Each Friday, I open the brag basket as a fun place to give someone a pat on the back, brag, or promote yourself and your projects.
Tony Katz explained why this matters:
It’s ok to have success, it’s ok to have great things happen in your life and it is ok to talk about those things. Embrace the good things that happen and the work that it took to get the good things to happen. Then, focus on more good things, and make them happen. The vision is only achieved through the action.
Last time, Rick bragged, as requested! Then Vanessa and Ari and David dropped in because Chris sent them. Congrats to you all, and hope you’ll be back this week and on and on. :)
Will you put something in the Brag Basket this week? You can brag on a friend, your own project, yourself, others, anything! You don’t need special permission or anything. Just leave a comment right here. There’s no deadline, so you can brag anytime during the weekend, and I’ll open a fresh Brag Basket each Friday.
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Me first! Hugh Forrest of SXSW called my panel idea “Cool cool cool — I hope the Panel Picker voters and the Advisory Board like this idea as much as I do.” Woohoo! I’ll be letting you know when the voting opens…. :)
Me second. After our former web host went kaput (with no warning, of course) last week, by Monday this week I was able to get our site back up. Then, yesterday I thought I was going to have to completely rewrite our order form code, but I found a way to plug in the mail server value using our existing form templates and it works…which means by Monday we should be able to transition from the stone age (read: phone order) to secure online forms. I haven’t been this stoked about coding in a while!
Congrats on the recognition, Becky! Also, I see you now have more intuitive commenting. Way to go!
Go, Mark! Good work on not only a quick transition, but also building in improvements on the fly!
And thanks for noticing the new commenting form. :)
I had some cool meetings and am planning some totally awesome adventures in South Africa.
Almost as a hobby or joke we launched a little community discussion website for our hometown.
Never thought it could amount to much.
60 days later – almost 40,000 page views a month with zero spent on marketing. Buyout offer received this week from media company that owns 9 small to medium newspapers. Not a retire now buyout… but pretty decent numbers being discussed.
if you want to see site . http://www.whatsuphutch.com
Launched http://www.sociallyminded.co.uk this week, survived the Twitter crash without having to see a therapist and bagged the exclusive rights to a particular social media thang for the UK, an awesome week in blighty!! Happy bragging to everyone else, give yourself a big pat on the back..
I had 3 different bloggers profile my blog with a positive review: Mack Collier (SearchEngineGuide), BobLeDrew (FlackLife) and Michael Surtees (DesignNotes) – my blog traffic went through the roof!
@chrisbrogan- I want to brag on chris- learned more from him about Social Media than anyone else so far- and I have been stuydying it for 18 months. Got lots of blessings in my life- my little girl, wife, business- but chris is one of them as well. What a talent. Brag on!
Forbes.com contacted me about syndicating my blog http://EnergizedAccounting.blogspot.com. Of course I said yes! This week I found out that they had asked hundreds of business bloggers and have just lumped all the syndications in one long ticker tape on their web site. I realized that I would get very little traffic this way because of my narrow focus and small volume, so I pitched them on separating the blogs by subject (which I think is good for the users anyway). The editor sent me an email last night setting up a call. *Whew*
Thanks Chris! I love what you do! I want to first brag about you and all your posts! Nice work! You surely know what you are talking about and I have learned a lot from you!
I also would like to let everyone know about the E.Factor http://www.efactor.com – the fastest growing social network for Entrepreneurs and Investors! Get the resources you need to grow your company!
Stephanie
http://sociallystephanie.podbean.com/
Way to go @tinku! Add me to your fan list!
I have the honor of working with Jennifer Navarrete, epodcaster on Twitter, as a co-founder for Social Media Club in San Antonio.
We are going to work hard to bring some of the spot light on what this great city is doing, and how it will make an major impact in our community. I truly look forward to this amazing experience and seeing the group learn and grow. We are planning to launch in the fall.
I am really proud that I am increasingly using my blog to raise awareness about shelter dogs. Particularly pitbulls.
And this week, in the real world, hearing the following from the producer of the theater festival my play’s gonna be in: “You tell a complete story in seven minutes! Other writers are jealous!”
I was asked to write my first guest post and had a great chat with Jessica, Chief Mom Officer at Wishpot.com, about becoming a mom expert.
I have successfully completed forts week of really trying to get out there this week and learn more. And I thank YOU for your work and what you do. I am a “noob” but having a blast so far!
Wow! Welcome to all of you who are new to the Brag Basket. Glad to have you here!
Claudia, congrats on the good meetings, and enjoy South Africa! A beautiful country. Bring us pics, as always, right?
Cody, major congrats on how What’s Up Hutch has turned into a big success for you! Amazing results!!
Matt, what an awesome week, indeed! Congratulations! And thanks for encouraging us all. :)
Wow, Tinku! No wonder your traffic spiked. Those are some amazing reviewers. Congrats on such positive attention!
Doug, I’m with you on bragging on Chris. I do it all the time. And applause to you for working your family into your brag. :)
Bill, great work! Not only did you get an opportunity, you are working to make it better for everyone. Excellent! And thanks for cheering on Tinku!
Stephanie, if we’re going to thank Chris Brogan for all his posts, we are going to be here a while!! Thanks for the tip about the E.Factor; it sounds cool, and I hope folks will check it out.
MyFatCat, wow! Outstanding use of social media for a good cause! And bonus congratulations for a terrific compliment on your play writing!
Luis, I’m with you about Jennifer! She has been a pleasure to work with, as well as a great person all around. I’m also excited about what your are accomplishing for San Antonio.
Julie, excellent! You are gaining some real recognition. Congrats!
Lisa, how exciting! Clearly you love learning. Looking forward to hearing more from you as you learn and grow.
I launched http://www.4-am.net yesterday, the website for our a cappella quartet as a blog and incorporating new media. We’ve only started this group after singing together professionally for about 15 years and I’m really hoping to get some good traction with the site. Thank you for the opportunity to brag, Becky.
That’s fantastic, codytalks! Julie N, you should get in contact with Carla Moquin at the Parenting in the Workplace Institute (http://www.parentingatwork.org). I bet you could learn a lot from each other.
Hey Becky…thanks for the nudge to brag ;)
My location independent blog was mentioned by an LA Times blogger this week who found it on alltop – thanks Guy K!
And a brag for my husband who started a drawing project on his illustration blog – a drawing a day for 365 days…that’ll be quite an achievement for him.
Happy weekend everyone!
Jim, great to see you here! That’s an excellent example of putting new media tools to good use. Congrats!
Mark, thanks for helping connect Julie to some additional resources. You rock!
Lea, glad you came on over! I’m impressed! LA Times is quite good exposure! Wow! And we’ll cheer on your husband! That’s a big commitment, and will be quite an achievement!
Becky –
Looks like you have brag basket that is full to the top. Here is one more. My little outfit, financed it’s first construction company.
Construction? Is Marco nuts? Hasn’t he read the news?
Yes and Yes. Bu the deal is not nuts. There is a lot of value in that sector right now since more people are running away. The client is happy too – they needed the funds to meet payroll.
Cheers,
Marco
Marco, always room for another brag! Construction is a terrific industry, with lots of geographic areas in a full construction boom! I love hearing how one small business’s service helps another small business succeed. Congrats on adding a new industry to your list of happy clients.
Hi Becky,
We’ve got a new logo (http://bit.ly/1r0S3up) for my psychotherapy and life coaching practice, and now we’re going to work on updating our website (http://www.CarolynStevenson.com/) and other materials. Very excited!
And it’s great to see all the other brag-worthy changes!
Cheers,
Carolyn
Congratulations, Carolyn!