tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7939090324856486515.post-23784015457198071912008-03-10T10:26:00.000-07:002008-04-04T00:24:15.803-07:002008-04-04T00:24:15.803-07:00<div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_4n4VWGOjVZ4/R9VzvE17veI/AAAAAAAAAAg/0NweZ9bBOYg/s1600-h/Why+a+corporate-pro+chose+to+become+a+probloger.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_4n4VWGOjVZ4/R9VzvE17veI/AAAAAAAAAAg/0NweZ9bBOYg/s200/Why+a+corporate-pro+chose+to+become+a+probloger.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5176170599323254242" border="0" /></a>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.<br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />Why I chose to become a problogger? (<span style="font-style: italic;">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.</span>)<br /></div><br />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.)<br /><br />So going back, why join the growing rosters of probloggers? Here are a eight (8) things that came to mind:<br /><ol><li><span style="font-weight: bold;">Problogging basic knowledge and skills are easy to learn.</span> The basic skills and knowledge are easy for those who are really bent on learning the rudiments of problogging.</li></ol><ul><li>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.<br /></li><li>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.<br /></li><li>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.<br /></li><li> 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 ‘<span style="font-weight: bold;">hard work’</span> into it <span style="font-style: italic;">–something I learned from my corporate stint.</span></li></ul>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?<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">* Read </span><a style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);" href="http://www.hrmbusiness.com/2008/03/why-corporate-pro-chose-to-become_23.html">Part 2</a><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">------------------------------------- <br/> <a href="http://youngurbanprofessionals.net" target="_blank">PRACTICAL TIPS for YOUNG URBAN PROFESSIONALS</a></div>Norhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15123517229956303014noreply@blogger.com10