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The MBA Association is supported by the contributions of hundreds of authors; you may know them as bloggers. Blogging is very much akin to writing a journal or keeping a diary. The difference is that you can make your entries publicly available. Why is that important to you? Great question; read on... Blogger.com, Your Free, Powerful, Personal Marketing Tool The MBA Association does not host its own blogging software. Instead, we ecourage everyone to everyone to start a free blog on Blogger.com that you can share with the MBA Association as well as with thousands of other websites worldwide. We didn't want to limit our members to just the MBA Association; with Blogger.com you can syndicate your writing globally and start to make a name for yourself (if you haven't done so already) Why Should You Care About Syndication? Have you ever Googled yourself? Try typing your name into Google's search engine to see if you can find any information on yourself. Did you find anything? Well, if you had a blog, then that site would come-up because your name would probably be published many, many times over-and-over. Syndication, however, helps you multiply your efforts by getting your name on hundreds, maybe thousands, of other sites as well as on your own blog. Included with your Blogger.com account is the power of RSS (Really Simple Syndication). With RSS you can make your blog posts available as a feed for other websites and individuals to consume (i.e. republish and read). When you post to your blog, that blog gets sent-around to everyone who has subscribed to your RSS feed. Suddenly, the 5-minutes that you spent writing your blog post begins to appear everywhere on the Internet. Give it a few months and try searching for your name on Google again... Social Bookmarking Included  Don't forget to Digg your work! Whether you've posted a single article on the MBA Association website or you've already syndicated your blog with us, click on the Digg.com icon displayed along with each of your posts to submit your article (or blog post) to Digg's network. It's another great way to get your ideas, name and brand out there. For 30-seconds of effort, your written words will suddenly spread across the Internet even faster - appearing in websites and personal readers of thousands of people subscribing to Digg's service.How to Get Your Blog on the MBA Association Already set-up your Blogger.com website? Made your first post? Great! Use the MBA Association's Contact Us form to let us know the address of your Blog and the topics you intend to write about. The MBA Association will be your first RSS subscriber and help you on your way to getting your name out there! Blogging not for you? Submit one article at a time whenever the mood strikes; It's about quality, not quantity! |