WSJ Extols Business Blogging


By Steve Rubel
Expert Author
Article Date: 2005-03-01

Wall Street Journal: The blog as business tool has arrived. Some eight million Americans now publish blogs and 32 million people read them ...

... according to the Pew Internet & American Life Project. What began as a form of public diary-keeping has become an important supplement to a business's online strategy: Blogs can connect with consumers on a personal level -- and keep them visiting a company's Web site regularly.

Link: Wall Street Journal

About the Author:
Steve Rubel is a PR strategist with nearly 16 years of public relations, marketing, journalism and communications experience. He currently serves as a Senior Vice President with Edelman, the largest independent global PR firm.

He authors the Micro Persuasion weblog, which tracks how blogs and participatory journalism are changing the public relations practice.



WSJ Extols Business Blogging