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It never occurred to me to have an artist’s blog before I read Kristen Royce’s article on Why Every Artist Should Have A Blog.

One of the great things about having an art blog is that you can update it right away. It can often take days or weeks to update an art web site. You can also edit a post and correct it immediately. And it is also possible to go back and edit or tweak a post after you have published it on your artist’s blog any time you want to.

You can do very different things with an art blog than you can with an art website. They are a great combination.

An artist’s web site is like a constant one-person show. An artist’s blog has a very different tone than an artist’s web site. An artist’s blog is like having an ongoing chatty art conversation.

The subject matter can be much more personal in an art blog. You can talk about events and information that just would not fit in with an artist’s website.

I am in the early learning stages of art blogging and I am finding that art blogging can be a whole lot of fun.

? Mary Baker 2005

Mary Baker is a contemporary realist painter, whose studio is in Newburyport, Massachusetts. This New England city, north of Boston, has been the inspiration for the artist?s realistic oil paintings. Mary Baker is a professional artist and has shown in New York art galleries.

You can visit Mary at her website, Mary Baker Art at http://www.marybakera rt.com, see her beautiful paintings and read her articles on a variety of subjects including a four part series on Art, Artists and the Web. A list of articles can be found on her Site Map and Mary’s paintings can be seen on every page of Mary Baker Art.

You can also visit Mary Baker’s artists blog, Mary Baker Art-Blog to find art information for artists and people who are in the art world.

Below are the top 9 reasons why companies should blog.

1. They the perfect public relations tool. Their personal nature gives you and your organization a unique voice online - a voice heard by the people who matter - your customers and clients, other bloggers and the media.

2. Blogs act as instant-feedback mechanisms. They allow readers to respond to your posts via the comments section or link to them on their own blogs using Trackback. These features provide near real-time feedback on ideas, opinions and issues that affect them, or highlight and address new or existing problems.

3. Blogs help to position you and your company as experts and leaders in your industry.

4. Their simplicity and addictive nature allow you to share more of your knowledge more often. Blogs are about sharing what you know, think and believe on an ongoing basis.

5. Search engines index your blog posts more often because of more frequently updated content. Your ongoing blog and knowledge sharing shows up in the search results, making it easier for your customers and prospects to find you.

6. You can have many conversations with many people at once - something nearly impossible in the brick and mortar world.

7. They?re automatic buzz-machines. Go ahead and try it. Blog about something new - a new product or service launch, an improvement to an existing product, or a newly appointed manager. See how fast the news spreads throughout the blogosphere.

8. They?re self promotional due to their RSS feeds being aggregated across the net almost instantly, exposing your knowledge to a growing number of potential company evangilists.

9. Companies who blog are considered early adopters, thought leaders and ?in. Blogging is cool and companies who blog are cool.

But the most important thing to remember when blogging is that you?re not a speaker talking to an audience, you are sharing and interacting. You are one more voice to be heard and how powerful that voice is depends on how much interacting you do. It?s the opposite of Advertising.

Paul Short is a veteran internet marketer, professional blogging consultant and owns the popular blog directory http://www.getblogs.com

For more information on blogging and marketing with blogs, check out Paul’s site at http://www.bloglogic.net