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What is a Lifestyle blog
It’s no secret that the blogging world is full of a ton of different niches.

Blogs can be made up of financial information, family adventure, lifestyle tips and hacks, and really anything and everything that the blogger wants to write about.
What is a Lifestyle blog?

One question that I constantly hear over and over again is, “What is a Lifestyle Blog?”

Great questions, with an overall simple answer.
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THE DEFINITION OF A LIFESTYLE BLOG

Lifestyle blogs are different than any other type of blog out there. They tend to focus on being a bit more visual and make certain that they are using high-quality images to showcase their activities and interests.

If you actually look up the word “lifestyle” in the dictionary, it literally means that it’s the way a person or a group lives.

Will there be stories told? Yes.

Will there be experiences discussed and talked about? Yes.

Will there be emotions and stories that may get sprinkled in here and there? Maybe…

BUT, what differentiates a lifestyle blog from any other type of blog is that it focuses on interests and activities, and less on “storytelling” or trying to make a personal connection with words and emotions to the reader.

While there can be similarities between a lifestyle blog vs a personal blog, the two are actually quite different.

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Okay, let’s continue…
LIFESTYLE BLOG VS PERSONAL BLOG – WHAT’S THE DIFFERENCE?

First and foremost, understand 100% and hear me loud and clear – a lifestyle blog is not a personal blog or a place to showcase a diary of your life.

When a blog crosses over into personal stories and emotions, it’s now entered into the realm of a personal blog. While there are plenty of popular personal blogs, it’s imperative to understand that they are completely different from a lifestyle blog.

Whew! Now that we’ve got that understood…

Don’t get me wrong here. These two blogs are both super successful in the blogging industry. However, if you look at the followers and the engagement from the audience, it’s plain and simple to see that they attract a totally different audience and set of followers for each one.

As stated above, lifestyle focuses on interests and activities and finds fun ways to pull you in, while a personal blog finds ways to open up themselves, their stories and their lives with you through their writing.

Think about the last time that you read a blog article that really pulled at those heartstrings. More than likely, it was from a personal blog where the blogger was opening up and sharing something “intimate” about their life while pouring out their heart and soul. Your first clue that it’s from a personal blog is that it’s “oozing” emotion. (and that’s not a bad thing at all, it’s just not what a lifestyle blogger typically does!)

Note: Many bloggers use little bits of personal life throughout their blog to incorporate storytelling into any type of blog (food, lifestyle, fashion, crafts, or business). Storytelling is a powerful tool to help build a connection with your audience, but only in a personal blog is it the main focus.

Another way that you can typically tell that you’ve ventured onto a lifestyle blog is that it’s, for the most part, laid out in an easy to read fashion, with a lot of light colors used as the background.

Having a lifestyle blog means that your pictures need to “pop” and catch the eye, and one way to have that happen is to have them light and bright located randomly all over the blog.

Following so far? Good!

And if photo de profil meetic femme feel like the difference between a lifestyle blog and a personal blog is about as clear as mud…here are some examples of successful lifestyle blogs so that you can see the difference with your own two eyes!