Blogging has been the way for people to get their information, ideas, and opinions out to the world.
With journalism and traditional media changing so rapidly, blogging has filled the void and made it easier to be a part of the bigger picture.
You can start a blog very easily, and focus on your niche topic to attract visitors and prospects very quickly.
You must decide if you will be blogging to simply express your opinions, or if you will be promoting a product or service in order to bring in revenue.
Once you have made this decision, blog every single day.
I refer to this as power blogging, and look forward to seeing my blog steadily grow in popularity and search engine ranking on the largest search engines, such as Google.
You will want to read other blogs on your topic, to leave comments, get new ideas, and to connect with the owners of those blogs.
You can search for blogs on your topic on Google or at Technorati, the world's largest blogging directory.
Another service that will help you to get traffic quickly is StumbleUpon.
If you have other people who will stumble your blog posts in return for you stumbling theirs, everyone will benefit from the surge in traffic.
Article writing and marketing will also drive traffic to your blog, although it will take longer than some other methods.
Articles are good over the long run, especially because of the back links that will come from having your articles distributed all over the internet.
If you are looking for a way to get your message out to the world, look to blogging as your forum to connect to the world.