Having enrolled on John Thornhill’s Masterclass course, one of the first instructions was to write a blog, with regular and frequent posts. I realised quite soon that if I had to write regularly, then it had better be about something I’m interested in.

I wrote a list of categories of subjects I’m interested in: Beer, Comics, Music, Films, Running, Books, Astronomy, Painting…..Internet Marketing was way down the list, but it was Internet marketing that made me create a blog, and I’m really grateful!

I’ve ended up pursuing two interests; Painting and Running  that I really enjoy by creating two new websites: www.popartoilpaintings.com and www.personaltrainerleamingtonspa.co.uk.

So are blogs a waste of time? My answer is an emphatic NO! Without the blog I don’t think I would have started painting again. It was only be reading my own blog posts, that I truly realised where my interests lay.Particular thanks must go to Mandy Allen whose encouragement really inspired me.

So for a long time I have been writing blog posts about running and painting. Now I have two new websites, the great thing is that I can copy and paste my blog running articles into my Personal Trainer website, which has already made it the biggest website for content in my area.

The same applies to my painting website. I had loads of ready-made articles about painting on my blog, which I simply copied and pasted into my new website, making it instantly quite large. 

I’m now considering what other websites I can create to utilise all the ready made articles I have on my blog. So, No. Blogs are not a waste of time! Keep blogging, you never know what will happen in the future.

John McNally