Blogger lifestyles and Blogger motives ...

Preferred Lifestyle!

The lifestyle of a blogger could be compared to that of a freelance consultant/writer/advertiser. So basically, a blogger is a person who creates social media by writing about different topics. A glamorous image is that of a blogger traveling the world constantly seeking out a WiFi connection in order to add more content and contribute to their ongoing conversations, ultimately building an audience and driving traffic to their site. In turn, a bloggers audience and general traffic will hopefully create some sort of revenue that is sufficient enough to support the mystical lifestyle of a worldly blogger.

However this is not the case at all. Perhaps a person that has already established themselves in the world can take up blogging as a hobby and turn it into a profession. But, the majority of bloggers are simply looking to socialize with people of a similar ilk.

ProBlogger

On one hand we have the professional blogger. Someone who maintains a plethora of blogs about a multitude of different subjects. This blogger is someone who has fine tuned each of their sites utilizing a variety of different advertising strategies in order to maximize their profitability and traffic. Often this blogger is payed by companies to blog in their stead. Beware of this form of blogger, for they will certainly be willing to sacrifice their blogging soul for the right amount of loot.

Learning how to utilize a Social Media Mogul (problogger) is an art within itself. In order to accomplish this, one must learn to manipulate the output of this type of blogger by helping them first, and then asking for a favor in return.

Casual Social Blogger

On the other hand there is the Casual Social blogger who looks at things from a completely different perspective. This type of blogger has not maximized their advertising campaigns or traffic retention. Most of the time a casual blogger is contributing to social media for the social aspect, focusing primarily on the topic, and people, instead of the industry and statistics. A more opinionated, and fearless tone will probably accompany the postings of a casual socialite blogger.