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20 responses to this plurk.

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  Jul 01, 2008 - 22:42

  MikeFarho

  says

  Good Morning and good question

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  Jul 01, 2008 - 22:44

  MikeFarho

  says

  before I read it, I'll say a person needs balance. It's not an either or issue. We need both. Now, I'll read it.

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  Jul 01, 2008 - 22:50

  marjorie

  says

  Loved reading it. I agree with Farho re: balance, w/c I think is Darren's point in article. I probably spend more on my own than others'.

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  Jul 01, 2008 - 22:55

  SoccerDad

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  ProBlogger is right on - use both. I love having my own domain for my blog, but using social media services to build the community is great.

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  Jul 01, 2008 - 22:55

  MikeFarho

  says

  Thanks Darren for the encouragement to have goals and focus in whatever we do, wherever we do it.

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  Jul 01, 2008 - 23:49

  ProBlogger

  says

  you're welcome - plurk on!

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  Jul 01, 2008 - 23:50

  oro

  says

  To answer the question without first reading it... I would say 'yes'. lol, err use it and focus on your properties

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  Jul 01, 2008 - 23:51

  oro

  says

  but then again like one of your earlier guest posts says. You should be focusing on building your social media profiles before you need it

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  Jul 01, 2008 - 23:51

  oro

  says

  that way you can use it easily once you need to and you have to opportunity to focus as much as you need to on your own property right?

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  Jul 01, 2008 - 23:52

  oro

  says

  bad grammr = my plurks

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  Jul 02, 2008 - 01:05

  imnj

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  [b4 reading] it depends what your goals are. Small biz I say focus on the activities that pay you first.

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  Jul 02, 2008 - 01:17

  acnatta

  says

  having just finished reading it I'll repeat my comment from yesterday - it needs to be balanced. Great post!

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  Jul 02, 2008 - 01:18

  denise205

  says

  I just read the post and like the final idea about renting as a stepping stone. Good things to think about here.

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  Jul 02, 2008 - 12:28

  evemosher

  says

  i agree with the need for balance- but finding the right balance (esp. when the actual business-offline-requires time) is hard to acheive

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  Jul 02, 2008 - 12:29

  evemosher

  says

  any tips on finding the sweet spot on balance? btw good post will be using the theory in my teaching

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  Jul 02, 2008 - 12:57

  LindaZ

  says

  been creating community here on FB and Twitter - watching all the bloggers talk about/promote their blog, I see that I can do the same...

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  Jul 02, 2008 - 12:57

  LindaZ

  says

  when I start publishing mine

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  Jul 02, 2008 - 12:58

  SoccerDad

  says

  LindaZ - well yeah there's that

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  Jul 02, 2008 - 13:00

  LindaZ

  says

  social media is where we share bout ourselves, our businesses, connect with like pple interested in what we are up to, blogging fits in well