Monday 14 January 2008

Why Blog? - the Advantages

Because, as Nick Holmes of Internet Newsletter for Lawyers says
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Blogging is the most successful and relevant Web 2.0 network and that's not going to change anytime soon
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Surprisingly, many are unaware of the strength that a blog can provide for a website in support of business. Flexibility is one of it's main strengths and this is often overlooked.

Blogs are commonly referred to as being "just a diary" but blogs have now evloved into something much more - a platform to promote business, an opportunity to educate readers and the potential to reach a massive internet audience.

It's also free, apart from giving your time to blog of course.

Advantages of Blogging
  • Blogs boost online branding, they create and awareness of your product/service
  • Blogs have the potential to develop stronger relationships with it's Clients/customers. They provide an approachable "human face" for the business
  • Blogs provide an excellent way of sharing information/knowledge. The reader/Client is better informed.
  • Blog feeds can be distributed as RSS through services such as Feedburner for further optimisation
  • Blogs allow you to interact with your customer base. Blogs offer you the option of enabling a "comments" field where readers can give you feedback, you will have at your disposal an effective and inexpensive way to get to know your Clients/customers better.
  • Blogs build up the profile of the author. The firm/author will be showcased as having talent/expertise
  • Blogs create an environment where not only the author, but all the participants can share ideas and opinions on a diverse range of subjects and learn from each other.
  • Blogs are search-engine-friendly and since blogs are updated regularly, search engines will "crawl" them more often and add your new posts to their index
  • Blogs provide a great tool for media and PR. The cost benefits of blogging are "peanuts" compared to tv or newspaper campaigns
As you can see the advantages are numerous. Blogs are a great way to communicate and used correctly will be of great benefit to a business.

10 comments:

Anonymous said...

"The cost benefits of blogging are "peanuts" compared to tv or newspaper campaigns"

I feel it is the other way out..

The Benefit to Cost Ratio is huge!
The Cost to Benefit Ratio too is huge!

Yes, The Cost "of" Benefits involved is low!

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Thanks,
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Anonymous said...

Hi,

This is a question for the webmaster/admin here at latimerhinksguineapig.blogspot.com.

May I use some of the information from this post above if I give a link back to this site?

Thanks,
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