More and more people, right here, smack dab in the middle of Michigan, are starting to ask me questions about blogs and how they fit with other communication tools on the web.
During the past four plus years that I’ve been blogging, it’s been hard to engage serious interest in this tool that they have commonly associated with political activists who bloviate for or against somebody or something. Many have also connected it to teenagers who talk about music, dating problems and who’s hot.
Most didn’t take blogs seriously. They never saw it as a destination for serious information regarding the day-to-day adult world. That’s changing.
The average person in our part of the Midwest goes to blogs for all kinds of information. Real estate blogs are not yet front and center, but they are on the radar as a mechanism for real estate agents to use to develop relationships with their buyers and sellers. Some elected officials are starting to use them, as well as ministers.
I’m being asked more and more to share what I’ve learned about blogs and blogging. I have coached some through the process of getting blogs up and running and maintaining them.
I have seen where many Michigan bloggers get stuck in their understanding and practice of blogging and become discouraged with the return they are getting.
That’s why I’m going to start a brain dump of these various items. I visualize this as a running series of posts. Most will be short and sweet and many will have links.
But, it will be my attempt to share what I’ve learned and to encourage questions and input from others.
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