Should You or Shouldn’t You… Blog, That Is

Before we launched our blog we did our due diligence. We studied other blogs (and still do) and read as much material as we could get our hands on to make this space a worthwhile place. Every week we learn of more distributors joining the blogging ranks. If you’re still on the fence, what follows may be just what you need to decide to move forward.

Seth Godin and Tom Peters put it simply in this 1:37 second video: Blogging Still Matters… Now More Than Ever.

Since 2004 Technorati, the blog search engine, has published State of the Blogosphere, an annual study of growth and trends. According to the 2010 study, compared with other media, blogs outpace other social media and many traditional media in terms of generating consumer recommendations and purchases. Read more

According to Oneupweb’s StraightUpSearch blog, blog readers are loyal, often returning regularly to review new content. Stats show as high as 10 visits per visitor every month. Visitors also average seven minutes per visit – astonishingly higher than the average time they might spend on your website.

Once you’re ready to get started, here are two sources with step-by-step instructions you’re certain to find helpful. If you start a blog – or recently started one – we’d love to hear about your experiences, Share your comments!

http://www.wikihow.com/Start-a-Blog

http://www.howtostartablog.org/

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