Blogs - Do you really read them?

i dont, many people hardly find time to read them

Well it depends on what your interests are... ..if it's an interest that you enjoy I suspect you'll find the time.

I've always questioned their validity.

Sure, they're an element of the marketing mix but have some serious drawbacks (time stamped, need constant updating etc).

All in all, you can do quite well without them.

Easy.

Thank you! I totally agree... again...

I have adpoted a new outlook to my blog I was always mega paranoid that it needed to be super super friendly like a conversation with a friend, now I use it more as a information servicing platform if I think of something useful i write it up and put it on my blog.

sometimes it is more personal, other times it could be just a document I have written and I want to share.

I dont beat myself over it anymore and I am finding it easier to update adhoc as opposed to having an outlook reminder that I used to dread.

Think about all the things we talk baout on here, we conversate very free and easy so why not blog about the subject you are discussing on the forum.

Now I know why you outsource your copywriting...

Word of the month has to be "conversate". Wait till Mary spots that one!

That is the dudlian coming out in me.

Next time om in Tata bally land I will endeavour to converse with the YamYams wo i.

so you Sev1

What ho, I'm from Stratford don't you know...

Now my Brummie chap, no idea what your talking about, so practice saying "Red Lorry Yellow Lorry...."

...and remember its a Caaarstle, not a Castle.

Can tell its Friday...

Just to really thicken this thread up, Kip Kip is going to be in Wednesfield from this weekend, wonder how long till my YamYam comes back from my days at Coseley School!

Time to get a new 0121 Skype number!

Just to bring back to blogging a mo, I did had a personal one and the subject matter was all about being the parent of a teenager. It was suppose to be like an online diary of how I interpreted, as a parent, what she told me (names changed of course) and wasn't really blogging to gain anything traffic wise etc. The intention was to show it her in a few years thinking she would find it funny.

The trouble was, I'm an online marketer ( so really should have known better). Old habits die hard and it started to make some noise in the search engines............... Daughter found it, I got done, blog closed!

So I've now taken the safe option and I'm teaching her how to blog

As for reading blogs, as long as they are not too serious - I love um