Hello everyone! I’m trying to self learn content marketing through Hubspot’s free courses and am fairly new to everything. I’m just about to finish the content marketing certification course here. I’ve never written a blog before but after taking this course, I was thinking of writing a personal blog. Would it be a step in the right direction towards my journey of learning?
I worked for two years as a freelance content marketer. My personal blog was very helpful in providing portfolio material to prospective clients and landing contracts. If you don’t have a strong portfolio elsewhere to draw from, a personal blog can be helpful. You would want to make sure you keep in mind that it is a portfolio of your skills and experience, though. You wouldn’t want to write about what you ate for breakfast, for example, unless you are wanting to get into the food space. What niches do you want to write for? Focus your writing in those areas, so when you go to show clients your work, your samples are relevant to the the industry.
Practice makes perfect when it comes to any skill, writing included. The more you write, the better you will get.
I was thinking about writing a fitness guide for teens on how to manage school and chase their fitness goals at the same time. This is something personal to me as I’ve done this myself in the past.
If that is the niche, or one of the niches, you plan to target in the future, then that would be a great place to start. I built my personal blog around healthy eating, nutritional supplements, etc. because it is a passion of mine and I wrote in the health/wellness space, so it was a good fit and my writing samples were very relevant to my clients.
This is also one of my niche demographics and have blogged on this for several years as well! With a background in Graphic Design, I look forward to getting some writing gigs in Content Writing or Copywriting! And building a health blog with these new skills. 
Best of luck to you both!
Hi.. My name is Billy. This is a stepping stone for me as I am a newbie to this course. First time taking marketing course been a Customer support personal for 5 years.
Hi @Abdullah4 and welcome to both the HubSpot Community and the Content Marketing study group!
If you want to be a writer, write. I heard that advice once and fully embraced it.
So whether it’s a personal blog you want to publish, or guest articles on a platform like one of the HubSpot Community blogs like this one, I say yes to writing any chance you get.
Hi dear
Okay, welcome to the right place
I started writing a blog over 1 year plus
So I’m experienced in it
I can help you with any questions you have