Business Blogging: Why I Finally Decided to Take My Own Advice and Create This Blog

After preaching about how blogging can help my clients build their businesses for over 2 years, I thought it was about time to take my own advice.

Blogging is actually not new to me. I've had a personal blog about knitting and hand-spinning yarn for some time now. I considered my blog at www.knitandspin.com my own scientific experiment in blogging. Funny thing is, it worked. I immediately saw my blog come up on the first page of Google within a week and I knew I was on to something. I had found another way for my clients to market their business and get their sites in the search engines.

Debbie Weil inspired me to start this blog because she had a great podcast about her blog posted at TypePad. She had some really good points about blogging and using a blog as a business tool. After listening I realized this is what I've been telling my clients--"One of the best ways to establish yourself as an expert in your field is to get a blog!" Everyone complained that it would take a lot of time, they wouldn't know what to write, it was too hard, blah, blah, blah...then one of my clients took me seriously and started reaping some serious benefits.

Take a look at http://atlanta575realestate.com/ Brad Nix, one of the top brokers at www.maxsellrealestate.com, started his blog about a year ago and hasn't looked back. He is now on the 500 Real Estate Blogs to Watch List! Pretty amazing in such a short time. Talk about learning from your clients--Brad is a perfect example of this!

So then I had yet ANOTHER idea! I hired Brad to help us sell our house back in June. I knew that creating a blog for our home would be a quirky yet innovative way to market our house and enable us to put a lot of really good pictures and information up on the web. We created the blog and IT WORKED! Our house sold in 36 days and I know the blog was part of our success. It was an easy way for people to get really solid information about our home and it stood out in the field of 90,000 homes for sale in Atlanta. Genius!

So, now I circle back to my own shoes. I realized I'm the shoemaker making shoes for everyone else and I'm standing here in bare feet! Not anymore.

Welcome to the new Bella Web Design, Inc. blog where you'll learn more about:

1. How to make sure your site is found on the search engines

2. How to create a site people will come back to

3. Latest industry news/ideas/breakthroughs

4. Different ways to market your site using the web as a tool

5. Challenges I've had as an entrepreneur and how I've overcome them

So far so good, eh? I'm sure I can find some little surprises here and there to tantalize you into coming back for.  Hope to see you again soon and if you have any comments or questions, please feel free to click on the link below. I'd love to hear from you and share your knowledge with others. That's what its all about!