A Blog About a Blog

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I know the benefits of blogging regularly. Blogs can help boost your items’ exposure in search engines. They’re a great marketing tool, plus blogging is free and easy to do. So why don’t more people (like me) use blogs to promote their items?

For me, it’s a time thing. Sure, it only takes a few minutes to do, but when you have a job, kids, housework—where do you fit in the time? I hardly have time to list on eBay, let alone blog about it.

So here I am blogging about a blog.

When eBay announced it will close its blog site, I was indifferent. I can’t remember ever thinking about going to the site to read the blogs, or even post a blog myself. It was hard enough for me to blog just a few times on my Auctiva Store blog in the past year, even though I know Auctiva submits new blog entries to Google Directory to drive traffic to my Store and give my items added exposure. I know it can be very beneficial.

But I’m sure eBay’s announcement is a disappointment for the folks who did work hard to blog on a regular basis. Luckily there’s no shortage of other places to blog (like Auctiva!).

So we’d like to know, do you blog? If so, where do you blog and what do you blog about?

How much time do you spend blogging?

Has blogging helped boost sales and/or traffic to your listings?

Did you use eBay Blogs, and if so, what do you think about the site being closed?

Any blogging tips?

Please give us your opinions. We’d love to hear from you.