Bloggers have received a bad impression over the years especially in the Philippines, due to the fact that most have focused on providing write ups that are just targeted on getting freebies- free hotel bookings, free lotion, free food, free travels and while that is a good thing for some people-- this has created a bad reflection on potential niche writers who want to provide more substance about life experiences and has not really developed a way for writers to sustain their craft.
Blogging is a form of writing that should be treated with respect, if there is something you have written out of the context of what you have observed- if you have written about an experience that has inspired you and changed you- should it be minimized and should it just be considered a mere fancy blog?
The age of Social media opened the good and the bad, when it comes to influencing others.
A new group of social media influencers merely focus on where to go, what places to see, what good food to eat at- what places one should visit but rarely talk about why a certain restaurant needs to be supported.
Only a few bloggers tend to talk about how a certain business started out, the decisions that the owners had to undertake in order to bring about a solution to a community problem that led to the success of their business--
Only a few bloggers tend to concentrate on telling the actual stories that we need to hear-- only a few write about experiences from the soul and actual travels that have spurred them into changing their life--
It is easy to take a photo nowadays and to create an impression that you are making headway in the game of life, but without real need to connect--we could simply be putting fancy pictures out there that mean nothing to us.
This will regress the beauty of the scenery, the message,. the places we have visited, the people who were with us during our travels.
The question is do you blog for the fame part of it, or do you write the experiences because there is a message you need to give out?
There needs to be a classification of blogs to follow-- there are writers out there that simply want the fame aspect of being called a blogger, but there are those who actually provide us with life tips and guides that are life saving and they truly matter.
In the age of social media, the sacredness and authenticity of a person needs to be explored. The discussions that we have, the people we aim to be-- needs to be re-assessed.
Are you writing simply because you want others to think you are interesting, and you are living the high life? or are you writing because you know that you have the internal duty and compulsion of a writer to bring about a real life dimension that is needed by people who read about what you post--
Every blogger has the responsibility of shaping the mind of their readers--a social media influencer is the new form of celebrity nowadays--and what a persons posts, and what they say will have a direct impact in the lives of others-- there is a need to bring back the dignity in Blogging.
In the Philippines there needs to be a distinction between a blogger who writes for the freebies, and the writers that write from the experiences of the Soul.
I would very much want to see a new breed of writers and influencers who speak their heart out, those who still reflect and observe-- and discuss things from their awareness of what life should be.
Are you blogging from the soul?
To blog from the soul means to inspect the processes that went with the creation of a restaurant, to talk about what needs to be talked about when something is featured.
Do we talk about a certain restaurant, because it is expensive--or do we select restaurants to feature and talk about because they have changed the quality and lives of the people who support their food.
Do we write about artists for the sake of posting something interesting, or do we blog about local artists that we support because their life message is something that can provide more jobs and income to the community where they are from.
We need to have a certain idea and purpose as to why we write- why we feature people--why we go to places--why we post all of this information and why they are relevant.
When we post about beauty products that we have used- what stories of success went into the product, what are the inner and integral insights our readers can take home with them.
When we talk about someone in our blogs we must find a way to express their light- the way they have impacted us in a positive way--the way we want to connect and increase our daily awareness for living.
When we feature artists works, when we write about new places we have seen, about new people we met--do we simply post them --or do we have the responsibility to dig in deeper and discuss more ideas and thoughts that could be soul changing in the end.
To blog with dignity, means to write with purpose- to use our ability to express- to state a better dimension that people can learn from.
To blog from the soul does not usually mean you need to be factual, or to bombard your readers with hundreds of tip--rather to find a way to connect with a person in such a way that they would have the inner drive to ask what they are doing right now, what kind of life they are living and in what ways this could be changed.
Bloggers who tend to focus on creating story pieces that inspire- have to be encouraged because they have the power to change how a certain community is perceived.
The dignity of blogging has been lost in many cases--because most have failed to put this responsibility into perspective.
Blogging is the new form of journalism and it has to be done right.