twobears Posted February 20, 2013 Share Posted February 20, 2013 My husband keeps saying that I should write a blog to go on one of my retail websites but I am resisting because I don't honestly know if I can actually write Obviously I can type words and I know that sentences start with a capital letter and often end with a full stop (although other punctuation marks are available ) but I have little faith that anything I write will be worth reading. I'm not sure if I should just launch into it and hope for the best e.g. that I turn out to be the next Oscar Wilde (unlikely) or keep dragging my heels and hope that he forgets all about it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rtbiscuit Posted February 20, 2013 Share Posted February 20, 2013 blogging is the ability to spout random crap on a regular basis. your a woman so you're already half way there. and by the posting on here I'd say you have the other 50% nailed already. just before anyone gets upset, this was said very tongue in cheek, and I enjoy your mums.net posts. as you can se ipost on most of them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ekona Posted February 20, 2013 Share Posted February 20, 2013 Do you want to? If so, then do it. If not, then don't. It's not about the ability to write so much (although it helps!), more about whether you can be interesting and/or entertaining. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twobears Posted February 20, 2013 Author Share Posted February 20, 2013 No offence taken apart from being called Mumsnet 'cos I bloomin' well detest that site I think I am good at the random crap stuff though, so thanks for that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rtbiscuit Posted February 20, 2013 Share Posted February 20, 2013 I always think of you as the mums.net renegade; you want hardcore enough for their views so you splintered away to here. our gain their loss. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twobears Posted February 20, 2013 Author Share Posted February 20, 2013 Ekona, no, I don't really want to write the blog but my husband seems to think that it would be a good idea because other websites all seem to have blogs Naturally, I find myself endlessly entertaining but, like I said, I suspect that I am not to blogging what the wonderfully witty Mr Wilde would have been were he still alive Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twobears Posted February 20, 2013 Author Share Posted February 20, 2013 I always think of you as the mums.net renegade; you want hardcore enough for their views so you splintered away to here. our gain their loss. Actually I quite like that idea Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spursmaddave Posted February 20, 2013 Share Posted February 20, 2013 I have a blog but it is private and will only be published upon my death... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rtbiscuit Posted February 20, 2013 Share Posted February 20, 2013 I don't blog for my business, but I do run a company facebook page. I can add text if I want to, but I generally just add photo updates of new stuff. I find a picture says a 1000 words, and people who are linked to it don't mind browsing a photo. but generally get annoyed with long text. people have short attention spans. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twobears Posted February 20, 2013 Author Share Posted February 20, 2013 SMD, I think we are all wondering what could be in your blog now and if it's actually worth murdering you?!!!! rtbiscuit (is it wrong that I always want to call you Mr Biscuit? ) I'd forgotten about my business FB page. I haven't updated it for a while but I was getting a few 'likes' when I uploaded photos of new products. Thanks for the reminder. I'm off to take a look at it now and, hopefully, get it updated before the night is out Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ekona Posted February 20, 2013 Share Posted February 20, 2013 (edited) Business blogs are almost universally awful. I struggle to think of any that add anything to the business at all, even ones I may actually quite find interesting. I say leave it, spend your time on other areas of the business instead. Edited February 20, 2013 by Ekona Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twobears Posted February 20, 2013 Author Share Posted February 20, 2013 Ekona, you have summed up my thoughts exactly! Who honestly wants to read a lot of boring stuff about my business? Even I don't want to and I own the thing I will do as Mr Biscuit says and keep my business FB page updated with photos (no words needed) of new products and spend my time doing what I enjoy doing most i.e. designing new products and trying to win new business. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clown Posted February 20, 2013 Share Posted February 20, 2013 I've got a blog here - http://andrwb.wordpress.com It's mainly just me talking about pictures... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twobears Posted February 20, 2013 Author Share Posted February 20, 2013 Some good photos there Clown. I have 'liked' your laser one 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neilp Posted February 20, 2013 Share Posted February 20, 2013 Get twitter .... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rtbiscuit Posted February 20, 2013 Share Posted February 20, 2013 SMD, I think we are all wondering what could be in your blog now and if it's actually worth murdering you?!!!! rtbiscuit (is it wrong that I always want to call you Mr Biscuit? ) I'd forgotten about my business FB page. I haven't updated it for a while but I was getting a few 'likes' when I uploaded photos of new products. Thanks for the reminder. I'm off to take a look at it now and, hopefully, get it updated before the night is out you can call me mr biscuit if it mkes you feel better, in my day job I get called sir. if it helps you can check out my business fb psge, just search for rtcustomz on there and look out for my avatar on the left. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rtbiscuit Posted February 20, 2013 Share Posted February 20, 2013 Get twitter .... god I can't stand twatter, but I have linked my FB with a twitter account so when I post on one it updates the other. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aliensurfer Posted February 20, 2013 Share Posted February 20, 2013 I've got a blog page, but its mainly a place for me to put my writing rather than a typical blog. Some of my stuff I've even managed to get paid for. There are also the posts I write for my job, so there is a mixture on there. In fact, if anyone has any feedback on my writing (the posts without pictures) let me know. I'm turning one piece into a full story, just taking me some time! Http://Matt-writing.blogspot.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoogyRev Posted February 20, 2013 Share Posted February 20, 2013 I am on the blog right now 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricey Posted February 20, 2013 Share Posted February 20, 2013 Rabbitstew is a blogger i think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neilp Posted February 20, 2013 Share Posted February 20, 2013 (edited) twitter- the bit between the tw4t and the sh*tter Edited February 20, 2013 by Neilp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rtbiscuit Posted February 20, 2013 Share Posted February 20, 2013 (edited) twitter- the bit between the **** and the sh*tter Edited February 20, 2013 by rtbiscuit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coldel Posted February 20, 2013 Share Posted February 20, 2013 Only do it if you want to, as someone previously said. It can be quite handy for generating traffic - what you write in it is irrelevant really as long as you write in the keywords people go googling/searching for. They then might stumble on it, then click the link from it through to your website. The more posts you put in, the more likely someone will find it. You could just write up say ten blogs which are relevant to your business, set up a wordpress site, stick em on there along with a link to your business webpage and then forget about it, just login a few times a year to keep it active. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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