Do Blogs Mean Business?
“Blogs”, short for “web logs”, are a type of journal that one makes available for all to read on the Web and comment on. In existence since around 1997 and a spiffed-up version of yester-year’s Usenet groups and e-group forums, blogs have exploded in popularity. By May 2007, Technorati estimated there were no less than 71 million around the world.
How to Start a Blog?
This explosion of blogs has, in great part, been facilitated by user-friendly software that permitted non-technical people to write, update and post (also called “publishing”) their opinions on the Web day by day. Owners, also called “bloggers” or op-ed columnists, earn hits and visitors by welcoming feedback or no-holds-barred discussion.
WordPress.com and Google’s blogger.com are clearly the more popular blogging sites. Their interface is simple and easy to use. Both facilitate ease of use and offer a reasonable variety of customization possibilities for both business and personal bloggers.
Blogging: A fun and lucritive pastime
Making the Most of Blogs
Blogs are even more personal expressions of personal taste and opinion. So targeting niche audiences is not only tolerated, it is actually encouraged.
One key thing to remember is that repeat visitors are attracted by frequent updates or new content. Hence, blog owners update content on a regular basis. Putting up fresh content daily is a great way to achieve this.
Four Reasons Why For Business
Advertising – On the face of it, businesses employ blogs as one more channel of marketing and corporate PR “spin”. The difference is that blogs permit near-instantaneous customer feedback. In that sense, blogs are great tools for customer relationship management, Secondly, professionals can enhance their reputation as consultants or industry “guru’s” by dispensing expert advice.
Employee Relations. Many people-oriented managements have realized that blogs can enhance employee morale freer communication up and down the organization. This makes more sense than for disgruntled employees to post their raves and rants elsewhere on the Web and thereby tarnish corporate image.
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Fourth, blogs can be another channel for conveying customer information – a sale, for instance, or new product introduction – with an urgency that habitués of the blog cannot expect from staid old corporate web sites.
Popular Business Blogs
According to The Times Online some of the more popular business blog categories are those in:
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Banking and Finance
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Construction and Property
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Media and Marketing
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Retail
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Telecoms and,
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Utilities
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