Your reasons for blogging here at WA are exactly the same as mine.

Writing is a learned skill and the more we practice it the gooder we get :o)

Most of my blogs I see as seeds of future potential articles. The ideas come into contact with other minds filled with different ideas. And that interaction can help me shape and refine the original idea

Sometimes a response can give me a new unrelated idea that I like better.

Also you never know when something that seems trivial to you will be a vital piece of information someone else has been searching for. If you find a solution to a problem or find a useful tool, several other people can benefit from your experience.

Some of us write because we have to. The words will not stay down.

Hey, chrissies I liked your blog today. This is why. I woke up this morning intending to go directly to work on my website. then my phone chirped and I got your blog on my email. after reading it I thought about how I would like to spend my day here at W.A because I plan on catching up on a lot of work. so I questioned myself why not start off in the community instead of diving into my work . So I plan on writing a blog sometime today myself. I don't even know what the subject will be
but I will think of something.

Thanks for the morning inspiration.
Reggie

I find that it's a great way to get things off your mind that are bothering you, or by sharing an experience that you've gone through.
I too use it as a tool to practice my blogging skills and to see what works with engaging comments.
What really amazes me about blogging here at WA is, that you never know how the things that you are going through, can reach out to so many people who are going through a similar situation. That's the number one thing that warms my heart about sharing my stories here!!

Thanks for the perspective. I just recently learned to blog ( a few days ago) and I didn't know for sure what benefit there was in it but have found your statements to be accurate. I tend to be reserved in person and don't speak until I believe I have something worthwhile to say to someone who is likely to receive it. When blogging one doesn't know their audience so we can't know how the message will be recived. All the more reason to just be real and honest and let the chips fall where they may--as long as one's intentions are kind and honorable, of course. Jeanie

WA is an authority site. Blog posts I put on WA rank in the search engines. When I blog on WA, I write an abstract on my website blog with a link to the WA article. That gets me good backlinks to my website and I am promoting WA with that link.

When I have a friend who is having a computer related problem, I can create a WA training to help them solve their problem. I then refer them to the training, stand by to answer any questions they may have and improve the training based on their questions. I'm helping my friend and a lot of other people with a similar problem and I am promoting WA to everyone who reads the training. Of course, I use everything I have learned here at WA to promote the training.

I believe it helps with our ranking too.

Yeah, there are many reasons to blog on Wealthy Affiliate and you never know who is going to read your post... You can share your success to motivate other people or post a solution to a problem you have been struggling with for a long time...

We want to help each other!

Practice is always good for all of us, both new and old bloggers. I like to focus my blogs here on information that will help people. It does overlap my site a bit. So I do include links to examples and more in depth posts on my site.