3 Taboo Topics for Business Bloggers

By Ted Demopoulos
Some topics are a no-win, and a possible big loss, as well as inappropriate and possible big losers for you. Here are the big three.

1) Politics Politics have little to nothing to do with business! Avoid at all costs.
I don't care if you like Hillary Clinton, and you shouldn't care if I think Greece should revert to a Monarchy. However your or my opinions may offend or upset others unnecessarily, and are way off topic and inappropriate.

2) Religion Religion is personal and not a business topic.
Your love for the Catholic Pope and his most festive hats, or my following the teachings of Zoroaster and praying in front of fire, or your sister sacrificing bananas to the only true god (in her opinion), a giant Troll who will descend from Fresno to free all true believers, is not our concern. And if you can't speak without constantly mentioning Zoroaster or Jesus or Ballingham (the Troll your sister worships), well keep in off your business blog.
Go start on another blog on religion if you'd like - that's absolutely fine.

3) Sex If you're gay, straight, promiscuous, or if squirrels get you off, that's your business. And if you believe that interspecies marriage, like your brother and that smoking hot squirrel Sandy in Sponge Bob, is evil, well keep your views off your business blog.

There are exceptions of course. For example, many prostitutes blog, and sex is a reasonable topic for them. Politicians blogging on politics also makes sense. And of course religious leaders blogging on religion is very reasonable as well.
But unless politics, religion, or sex are part of your business, they are no win topics on your business blog and you should avoid them.

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