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6 Purposes Of A Business Blog: 1. Grow your customer base 2. Instant communication 3. Building a list 4. Boosted web presence 5. More opportunities 6. SEO Does anyone have any more?
Nice article, but really the slow route for folks looking to make money quickly online. I use blogs as a means to an end. As you said, most people are not literary giants. One of the major reasons most blogs fail is because bloggers run out of things to write about. After the initial excitement of creating a new blog, writing insightful, creative articles that get strong ranking become more of a chore than a labor of love.