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.

