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9 Top Business and
Personal Applications for Blogs
Weblogs or blogs for short, can be developed around on nearly any and every
subject. And not only for personal use, blogs can also be used effectively as business tools, for business
of all sizes from Fortune 500 to home-based operations.
Many have found that a blog is similar to a personalized money churner for their
websites and businesses. In fact blogs can function
as stand-alone websites with a full assortment of features; such as, automatic
archiving, comment posting, pre- and post-dating entries, survey tools, remote capability,
easy management, RSS feeds, subscriber box, statistics, IP banning, Google™ Adsense capability, sidebars,
full color templates, assorted marketing means like SEO tools and much more,
depending upon the blog and hosting set up.
Blogs actually have a variety of practical applications
for both businesses and individuals using them for personal use. Some popular applications
are:
1) Content management system
(CMS) – With good blogging software, you can manage
the content of your website in an efficient manner. For example, with good a blog content management program, you can add multiple
authors and even pre- and post-date entries, loading them in advance in order
to take time off for a vacation.
2) Organizational Updates
and Calendar of Events - Blog software also sorts
your posts chronologically, giving the latest entry first place for enhanced
readability, even allowing posts via email. Plus you can incorporate a calendar
to quickly find and click posts on each date that bears an interactive
hyperlink.
3) Customer Relations Board -
A blog can also serve to increase credibility and help
boost your customer relations. Web visitors can post comments and questions on
the blog and even use its knowledgeable base of posts
sorted by categories as a public relations tool. Your blog will also
allow your customers to find information quickly and easily with a search tool.
4) Sales Booster – You can
use a blog to describe your products and services,
listing them by categories and incorporating multimedia into the posts: digital
photos, video and audio tutorials, PowerPoint slide show manuals, Adobe PDF
guides and more. Invite visitors to subscribe to the blog
for product and service updates, specials, coupons, an award points program and
more.
5)
6) Interactive Education – Educate
your prospects and customers with your blog. Discuss
not only your products and services, but your industry. Keep readers abreast of
industry development and news. Invite feedback and reviews from your blog readers and industry professionals.
7) Community Development – Focus
on developing a community of any size and invite participation from your blog readers. Invite file sharing, uploading digital photos
and video clips, for example, with critiques and reviews.
8) Service Providers - Blogs can also serve as service providers by sharing news
and relevant and detailed technical information about your products and services
in a timely fashion. For example, add
one inside your member area, and once members log in, they can click your blog as an updated knowledge database that discusses issues
linked to specific dates so they can immediately catch up since their last log
in day. Plus they can read through your categorized entries to problem solve
tech issues and more 24/7 at their leisure and own pace.
9) Internal Communication System-
You can set up a private blog; for example, for your
own members or company workers and associates for intra personal communications.
Display the latest information there and
invite feedback and interaction, even adding surveys.
Hence, blogs
can definitely be used in a variety of applications for both business and
personal functions. They can serve as interactive tools like discussion boards and
message forums or focus on any number of other software features to help a
diverse audience interact via a common platform.
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