There are so many negative things said about bloggin vis-a-vis maintaining a job. Tim Bray from ongoing believes quite the opposite.
Ten Reasons Why Blogging is Good For Your Career by Tim Bray:
- You have to get noticed to get promoted.
- You have to get noticed to get hired.
- It really impresses people when you say “Oh, I’ve written about that, just google for XXX and I’m on the top page�? or “Oh, just google my name.�?
- No matter how great you are, your career depends on communicating. The way to get better at anything, including communication, is by practicing. Blogging is good practice.
Knowing more also means you’re more likely to hear about interesting jobs coming open. - Networking is good for your career. Blogging is a good way to meet people.
- If you’re an engineer, blogging puts you in intimate contact with a worse-is-better 80/20 success story. Understanding this mode of technology adoption can only help you.
- If you’re in marketing, you’ll need to understand how its rules are changing as a result of the current whirlwind, which nobody does, but bloggers are at least somewhat less baffled.
- It’s a lot harder to fire someone who has a public voice, because it will be noticed.
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This is a great article. I have been blogging for my company for several months now and have seen my communication skills get better because of it. I feel like I’ve entered “the zone” where a blog can basically write itself with one small premise. My company’s blog is blog.ampli.com if you’re interested. Thanks for the great post!