Why a Corporate Pro chose to become a ProBlogger (Part 1 of 4)

Honestly, I miss getting-up early in the morning, polishing my shoes, and driving to office. The hassle-buzzle in the office, which I sometimes resent, now plays like a music in my head as I imagined how I cause panic on my staffs whenever I demand things to be accomplished or delivered on time. Now, that is relegated in the memory lane.

Why I chose to become a problogger? (Thanks to Darren of Problogger.net for coining the term and the lessons, I learned from him on problogging basics, and this is my first professional attempt on this viable business model.)

For some, you might think I am too old for this –I am not. I gave only the fifteen years of my life in corporate affairs after college, do the math, and you are right I am not that old to join the bandwagon of online marketers and rosters (exponentially growing) of probloggers out there. Having that let out of my chest, yeah I am not too old to blog for a living. In fact, with my corporate experiences in tow, I can be a better blogger in my niche (pardon the bragging there.)

So going back, why join the growing rosters of probloggers? Here are a eight (8) things that came to mind:

1. Problogging basic knowledge and skills are easy to learn. The basic skills and knowledge are easy for those who are really bent on learning the rudiments of problogging.

• There are no short cuts to making money off-line or online, as some people tend to buzz about. And there are no short cuts in learning these stuff. You need persistence and open mindedness.
  
• You need to be like a sponge. Absorb the ideas and principles you can muster and use. There are no better tutors than the pros before us.
  
• Learning here, I mean, understanding the concepts and acquiring the skills, and using them. Practice, practice, and more practice. Learn from your mistakes and avoid them.
  
• Please note, that before I launched this blog with my own domain, I experimented with three blogs in different niches until I decided to settle for this particular niche on business and management. Mind you, modesty aside, I earned more than $1,000 in my first 45 days. That is, experimenting. No domain and no self-hosting plans. How I did it? Well, there are no secrets actually, I simply applied the problogging basics and added pure ‘hard work’ into it –something I learned from my corporate stint.

Okey, I have to cut this short. This post will go on a 4-part series, lest I bore you with my ramblings. Mean time, let me hear your thoughts on this. So, why did you chose to become a problogger? Are you doing it full-time or part time?

* Read Part 2