You don't have to blog to grow or manage your professional network. Set a reminder, once a week, to look at your LinkedIn. Ping someone you actually know, just

You don't have to blog to grow or manage your professional network. Set a reminder, once a week, to look at your LinkedIn. Ping someone you actually know, just to say hi. This keeps you fresh in their minds as someone who does X, and is still alive. Finally, if you want to expand your network, just ask these same people if they know anyone else doing X and then send them a hello. Very low-effort and direct contact is 100x more powerful than a blog post anyway!