More and more now I get asked "Albert, what do you do for a living?" I guess people are getting more curious since they see me all the time here in our neighborhood, in church…

And even this particular person that told me a few years ago that this internet thing is NOT going to work, it’s nothing but a scam and I should get a real job in "Construction.”

Well I simply tell people that I am a full time blogger and I blog about the things that I love and am passionate about which is helping people with their business.

I am not surprised that many people will say, “Huh? What did you say? "Blog" is that some kind of food or what?”  Many times it really catches me off guard and I don’t know how to explain it in a way they can understand so here’s what I tell people about a blog.

A blog is like a gossip queen that spreads the words for you on whatever you’re blogging about. It’s like word of mouth on steroids! That’s exactly what it is "Word of mouth on steroids" and I’ll tell you why!

Let’s say you have a local business or a mom and pop’s shop and you have a network of clients of 5,000 and you need to reach these folks because you’re running a promotion, so what do you do?

You send out a post card, call each and every one of them, that would be tons of work right? But with blogging you can do all this in a matter of minutes or hours.

The moment you post on your blog it will ping the search engines, ping your RSS subscribers and if you have a third party autoresponder you can send the message to that list too.

So it’s just a matter of hours and you deliver the message to your market, now that’s power! That’s why I always preach that you have to have a blog if you’re running a business, it’s a necessity.

Your blog will spread the word for you, your brand will be recognized, it will create a buzz for your products and services and the best part is it will let you connect with your market to build a solid relationship and this is one key to business success.

Your blog even connects you to big name people out there and the best part is it will connect you to get acquainted with new friends that could be friends for life.

Like I got connected with Joe Sugarman, Robert Allen, and Mark Hansen and my now friends for life John Delavera, Edwin Green, Troy Williams, Duane Hope and many, many, more!

And in business or in life it’s not who you know, it’s who knows you because they’re the ones who will talk about you and spread the word for you. Remember to this day the "word of mouth" is still the best advertising and the great thing about it is it’s "FREE"

That’s why I think a blog is the biggest gossip queen and word of mouth on steroids because it does all this for you (in the good way). But I wanted to ask you my friends,

“What is a blog to you?”

Please let me know and post it… Please! 

I want to know, really! So like I asked you I need your participation in this post! OK! Folks I hope I shared some good ideas with you so you can do the same… take care and love you guys!

Till Next Time and God Bless You!