I just read an article on how blogging can increase a website's SEO and thought you might find it interesting. As you know, SEO helps people find The3dStudio.com and helps potential buyers find your products. So if you are not blogging, you are wasting a good resource to help buyers find you!
Matt introduced the blog feature here at The3dStudio.com to promote a sense of community here and to provide a venue for our members to communicate with one another. It's great to see the networking and help that members offer and info they share. As a family run business, we do feel that our members are an extension of our family and we feel like we have gotten to know those who blog a bit more than we would in the course of normal "business" interactions.
The blog also allows members who sell products such as 3d models, stock photos, stock images, tutorials, etc. here to increase their products' exposure since the member's 15 most recently created products are displayed alongside each blog post. I would love to see some of our buyers blogging about the ways they use the products they purchase here and also about themselves and their lives. I think we all are seeking "something more" in our lives and that we would like a more personal touch with the people we do business with.
Blogging can help provide that!
The blog posts are read by many people. Members say they are surprised few comments are received and they also wonder why more members don't blog. If you think you have nothing "important" to say in a blog, at least introduce yourself and tell us where you live, a bit about your life, etc.
In our busy lives, blogging can be a good way to get to know people and have a bit of social interaction, which is known to lower stress and increase your well being. So start blogging for your heatlth!