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Blogging: A Business Model To Contend With

If there is one marketing tool that is grossly underestimated by most business owners, it certainly is blogging. Using a blog to get your word out there is starting to make sense for a lot of corporates, and even small business owners. Here's why:
  • Establishing an online presence: A blog makes perfect sense because it gives a personal feel to your business, while still enhancing your presence over the web.
  • Cost effective campaigning: A blog is not viewed as a direct advertorial, and this means understated marketing. Blogs are also economical considering the range of free or economical blog domains available.
  • Lending personality to your site: An out of domain blog lends a fresh view on your corporate image. When big brands blog, everybody listens, but this does not mean the evolving entreprenuers are to be left behind.
  • Brand community: Blogs are great ways to gather a loyal community of like minded businesspeople or even a prospective clientele.
  • Getting up close and personal: Blogs lend a certain personal touch to your business site or your product catalogue.
  • A two-way forum: Perhaps the key advantage to a blog is raking in on the feedback mechanism where reader commenting is encouraged. This can be a valuable tool to create an easy exchange of opinions and expectations.
Undeniably blogs mean a bit of investment in terms of finding time to keep it fresh and updated with interesting and insightful pieces. It is not uncommon for corporates to hire bloggers or to let in house staff handle the postings. Regardless of the dynamics of maintaining a successful blog, it is a great value add and brings a new facet to the business. What more can a budding business ask for?

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