Yesterday I discovered the joys of Google Analytics!  Some of you will be responsible for your company's website or blog and most providers will give you an idea of how many visitors to your site you get, and sometimes how they got there (Wordpress offers this feature, and Weebly provides an overall number of visitors but you have to pay for more detail).  Anyway, because I was curious about where the visitors to this site come from I signed up the Google Analytics which is a free service providing a lot more detail on who your site visitors are.  The results are thrilling and I highly recommend you sign up if you have a website.

So who are you all?  Well nearly everyone reading this blog is in the UK which is great news, although I welcome people from across the globe.  If you want to leave a comment to say where you are please do so - I'd love to hear from you all!

Hi Super PA (love the name lol).  My boss has asked me to start a blog and I don't know where to start.  Any tips?  To begin with, which blogging site should I use? Amanda J

Hi Amanda.  Thanks for the question.  I was in a similar position at the beginning of last year.  My boss wanted us to get involved in social networking, even though she didn't really know what it was!!  Anyway, to be fair she paid to send me on a course which really helped me with selecting a blog site and with thinking about what I was going to write and what tone to use (I will write about this in more detail at a later date).  Ask you boss if you can go on a course.  Your blog will be a public window of the company so your organisation needs to invest in getting you properly trained.

I started out using Wordpress and now write blogs for three clients.  I'm afraid I haven't used any of the other main ones so I can't compare them.  Weebly, which I use for this blog, is great and easy to use but it is missing some features that I like. I would like to be able to schedule posts in advance which you can do in Wordpress.

Don't be afraid to get started.  A blog grows and develops over time, you just need to begin.