What 5 years of blogging taught me about business success

[sumaiyakhatun26]

5 years ago, if someone looked in a crystal ball and predicted that on a cold November evening under the bright light of the full moon, I would be writing an article for an American blog, I'd have a hard time believing that!

Not because I don't believe in fortune tellers.

Back then, it just seemed really impossible, for the following reasons:

I knew nothing about blogging - my only experience was being an occasional blog reader.
I was convinced that my marketing skills were simply non-existent.
I hated writing.
How likely would it be for me to write long articles in a foreign language? when germany mobile database even a brief report in my mother tongue was a boring or daunting task?

I decided to set up my own blog because I almost had no other choice.
Hiring an interior designer, due to the worst financial crisis that hit my country, Greece, suddenly became a forbidden luxury.
I had to take action instead of waiting desperately for the phone to ring.

5 years later, I can proudly declare, that this was the second most clever decision in my entire career.
The first one was to study what I love the most — ie architecture.

For some people, their blog is just their hobby and a way to communicate with the world.
For others, it's their business, or as it is for me, a valuable tool for my business.

My online presence was firstly based on my blog, which now sends traffic to my website. I had reasons to keep them separate and independent but closely linked to each other.