An Obscure Benefit of Having a Weblog
People often ask me why I bother to write a weblog. Do you get clients, does it raise your visibility, does it help with referrals? Yes, yes, and yes. But there’s an additional benefit….The benefit is meeting people that have the same interests.
When I was at the South Carolina Trial Lawyer’s Convention, someone would come up and talk to me about a post I had written. This happened far more times than I would have thought. It started a conversation about a subject I was interested in (after all, I wrote the initial post).
Sometimes posts will generate e-mails from lawyers in South Carolina or around the country and we’ll strike up an e-mail conversation and I will learn new information and gain a new friend.
The people you meet is one of the best benefits of writing a blog. You attract people that are interested in the same things that you are interested in. Good stuf. (And if you’ve been enjoying the blog and haven’t written, feel free to drop a line).
