We have been batting around the idea of a blog for DeWitt Petroleum for some time now. Who, what, why, when and how often. The typical questions when it comes to looking at something new. The angel devil argument went something like this:

• PRO – What a great way to get info out to our customers and friends quickly
• CON – why make them look at the blog, send the info via email
• PRO – we won’t clog their inbox with info they may not be interested in
• CON – we will need to stay current at all times. . . do we have the time?
• PRO – we may have information that can impact their business and what if they never see it
• PRO – If we blog we can also get comments and feedback directly from our customers
• CON – If we blog we can get comments and feedback directly from our customers in public

Over the last 10 years, there have been a number of business altering events that prompted me to communicate with you in hopes of keeping you in the loop – “9/11″, Hurricane Katrina, the recent upswing in crude prices and the downturn too. There have been other times where we could have communicated with you, and didn’t because of the speed of the event or we were simply overwhelmed ourselves. At the end of the day, we thought the pros definitely out weighted the cons and here we are.

Please let me know how we are doing and I will try to let you know what we are doing.

My Best – Mary