The 6 benefits of having a personal website

I have had a personal website in one form or another for 15 years now, while I was still in school. Dating back to when I first starting building websites, in fact, the first website I ever built was my own.

Over this time and my site has taken many forms from a business site selling services to a CV (resume for the American out there) site and a blog — twice. Of all the sites I have managed for myself the types I derived the most benefit from were by two blogs or I should say are my blogs as the latest incarnation of my site is this very blog you are reading now.

1: You develop better ideas

Through having a personal blog and writing at least once a week you become a better writer and a better communicator. As your write about your idea, you gain clarity of the idea itself and allow the idea to develop and progress. This is even true before you press publish and put your idea out for the world to read.

2: Boosts your professional life

I have had times when a potential client has Googled me, not my business name and found my personal site giving them an insight into my interests and my writing style. This lead to a conversation about some shared interests and they are still my client to this day as we have built a solid…