Blogging Day One

Isn't it amazing how the mind serves up its connections?

I was just trying to get a head start on my first week of school assignments at University of Phoenix Online when I tackled my 4th reading assignment, Blogs Will Change Your Business. Long article. Well written, I might add. All about blogs. It got me to thinking. My friend Joe has been talking blogs, blogs, blogs for weeks now. And I've been letting it go in one ear and out the other. You know what I mean. If I don't know much about a subject, I don't often grab the importance of it at first blush. Never mind that Joe is excited... I mean REALLY excited... about blogs. It just sounded like so much jibberish to me. Then I read this article about how blogs are sweeping the Internet world... media, marketing, personal communications. Wow! It sparked my neurons! I mean, the potential for networking is incredible! I write, you read, you write, we link... the possibilities are endless.

Take Joe for example. He's got this business idea. No, I can't tell you the details because then you'd do it and he'd be upset that I gave it away. But I can tell you that his idea is hot, and it will definitely grow faster if he makes use of blogs. I know that now because I read the article and I can see that the whole blog thing makes sense. And business isn't the only thing he's going to use blogs for. He has this hobby... racing remote control cars. He's crazy about the things. Even has a video on YouTube. Has a blog about RC cars, too. And he writes a blog for another business: http://www.themoneywave.com/ He says it grows the business faster than anything else he does. I'm not surprised. Now that I think about it, where else can you get free advertising for the price of a bit of time spent writing a few well-chosen words? Nowhere! Talk about an idea whose time has come!

You know, Joe has asked me to go in on his new business venture with him. All I have to do is write for his blog... Know what? I'll bet the silly thing takes off like a scalded ape! I'm no fool... I'm going to do it!



Want to see Joe's video? Great music!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZcSz3NYJOqY

If you've been wanting to go back to school but haven't made the leap yet, check it out at http://www.phoenix.edu/

Want to read the article Blogs Will Change Your Business?
http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/05_18/b3931001_mz001.htm