Social Media Consultant and Professional Navigator: in Planes, Ships, and on the Web - Creating Success as part of the Living Web. On Course. In Conversation. My name is Chris Cree and I'm just a regular guy. I'm a former Naval Officer and have over 10 years experience post Navy in the business world. Much of my career has been in operations. and most of that has been in the maritime industry. So I know how to get things done, and make things happen. As an operations guy I understand how important it is for your business to get the most from its resources and spend money as efficiently as possible. I started my first blog in September of 2005, which in blogging terms means I've been doing this a while. To help you put that into perspective, in Sept 05, Technorati (the popular blog tracking service) was tracking about 16 million blogs. As of this writing they are tracking about 60 million, and that number is growing by about 175,000 blogs every day. As your business blogging consultant I see my job is to help you successfully integrate blogging into your overall business strategy. Blogging is my thing and I'm passionate about it because I understand how tremendously beneficial it can be to your businesses profitability. I don't see blogging as a complete replacement for a well balanced, multi-faceted marketing strategy. But as far as efficient use of resources and bang for your marketing buck goes, I know that when implemented properly blogging has the potential to become the single most powerful weapon in your marketing arsenal.