Why Start a Blog and 25 Tips to Make it Work. Today I'm presenting at a local association for small business owners about blogging for your business with Chris Krewson, Executive Editor for Online News, Philly.com, The Philadelphia Inquirer, The Daily News (Chris on Twitter, me on Twitter, just in case you're there).
I like the idea of being paired with a journalist, it will keep me on my best writing behavior, verbally. To me the first question that needs answering about starting any social media or network activity is that of why - why start a blog? In my post how a blog is born I shared a graphic on the emergence and rise of mass social media. It described in visual form the shift to consumer control, pull, and its network effect. For businesses especially, people have come to expect that you have a Web presence.