Blogging activities grew so rapidly as the Internet is accessible everywhere. Growing number of website builder sites, and the free blog providers are also increasingly supporting the growth of this activity, as the most famous are Blogger and Wordpress as a leading provider of free blog. So, if it is associated with graphic design, whether graphic designers can benefit from blogging activities? Of course, Here are some of the benefits of blogging activity that would be obtained by graphic designers:
8 Benefits of Blogging for Graphic Designers
1. The Benefits of Writing
Writing is excellent for self-development, even though for graphic designers. To write, we are required to read and research a lot more, with a lot of reading, we will have a broader knowledge. In addition, for some people writing is a necessity. A journey back to the era of former junior high, which in those days, most of girl students write their diary to confide, sigh, vent days were they passed through pen scratches on sheets of paper each next. This is a good way to treat you, one of the benefits that can be obtained through writing.
2. As A Medium To Showcase Portfolio and Marketing Yourself as a Graphic Designer
Blogs can be a good place to start marketing yourself as a graphic designer. Not only displaying the portfolio on the blog, we also have more free space to introduce ourselves as a designer, either specifically via the about me page, or indirectly through the author section in the blog post. Regardless of your freelance designer or not, but the fact is, the possibility of project could be from anywhere. So, why don't you try to impress your potential clients by starting a blog?
3. To Build Friendships, and Join the Wider Community
The development of technology makes everything easier. We can explore the world just by swiping our tablet. Well, this a good opportunity to expand networks and communities join together designers from all over the world. So, why go through the blog? It does not have to actually, but it would be much easier to do if we have a blog. Blog is like your home in cyberspace. Just imagine, what would happen if we did not have a house? We will definitely be considered a bum. So, who would be kind enough to make friends with bums?
4. Sharing With Others
There is no word 'loss' in terms of sharing, just as no one would be poor with charity. So why not try to share knowledge through a blog? Many people will be able to gain benefit from your writing. I personally got quite a lot of knowledge from some graphic design blogs that I've found on the Internet.
5. As Your Online Notes
Science should be tied with a note, because our minds have a limited capacity to accommodate all the things it receives. Blogs can be a good alternative to it. Why? Because blogs can keep a set of knowledge that you have obtained, it can store all information such as text, images, video, and useful links in seconds, which launches us into the mouth of a fairly extensive knowledge in cyberspace. Don’t get me wrong, but graphic designers are always crave to play with variety of visual inspiration from the virtual universe. So tie all the things you've encountered and summarize in a blog so that you can refer back to whenever you need it.
6. Being Up To Date
Every second, there are always developments and new discoveries from around the world, even in the world of graphic design. Being up to date on new developments is essential. This will be an important source of self-development of a graphic designer. It is true that in order to follow the update, we just need to browse, move from one link to another. But back to the point above about joining the community and build networks, information and new findings will be easier to come by if we are part of the community, and to be a part of the community would be much easier if we have a blog.
7. Learning in Terms of Navigation and Interface
Browsing activities involve us at the various sites and blogs with a different look and feel. Ranging from a site with good-looking appearance, to the one who designed perfunctory that led to difficulties in conducting information searches. By becoming a blogger, we'll get used to when faced with a site or blog interface. Occasionally, a blogger can determine which ads and which are not. This is not a trivial thing to me, because often I found, they who aren't blogging often cheated by advertisements. And the impact is much time spent in searching for information in cyberspace.
8. As A Source Of Income
Make your blog as a source of income, why not? Blogging can also be a means to supplement your income. There have been many people who managed to make a lot of money through blogging. But of course to make money through blogs is not an easy task. You cannot expect to make enough money to only have a 2-month-old blog. Everything requires a process, effort, and patience. Most people who expect to make money through blogs in a short time will stop blogging, and abandoning his blog after he felt that he did not get the results within a certain time.
The points I have outlined above are based on my personal experience and it's quite subjective. If you have any experience related to this article, please share it via the comments.