Certainly, and before we actually get started, I would want to point out to folks to one particular weblog where you would be able to get lots of different tips on how to get the best out of your own weblog: ProBlogger by Darren Rowse. Take a closer look specially at the entire section on 31 Days to Building a Better Blog where you will find plenty of tips to get you started. In the past I have been weblogging myself several times on topics, but let's look now at whatever other options that we may have available.
One other interesting weblog post on the subject that I bumped into is titled 10 Great Strategic Benefits from Blogging. As the post title indicates over there you would be able to find some very interesting facts on the different business benefits that you would be able to get while adopting weblogging as another way to get involved in the conversations. An interesting read for sure, specially meant for those folks who may not be very keen on adoption weblogging for their businesses or who may think that perhaps weblogging is not meant for them. As a teaser here you have got those benefits so that you may be able to judge if you would want to check out that article or not:
Search Engine Marketing.
Direct Communications.
Brand Building.
Competitive Differentiation.
Relational Marketing.
Exploit the Niches.
Media & Public Relations.
Position You as an Expert.
Reputation Management.
Low cost.
As you can see 10 Great Strategic Benefits from Blogging is one of those weblog posts that you would want to bookmark and share with all those who are not really sure if weblogging would be for them as one of the worth while exploring tools for knowledge sharing and collaboration. After reading that weblog post I am sure that in most cases they would change their own opinion about what weblogging is and how their businesses could benefit from it. But not to worry there is still some more.
If you would want to know some more about how to get the most out of your own weblog I strongly suggest you take a look into Robyn Tippins' post on How to become a successful business blogger. Over there, Robyn has put together some of the hottest tips you could find out there about what weblogging is all about. Here is the listing of them:
Share your knowledge
Don't vet your posts for anything further than errors and readability
Consistency
Read and Comment on great blogs
Remember the Long Tail
Be controversial, but not rude
From those tips, indeed, I feel very identified with a couple of them as they, too, would represent the main reasons why I have started weblogging a couple of years ago: share my knowledge in whatever I have got a passion for; read and comment on great blogs so that I can continue getting involved in the conversations and become part of the larger picture and consistent.
As I said lots of great tips over there that would make you think twice about your initial reluctance towards trying weblogging or helping you bypass the initial doubts you may have about your own weblogging experience. I am sure that after checking all these links you would probably think slightly different towards what weblogging is all about. I know, if I would have read those a couple of years back I would have gotten involved a lot sooner ! Thus let's get busy ! Blog on! |