What is a Blog 2022 l How It Works and the Difference Between a Blog and a Website 2022
hey what's going on guys my name is Alex Narnia with create and go and I'm the founder and co-creator of two six-figure blogs both avocado calm and create and go.com and today we're gonna be talking all about what is a blog and the differences between a blog and a website I think if you're new to blogging you'll find this information very interesting so a little life update from us Lauren and I just got back from living a month out in Portugal we are out living in Lisbon and it was absolutely spectacular we're out there with a group called the Wi-Fi tribe.
they're a group of CO living co-working CO partying Co having fun entrepreneurs that kind of grouped together and visit different places around the world Portugal itself was absolutely spectacular is just so so beautiful and I might just show you guys some clips in this little segment specifically the beaches were just amazing I mean they had everything from the blue greens to the white sandy beaches to just these amazing cliffs and amazing rocks it was really spectacular Lisbon itself the city was very beautiful Porto we got out there and we actually got to see some of the Red Bull Air Races which was really cool we we didn't mean to do.
that but Porto is also beautiful just the country as a whole really spectacular Portugal is also known for their coffee and for their custards so we had too much coffee in too much custards but we're happy now to kind of be back in the States and be working on sort of the next steps with create and go in the next steps with our online business but for those of you here right now you're probably more interested in hey I need to get to the information of what actually is a blog and what's the difference between a blog and website so let's get right into it alright guys let's talk about what is a blog how it works and the difference between a blog and a website if you're kind of confused about this as a whole then you are right in the same place.
that Lauren and I were two years ago we honestly didn't know what the difference between a website or a blog was but despite our confusion we were eager to get started and we were eager to make money we saw that bloggers online we're making a lot of income we were interested in quitting our jobs and making that kind of income and that's where we started kind of fast-forward to today Lauren I've built two six-figure blogs combining making over $50,000 a month it's crazy but it's a true story and many people will now even call us expert bloggers and I don't know when that happened or I don't know if I ever feel like I am an expert blogger but I do feel like I'm gonna be able to give you a very solid and tangible definition of what is a blog and how does it work.
what is a blog the boring definition of what is a blog is sort of a regularly updated page website oh by the way if you don't know this is one of our blogs creating goo and that's where this articles post it anyway a regular or updated page or website the easier way to understand it is that this is a blog creating goo is a blog when you're reading any of the posts on this website and the written content it is a blog the blog itself is what holds the comments re the blog itself is what holds the content in the blog post what you're reading and in our case and in our blog is the part of the entire website as a whole this is why sometimes websites are referred to as blogs and I'm gonna clear kind of all of this up here and the next step because the question you're probably asking is okay.
what's the difference between a blog and a website well I'm more of a visual learner myself so let me give you some examples there are three kind of categories that websites fall under with blogging and this is where the confusion comes up and let me to separate those in the three categories for you the first is that the website is a blog the second is the website has a blog and the third is that the website is just a website it's easier to look at it from the framework of of what the website is so let's dive into a little more detail on each one and explain the differences the first is that the website is a blog if you're on creating goo right now following this.
then you are on a blog or you can also check out our other blog which is avocado calm this is our other six-figure blog that we have it's primary a blog because it is created and centered around updated content and blog posts that's what I refer to these websites as blogs because it's all centered around the content that we create here are some of the names that you could classify these websites as you could call it a blog you can call it a website or you can call it an authority niche or website this is something that you probably won't have heard yet if you're typing in what is a blog and finding this post but this is more of an internet marketing term.
that you will hear sort of later on other examples of websites that are primary content is a blog our blog posts are like something like The Huffington Post our Buzz Feed these are both examples of places that would mainly be considered a blog almost like a media outlet because it's the primary content that they post Buzz Feed as well while they might call themselves a business or are some other things they are technically a blog because blog posts remain their primary content now if they called themselves a website or a publisher that's plenty fine to understand but they they are still technically a blog all right so that's the case when the website is a blog right so these websites are a blog it's their primary piece of content here's another scenario and that's.
the website has a blog I think this is why so many people get confused about what is a blog and what isn't in this example the website has a blog and uses it but the primary content are not blog posts this is the case for most websites as a blog is a good way to drive traffic and potential customers to a web site but it's not the primary thing the web site centered around an easy way to see this is the email marketing service that we use is convert kit and these guys are a good example now these this is their main website okay good I'm not logged in and this main web site has a lot of different things it's actually a software that you can purchase it's for email marketing of that something for when you're further down your blogging journey.
that we talked about but this is a they do have a blog with the web site meaning that they do publish updated content from time to time that being said the website has a blog with regularly updated posts and it's important part of their business but remember the blog section is not the primary content are the primary purpose of the website again when you go to the home page of avocado our other website you see that our primary thing are the blog posts that we are publishing that in the products that we sell so that's why their primary purpose is an email marketing software and in this case people at convert kit they're not going to say that they have a blog they're gonna say they have a website or a software or a business.
these are the terms that they're going to use to describe what they do they would never refer to themselves as blogging or being bloggers another example that I talked about earlier is the Wi-Fi tribe Co these guys too also have a blog and we've actually been featured on it but they moor have a website in a business they're not going to call their business a blog because it's just something they do that's sort of a part of the whole and not is the whole I hope that makes some sort of sense again these are all kind of these are all judgment calls right people will call their website whatever they want to call their website but at the end of the day it's centered around the primary purpose of the website now the final case is that the website is just a website an example of this would be something like canva.com.
where they don't even have a blog but it's just a website and this is a cool website that is is a cool way to edit your photos this is a standalone website with no blog that we use to create and edit our images more examples of websites like these are going to be things like apartment complexes local real estate brokers platforms like YouTube our Facebook these are just going to be considered websites if you're continuing down this strain of questioning your up what is a blog you might think well what content do you blog about it's really anything you want and contrary to popular belief blogs are not just an online diary about your thoughts I think.
when most people think about starting a blog that's what they're thinking about and that's sort of part of the coolness of blogs you can blog about whatever your heart desires it can be company updates it can be a product you like it can be a workout you recommend to your friend or sort of are you can use it as a creative outlet to practice your writing a way to meet others and connect they're just infinite ways and infinite things that you can blog about it's really all up to you basically anything you can think of blog posts themselves are complete open to your creativity now here's the one thing that we would say is that if you want to make money blogging you definitely can and there are certain types of content that you should be writing and.
if you're interested in that you should check out on our blog posts are what to blog about and this is sort of under the framework of of those of you who are interested in making an income blogging now why start a blog would be kind of the final question that we'd have here I can't speak for all bloggers but blogging has forever changed Lauren in NIH's life you saw we got to go to Portugal but you you know you can make just a little bit of money blogging you can make up to you know you could just make $200 per month blogging like as a part-time business I mean that's gasps that's groceries that's a lot of expenses.
that can get paid just as a small income from blogging you could make serious income blogging we now make over fifty thousand dollars per month blogging that's really income we get to travel the world and we've gotten to quit our nine-to-five jobs because of blogging another cool thing about blogging is that blogging is allowed Lauren and I'm more free time to explore our passions and hobbies we get to wake up work when we want create the things we want and we truly get to enjoy it the final reason why I tell people to start a blog is that it's a challenge challenges are a good thing for you your happiness and your growth is a person and and blogging and succeeding as a blogger is a challenge it's not unless.
you're just doing it purely as a creative outlet outlet and you're not reward about anybody reading or anything like that but it can be challenging it can be frustrating at times and and those things are good because they help you grow if you want to get started blogging we have a killer Pinterest profile that you can check out and you can subscribe to right there I will link it in the description all links will be in the description again subset so you can subscribe to our YouTube channel we are already up to I think it was 16,000 16,000 people sixteen thousand fans.
let's look at this yeah sixteen thousand two hundred and five subscribers already doing well when we published this article is fourteen thousand so we're growing fast make sure to also check out our free blogging reek we have a free blogging course that's seven days that will walk you through the process of starting your blog from picking your niche to selecting the right domain name to making sure you get the right hosting these sorts of things also if you're not into signing up for email stuff we also have this sort of how to start a successful blog right here that walks you through everything if you're ready to get started right now this post right here on how to start a blog on WordPress could be helpful to you okay guys I hope I cleared that up on the differences between a blog and website and what is a blog I will see you next time
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