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Blogs not just for rants and minutia

Newsday columnist Patricia Kitchen discovered this week that professionals do blog.

She had heard that blogs were just rants or hyper-personal minutia written by the self-absorbed. However, listening to a couple speakers the last week, including LexBlog client, New York Disability Lawyer Troy Rosasco, she found blogs written by professionals about their fields.

Patricia shared a few thoughts on how to get started.

Besides seeking out and commenting on blogs that cover your profession, do a Google search of ‘blogging 101’ to find resources to help, says Elisa Camahort, president of BlogHer.org, which is running a conference in July with sessions on blogging fundamentals.

Check to see if your professional association is planning a workshop on this and if not, volunteer to help set one up. Some associations are even launching group blogs written by members. And industry-specific resources are popping up, such as LexBlog, a service for lawyers who blog.

Hey, those who refer folks to LexBlog do get a better chance of getting featured here. ;)

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