With Windows Live Writer, you’ll be on your way to creating and posting well formatted and feature rich blog posts in a little amount of time. As you have seen, configuring Live Writer to post to a SharePoint blog is very intuitive.
In my previous article I covered the difference between a Discussion Board and a Blog. Personally, I’m a fan of the blog site template in SharePoint. Many organizations tend to struggle with how they can use a blog and for what general purpose. Examine your company and think about where you have a ‘message’ to deliver. If you decide that a blog will help with the communication of that message, start blogging! EndUserSharePoint is having a Live Online Workshop on the Fundamentals of Wikis and Blogs