[alanbyrne]

I've been blogging about my chosen field for about a year now and I've seen similar rewards from it.

Most recently: - I was asked to provide an article to go into a sidebar of someone's book. - Someone I met for the first time at a meetup mentioned that they knew who I was as my articles kept appearing at the top of their Google searches for particular topics. - Microsoft suggested a resolution to a problem ticket I had raised with them by copying and pasting my own blog into a Word document and sending it to me - complete with Screenshots.

I've also learnt a lot by researching "that extra little bit" for the blog content and from other people leaving really great comments.