Reasons To Be Blogging (pt.1)

Blogs have become very popular, and they are even becoming more popular than conventional static websites.  A blog is a great way for a person to get their ideas, opinions or even businesses online without a lot of problems. There are many reasons why a person would choose to blog over creating a website.

1. Easy to use
Blogs are easy to use. You will not need to be a computer geek to understand how to create a blog.  They can be accessed quickly and any changes that may have to be done can be done really easily. If you compare this to how hard it is to access a website and changing all that confusing HTML to get the site to look as you want it to then you can see why blogs have become so popular

2. Change
You are able to change your website quickly without a lot of hassle that a website may give you. You can make your changes in your blogs in seconds compared to the hours that it can take to update your website. When you are updating on a daily basis, this is a great reason to use a blog rather than a website.

3. Delivery
The information you post on a blog can be delivered quickly compared to the hours it would take using a website. If you follow all directions when you are updating your blog you will have the information out to your readers in next to no time because the search engines pick up the new information quickly. With a website it can take hours or even days for the search engines to update your new information

4. Organization
When you add new information to your blog there is less of a headache involved in the development stages. When you are organizing your site, it does not have to be perfect as the software will ‘back you up’ and organize it for you. With a website you have to organize all the different information by yourself and anyone who has developed a website knows that this can be very confusing and time consuming.

5. Communication
It is easy for your reader to post any comments or questions on your blog. These comments are an important way to stay in contact with your business clients, friends, or even followers. With a website you will not so easily have this option

6. Cost
Most blogging software and hosted blogging services are free. Blogs are a great way for a company to save on advertising costs because on a blog they can advertise for free. Again with a website they do not have this option, there will usually be development and hosting costs.

7. Search Engines
Search engines love blogs. They are so keyword rich that the web crawlers will attach themselves right away. With a website it takes time to create keywords that search engines will love.

Check out some of the other articles and training on blogs and blogging elsewhere on marketers college. For most kinds of website a blog is probably a viable, low¨cost solution.

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