Your Blog Post Checklist

June 17, 2009 by · 3 Comments
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Blog Post Check List

Blog Post Check List

When you’re first learning how to blog, it’s easy to feel overwhelmed by the shear volume of information out there.

Numerous other blogs, websites, articles, teleclasses, videos, books, coaching and podcasts are readily available to help you get started, stay motivated and achieve your blogging goals ~ whatever they are.

But whenever I’m looking at the El Capitan of information for something I need to learn, I like to break things down into steps and routines so it’s easier for me to apply.  That way I have a convenient guide that helps me be successful, and I build competence and confidence to then go to the next level of learning. Read more

Beginner’s Mind

June 3, 2009 by · Comments Off on Beginner’s Mind
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Beth Barany, Co-Founder, Breakfast Blogging Club, & PJ Hulle, BBC member

Beth Barany, Co-Founder, Breakfast Blogging Club, & PJ Hulle, BBC member

Beth Barany here…

I was recently reminded of being a beginner again when I started tutoring elementary school kids. At eight or nine years old, most everything you learn is for the first time. When the kids  delight in using “Obama” in a Hangman spelling game, or express glee at a rearrange-the-letter phonics exercise, their wonder is contagious.

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