Achieving the Impossible

I have this friend, Glenda Watson-Hyatt, and she consistently pushes all who come into contact with her to achieve greatness.  Her will to do better, be better, and share better is strong.  Her insights are good, her writing is spot on. This Saturday Glenda is running the steps at the Philadelphia Art Museum – like Rocky did.…

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The Virtual Meets the Concrete

Last year I attended SobCon09 – and met many of the people I’d previously only had conversations with on twitter.  Successful Outstanding Bloggers Conference – required to advance your business to the next level.  I hung out with some of the big name people – and that created avenues to stronger conversations over this past…

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Lasting Impressions

Yesterday I talked about what my tattoo looks like. Now, how did I choose who would do my tattoo? The most common way people choose their artist is by word of mouth. You’ve seen someone’s tattoo and really like it. That held true for me as well. My neice has a tattoo I really like…

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Does Controversy Work?

Probably the most controversial speaker at SOBCon09 was Lauren Freedman. She professed to having no real social media skills, refused to answer questions during her presentation, said she was usually home with her child during this time – and stated a lot of facts and figures. It was the presentation that made the biggest difference…

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Take Aways: ROI for SOBCon09

Successful Outstanding Bloggers Conference 2009 I’m going to mash three days of conversation, listening, meeting and greeting and instruction into just a few sentences. These are my takeaways. They should stand by themselves – and anyone can use them to further their objectives.  I wanted to be able to look back at these mashed items,…

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Do What You Love

I went to a convention this week, Successful Outstanding Bloggers Conference, in Chicago.  I got up at 5:30 and went to bed at 11 – for six days.  It was non-stop learning, taking notes, talking to people, planning and being on the go. You’d think I’d be tired.  That I would need a day or…

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Sunday Afternoon Joy

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Trust Agents Chris Brogan and Julien Smith

Chris Brogan and Julien Smith: Trust Agents They two wrote a book , but first they wrote a change this manifesto – and then someone bought the idea of them writing a book advice: don’t own a piece of clothing you don’t love (liz and julien) Chris and Julien met at a podcamp and clicked,…

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Your Business and Your Blog

I’m at SOBCon this weekend and have been taking notes.  I’ll be sharing those over the weekend.   Denise Wakeman and Chris Cree The Business and the Blog Denise: We are having a conversation today about the intersection/crossroad that Chris and I meet at.  There will be their two different perspectives. Are you a person…

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Why Won’t the Grapes Grow?

Meet Judy and Vern Harper. Here they are working in their vineyard within walking distance from my house. One bucket has water, one has new plants. This particular vineyard has been a little tricky for them. They’ve been working it for 7 years now. Normally, the vines should be growing well and producing. They’ve had…

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