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Small business: The do's and don'ts of blogging

Quick ReadA survey of 172 marketing companies shows 66 percent use social media.

Blogging for a business is good, but obviously

Photo credit: Newsday, 2007 / Ken Spencer | Blogging for a business is good, but obviously as this photo illustration show, there is a time and a place and they do not include the time behind the wheel of a vehicle.

Jamie Herzlich

Newsday columnist Jamie Herzlich Jamie Herzlich

Herzlich writes the Small Business column in Newsday.

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With the explosive growth in social media, it's no wonder that more companies are turning to sites like Twitter and LinkedIn to help promote their brands.

A recent survey of 172 marketeers found that 66 percent of respondents were utilizing social media in 2009, up from 20 percent in 2007, according to the New York-based Association of National Advertisers, which conducted the survey with...

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