<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/8b1e6773-6d43-4a98-a6bc-b4f060dd507f/A784B0D8-3205-4C06-BA16-72B43C473BA7/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.ducttapemarketing.com/blog/2008/01/01/blog-dammit/" href="http://www.ducttapemarketing.com/blog/2008/01/01/blog-dammit/" style="font-size: 11px;">www.ducttapemarketing.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.ducttapemarketing.com/blog/2008/01/01/blog-dammit/"><STRONG>You must start and grow a blog in 2008!</STRONG></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.ducttapemarketing.com/blog/2008/01/01/blog-dammit/"><P><STRONG>Here’s why:</STRONG> <STRONG>1)</STRONG> It makes it very easy to update your web presence - easy is good because easy gets done <STRONG>2)</STRONG> Locally you can use a blog to gain exposure that your competition can’t <STRONG>3)</STRONG> Search engines love blogs (still) and will reward you with better search results when your prospects go looking <STRONG>4)</STRONG> The daily and weekly choir (that may be how you initially view it) of producing written content will make you a much better communicator, marketer and salesperson - it’s the killer activity</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.ducttapemarketing.com/blog/2008/01/01/blog-dammit/"><STRONG>Here’s how to get started</STRONG></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.ducttapemarketing.com/blog/2008/01/01/blog-dammit/"><STRONG>1)</STRONG> Read blogs</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.ducttapemarketing.com/blog/2008/01/01/blog-dammit/"><STRONG>2)</STRONG> Get the software</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.ducttapemarketing.com/blog/2008/01/01/blog-dammit/"><STRONG>3)</STRONG> Start writing - keep a journal or use a service like <A href="http://www.jott.com">Jott</A> to send yourself notes every time a good idea for a blog post pops into your head.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.ducttapemarketing.com/blog/2008/01/01/blog-dammit/"><STRONG>4)</STRONG> Start networking with other bloggers</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.ducttapemarketing.com/blog/2008/01/01/blog-dammit/"><STRONG>5)</STRONG> Get your community involved</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.ducttapemarketing.com/blog/2008/01/01/blog-dammit/"><UL><STRONG>3 blogs I recommend on blogging</STRONG> <li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;"><A href="http://www.bloggingtips.com/">Blogging Tips</A> - multiple authors and lots of handy tips </LI> <li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;"><A href="http://www.problogger.net/">ProBlogger</A> - best source for moneymaking blog tips </LI> <li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;"><A href="http://www.chrisg.com/">Chrisg.com</A> - the business of blogging and some good technical hacks</LI> </UL></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/A784B0D8-3205-4C06-BA16-72B43C473BA7/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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