To blog or not to blog...

Its been a few weeks since I've posted anything. Vacations are always welcomed when you are on them but the week before... not so much. Back onto routine... and blogging should be another part of your routine.

I've noticed that while "blogging" is a commonly used term not a lot of people are familiar with the benefits of it. Here are a few reasons why you should spend an extra 30 minutes a week on your blog.

• A way to show you are an expert in your field
• Another gateway to your site from the search engines
• A great tool for posting articles, tips or displaying your product or service of the week or month.

When you are posting to your blog, you should make sure that you are speaking about one topic. That one topic will allow you to include keyword rich words into your article. If you bold them or link them to a particular spot on your site that will only help in your efforts. For example, if I am talking about my brochure specials and my keywords for brochures are cheap brochure printing, discount brochure printing, and 4 color printing brochure. Then I would plug in my keywords like so... Print-it-Quick.com is offering a special on cheap brochure printing. Not only did I bold the phrase but I linked the keyword to the proper page on my site. Don't bother with "click here". That does not help you in any way.

Here are a few links that will help you on your way.
Blogger - This site will allow you to create your own blog and use their tools on their site which they would host.
Wordpress - This allows you to create a blog and host it on your server.

Its all a matter of preference. Happy blogging!