Should You Have More than One Blog?

Blogs can be addictive, plain and simple.  Just ask some of your friends who blog how many they have, chances are that they have more than one blog.  They all serve different purposes but if you have too many, you may find that it is more work than fun.  So how do you decide if you should have more than one blog?  Below are the advantages and disadvantages of multiple blogs, read through them and see which seems like the best solution.

Subjects – Each blog can have its own unique subject.  If you like to write about crafting and you like to write about sports, each would have its own home and you would not have to find a way to make the two live in harmony.

Boredom – Chances are, with more than one blog you aren’t going to run out of things to say.  You just switch topics and blogs and you are ready to go. 

Expert Status – If you want to be known as an expert in the craft arena, then you likely want to keep your blog to just the one topic to establish yourself.  If you start injecting the odd posts about football and hockey, it could diminish the look of being an expert.

Guest Posts – With more than one blog, you have more chances to get asked to write guest posts.  But it’s a disadvantage too as you can only promote the one blog in your biography, most likely.

Knowledge – Multiple blogs can show many different sides of you.  You can use each blog to showcase different writing styles, different knowledge bases or anything else you may want. 

Advertising – Each blog can advertise each other and help create links and traffic.  You could have one main blog that has a bit of everything and then it could separate into separate blogs that get more in depth.  For instance, you could have a main craft blog which then splinters off into one about crochet, one about knitting, one about needlepoint and others for other crafts.

More Work – Each site requires work to have it running at its best.  This is where the purpose of your blog really comes into play.  If it is just for fun, a place to talk about things that interest you, it likely doesn’t matter.  If you are blogging for profit, to promote products, etc then it is a little different as you need to spend time on it on a regular basis.

Costs – If you have a self hosted blog, you could be paying more for hosting and domain name for each blog you have.  Depending on your provider though, there may be ways to combine them and get a better rate.

Another great option is to have your professional blog, which is likely the one you are working to promote, get subscribers and sell items on and then have a casual blog.  The casual blog can be the one where you post about your interests and is more of an online journal open to the world to read.