Category Archives: Weblogs

Why aren't you blogging?

Why_we_blog Seriously, why aren’t you blogging? It’s fun. It’s pretty easy as far as technology goes, and it’s a great way to establish your own personal brand.

The hardest part is finding the time to get yourself up the steepest part of the learning curve of whatever software system you’ve chosen to use. Learning TypePad is pretty straightforward. But, if you’re not comfortable learning new technology, it may take several weeks, and you might get frustrated enough to abandon all hope.

That’s why I developed my Blogging Workshop and teach it at Wizard Academy. I teach the system I use. I like TypePad because I’m comfortable here. It’s easy enough for anyone to use and to figure out on their own. Trust me. You don’t NEED to take my class to learn how to blog.

Here’s why you might want to take it: If your time is extremely valuable to you, then the airfare, hotel and driving to the course will be significantly less than learning to blog on your own. That’s right. You’ll get the confidence and experience in ONE DAY to get past the steepest part of the learning curve with classmates that are in the same boat as you.

If you’d like to visit about the class, you’ll find my contact information here somewhere.

So, Why aren’t you blogging yet?  Hmmmm?

Why to Blog

G500_0012I’ve got no excuse for not blogging up a storm lately. None. So sue me.

Just browsing through my Typepad stats though makes me excited all over again. Search engines still LOVE blogs. Non-bloggers would be amazed at what you can become known for simply by blogging.

A month ago I took some photos of a Mercedes G500 that I was evaluating for my buddy Vince at The Weekend Drive. I posted them on a Typepad Photo Gallery, but really didn’t reference them anywhere else.

At the time of this post, the gallery is the #4 result on the Google search phrase "Mercedes G500". Go figure.

By the way, there are some pretty cool pictures there and you can get an idea of the type of whacko place I live in. Old WWII munitions bunkers. It’s all decommissioned. However, we still have active Minuteman III ICBM’s buried all over the place here.

A Google search for "Branding" puts this blog at #10. Not bad. Rock on, Google.