English is a universal language, therefore blogging in English will get you a much wider audience as compared to blogging in any other languages.
And if you’re running a business blog, the potential is literally endless with bigger and better opportunities and the ability to widen your social and business networks worldwide.
By the way, I’m not a native English speaker (Malay is my native language.) Nevertheless, I do have the ability to speak and write in English… albeit a basic one. No fancy or creative writings, it’s more important that people understand the message I’m trying to put across.
After all, what’s the point of writing super duper English-for-professors when the majority of the readers understand only a word in a 10-word sentences.
Ok now, what if you’re not a native English speaker and your English sucks? What can you do?
I’ve listed three ways below you can use to start blogging in English:
(1) Have a friend proof-read your draft
Write a post, nevermind the bad grammar, weak sentence structure and so on. As long as it’s basically understandable, you may get someone to help edit the sentence for you and improve your work on a whole.
What if you’re in a place where no one understand English?
No worries. There are sites online you may go to connect with native English speakers and partner with them. Below are some of the sites you may go to if this interest you:
- LiveMocha.com
- MyHappyPlanet.com
- ConversationExchange.com
(2) Get A Translator
If you really can’t write in English or if people have problems understand your writing, then what you can do is to just write in your own language. Once done, get a translator to turn it into English.
You may also use the sites listed in #1 to get partners and get them to help you with the translation.
(3) Outsource
This is an easy way out…but it can be very expensive too. If you do have the budget, then you may want to outsource the task of writing blog posts to ghostwriters. There are a bunch of sites providing this service and more, like:
- Elance.com
- Guru.com
- GetAFreelancer.com
So which is best for you?
Here’s my advice:
It’s best if you get a business partner who’s able to write and converse well in English…someone who’s always within reach to edit your post on the spot, rather than having to contact a translator or go online looking for people to help you everytime you need someone to edit your writings.
And you should have a long-term goal of improving your English and set yourself free from having to be dependent on someone else to prepare a post, even if it’s a business partner. After all, he/she still has his own work to do.
Go read English books, start talking in English with friends, watch English movies, etc.
Remember: You don’t have to be great, you just need to be understood.
As you can see, all along I’ve written in simple English. Nothing classy. And I’m sure you understand every word I write, right? If not, please let me know. 
My grammar too is just so-so…I’m pretty sure there are grammar mistakes within this post itself.
I’m still learning and improving my command of the language myself…and make it a point to complete at least a book every month and at the same time communicate with my contacts in English since most of them are non-Malay speaking people. You should too.
So guess that’s all for this post. Hope you like it just enjoy writing it.
Till next time..
Always wishing you the best in health and wealth.
Your friend,
Osman
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