VideoA blog is a simple but powerful tool, it’s a partticular type of website that is;
- easy to update (you don’t need a web designer)
- it’s automatically files and archives content in an easy to search / find format
- it serves up dates as a feed (i.e. readers can subscribe and get latest articles without having to check your website all the time)
- they perform spectacularly well with search engines
- they engage audiences usually allowing comments and other forms of interaction.
Your professional (and personal) life will be significantly enhanced by writing one and reading many. There are estimated to be over 100 Million blogs worldwide and a 100 000 new blogs created every day. Why? Because it’s free or close to it, easy to do, and it’s very very powerful. What’s more, a blog can be the foundation of an eExtension Strategy.
So your eExtension Tip today, is a task that can take you 15 mins or less and costs nothing. If you’re not sure what eExtension is, you might like to start like by reading a definition of eExtension.
eExtension Tip #1: Try blogging, start a wordpress.com blog.
To become more familiar with blogs and blogging, I suggest you go to http://wordpress.com and sign up for a free blog. It doesn’t matter if you write some nonsense in it once, use it to write about a hobby, or write about your current Extension project. The act of diving in and having a go will give you more insight than a dozen tutorial.
Want a Blogging Challenge?
Here is a little challenge to make this eExtension Tip a little bit more fun. It’s simple and everyone who completes the challenge will go into the draw for free 1/2 hour eExtension Consultation (Value = $150 Australia).
- visit http://wordpress.com
- sign up for a free blog
- write an article that includes a link to this article
- keep reading THINKeEXTENSION or even better subscribe to find out who wins.
The Prize
A eExtension Consultation by phone or Skype where you can pick my brains for half an hour, the call will be recorded and a copy sent to you along with a transcript of the call, pretty neat hey? We’ll arrange a time that is convenient to both of us. You might like to use the call to review your current eExtension Strategy or to design one from scratch. I will randomly draw a winner on Friday afternoon 14th November Eastern Australian Time and announce the winner here on THINKeEXTENSION
Tags: Competition, Blogging, ExtensionBlog, ExtensionWebsite, eExtensionWebsite, eExtensionBlog, Wordpress
