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The month of September was all about new experiences…
From turning a year younger on my birthday to my first of what I expect will be many trips to BlogWorld, I had an opportunity to meet new people and learn new things. Speaking of new things, I cannot leave out my first trip to Miami [...]

Ladies and gentlemen…lets get ready to rumble.
Ok, maybe that is a bit of a stretch but with the recent actions of John McCain, the presidential debate scheduled for tonight seems to have taken on a new level of interest for many people.
Initially, John McCain had refused to commit to attending the debate and commented that [...]

Over the last couple of days, I’ve shared a few of my experiences from BlogWorld and have been giving a good deal of thought to a particular topic that was covered at the conference - the idea of taking your blog from the stage of being a hobby and turning it into an actual business.
As [...]

A few days have passed now since returning home from BlogWorld08 and I thought that I would share with you a few quotes/comments that I picked up during a couple of the sessions, as well as embarrass myself by sharing a couple of pictures (for those that don’t know, I am very self-conscious of having [...]

Wow…what a week it has been! The first part of the week was spent in Miami and then I returned home for a day before heading out to attend BlogWorld in Las Vegas!
Let me just tell you that BlogWorld was an amazing experience. Not only because of a few really great sessions but [...]