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I’ve been pondering for a couple of days about what SOBCon 08 meant to me and what I could share with you about the experience of being among Professional and Amature Bloggers and how that could relate to Business.
All of the presenters were quite informative and full of information that could be used in a Home Business, Online or Offline. But, the One Thing that they all shared and every one of the participants was full of is…
PASSION for What They Do!
Saturday was basically for the nuts and bolts of how to use Blogging as a Tool to enhance your business. Still the Passion of people like Wendy Piersall (and all the rest) came through in the way they talked and how they shared Their experiences to try to help the rest of us! (Wendy actually inspired Brian Clark of CopyBlogger to write a post about how he ended up where he is today)
The same Passion came through at the get togethers both before and after the Main Event. Although lots of great information was shooting in all directions, My biggest take-away was some of the casual conversation that had nothing to do with Business.
These People are Passionate about their Businesses, their Families, their Cities, their Pet Projects. They are Real people, just like you and me and they Love what they Do. If you had a question, they had an answer. If they didn’t have the answer, they would help you find the answer. It’s almost like we always knew each other, friends helping friends and sharing because that’s what friends do.
So, I’d like to introduce you to My Friends…
- Cliff Atkinson
- Shashi Bellamkonda
- JJ Betts
- Chris Brown
- Chris Brogan
- Anita Bruzzese
- Dave Bullock
- Mark Carter
- Brian Clark
- Tom Clifford
- Clay Collins
- Valerie Combs
- Chris Cree
- Lisa Cree
- Thomas Croghan
- Donna Cutting
- David Dalka
- Kevin Dixie
- Tim Draayer
- Andrew Dubber
- Easton Ellsworth
- Kevin Ferrasci O’Malley
- Chantelle Flannery
- Sarah Filipiak
- Mary-Lynn Foster
- Annie Galvin Teich
- Brian Gardner
- Chris Garrett
- Jon Gatrell
- Phil Gerbyshak
- Jared Goralnick
- Karen Hanrahan
- Joseph Hauckes
- Vicky Hennegan
- Scot Herrick
- John Hong
- Stephen Hopson
- Robert Hruzek
- Timothy Johnson
- Sara
- Pete Jones
- Todd Jordan
- Bob Kakoliris
- Christine Kane
- Adam Kayce
- Kristen King
- Scott Kolbe
- Jen Knoedl
- Thomas Knoll
- Stephen Koernig
- Bryan Kress
- George Krueger
- Amy L
- Tammy Lenski
- James G. Lindberg
- Eli Litscher
- Rick Mahn
- Sim Margolis
- Michael Martine
- Becky McCray
- Maria Meadows
- Cory Miller
- Ann Michael
- Dawud Miracle
- Debra Moorhead
- Matthew Murphy
- Paul O’Flaherty
- Tim Padar
- Jesse Petersen
- Melissa Pierce
- Wendy Piersall
- Sandra Ponce de Leon
- J. Erik Potter
- Karen Putz
- Susan R Quandt
- Levy Rivers
- Barbara Rozgonyi
- Jeff Sable
- Sheila Scarborough
- Mary Schmidt
- Derek Semmler
- Maria Sharon
- David Sherbow
- Steve Sherlock
- Brad Shorr
- Louise Silberman
- Sonia Simone-Rossney
- Julien Smith
- Stephen Smith
- Michael Snell
- Derrick Sorles
- Terry Starbucker
- Liz Strauss
- Jon Swanson
- Ruth M Sylte
- Michelle Vandepas
- Lorelle VanFossen
- Colleen Wainwright
- Denise Wakeman
- James D. Walton
- Randy Windsor
- Joanna Young
This post was going to be more about Networking and how that would relate to building a Small Business, but PASSION for what you do is At Least as Important. And if you have the Passion for Your Business, Networking will come naturally.
Do you have the Passion to make Your Business a Success?
(Before you ask, Yes I Did use Liz’s list)
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(((((Joe)))))
Hey Wendy,*Hugs* to you. You were inspiring, and for those who don’t know already, brought a tear to my eye by just being yourself in your presentation.
Thanks for being You and such a great friend!
Glad you made it out this year!
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Hey Kristen,
Two for two so far, and hoping to make it again in ’09. Great to see you at SOBCon and hope to see you again next time too.
It was great hanging out with you in the Windy City, Joe!
Hey George & Mary-Lynn,
It was a great time wasn’t it. Hope we all can do it again next year!
Oh, how did that Crazyegg think work for you? Was (is) it useful?
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