It would seem that most businesses these days are still not getting involved in business blogging. Here are some statistics from an article published on eMarketer.com:

Only 5% of UK corporations use blogs on a regular basis
5.8% of Fortune 500 Companies have a public blog
1.5% of Forbes 200 Best Small Companies have a public blog

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RSS publishing is a powerful tool for disseminating your content and increasing your traffic and search engine visibility. Personally, I have become a feed glutton, my reader serving up a full banquet of research and reading entrees from the blogs I have found to have a hearty serving of relevant content.
As soon as I [...]

The Wall Street Journal gives a good overview on the success that a variety of businesses have achieved via business blogging. And as expected, the assessments are all positive.

Blog Marketing Successes
A forensic accounting expert never had one case come her way via the company website. Her inclusion of blog marketing brought her the search engine [...]

A food manufacturer pays a pretty price to have his product displayed on the shelf where the customer will most likely see it. That shelf is expensive because it’s high visibility will afford his brand optimum exposure,thus, producing more sales.

Now consider your website. Every page in your web site is a “shelf” designed to achieve [...]