Today I realized that I've been blogging quite steadily for five years now (since August 2005). It was a colleague of mine who urged me to explore what blogging is all about. As I saw what others had done, it seemed like a Herculean task. Where to find ideas to blog about?

Luckily for me I started one post at a time. Now, two blogs (this one in English and one in French) and a combined 558 posts later, I think I'm getting the hang of it.

I believe that every solopreneur needs to blog. The currency of the self-employed professional is ideas. Blogging is a powerful way to get ideas out of your head and into the world. Many of my thoughts are half-baked, sometimes the grammar is twisted or the post is not quite logical, that's okay. A blog is a workshop to prototype your ideas, to test them and see what sticks, both with you and with your readers. By demonstrating how you think and what you are thinking about, you help your prospects to build their trust in you.

My original intention with this post was to come up with my "Top Ten" favorites but as I went through my archives, there were just too many. Instead, here are ten posts (in no particular order) that I think represent my personality and my beliefs:   [Read more →]

Wow... We are already 15 weeks into 2010...what are you doing different now compared to the beginning of the year? How is it working for you?

On my end, the FREE SoloSuccess Webinars and my Blog are two big projects that are establishing a good momentum.

Here are some updates I've made recently to these two projects, to help you Power your Vision from Passion To Profit!

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I've succeeded at importing my old Blogger blog into my new WordPress blog. So the articles since August 2005 are now available all in one place. The Blogger labels were converted into WordPress categories instead of tags. You can browse old posts by date (Archives dropdown menu) or by Category, or use the Search box (probably the most efficient way). Enjoy!

"Brown" Santa (the UPS Guy) arrived today with my present to myself, a Flip Ultra HD Pocket Camcorder. I plan to use this to make quick, high-quality videos for my blogs, Facebook and YouTube.

I thought it would be fun to do an "unboxing" video (using my old camera of course), so here goes!

(Video from my Facebook profile http://www.facebook.com/CoachDavender)

For more information

Flip Video: http://www.theflip.com

Lou Bortone is the Online Video Guy. He first showed me the power of the Flip, and continuously inspires me on the subject of Online Video. Check out his resources:
http://www.OnlineVideoBranding.com - Lou's blog about Online Video
http://www.OnlineVideoMadeEasy.com - Great intro course Lou offers
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Lou-Bortones-Flip-Tips-Free-Guide-to-the-Flip-Video-Camera/37030454941 - Lou's Facebook Fan Page

I started blogging waaaay back in August 2005 after a client nagged me about why I didn't have a blog. So I started on Blogger, and after 345 posts, that blog is starting to show its age.

So I'm continuing my blogging now using WordPress.

Past blog entries are still available here at http://frompassiontoprofit.blogspot.com I plan to move and update the more important entries to this new blog over the next few weeks.

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