Blogging decline amongst teens and young adults

Social Media has taken the bull by the horn. How will bloggers face this new trend?

A recent survey from Pew Internet shows a decline among teen and young bloggers.

2006 – 28% Teens 12 – 17 where bloggers
2007 – 24% Young Adults 18-29 where bloggers

2009 – 14% Teens 12 – 17 where bloggers
2009 – 15% Young Adults where bloggers

In the same period bloggers over 30 rose from 7% blogging in 2006 to 11% in 2009.

Social Networking the new trend

The decline in blogging amongst teens and young adults is caused by the changes in Social Networking. Nearly three quarters (73%) of online teens and an equal number (72%) of young adults use social network sites. By contrast, older adults have not kept pace; some 40% of adults 30 and older use the social sites in the fall of 2009.

73% of adult user 18 and over use Facebook
48% of adult user 18 and over have a MySpace profile
14% of adult user 18 and over use LinkedIn
18% of adult user 18 and over use Twitter (*)

Twitter:

18 – 34 => 37%
25 – 29 => 25%
30 – 49 => 22%
50 – 64 => 9%
65+ => 4%

Micro blogging and status updates has replaced macro blogging among the new generation of teens and young adults.

Make your blog part of your small business

Blogging is not dead. The numbers presented here just shows that your small business has to keep up with the trend and hang out where your customers hang out. Blogging is just one tool for your business. Social Networks is outpost where you connect in new ways with your customers.

According to BusinessWeek there are about 9 million blogs out there, with 40000 new ones popping up every day.

Make your blog part of the Social Media Experience that you create for your customers.

This new trend brings on new challenges for the blogosphere. Blogging is not only blogging anymore – it is so much more. Understanding this is what will make the difference of which companies that will succeed building a Social Media Experience and which companies that will fall behind.

What is your take on this? Is blogging dead? Has Social Networks like Facebook and Twitter killed blogging? or is Social Networks a great supplement to blogging?

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Credits:

About Pew Internet : The Pew Internet & American Life Project is one of seven projects that make up the Pew Research Center, a nonpartisan, nonprofit “fact tank” that provides information on the issues, attitudes and trends shaping America and the world. The Project produces reports exploring the impact of the internet on families, communities, work and home, daily life, education, health care, and civic and political life – pewinternet.org

About BusinessWeek:
Bloomberg BusinessWeek is a global source of essential business insight that inspires leaders to turn ideas into action. Through content, context, and collaboration, Bloomberg BusinessWeek moderates global conversations and moves business professionals forward. Founded in 1929, Bloomberg BusinessWeek magazine is the market leader, with more than 4.7 million readers each week in 140 countries – www.businessweek.com

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Have you been asking yourself the simple question if you are blogging for fun or for business?

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I realized I had done all the traditional things I was supposed to do to make my blog make a mark. But it was just not making any progress at all.

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Make sure you take time to read my Disclosure since one of the things I will focus on this year is making money with my blog and Tweets.

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Your friend,

Are Morch
@TwtrCoach

Twitter is a great Social Media channel for communication in real time, and finding new cool stuff.

We have seen how we can build a good relationship on Twitter; how we can build trust; and our products life cycle.

Tweet Promotion

You have a blog or website that you want to promote your information and product from. The main reason many of us start a blog or website is because we want to make money with it. Nothing wrong with that. We have gone through some of the steps that has got us this far. So why not bring it up a notch.

You want to start promote your blog or website from your tweets.

But the trick is that you don’t want to come off as spammer.. do you?

a) Curiosity

So we want to use Twitter to create curiosity for your blog or website.

Your first tweet is your Curiosity Tweet.

You already know your information or product. In your first tweet tell that you are looking into trying out the info, or even that you want to buy it.

Curiosity Tweet:

“Have a new Twitter Coaching Product that I tried out. Great Stuff!”

Be creative when you create curiosity. If your friends start respond to you then you know you are on the right track. And if you get few responses, try out a couple of more Curiosity Tweets.

b) Attention

You have now made your friends curios. Now you want to grab their attention with give some more details that is related to your information or product. Give some simple details that describe one benefit of the information or product.

Attention Tweet:

“The first module of the Twitter Coaching Product has blown me away. Can’t wait to get on to second module!”

c) Benefit

Digg even deeper into some of the benefits of the information or product. You have got your friends attention now, so give them more detailed benefits of your information of your product or information.

Benefit Tweet:

“I have discovered a bunch of new creative Twitter Strategies that made the Twitter Coaching Product even better..”

d) Action

You finish up with your Action Tweet. Now you can present your friends and followers with a link to your blog or website where you give a more detailed description that is related to your tweets. I recommend using a short urls service that provide some statistics for your blog or website link. This way you can track how your promotion campaign turned out. And make necessary changes.

Action Tweet:

“Get in for your sneak peak of The Twitter Coaching Product Today! – http://bit.ly/twitterprod”

You have now created a simple Twitter teaser campaign for your blog or website.

If you are using other techniques that works… then feel free to share them with me here..

Disclosure

Make sure you take time to read my Disclosure since one of the things we will focus on this year is making money with our tweets and blog.

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I hope you enjoyed this article! Comments is encouraged and welcome!

Your friend,

Are Morch
@TwtrCoach