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Now sometime back I wrote an article here on Blog Engage titled “Don’t Stop At Promoting Your Blog On The Internet Only” which was a few ideas and techniques that I use to help promote my blog outsdide the world of the internet.

While I was writing that article it got me thinking about my passion when it comes to my everyday life when I’m not sitting in front of a computer and actually having a little bit of a social life.

So on to what I’m talking about, most of you who do blog, will be blogging for the enjoyment, some for the money and some for the sheer fact that everyone else seems to be blogging these days and even though my blog Blazing Minds is a complete mixed bag of blogging genres, I personally have my own passions.

If It’s Your Passion, Then Don’t Be Afraid To Blog About It!

As a lot of you who may follow me on Twitter, Facebook and other places will know, I love films and I can’t seem to get enough of them, so yes that’s my passion.

I’ve said many times that it’s an industry that I would have loved to be part of, but sadly, it never went that way for me. So now I use my blog as my way of indulging in to my passion of the film releases in the cinema and have become my local cinema’s official film reviewer (See it’s worked for me already).

Since doing this on my blog, my passion has developed in to part of my daily life, meeting new faces from those that read my reviews to even meeting those in the film industry, which is just fantastic.

Most people will say to you that blogging in one set niche is the best thing to do and if you listen to this them, blogging about your passion is perfect, blog to your hearts content ;)

How Can Your Passion Help You?

That’s one thing that I was asked many times by those that initially thought that blogging and even watching films was a waste of time, but lets put it this way, since I started doing the reviews and learning more about blogging from fellow bloggers, like those here on Blog Engage, my reputation has increased when it comes to film.

OK, I’m not the world most famous blogger or the best film reviewer in the world, but by doing something that I love, I’ve managed to learn so much in such a short space of time and also been able to show that my passion for film has helped me socialise more.

If you take your passion, outside of the internet, you will not only find a whole new world out there, but it will also start to show on your blogging, tweeting and whatever else that you do to new heights and expertise will grow.

People Will See A Change In You

I have to say that I was never one for being in the foreground of anything, I was always the one sitting at the back of the school hall, but since I’ve been making the most of my passion, I’ve changed, I’m more outgoing, I join in conversation a lot more and I even wear a sweat shirt with my blog on it for everyone to see, now that’s something I  would’ve never doing a few months back. A real confidence booster for me.

Example: Lets say you are someone who goes to craft markets to sell your handmade crafts, use your blog to promote where you will be and what wares you will be taking with you, get a T-Shirt made with your blog address, so people know it’s you, even wear it when you’re out and about town. You will be surprised how much more confidence you can get just by doing that.

Use Your Passion As Your Business

If it’s something you love then why not develop it further, take advantage of the knowledge you have and use it with your new found confidence to conquer the world in what you do, show everyone that you are willing to share your knowledge with everyone.

Make a go of your life, start doing what you enjoy, use what you have learned and will be learning to make life that bit more enjoyable and most of all, just have fun, we only live once!

So, Do You Blog About Your Passion? Do You Have A Passion?

About Karen Woodham

Karen Woodham is an avid ,journalist, blogger and founder on Blazing Minds the Number One North Wales Blog for worldwide entertainment, events and so much more, a bit of blogger-holic at times, but a lover of life, also founding member of the electronica duo Remergence. Make sure to follow BlazingMinds on twitter @BlazingMinds and like me on facebook. Be sure to add me as a friend, BlazingMinds

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