Do You Need a Small Business Blog?

Do you need a blog for your small business? My answer to you is yes, you absolutely do! Here's a few reasons why I think you need one (based on the meeting from this morning):

1. Blogging gets you in touch with your customers. While your website is your online brochure to get your company message out, your blog personalizes your business and humanizes you to your potential clients.

2. Blogging is free. It doesn't cost you any money and can be a welcome addition to any of your current marketing campaigns. Emily uses her blog to showcase the events her company attends.

3. Blogging is instantaneous. You can post something and it's live on the Internet right away. You don't have to wait for search engine crawlers to find your content. Your blog is alive. People can comment on it too.

4. Blogging brings in business. Several of our customers found us through blog postings. It's a wonderful tool for getting your message out there.

5. Blogging creates new connections. Whether you are making connections on Digg, Facebook, Sphinn, Blog Catalog or Twitter - those connections can bring you potential business. Isn't that what every small business wants? More business?

I've found that blogging has brought more visitors to our website and in turn those visitors have converted to sales. It doesn't cost us anything to blog (beyond the investment of time) and it's proved to beneficial to us.

Go ahead and give it a try, you have nothing to lose and everything to gain!

02 Dec 2008 07:52:05

In-game blog: Jags at Texans - Jaguars.com

Canada.com In-game blog : Jags at Texans Jaguars.com - jaguars.com Senior Editor Vic Ketchman followed the action live as the Jaguars took on the Texans in Houston. Here's what he wrote. ... Jaguars, Texans battle to get out of last place in division

Source: http://jaguars.com/news/article.aspx

02 Dec 2008 05:17:48

Wilson's blog: Church visit with Hillary - TVNZ

WCBD Wilson's blog : Church visit with Hillary TVNZ, New Zealand - By US correspondent Tim Wilson "Madame President! Madame President!" Hillary Clinton's supporters would chant on the campaign trail, when they were riled ... Feeling Good About Obama

Source: http://tvnz.co.nz/view/page/536641/2345362

01 Dec 2008 23:44:32

Sun Bowl selection chairman not a blog fan ... and yes, he likes ... - The Oregonian - OregonLive.com

Corvallis Gazette Times Sun Bowl selection chairman not a blog fan ... and yes, he likes ... The Oregonian - OregonLive.com, OR - Before Folmer could begin describing the author of the Behind the Beavers Beat blog as a no-nothing so and so, I pled guilty and told him I wrote it. ... Karma of the Week ( 11-30-2008 ) Bowl plans Randy L. Rasmussen The Oregonian

Source: http://blog.oregonlive.com/behindbeaversbeat/2008/12/sun_bow~.html

01 Dec 2008 19:43:39

Mind Your Business blog: Employees use work time to shop during ... - The Coloradoan

Computerworld Mind Your Business blog : Employees use work time to shop during ... The Coloradoan, CO - Blogging: Nine percent of workers surveyed have a personal blog , and while nearly a quarter (23 percent) of them spend time blogging at work, only 9 percent ... Video: Online Retailers See Monday As Black Friday Internet Shopping Fan Starts Online Shopping 747 Blog Cyber Monday sales growing -

Source: http://coloradoan.com/article/20081201/UPDATES01/81201014

01 Dec 2008 17:50:16

Live Blog: Presenting the National Security Team - New York Times

ABC News Live Blog : Presenting the National Security Team New York Times, United States - By Katharine Q. Seelye A Unique Team 10:46 am The team that we have assembled here today is uniquely suited to do just that, Mr. Obama said. ... Video: Obama Picks Gates, Clinton for Foreign Policy Klein Bashes 'Inanity' of Asking Obama About Process and Old ... US: Diplomacy, Multilateralism Stressed by Obama Team -

Source: http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/12/01/live-blog-pres~

01 Dec 2008 01:22:12

ALLTHINGSD BLOG: No Microsoft-Yahoo Deal (At Least Not Yet) - CNNMoney.com

NewsOXY ALLTHINGSD BLOG : No Microsoft-Yahoo Deal (At Least Not Yet) CNNMoney.com - (This story has been posted on the AllThingsDigital blog , which is part of The Wall Street Journal Digital Network and can be found at ... UPDATE 2-Microsoft-Yahoo deal 'total fiction'-AllThingsDigital Yahoo! Rallies In Pre-Market On Microsoft Search Business Bid Reports Stock Sell Off For Monday; Big Tech Stocks Poised to Bounce? -

Source: http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/articles/djf500/20081130~.htm

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