I make it a general practice to write any blog posts using a word processor, like Word or Google Docs. Use Google Docs in Chrome, and your misspellings (oops, just misspelled “misspelling”) are pointed out right away. I can only imagine what it must look like to see an “expert” misspell.
That said, I fear that misspellings are the least of problems for a lot of bloggers. I was training a client in using SiteCore content management system, and as he was entering “test” copy, he added a “humorous” comment about the parent company. I took the occasion to remind the user that the internet never sleeps, and it never forgets. It would be very embarrassing if he had somehow forgotten to remove the remark and the page went live.
Professionals must be cautions not to indulge themselves. We live in a free republic, and we ought to be free to speak our mind, but other people are free not to do business with you. You may have already heard the famous FedEx twitter gaffe in which a vendor insulted the home town of his client. Blogging and Tweeting are great tools, but they carry great capacity to do harm to a professional’s career. An off-handed remark at a social gathering is one thing, placing your thought on a blog that is cached and can be searched is quite another.
I leave you with this quote: ”May the words I say today be soft and sweet, for tomorrow I may eat them”.
