If Twitter and Facebook are the belles of the social media ball, blogs are the respected but somewhat matronly sister.
Blogging takes time, effort, creativity and, ideally, good writing skills. Blog posts can’t be whipped off in minutes or seconds like a tweet or status update. In other words, they’re a lot of work.
Yet, millions of people and companies dutifully write blogs. Many people blog as part of their personal interests and do it to build their personal brands, while companies blog to build their brands by providing insight, information and intelligence.
So, why do you blog? What motivates you to nurture your blog on a regular basis even though the financial rewards may be little or nothing? Why blog when there are social media services that are easier and faster to do.
Tags: blogging, blogs, Social Media
Blogging is definitely more work but I think its a better medium for fully expressing an idea and having a conversation with a reader. I’m really interested in the topics I blog about so I want to really know what people have to say about them. I think you can also share a blog post in more ways than you can a tweet – like on Digg and other bookmarking sites.