If you are already maintaining a web site for you home party plan business, having a blog can add to, or enhance, your existing web presence. The ability to provide your customers, and readers, with fresh content on a daily, or weekly basis can keep your business running even during lean months.
Blogging is also a great way for small business owners, with little web design knowledge, and small budgets to establish a professional, attractive, web presence. Many designers charge much less for a completely customized blog design and installation than they would charge for complete, traditional, html or flash website design.
Allowing users to comment on your blog posts can increase your home party plan business and reputation tremendously. Many prospective clients make their decision to buy a product or use a service based solely on testimonials and reviews left by other customers. Since comments often offer feedback on your products and services, they can sometimes be more affective than the most expensive, well thought out, advertising campaigns.
These comments can also serve as an unofficial Frequently Asked Questions section. Often surfers are more likely to read the comments on posts that relate to a question or problem they may be experiencing than they are to visit your sites FAQ. By making it possible for clients to post comments publicly, and answering comments publicly, you might keep someone else from asking the same question. This will cut down on the amount of emails you have to answer and phone calls you might otherwise receive.
If you want a blog you can monetize (make money with) I would recommend Blogdmps.net. A great place that uses the Wordpress system but unlike many blogs allows you to put google adsense and affiliate links on your blog. Be careful because many blogs do not allow affiliate links and will shut you down if you use them. That could be terrible to suddenly wake up and find all your hard work, locked up because you did not follow the blog rules.
