Shaun Low

If you’re a blogger, you’ll know how comments make a blog. They can take the original post into a whole new level altogether, with opposing views and discussions opening up some great viewpoints.

Personally, I’ve used the comments on some of my posts (and those on other blogs) as inspiration for new posts here. I’ll add my comment on the original post, and then expand on it with a new or slightly different take. That then opens the discussion up even further, both on the new post and the original (play fair – always link back to your inspiration).

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From a marketing perspective, a blog can be a great way of getting the word out about yourself, your business, or anything you care about. A blog can get your message seen by interested viewers and people who come in from search engines, and most of the time more blogging equals more visitors. Our own blog represents a sizable amount of the traffic we get from Google, Yahoo, and Bing, since we are covering relevant and timely topics that web searchers want to see.

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There’s a bit of a hullabaloo floating around the Internet concerning the Momdot mommy blogger network and their proposed PR Blackout for one week in August.

The topic is being  discussed on Twitter pretty vocally and bloggers and PR pros are coming out with their take on both sides of the argument.

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