What is a Blog How It Works
Hey, what's going on guys, my name is ..........with create and go. And I'm the founder and co creator of two six figure blogs, both avocado, calm and create and go.co. And today we're going to be talking all about what is a blog and the differences between a blog and a website. I think if you're new to blogging, you'll find this information very interesting. So a little life update from us, Lauren, and I just got back from living a month out in Portugal, we are out living in Lisbon. And it was absolutely spectacular. We're out there with a group called the Wi Fi tribe.
They're a group of CO living co working co party and co having fun entrepreneurs that kind of group together and visit different places around the world. Portugal itself was absolutely spectacular. Just so so beautiful. And I might just show you guys some clips in this little segment. Specifically, the beaches were just amazing. I mean, they had everything from the blue greens to the white sandy beaches to just these amazing cliffs and amazing rocks. It was really spectacular Lisbon itself, the city was very beautiful Porto, we got out there and we actually got to see some of the Red Bull air races, which is really cool. We we didn't mean to do that. But Porto is also beautiful, just the country as a whole. really spectacular portugal is also known for their coffee and for their custards, so we had too much coffee and too much custards. But we're happy now to kind of be back in the states and be working on sort of the next steps with creating go and the next steps with our online business.
But for those of you here, right now, you're probably more interested in Hey, I need to get to the information of what actually is a blog, and what's the difference between a blog and website. So let's get right into it. Alright, guys, let's talk about what is a blog how it works. And the difference between a blog and a website. If you're kind of confused about this as a whole, then you are right in the same place that Lauren and I were two years ago, we honestly didn't know what the difference between a website or a blog was. But despite our confusion, we were eager to get started. And we were eager to make money. We saw that bloggers online, were making a lot of income. We're interested in quitting our jobs and making that kind of income. And that's where we started. Kind of fast forward to today. Lauren, I've built two, six figure blogs, combining making over $50,000 a month. It's crazy, but it's a true story.
And many people will now even call us expert bloggers. And I don't know when that happened. I don't know if I ever feel like I am an expert blogger. But I do feel like I'm going to be able to give you a very solid and tangible definition of what is a blog and how does it work? What is a blog, the boring definition of what is a blog is sort of a regularly updated page or website. Oh, by the way, if you don't know, this is one of our blogs, create and go CO and that's where this article is posted anyway, a regular or updated page or website, the easier way to understand it is that this is a blog create and go.co is a blog, when you're reading any of the posts on this website. And the written content is a blog. The blog itself is what holds the content. Sorry, the blog itself is what holds the content in the blog post what you're reading. And in our case, and in our blog is the part of the entire website as a whole.
This is why sometimes websites are referred to as blogs. And I'm going to clear kind of all of this up here and the next step because the question you're probably asking is, okay, what's the difference between a blog and a website? Well, I'm more of a visual learner myself. So let me give you some examples. There are three kind of categories that websites fall under with blogging. And this is where the confusion comes up. And I'm going to separate those into three categories for you. The first is that the website is a blog. The second is the website has a blog. And the third is that the website is just a website, it's easier to look at it from the framework of of what the website is. So let's dive into a little more detail on each one and explain the differences. The first is that the website is a blog. If you're on creating go co right now Following this, then you are on a blog. Or you can also check out our other blog, which is avocado.com. That is our other six figure blog that we have. It's primarily a blog because it is created and centered around updated content and blog posts.
That's why we refer to these websites as blogs, because it's all centered around the content that we create. Here's some of the names that you could classify these websites as you you could call it a blog, you can call it a website, or you can call it an authority Nisha website. This is something that you probably won't have heard yet if you're typing in what is a blog and finding this post. But this is more of an internet marketing term that you will hear sort of later on. Other examples of websites that are primary content is a blog or blog posts are like something like the Huffington Post, or BuzzFeed. These are both examples of places that would mainly be considered a blog, almost like a media outlet because it's primary content that they post BuzzFeed as well, while they might call themselves a business, or are some other things, they are technically a blog, because blog posts remain their primary content. Now, if they call themselves a website or a publisher, that's plenty fine to understand. But they, they are still technically a blog. Alright, so that's the case when the website is a blog. Right? So these websites are a blog, it's their primary piece of content. Here's another scenario.
And that's the website has a blog. I think this is why so many people get confused about what is a blog and what is it. And this example, the website has a blog and uses it. But the primary content are not blog posts. This is the case for most websites, as a blog is a good way to drive traffic and potential customers to a website. But it's not the primary thing the websites centered around. An easy way to see this is the email marketing service that we use is ConvertKit. And these guys are good example. Now, these, this is their main website. Okay, good. I'm not logged in. And this main website has a lot of different things, it's actually a software that you can purchase. It's for email marketing of that something for when you're further down your blogging journey that we talked about. But this is they do have a blog with the website, meaning that they do publish updated content from time to time. That being said, their website has a blog with regularly updated posts, and it's important part of their business. But remember, the blog section is not the primary content, or the primary purpose of the website. Again, when you go to the homepage of avocado, our other website, you see that our primary thing are the blog posts that we are publishing that in the products that we sell.
So that's why their primary purpose is an email marketing software. And in this case, people that ConvertKit they're not going to say that they have a blog, they're going to say they have a website, or a software or a business. These are the terms that they're going to use to describe what they do, they would never refer to themselves as blogging or being bloggers. Another example that I talked about earlier is the Wi Fi tribe, co these guys to also have a blog, and we've actually been featured on it. But they more have a website and a business, they're not going to call their business a blog, because it's just something they do. That's sort of a part of the whole and not is the whole I hope that makes some sort of sense. Again, these are all kind of these all judgment calls, right? People will call their website, whatever they want to call their website. But at the end of the day, it's centered around the primary purpose of the website. Now, the final case is that the website is just a website. An example of this would be something like canva.com, where they don't even have a blog. But it's just a website. And this is a cool website that is is a cool way to edit your photos.
This is a standalone website with no blog that we use to create an edit our images, more examples of websites like these are going to be things like apartment complexes, local real estate brokers, platforms like YouTube or Facebook, these are just going to be considered websites. If you're continuing down the strain of questioning, you're at what is a blog, you might think, well, what content Do you blog about? It's really anything you want. And contrary to popular belief blogs are not just an online diary about your thoughts. I think when most people think about starting a blog, that's what they're thinking about. And that's sort of part of the coolness of blogging is you can blog about whatever your heart desires. It can be company updates, it can be a product you like it can be a workout you recommend to your friend, our sort of our you can use it as a creative outlet to practice your writing a way to meet others and connect. They're just infinite ways and infinite things that you can blog about. It's really all up to you. Basically, anything you can think of blog posts themselves are completely open to your creativity. Now here's the one thing that we would say is that if you want to make money blogging, you definitely can and there are certain types of content that you should be writing. And if you're interested in that you should check out on our blog posts are what to blog about.
And this is sort of under the framework of those of you who are interested in making it income blogging. Now, why start a blog would be kind of the final question that we'd have here. I can't speak for all bloggers, but blogging has forever changed Lauren and I's life. You saw we got to go to Portugal. But you know, you can make just a little bit of money blogging, you can make up to, you know, you could just make $200 per month blogging, like as a part time business. I mean, that's gas that's groceries, that's a lot of expenses that can get paid just as a small income from blogging, you can make serious income blogging, we now make over $50,000 per month blogging, that's real income. We get to travel the world and we've gotten to quit our nine to five jobs because of blogging. Another cool thing about blogging is that blogging is allowed Lauren and I have more free time to explore our passions and hobbies.
We get to wake up and work when we want, create the things we want and we truly get to enjoy it. The final reason why I tell people to start a blog is that it's a challenge. Challenges are good thing for you, your happiness and your growth as a person and, and blogging and succeeding as a blogger is a challenge. It's not, unless you're just doing it purely as a creative outlook outlet. And you're not worried about anybody reading or anything like that. But it can be challenging, it can be frustrating at times, and, and those things are good because they help you grow. If you want to get started blogging, we have a killer Pinterest profile that you can check out and you can subscribe to right there, I will link it in the description all links will be in the description.
We are already up to I think it was 16,000 16,000 people 16,000 fans, let's look at this. Yeah, 16,205 subscribers already doing well, when we publish this article is 14,000 so we're, we're growing fast. Make sure to also check out our free blogging ecourse we have a free blogging ecourse that's seven days that will walk you through the process of starting a blog from picking your niche to selecting the right domain name to making sure you get the right hosting these sorts of things. Also, if you're not into signing up for email stuff, we also have this sort of how to start a successful blog right here that walks you through everything if you're ready to get started right now. This post right here on how to start a blog on WordPress could be helpful to you. Okay, guys, I hope I cleared that up on the differences between a blog and website and what is a blog. I will see you next time.
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