Start a Blog Today: 3 Important Reasons to Write a Blog

Why should you start a blog for your small business?

Maybe you’ve read our recent post on whether you should have a business blog–oh, you haven’t? Well, that’s fine. But before proceeding you might want to read it to help you decide if you’re ready to start your own blog now. I’ll wait for you right here.

You’re back? Great!

So, you may have read our recent blog post about whether you should start a business blog. And you may have determined that you have the resources and readiness to start a blog now. Except maybe you, your boss, your partner, your investor or your dog needs more convincing.

After all, why would you allocate valuable resources to starting a blog?

Why Blogs are Great for Business.

Starting the Year Organized

Oh, hello 2013!

I’m really excited to see and experience all the new adventures and challenges that 2013 will bring. But before the excitement completely takes over and overwhelms me, I have decided that one of my main goals for 2013 is to learn to stay focused and organized.

Keeping organized is definitely not something that comes naturally to me. I always have to make a conscious and determined effort if I want to think and work in an organized manner because I guess my brain isn’t naturally programmed to think that way. One of the greatest ways I keep organized: a planner.

Usually, I’d just pick a planner from the store. This year however, in an effort to simplify I decided to make my own all-in-one planner/organizer/blog notebook. I started with prototype monthly calendars and monthly summary pages (seen in the image above), which I have yet to refine and make digital versions of. I also made a few blog post planner pages and templates available as free downloads.