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	<title>No Purchases, Please! &#187; Writing</title>
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		<title>Viva Blog Vegas</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2009 17:31:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>sean</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>I just found out that I won a pass to <a href="http://www.blogworldexpo.com/">Blog World Expo</a> from <a href="http://mashable.com">Mashable.com</a>.  </p>
<p>Here was my entry:</p>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I just found out that I won a pass to <a href="http://www.blogworldexpo.com/">Blog World Expo</a> from <a href="http://mashable.com">Mashable.com</a>.  Folks entered by leaving a comment about why they wanted to attend Blog World. </p>
<p>I&#8217;m hoping to get a lot of good information and inspiration that will help take my websites to the next level of performance.  Plus, I might have a little bit of fun in Las Vegas.</p>
<p>Here was my entry:</p>
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<p>I&#8217;m actually not a very good writer. </p>
<p>I can&#8217;t effortlessly whip out a thousand words or two on a subject. I struggle to find the words that will communicate with my readers, and inspire or inform them to make their life better. I write, and re-write, and it sometimes takes hours to craft a post that I think others may think is worth reading.</p>
<p>And I do it anyway.</p>
<p>The things about writing, and specifically blogging, that are a struggle are the things that make me do it. It is a challenge, and because of that challenge, I am drawn to it. I love that writing isn&#8217;t easy for me, and because of that, writing is far more rewarding than other things that I have a natural knack for.</p>
<p>Blogs have levelled the playing field and removed the barriers to entry. Anyone can have a blog up and running in just a few minutes these days. People all around the world can read what you and I write seconds after we decide to share it.</p>
<p>I&#8217;ve chosen blogs as my primary way of sharing what I have to offer with other people. Now I am faced with the giant task of writing compelling content, and finding ways to show people what I have to offer. Blog World Expo will teach me how I can keep working to do this.</p>
<p>I admit, I am greedy. I don&#8217;t want to sit in a cubicle my whole life. I don&#8217;t want to work form 9 to 5 every day, and dress up in slacks and a shirt to go in to the office. I want out. Specifically, I want out by communicating and creating value to share with other people. I want to learn how to make my writing, and my blogs, more compelling. I want to improve my life, and I want to do that by making other people&#8217;s lives better. </p>
<p>Blog World Expo is right for me.</p>
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<p>You can see the comment on the blog post by <a href="http://baddea.com/BWE09">clicking here</a>.</p>
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