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# Ghost Blogging Unleashed: Embrace the Spooky Fun!
- URL: https://cgboss.digitalpress.blog/blog-with-ghost/
- Published: 2023-07-14T23:55:35.000Z
- Updated: 2023-07-15T00:19:51.000Z
- Author: WQ CG BOSS
- Tags: ghost, blogging

I have decided to return back to blogging and sharing my content online here in a website primarily first. 

I may share to social media but I am not sure if that would have time to do that.

One thing I like about blogging is the ease of updating an article and publishing it.

Some of the Ghost Stats are quite impressive for a non profit, they have managed to earn quite a substantial revenue to keep them afloat.

Indie Hackers on how Ghost grew to $750,000 a year

[https://www.indiehackers.com/interview/how-john-onolan-grew-ghost-to-750-000-year-14e5bac2fa](https://www.indiehackers.com/interview/how-john-onolan-grew-ghost-to-750-000-year-14e5bac2fa?ref=cgboss.digitalpress.blog)

[How John O’Nolan Grew Ghost to $750,000/year - Indie HackersHello! 👋🏻  My name is John O’Nolan, and I run a not-for-profit technology foundation which makes technology for journalists. Our main product is…![](https://www.indiehackers.com/images/favicons/favicon--192x192.png)Indie Hackers![](https://storage.googleapis.com/indie-hackers.appspot.com/shareable-images/interviews/14e5bac2fa)](https://www.indiehackers.com/interview/how-john-onolan-grew-ghost-to-750-000-year-14e5bac2fa?ref=cgboss.digitalpress.blog)

Looking at Ghost CMS, I think the software and service will be around for a very long time. they seem to have reach about 4.2 Million in Anual Recurring Revenue in 2022, but its higher this year and I feel they will be able to sustain themselves for the future.

[Ghost - Open Startups ProfileOpen source technology for fiercely independent publishers. Use Ghost to run a modern publication where you own the platform & control your content![](https://ghost.org/favicon.ico)Ghost - The Professional Publishing Platform![](https://ghost.org/images/meta/ghost.png)](https://ghost.org/open/?ref=listenupih.com)

I was considering substack but when there was a [free version](https://digitalpress.blog/?ref=cgboss.digitalpress.blog) to try Ghost I jumped in quickly to give it a spin.

Some of the pros of writing with Ghost

- Focused Software just meant for Blogging
- Built in newsletter software you can send emails here with new posts
- multiple newsletters
- No Plugins to worry about
- Stripe Payments
- Free hosting if you use Digital Press
- Paid options using Ghosts Pro
- forces you to focus just on creating content.

Cons

- Need to use integrations which can get expensive if you use a lot
- Can't verify that SEO works well
- Ghost is blogging focused you can't make other functions unlike wordpress
- no plugins you can install, have to develope your own tools
- multimedia support seems more limited than Wordpress you have to use HTML embeds for other media
- Sometimes youtube embeds don't work well
- More developer focused from the markdown writing to its code like publishing
- mobile publishing not really there yet like medium or wordpress app there is third party apps like Ghost Writer

Conclusion

I think for now Ghost has been an intering piece of software forcing me to keep publising my writing. I have less worries about maintaining a website and just focus on creating my posts.

links

- [https://www.jasonshen.com/switching-to-ghost/amp/](https://www.jasonshen.com/switching-to-ghost/amp/?ref=cgboss.digitalpress.blog)
- Ghost Stats Revenue [https://ghost.org/open/](https://ghost.org/open/?ref=listenupih.com)
- Ghost Reached 4.2 ARR [https://www.listenupih.com/ghost-post/#:\~:text=John is the founder of,revenue is %244.2M%2B ARR](https://www.listenupih.com/ghost-post/?ref=cgboss.digitalpress.blog#:~:text=John%20is%20the%20founder%20of,revenue%20is%20%244.2M%2B%20ARR).