I too have followed suit. Well to be honest, I think you have to have the right mentality to blog, and I haven't got it,
After half heartedly trying to get mine going, I've finally given up and laid it to rest with a final post to posterity that my stats tell me will be read by about 3 people a day
With all this new found freedom, I've decided to make a bigger effort on my Facebook and Google+ accounts (as well as the forum obviously).
Personally I like the shorter posts that you tend to do with forums or social media, plus the more immediate response, which makes you more likely to update a page, rather than let it get neglected.
With this in mind, are new businesses with time at a premium better off simply using a Facebook or Google+ page and linking to that, rather than creating a blog? Updates and traditional blog fodder could then be fed into a Google+/FB page, giving you social exposure, whilst also acting as a platform for company updates, announcements or general interest.
I know we have some great and successful bloggers on here, so would be interested to hear a good counter argument.
Maybe it's a case of lazy bloggers like me are looking for a valid excuse to justify our lack of blogging success?
Be interested to hear if pro bloggers would still advocate a new start up to invest time and energy in building a successful blog?
Its still cool to be able to write something someone can enjoy, and I don't think I would stop, regardless.
More companies seem to be doing it though. ...is it me?
