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Business blogs are, basically, created to advertise the services or products of a certain web site or online business in order to increase online sales. They are useful for lead generation, brand awareness, and a competitive advantage over competing agents. Think of them as a mini website that gets update frequently.

But the real reason you should have a blog is will help people to find you on the web.  Much of Search Engine Optimization (SEO), which determines how high you are in the list of results from a web search, is dependent on links to your website.  Sure you can spend lots of time and money on SEO but you can also write a blog each day and get links with value.

Many different companies provide blog web hosting. We recommend WordPress.com. All you need is an email address. You’ll get your own WordPress.com address (like you.wordpress.com), a selection of great free and customizable designs for your blog (we call them themes), 3 gigabytes of file storage (that’s about 2,500 pictures!) and all the other great features listed here. You can blog as much as you want for free, your blog can be public to the world or private for just your friends, and their premium features are completely optional.

Later if you get really get into blogging and what your blog hosted, give us a call and we provide this service.

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Resources:

  • 101 Blog Topics