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		<title>By: Jerrie Hurd</title>
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		<dc:creator>Jerrie Hurd</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Apr 2010 01:26:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I second everything you said about the amazing women in BMW. I regularly do the Friday morning coffee gathering and always leave stimulated with new ideas and support. My sister tried to start a similar group in Texas. Couldn&#039;t get it going. Who knows why, but Boulder is blessed!!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I second everything you said about the amazing women in BMW. I regularly do the Friday morning coffee gathering and always leave stimulated with new ideas and support. My sister tried to start a similar group in Texas. Couldn&#8217;t get it going. Who knows why, but Boulder is blessed!!</p>
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		<title>By: Marian Thier</title>
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		<dc:creator>Marian Thier</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Apr 2010 15:57:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Beth, if a year ago anyone had told me that today I&#039;d have a blog site, I would have snortled.  Within this month mine went live, mostly because you showed me how--step-by-step, encouragement-by-encouragement, revision-by-revision, and always with good natured patience.

You embody professionalism and the wonderfully talented women of BMW.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Beth, if a year ago anyone had told me that today I&#8217;d have a blog site, I would have snortled.  Within this month mine went live, mostly because you showed me how&#8211;step-by-step, encouragement-by-encouragement, revision-by-revision, and always with good natured patience.</p>
<p>You embody professionalism and the wonderfully talented women of BMW.</p>
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		<title>By: Mary Golden</title>
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		<dc:creator>Mary Golden</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Apr 2010 08:54:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hear, hear, Beth!  You have earned these accolades and publicly acknowledging your peers is just one more reason why.  As Mother Teresa said, &quot;Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless.&quot;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hear, hear, Beth!  You have earned these accolades and publicly acknowledging your peers is just one more reason why.  As Mother Teresa said, &#8220;Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless.&#8221;</p>
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		<title>By: Elsa</title>
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		<dc:creator>Elsa</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Apr 2010 06:36:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Beth, what a great article and thank you so much for all the goodies contained herein! I wish we had a women&#039;s media group like yours in Santa Fe. Perhaps we do and I just need to get away from the computer and go and find out :) Congrats on your bourgeoning business, and long may it continue!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Beth, what a great article and thank you so much for all the goodies contained herein! I wish we had a women&#8217;s media group like yours in Santa Fe. Perhaps we do and I just need to get away from the computer and go and find out <img src='http://bloggingwithbeth.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' />  Congrats on your bourgeoning business, and long may it continue!</p>
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		<title>By: cathy</title>
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		<dc:creator>cathy</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Apr 2010 02:52:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Great advice, Beth! And believe me, we&#039;ve all very much enjoyed watching you build such a wonderful, successful business!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Great advice, Beth! And believe me, we&#8217;ve all very much enjoyed watching you build such a wonderful, successful business!</p>
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		<title>By: andrew love</title>
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		<dc:creator>andrew love</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Apr 2010 18:38:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I agree wholeheartedly with Beth,  blogs are at their best when then celebrate and enhance &quot;real world&quot; activities, and that means spending time with people, listening &amp; watching, and not constantly staring at our numerous digital crack pipes we have available to us. 

blogs are at their best when they are like good art, when they LOOK outward at things, not just being self-referential.   Sometimes I want to delete my facebook account simply because it takes away from blog writing time.  It is fun though, and part of a well rounded media outreach. 

No one commented on the title, close the laptop.  I would even argue taht to blog with the seriousness of a true novelists...    stop twittering on the phone, and listen to the twitter of real conversation, or the twitter of birds in the early morning sunrise on your street. 

When was the last time we did that? 

great post beth!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I agree wholeheartedly with Beth,  blogs are at their best when then celebrate and enhance &#8220;real world&#8221; activities, and that means spending time with people, listening &amp; watching, and not constantly staring at our numerous digital crack pipes we have available to us. </p>
<p>blogs are at their best when they are like good art, when they LOOK outward at things, not just being self-referential.   Sometimes I want to delete my facebook account simply because it takes away from blog writing time.  It is fun though, and part of a well rounded media outreach. </p>
<p>No one commented on the title, close the laptop.  I would even argue taht to blog with the seriousness of a true novelists&#8230;    stop twittering on the phone, and listen to the twitter of real conversation, or the twitter of birds in the early morning sunrise on your street. </p>
<p>When was the last time we did that? </p>
<p>great post beth!</p>
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		<title>By: Debbie Mihal</title>
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		<dc:creator>Debbie Mihal</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Apr 2010 15:34:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>As always, you give thought-provoking advice, Beth. I love that the Blog Queen is telling us to close our laptops! 

It&#039;s a huge transition, especially for me, to go from the secluded writing phase to publishing and marketing, especially in this day and age of changing trends in publishing. There is so much to do--blog, tweet, comment, write, edit, layout, business plan, market . . . it is overwhelming at times to consider it all. But then to be reminded--oh, wow, I can go out, and have FUN and call it networking! Yeha!

Do I do this already? Yes, and not as much as I could. Did I need a reminder? Absolutely. Thank you.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>As always, you give thought-provoking advice, Beth. I love that the Blog Queen is telling us to close our laptops! </p>
<p>It&#8217;s a huge transition, especially for me, to go from the secluded writing phase to publishing and marketing, especially in this day and age of changing trends in publishing. There is so much to do&#8211;blog, tweet, comment, write, edit, layout, business plan, market . . . it is overwhelming at times to consider it all. But then to be reminded&#8211;oh, wow, I can go out, and have FUN and call it networking! Yeha!</p>
<p>Do I do this already? Yes, and not as much as I could. Did I need a reminder? Absolutely. Thank you.</p>
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		<title>By: Gail Storey</title>
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		<dc:creator>Gail Storey</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Apr 2010 15:12:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Beth, I love working with you for the very reasons you point to in this post--your generosity, availability, and astounding ability to keep the &quot;social&quot; in social media. You have a lot of heart, and that combined with your expertise and intelligence is a winning combination. I&#039;ve having such a great time with the blog you helped me create, and am bursting with new ideas thanks to your encouragement!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Beth, I love working with you for the very reasons you point to in this post&#8211;your generosity, availability, and astounding ability to keep the &#8220;social&#8221; in social media. You have a lot of heart, and that combined with your expertise and intelligence is a winning combination. I&#8217;ve having such a great time with the blog you helped me create, and am bursting with new ideas thanks to your encouragement!</p>
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		<title>By: Laurel Kallenbach</title>
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		<dc:creator>Laurel Kallenbach</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Apr 2010 14:44:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Thanks for reminding us that not everything in life centers around the blog-o-sphere! And I appreciate your points about being friendly, reaching out to others without an ulterior motive, and occasionally giving things away for free. Your four ideas are not only neighborly and can help you meet new friends--they&#039;re ultimately good business! 

(For those who haven&#039;t benefitted from Beth&#039;s expertise, I attended Beth&#039;s blogging seminar two years ago, which inspired me to create a website and start a blog. Together, they really help my freelance writing business.)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thanks for reminding us that not everything in life centers around the blog-o-sphere! And I appreciate your points about being friendly, reaching out to others without an ulterior motive, and occasionally giving things away for free. Your four ideas are not only neighborly and can help you meet new friends&#8211;they&#8217;re ultimately good business! </p>
<p>(For those who haven&#8217;t benefitted from Beth&#8217;s expertise, I attended Beth&#8217;s blogging seminar two years ago, which inspired me to create a website and start a blog. Together, they really help my freelance writing business.)</p>
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		<title>By: susan "farmer sue"</title>
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		<dc:creator>susan "farmer sue"</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Apr 2010 11:40:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>beth,  i signed purchased your blogging with bet book/course your newbie year - almost 3 years ago. it was great. loved seeing your post today. -- for some reason me the girl who cant stop talking goes panic stricken at the key board when i go to blog.  TODAY IS A NEW DAY - it starts here - AM PUTTING ALL YOUR GOOD DIRECTION TO WORK - i just celebrated my 10th anniversary on the farm with our first sheep shearing -- which gives me loads of things to talk about.  THANK EWE  -- for all the inspiration you provide - cant wait to get your regular newsletter. HAWGSNKISSES - farmer sue.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>beth,  i signed purchased your blogging with bet book/course your newbie year &#8211; almost 3 years ago. it was great. loved seeing your post today. &#8212; for some reason me the girl who cant stop talking goes panic stricken at the key board when i go to blog.  TODAY IS A NEW DAY &#8211; it starts here &#8211; AM PUTTING ALL YOUR GOOD DIRECTION TO WORK &#8211; i just celebrated my 10th anniversary on the farm with our first sheep shearing &#8212; which gives me loads of things to talk about.  THANK EWE  &#8212; for all the inspiration you provide &#8211; cant wait to get your regular newsletter. HAWGSNKISSES &#8211; farmer sue.</p>
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