A blog is a free social service that many people do not embrace near as much as they should. It is an outlet that can be fully and completely up to date, fresh and can add insightful perspective to whatever topic you are covering. 

Six Rules for a Healthy Blog

1. Be a good community citizen.
   • Ensure that what your writing gives credit to the right sources (if any) and link to some friends in your blogs where appropriate
2. Respond to comments on your space and others quickly.
   • anything over 2 hrs and people will feel neglected and forgotten
3. Define your level of privacy - know what you're willing to put out there and make sure you respect the privacy of your community as well (their level may be different from yours).
   • always keep in mind your audience and keep their needs ahead of yours. When in doubt, leave it out!
4. Some people may be just plain rude. If you set up a clear blog policy (and post it on your blog) and people don't respect yours rules, you can delete, ban, or unpublish them.
   • no one likes a Debbie Downer
5. Embrace the longevity of content. Be aware that everything you create will be online forever. 
   • think of how your mother might respond...or your kids
6. Be consistent. Start, continue and finish what you started.
   • people respect someone who is consistent and follows things through to the finish

The most important thing to remember though is that your blog should be fun. Creating content - text, audio, video, or images - should be fun.