The first thing writing offers you is exposure to other business professionals. How else are other professionals going to find you? By writing and publishing well written articles, you are exposing who you are, as a person, and showcasing your knowledge in the subject matter. I can’t stress the importance of this enough. Competition has never been fiercer and businesses are insignificant without their employees. Your potential customers are looking to work with people, not faceless entities. So this exposure helps you market your own personal brand. The fact that you are reading this article now, proves this point. How else would you and I have connected if I hadn’t written this article? …show more content…
Everything you write and post (or publish) will remain out there for many years to come. So the more you write, the better the chances are to connect with other professionals. And it keeps building and building the more you write. Your thinking becomes visible and apparent to the reader, they have a better understanding of who you are. By the way, these “other” professionals I refer to could be potential employers, potential customers, business connections etc. So while you write, you should feel that it’s worth your while, since your finished product will be out there for ages to come (you will get good mileage out of