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I’ve just had an article published in My Business - an Australian business magazine. The article is called Building a Website on a Budget. It’s a printed publication but I do have a PDF version you can read. Let me know what you think of it. The deadline for the next one is this Friday - eek!

The lovely Liana Evans of Search Marketing Gurus has interviewed me for her latest Women of Internet Marketing series.

Peter Da Vanzo from v7N has also tagged me so here’s 5 more reasons I blog:

1. It helps me clearly articulate my thoughts.
2. It helps me learn and educate myself.
3. It’s a good outlet to express myself and my views.
4. It helps others.
5. Everyone else is.

I can’t think of another 5 people so I’ll stick with my first 5.

The lovely Bill Slawski from SEO By the Sea has tagged me in a new blog meme: Five Reasons Why I Blog. Thanks Bill.

Ok, so why do I blog?

1. I was Pushed Into It
   Ok maybe that is a bit harsh but I was encouraged to blog - it was tied into a blog design project ThinkProspect was doing for a client. Admittedly I had heard of all the benefits of blogging but just hadn’t found the time to start my own. I’m now very grateful for the push.
2. I Love Blogging
   Since that early push I’ve discovered I really, really love blogging. It took a while to get the hang of it all but now I love it. It’s a great creative outlet and usually gives me a nice push on those mornings I’m finding it hard to get going.
3. To Improve My Writing Skills
   This has almost been a side benefit but I’ve found blogging has really helped my writing and finding my own voice. Something I felt I had struggled with previously.
4. To Communicate with Clients and Prospects
   Blogging has been a nice way to communicate with clients and prospective clients. In particular prospective clients can get a feel for me and ThinkProspect before they even pick up the phone. I’m amazed at how many people have come to us after reading and liking the blog.
5. To Educate and Inform
   I’ve had so many wonderful people help and support me over the years it’s great to give back to others. I’m also so appreciative for all the comments I get for the blog. It means a lot to me to know people are enjoying it and talking about it.

Here are the 5 people I’d love to hear from:

1. Miriam Ellis-Loraditch from SEO Igloo Blog
2. Li Evans from Search Marketing Gurus
3. Darren Moloney from On SEO Pond
4. Barry Schwartz from Search Engine Roundtable
5. Pierre Far from eKstreme.com

So I log into Google Reader this afternoon and I have no subscriptions. Not a one! And I have no idea what happened. Not happy Google Reader!

So please help me out. Most of the regular readers here are were in my reader so please add a link to your blog in the comments as well as any other blogs you highly recommend.

Thanks.