Blogging is fun, right!?

Good morning ~ I've found myself confronted by this whole blogging thing. I certainly don't need another thing "to do" every day, but my friends and colleagues are telling me that blogging is a very important part of growing my small marketing consulting company.

I am very committed to helping small business (like me) grow without draining important resources like time and money, and I'm convinced that blogging is one of the many ways I can do that. So here I am! I just have to remember that blogs don't have to be perfect; they don't have to be long; they just have to add value to the world and be FUN to do!

I'm going to start a series of blogs on the Rise Austin 2009 event that I attended last week. I went to a session in every single time slot they offered so I was overwhelmed by the amount of valuable information I received! Many of my friends and colleagues were not able to attend so I've been offering to go to lunch with everybody to share all I learned. But really, there's no way for me to share 3 days of seminars in a 2-hour lunch... and then do it over and over again with all the people I want to help! So again ~ a plug for blogging. This blog will allow me to share what I've learned, one time, and help lots and lots of people... forever! I like that! Plus, I can give credit where credit is due ~ to the engaging and talented speakers that spoke at the event... as volunteers, by the way!!

So if you missed Rise Austin last week, watch my blog over the next few weeks. I will do everything I can to share the important information I learned to help you and other Austin entrepreneurs grow their small businesses. (Plus, this is a great way for me to review everything I've learned and actually put it into practice.) Til next time...

Laura