Recently I was nominated by Barry Wells to join the 7 Links Blogging Challenge. Although time seems to be at a premium lately (geez when do you ever have enough time!) I am not one to pass up a great challenge and this one offered a chance to stroll through memory lane as I searched for the best prospects for each category listed.
The 7 Links Challenge seems to be circulating the net right now. Barry was originally nominated by Adrienne Smith who was nominated by…etc, etc. …you get the drift. It’s a nice circle of blogging enthusiasts to be surrounded by and I wasn’t going to pass up this opportunity.
Now that I have located my 7 entries into this Link Challenge, I’d like to add how much fun it was to revisit some of my earlier posts. It was interesting to note my voice and the date a post was written to get a feel for where I was at in my own journey online.
I do hope you find something that offers you value in the way of education, inspiration, motivation or humor!.
May I suggest if you have not yet viewed the video that I have included with my “Most Beautiful” entry that you take the time to watch this powerful, powerful video. I’ve seen it many times and each time it re-inspires me and touches me…it is worth the time.
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Awesome Stroke Video : If you don’t take time to view or read anything else in my list…this one is worth the time. If you’ve already viewed it…view it again. You will come away inspired once again I promise.
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My Interview With Outsourcing Expert Tyrone Shum: Outside of the structured 100 comment challenge, this post was by far my favorite. It was my first interview…live…and my first time in front of the camera. So this was a huge step for me in many directions.
The topic of outsourcing was a very hot topic and people were exploring possibilities. Tyrone guides us through his educational journey into forming a team of freelancers from the Philippines and gives us plenty of information to pursue this avenue ourselves. Even if you don’t want to form a team, Tyrone supplies plenty of valuable outsourcing informtion…first hand information from his experiences.
Well worth the time
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I had to hunt a bit for this one as I have not been too confrontational so far blogging
However, that may change this next year as I’ve gained a lot of confidence in myself as a blogger now that I’ve finished Sally’s Learn With Sally class. I am much more likely to be as transparent as I can going forth and this could possibly cause some future controversy
The Fever of Fiverr: As the fever for micro jobs was exploding so was the possibility of running into some not so nice and kosher type ads. Once such ad was placed on a site that offered Camtasia for a ridiculous price. Upon further research, the owner removed it saying it had slipped by. At least he was on it right away when I brought it to his attention. Issue solved
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The Evolving Micro Job Sites: The reason I chose this over others is that it seemed to help people realize the choices they have out there in micro job sites rather than being limited to Fiverr alone. It gave possibilities to those who wanted to make money by listing ads and helped others who were looking for help themselves.
There is also alot of information included about scripts (and a link to a micro jobs search engine) that can be used to create this micro job sites…for any entrepreneur who wants to take it a step further
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Sometimes the simplest things help the most people. I was actually surprised at the comments I got with this post indicating to me that most people who used gmail were not yet aware of it’s ability to retract sent mail within a 30 second period. This feature is priceless in my opinion and I probably use it daily….so for that reason this post gets my Biggest Surprise post
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Haha…found a few of these I thought deserved more attention…but most likely I have no one to blame but myself for lack of traffic to these specific posts. Now I am a trained blogger
so watch out
Outsourcing Your Private Life Using the Principles of the 4 Hour WorkWeek
I thought this post brought both education and humor to bloggers. There is much controversy about this book by Tim Ferris …and you can choose to go whatever way you wish…however I absolutely enjoyed reading this book and laughed so many times throughout.
We can all use a bit of humor and the chapter included in this blog post was intended to do just that…even though it is a true story
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Kathy in the Buff and the Best Coaching Evvvveeeerrrrr
Another toughie as I feel like there have been a few posts that were milestones for me. But this one takes the cake.
Getting in front of the camera now…I say…”bring it on”
Conquering that fear and knowing that I can speak in front of a camera alone and do it well is huge for me. Now I can move comfortably forward in the world of video.
I so enjoyed my journey back in time…thanks for the opportunity Barry. I learned a great deal about myself and my blogging in this exercise…more than I had anticipated.
Now for my nominations into this 7 Links Challenge:
To keep the record straight…I’ve only heard back from 3 of these nominees for certain…and hopefully the other two will take me up on this challenge
Now I am curious…what blog post of yours came to mind when browsing through mine? Anything particular pop up that you would like to revisit?
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Twitter: jmd164
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Hi Kathy,
Terrific post and I did take the time and watched Jill Bolte Taylor’s video – fascinating.
I see three of your nominees will have to take part due to popularity – I have also nominated them. Or does that mean they’ll have to write double of everything
Take Care Kathy and have a great weekend as we are close enough to it now.
Julie
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Hi Julie…My apologies for taking so long to respond. December is my busiest month outside the home and everything else suffers because of it!
I am so glad you took time to watch that video…it still inspires me. I just watched it again the other day and came away with a new understanding.
And, yes it seems we were on the same page with nominees
Kathy
7 links challenge. This sounds interesting. I’ll look up more information about it. Thank you for sharing.
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Nice post, I see three of your nominees will have to take part due to popularity – I have also nominated them. Or does that mean they’ll have to write double of everything, thanks for sharing.
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Twitter: barry_wells
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Hi Kathy, thanks for accepting the challenge and including these posts in it.
The first one, with the video on the effects of strokes really help me understand it all a little better. As you’ll see in my comment on that post.
I’ll make my way through those posts that i haven’t seen already during the week Kathy. There’s a wealth of information in them that we can make good use of
It’s great going over our older posts isn’t it? I had real fun seeing the journey I’d been on and found it gave me an additional boost.
You’ve chosen a good 5 to pass it onto and I hope that they also have fun with the challenge.
Great job Kathy, catch you up again during the week.
Take care,
Barry
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Thanks Barry for nominating me and please forgive my tardiness.
Life has been very full for me.
However I always have time for friends…and I consider you a close one.
And yes, it was more fun than I even suspected it would be….reminiscing through all those posts
Kathy
Twitter: basicblogtalk
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Absolutely agree, Barry Wells. Even some time I feel like not so clear about the context of this post but I feel like it is amazing post may I have to take time to come back and read again. Thanks Kathy.
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Twitter: IanIebablog
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Hi Kathy
I must firstly apologise for the time it’s taken me to get over here, I have been so busy sorting out things in readiness for my holiday!
It’s times like this that we all need more time in the day
I am surprised to say that I have missed a 2 of these posts Kathy! How bad is that, but I promise I will read them all
You have picked a great collection of posts here Kathy and I have to admit my favourite has to be seeing you in front of the camera for the first time and conquering you’re fear, it was great.
Also the “Gmail undo email” post I have found very useful on a number of occasions now!
Thanks for passing the baton onto me Kathy I think I am going to enjoy going through my old posts, I don’t however know how easy it’s going to be choosing one for each category!
Well done Kathy and I look forward to seeing you real soon…
Take care
Ian
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Excuse my tardiness Ian…
and thanks for taking the challenge
I need to get over and read your entries…but I know I’ll need sometime to get through them all as your posts are so detailed
However I do want to see your choices…and thank you for visiting mine
Thanks for adding your favorite. That was mine too…getting in front of that camera…wow what a course that was!
I look forward to connecting Ian…it will be fun!
Kathy
Hi Kathy,
Me too with apologies for the delay in getting here….
I now know what I’ll be doing tomorrow…lol
(After I come back and read your post in full
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Chat soon
Randy
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Hi Randy…well, now I have to apologize for being so tardy getting here myself!
And, I need to get over and read your entries into the challenge. I know they will be good ones
Thanks for accepting the challenge Randy…and thanks for connecting here
Kathy
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Hey, Great post Kathy. I also took up the challenge.
Des.
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Hi Des…sorry about my delayed response.
This is a crazy month but I am so glad I got to participate in this challenge.
I do hope you get to also…it really is a nice stroll through memory lane
Kathy
Hi Kathy,
Great post! You are so fit with this challenge. You have the brain and the talent for this. Barry have done a great choice of choosing you.
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Thanks for those kind words Julia
Kathy
Informative post, I see three of your nominees will have to take part due to popularity, I have also nominated them. Or does that mean they’ll have to write double of everything, thanks for the post.
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Don’t have the answer to that one Mark

Guess they’ll have to figure it out for themselves
Kathy
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7 Link challenge sound great. Good for you Cathy! Good luck! I keep coming back here to get more tips on this challenge.
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Hi Kathy
Your blog post ‘My interview With Outsourcing Expert Tyrone Shum’ is one I found both highly relevant and interesting. For me this seems to be the missing part of the jigsaw. What Tyrone says regarding using outsourcing to buy us time is something that must strike a cord with most internet marketers, as none of us seem to have enough hours in the day.
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Boy you hit the nail right on the head when you said IMarketers never have enough time!
That’s exactly what drew me to Outsourcing in the first place…
Although outsourcing does leverage our time…it presents it’s own set of challenges
Kathy
Is the challenge finished yet? Or we have some more time to take part in it?
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Anna…I am sure the challenge is still circulating and that you could easily get onboard…
Kathy
Twitter: Dawn_Kay
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Hi Kathy
I have to agree with you on the post you were most proud of Kathy in the buff was a really fab video and you was a natural in front of the camera and came over superbly…
I found the gmail undone one very useful indeed but you just can’t please everyone so I wouldn’t worry about it to much misses.
Have a fab christmas Kathy and all the best for the new year.
Take care
Dawn
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Hi Dawn…nice to see your smiling face here

And, I too wish the best for you in this New Year…we’ve come a long way in 2011
so…watch out 2012
Kathy xx
Hey Kathy, to be absolutely honest with you I never knew there was the option of stopping a mail on gmail, it’s such a shame coz I’ve been using gmail for years and years now. How could I possibly have missed that one? Anyway, amazing list of previous posts.
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Haha…once again Adam…that little gem seems to have evaded alot of peoples attention.
I am glad you can make use of it.
I use it daily
Kathy
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Twitter: CreditDonkey
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Hi Kathy,
I’ve just watched the video from your most beautiful post. Amazing story and great storytelling. The doctor was able to present a serious situation in a humorous way and it was quite moving toward the end.
Thanks for sharing this source of inspiration. Happy Holidays!
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Twitter: swilkinshomebiz
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Hi Kathy,
Just watched the video. it blew me away and the 20 minutes flew by, truly gripping stuff!
I just wanted to take this opportunity to wish you and your family a very merry Christmas and a very prosperous New Year.
Hope to have a catch up in 2012.
Best wishes,
Steve.
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Twitter: IMarketerLinda
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Kathy,
I have been meaning to get over here and leave a reply. I was here after I wrote my 7 Links Challenge and then I got interrupted and never made it back – I feel bad
I haven’t had a chance to watch the video – but will do so in a bit, now I gotta run out the door but I really wanted to post my comment, so you wouldn’t think I was ignoring you or anything
Hope you and your family had a nice Christmas and I wish you all the best in 2012.
Linda
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7 links challenge sounds great! Good luck to you and you may achieve what you want. Will be stopping for more tips.
Hi Kathy,
I have read almost 4 blogs about this seven link challenge. Well it is kinda cool though.
Happy new year to you.
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Hi Kathy. Congratulations on the nomination for the 7 Links Challenge and best of luck. I look forward to checking back to see how it works out for you.
Ellie
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Hello Kathy,
Nice to see that you took up the challenge and striving to perform to the best of your abilities. I liked all the content, especially the video under Most Beautiful, it was simply superb.
Twitter: CliveRMerrick
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Hi Kathy
the 7 links challenge! What a great idea. Not sure I have enough posts to really be able to do it yet but it is something that I will make a note of and consider for the future.
Best wishes
Clive
7 links challenge is really cool and great, i really appreciate you took up the 7 links challenge and all the best for you kathy.
Happened across this post by chance but I must say that I am intrigued by the notion of the 7 links challenge it sounds fascinating! All the best with this endeavour and I hope you achieve what you set out to. I’ve made myself a little Google reminder to check back and see you have got on. Good Luck!
Good to hear that you were nominate kathy, kinda late to say but just passed to say congratz