The question should really be why would you not blog? Watch the short video below to hear from marketing gurus Seth Godin and Tom Peters on why they blog – and why everyone else should.
I must admit, when my boss decided she wanted to start a blog and I found out that I would be doing the bulk of the writing, I was a bit skeptical (and not excited about the increased work load). But, honestly, writing Digital Qatar is now one of the favorite parts of my job – and dare I say I don’t even really consider it work…but don’t tell my boss that. It certainly has exposed me to new ideas, provided me with a creative platform and helped me think about technology in a completely new way.
So start blogging if you aren’t already – whether for your job or about something that personally interests you. I’m pretty sure you’ll find it to be rewarding, and who knows, people may even start turning to you for insight.
It’s been about three months since ictQATAR hosted Mudwanat: All About Blogging. The event brought together bloggers from Qatar and across the region, and lots of people just generally interested in blogging. We recently reached out to some of the attendees and got great updates from many of the bloggers and it thrilling to find that the event inspired some people to start blogging.
One such person is Raana Smith. She came to the event because her friend, Shabina Khatri, was speaking as a panelist. Here’s what she had to say:
“Attending the conference and hearing the speakers really made blogging seem like something I can do. My husband and I are in the process of adopting a baby from Morocco. We figured blogging would be a great way to let people know about international adoption and to keep our family informed being that they’re in the US and we’re in Doha. Check it out: http://babymaghrib.wordpress.com/”
If you have a blog in Qatar let us know. We would love to keep growing the community of bloggers here in Qatar and talk with more like-minded bloggies.
Our morning routine of coffee and newspapers has changed over time to coffee and popular news websites. Be it BBC News, New York Times or Al Jazeera, we would scroll through the paper’s subpages reading articles of interest. However gleaning daily global news from just newspaper articles is becoming almost insufficient – now the trend is to also read a few blogs to gain different perspectives and even experiences, through the eyes of someone else. Continue reading ‘Back to Basics on Blogging’
Our morning routine of coffee and newspapers has changed over time to coffee and popular news websites. Be it BBC News, New York Times or Al Jazeera, we would scroll through the paper’s subpages reading articles of interest. However gleaning daily global news from just newspaper articles is becoming almost insufficient – now the trend is to also read a few blogs to gain different perspectives and even experiences, through the eyes of someone else. 
