Blogs enhance one's reputation as a trusted and reliable source of information. This happens with regard to the public, the media, current clients and leads for new work. Best of all, it happens in as little as 3 to 6 months.
I am a lawyer by trade but have been involved in Internet marketing for the last eight years. I practiced law in a small town in the Midwest for 17 years prior to jumping on the net and was as unlikely to seize the net as a marketing tool as …

Like many new media and technologies, blogging is best learned by blogging.  One can read bloggers, study  suggestions and think about it, but, in the end, one blogs or not. 
This is a lesson learned during 20 years of working with new media and technologies.  For many, there is no clear reason to take a step into the unknown and they shouldn't.  For some, there is a chance a medium or technology might be useful, and they should plow ahead systematically. 
I started blogging for personal and professional reasons.  It:

* Forces me to stay up …