The thing that bothers me is the tone, the style. A lot of blogs are chatty, conversational… I’m not used to writing that way but i think it might be liberating.
Thanks again.
Fergal

I am convinced that more businesses would like to and should blog but are afraid because they feel that if they feck up, they are doing publicly which in turn could potentailly damage the business.

I often get a sense that there are individuals within a business who would love to start a company blog but feel that the responsibility would be too heavy to handle and mistakes could damage careers.

I’d go for quality. Once a week should be a starting point. The more you write though, the easier it becomes. Just like writing an email.

I’d help train myself by leaving comments on other blogs though. I think they’re great training grounds for becoming a blogger as you argue or provide other perspectives and you might find over time “this needs a blog post of its own, here I go”.

It’s like everything else, it takes time and if this concept is new to you, it will take longer than those who have already been writing in other media.

One question I would like to put to you is this. If I am being honest, I would probably have to admit that I am not a natural when it comes to writing flair, each post probably takes me much longer than most. Now some established bloggers advise to post at least every other day while others say that quality rules and you should try to aim for fewer higher quality posts. I’d appreciate your opinion bearing in mind that my blog is kinda niche?

By the way thanks for responding, I appreciate you taking the time.

I started our blog in Jan which has proved and is proving to be a pretty steep learning curve. I agree however that there is plenty of solid blogging advice available if you are prepared to look.

Keep up the good work,
Niall.

Off to pimp my blog!