This week I'll be going over entrepreneurial blogs and their uses by researching different websites.
I found a website that a Matt Huggins uses to promote himself: http://www.matthuggings.com
Here he posts his bio and a lot of information regarding random business ventures he's interested and involved in. This looked like a great way to promote one's interests and investments.
I found two other websites that talks about the use of entrepreneurial blogs:
http://www.lifehacker.com/software/entrepreneurial/10-best-entrepreneur-blogs-136886.php
http://www.blogs.wjs.com/independentstreet/2008/0613/15-entrepreneur-blogs-worth-reading/
Both of these links are promoting entrepreneurial blogs that the websites find to be either the most interesting or most successful, so I learned that using a blog to promote and market actually works and one can get noticed very easily by a simple google search.
I feel like a blog can promote a person way better than advertisements because they are present time updates on what the person is currently doing and it becomes more personal than seeing something on TV or hearing something on the radio. Self promotion via TV and radio can also be a lot more expensive than simply paying for a domain or starting a free blog. I do feel that blogs are an successful alternative than other self-promotion terminals because of how cheap and personal they can be.
I do think that this supports my thesis, and I'd rate it a 4 out of 5.
I, too, used Matt Huggins’ website in my post. I’ve also saw that a few of our other classmates did as well. I guess everyone Googled him like I did. I thought his blog was very interesting and provided a lot of information. The website or business he was promoting was a singles website. I liked the fact that he presented graphs and statistics about how well the site was doing and his goals for the future. I also thought it was interesting when he mentioned that he changed the functionality of his singles website to up the number of members and it worked.
ReplyDeleteLike you, I don’t think blogs are the most effective way to promote business. My reason however is because not a whole lot of people would take the time to find your business blog and read it.
Good job!
Karissa
Excellent post, I also viewed Matt Huggins' website and found all of his business ventures quite interesting. I agree with you that blogging is a very effective away to promote your business.
ReplyDelete-Matt Murray