I have seen many sites have their own blogs which regularly publish about the site's activities and other stuff.
Do we want to start a blog for parenting.SE?
As highlighted on the Blogoverflow introduction:
Starting a blog is easy. Keeping up a blog, contributing to it regularly is difficult. Blogs are hard work. Wanting a blog is obviously the first step, but there are a few things that the community needs to discuss in order to get a blog going.
According to that post, there are 4 things we need to do:
Raise the idea on the child meta. A community blog needs the involvement of community members. These blogs don’t exist to be the personal blog of a community member. They are both for and run by the community. It needs to be something the community collectively wants and will cultivate.
Define the scope and purpose of the blog. Is the blog about the site? Is it about the site’s topic? Is it about the industry around the topic? Keep in mind the audience of your community and their interests. Another generic blog about may not be all that interesting. A community blog should be interesting to both current members and potential new members.
Recruit contributors. Who will write entries for the blog? Starting a blog is a bit like going through the buffet line. Be realistic – don’t let your eyes be bigger than your stomach. Think seriously about if and how often you will be able to contribute a blog post, including research/prep time. The more contributors there are, the less frequently each contributor needs to post. One post a month is a much easier to stomach than a couple posts every week.
Plan a schedule. Given the results of steps #2 and #3, think about a rough idea of a schedule for the blog. Will there be one post a week, posted Mondays? Will there be posts on Tuesdays and posts on Fridays? You don’t need to be pushing out posts daily, but you should post at least once a week.
Please post answers if you have suggestions/opinions/feedback for any of the 4 items. Also answer if you are willing to participate by writing blog entries as defined by whatever scope and purpose we agree upon, with an indication of how much you expect to be able to participate (e.g. "I can write one or two blog posts", "I can commit to a single post every month", etc.).
Please upvote the question if you want to see a blog. Please upvote individual answers if you agree with the points made.
After we've had time for people to answer, comment, and vote, we'll review this and determine whether there is enough interest and participation to move forward with a community blog.
