Blog Service

What is a Blog?

A blog (a fusing of the words "web and log") is a website where entries are written in chronological order and commonly displayed in reverse chronological order.

What's on a Blog Site?

Blogs can provide for news or comments on a variety of subjects including, business activities, sports, local news, politics, and so forth. Most blogs combine images, text, and links to other content such as other blogs, web pages, or video that might be interesting to the reader of the blog. Some blogs are online diaries or personal rants.

One major feature that most blogs share is the ability for readers to leave comments, either directly on the page, or under a comments section of the blog. This interaction is what creates an emotional bond to the website or to the company or person who is hosting the Blog.

Why your business needs a Blog

Blogs are one of the most critical happenings in business since the advent of the internet. Choose to ignore this fact and your business will suffer greatly. You can no longer afford to see these as elective, but rather a requirement of all businesses in the 21st century.

According to a popular blog tracking website Technorati™ they are currently tracking 98.8 million blogs. Yes, that’s right 98.8 million.

There are potential customers for your business who are looking around for partners, products, and business deals. If you’re ignoring blogging, you can bet that your competitors are finding ways to take advantage of them. They may be exploring new ideas or even advertising in them.

Blogs are very low cost. At Web Designs Unlimited, we only charge to setup your blog and then there are no more monthly fees unless you ask us to add content or do something special with your blog pages. So, as you will see the cost of entering this world is extremely affordable.

Once you post your blog, your message can get out to the world immediately. No fuss, no muss. All you need is a computer and an internet connection. As you regularly blog, you will start getting other bloggers to link to your valuable content. Businesses need to get the word out, to reach out to potential customers, and unlike email that is private, blogs are open to the world, and they allow your customers to comment and create conversations with your company. What a wonderful way to create business conversations.

By listening to your customers you can do market research and understand what your customers like or dislike about your company, its products, and services. It also gives you a chance for you to provide information to your customers and to appear responsive and caring. Our Newsletter Service, teamed with your blog can be a powerful one-two punch. You can add information to your blog and then tailor your newsletter to use the same information or to point back to your blog, where they can go to get more information, and unlike email messages that can get thrown away, your blog content can be archived on your website.

To get the word out about your blog, be sure to have us setup an RSS Feed. This allows your information to get out to the market at lightning speed. New aggregation websites like those found at Bloglines and built into portal sites such as My Yahoo! and iGoogle are going to become very, very popular in the next couple of years. Why not have your business on the cutting edge and have us setup your blog today?