Business Blog Wire

I hope you don’t ever have one.  The folks over at BizNicheMedia say they have spent the last few weeks recovering from the Indian government’s decision to block access to all blogs from India in an attempt to combat terrorism.  The BizNicheMedia writing team could not access or publish to their blogs for a couple of weeks and the company’s traffic and revenue took a direct hit.

Here are some lessons BizNicheMedia learned about preparing for a disaster that could render your business blog inaccessible:

- Keep multiple backups of your blog
- Have guest bloggers at the ready - in multiple countries, if possible
- Store a stash of "timeless" posts for emergency publication
- Make sure at least two people know how to do each task
- Constantly be on the lookout for emerging vulnerabilities

Hat tip to The Blog Herald, whose Matt Craven concludes: "If your main source of income is from blogging - whether as a blogger, as a blog owner, or as a blog network owner, business continuation needs to be a part of your strategic plan."

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