effort to attract
more readers.
Right now, I take things day by day,
hoping that my posts make “taxes a little less taxing” in the lives of my readers.
I would love to have you join us at blog.taxtoday.info.
She is the author and editor of the financial blog Tax Today, a blog that provides readers with information on an array of federal tax topics. She is currently collaborating with PYPTW Inc, a nonprofit organization to start a low income tax clinic in metro Atlanta.
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Does this apply to just the American authors?
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