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		<title>By: Patrick Wooley</title>
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		<dc:creator>Patrick Wooley</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2009 03:34:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Mandy,
 
 Great post and something to think about. Sometimes, it&#039;s a very small thing or comment that will change our perception and make us ponder things in a totally different way. Glad to see you still have time to write posts with all of the blog visits. Take care and stop by when you have &quot;time&quot;. ;) 

Patrick 
http://patrickwooley.com

&lt;em&gt;I’ve always got time for my blogging friends, Patrick. Thanks for the visit, glad to have inspired you.

Enjoy the journey.&lt;/em&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Mandy,</p>
<p> Great post and something to think about. Sometimes, it&#8217;s a very small thing or comment that will change our perception and make us ponder things in a totally different way. Glad to see you still have time to write posts with all of the blog visits. Take care and stop by when you have &#8220;time&#8221;. <img src='http://mandyallen.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';)' class='wp-smiley' />  </p>
<p>Patrick<br />
<a href="http://patrickwooley.com">http://patrickwooley.com</a></p>
<p><em>I’ve always got time for my blogging friends, Patrick. Thanks for the visit, glad to have inspired you.</p>
<p>Enjoy the journey.</em></p>
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		<title>By: Kelly Bradley</title>
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		<dc:creator>Kelly Bradley</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 09 May 2009 05:59:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hi Mandy,

This is a question that I think many of us wonder about. I love that you are not trying to portray any specific image...just about life and what comes to mind to share.

I&#039;ve been out of the loop for about a month now (life happens sometimes, doesn&#039;t it?!), but it&#039;s so nice to see your many comments on other students blogs and on the forum! You are a great inspiration and it sounds like you are reaping some of the seeds you have so faithfully been sowing! 

Enjoying the journey and hope you are too,

Kelly

&lt;em&gt;Hi Kelly,

Thank you so much for visiting. I like to keep up with fellow students and how they are developing! I’ve missed your presence so it’s nice to know you are back in the loop. I look forward to sharing more comments with you on both our blogs.

Enjoy the journey.

Mandy&lt;/em&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi Mandy,</p>
<p>This is a question that I think many of us wonder about. I love that you are not trying to portray any specific image&#8230;just about life and what comes to mind to share.</p>
<p>I&#8217;ve been out of the loop for about a month now (life happens sometimes, doesn&#8217;t it?!), but it&#8217;s so nice to see your many comments on other students blogs and on the forum! You are a great inspiration and it sounds like you are reaping some of the seeds you have so faithfully been sowing! </p>
<p>Enjoying the journey and hope you are too,</p>
<p>Kelly</p>
<p><em>Hi Kelly,</p>
<p>Thank you so much for visiting. I like to keep up with fellow students and how they are developing! I’ve missed your presence so it’s nice to know you are back in the loop. I look forward to sharing more comments with you on both our blogs.</p>
<p>Enjoy the journey.</p>
<p>Mandy</em></p>
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		<title>By: Kathy Dobson</title>
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		<dc:creator>Kathy Dobson</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2009 11:20:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Mandy,
This post is exactly what I needed to read.  My blog was all over the place at first, and now I have been concentrating on my ebook field.  I think what I need is a happy medium.  Concentrate on my field, but add a little flavor to entertain occasionally.
Thanks for the reminder...
Love you blog...
Kathy

&lt;em&gt;Hi Kathy,

Thanks for visiting and thanks for the comments. I do believe you are right, a good mix, a lot of flavour, and always entertaining.

Enjoy the journey.

Mandy&lt;/em&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Mandy,<br />
This post is exactly what I needed to read.  My blog was all over the place at first, and now I have been concentrating on my ebook field.  I think what I need is a happy medium.  Concentrate on my field, but add a little flavor to entertain occasionally.<br />
Thanks for the reminder&#8230;<br />
Love you blog&#8230;<br />
Kathy</p>
<p><em>Hi Kathy,</p>
<p>Thanks for visiting and thanks for the comments. I do believe you are right, a good mix, a lot of flavour, and always entertaining.</p>
<p>Enjoy the journey.</p>
<p>Mandy</em></p>
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		<title>By: Ben</title>
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		<dc:creator>Ben</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2009 20:47:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hi Mandy

I see no problem in writing about stuff that you fancy writing about, in fact I like to read blogs which have a sort of random theme to them because there is always going to be something that&#039;s going to interest me. I also believe that life experience and advice should always be shared and not kept to the individual.

Cheers
Ben

&lt;em&gt;Brilliant point made there, Ben. Yes, it is all about sharing.

Enjoy the journey.

Mandy&lt;/em&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi Mandy</p>
<p>I see no problem in writing about stuff that you fancy writing about, in fact I like to read blogs which have a sort of random theme to them because there is always going to be something that&#8217;s going to interest me. I also believe that life experience and advice should always be shared and not kept to the individual.</p>
<p>Cheers<br />
Ben</p>
<p><em>Brilliant point made there, Ben. Yes, it is all about sharing.</p>
<p>Enjoy the journey.</p>
<p>Mandy</em></p>
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		<title>By: John McNally</title>
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		<dc:creator>John McNally</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2009 15:33:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hello Mandy,
Great post as usual. I do some painting myself so your new gallery was interesting. But I was especially relieved to have your analysis of an eclectic blog. I have gone the same route, it&#039;s the only way I could post regularly without getting bored.
John

&lt;em&gt;Oh splendid, John. I really like the eclectic blogs, as Jay says, something for everyone. Glad you like the look of the gallery. We worked really hard on it. One of my follow up poducts is ‘how to make money from your art’. Maybe I can sell you a copy when it’s done?? He he, only joking, you can proof read it for me, see what you think.

Enjoy the journey.

Mandy&lt;/em&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hello Mandy,<br />
Great post as usual. I do some painting myself so your new gallery was interesting. But I was especially relieved to have your analysis of an eclectic blog. I have gone the same route, it&#8217;s the only way I could post regularly without getting bored.<br />
John</p>
<p><em>Oh splendid, John. I really like the eclectic blogs, as Jay says, something for everyone. Glad you like the look of the gallery. We worked really hard on it. One of my follow up poducts is ‘how to make money from your art’. Maybe I can sell you a copy when it’s done?? He he, only joking, you can proof read it for me, see what you think.</p>
<p>Enjoy the journey.</p>
<p>Mandy</em></p>
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		<title>By: Susan E Young</title>
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		<dc:creator>Susan E Young</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2009 23:32:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hi Mandy

Thanks for the mention on your blog, but I love the post itself.  I aim to write about &#039;what I know&#039; and am now at a point of thinking, how far can I take this before I become repetitive.  I like the idea of adding some eclectic posts into the blog to add some more of my own style and personality.

I look forward to your next post.

All the best


Susan

&lt;em&gt;Hi Susan,

Thanks for visiting. Links are good and I will always try to include a link to something that emphasises what I have said. I love your blog but I do know what you mean about becoming repetitive. The nice part for me is that something pops into my head and I decide to write about it. My next post is coming from a comment that was made at church last night and I thought it would make a good post. Watch this space!

Enjoy the journey.

Mandy&lt;/em&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi Mandy</p>
<p>Thanks for the mention on your blog, but I love the post itself.  I aim to write about &#8216;what I know&#8217; and am now at a point of thinking, how far can I take this before I become repetitive.  I like the idea of adding some eclectic posts into the blog to add some more of my own style and personality.</p>
<p>I look forward to your next post.</p>
<p>All the best</p>
<p>Susan</p>
<p><em>Hi Susan,</p>
<p>Thanks for visiting. Links are good and I will always try to include a link to something that emphasises what I have said. I love your blog but I do know what you mean about becoming repetitive. The nice part for me is that something pops into my head and I decide to write about it. My next post is coming from a comment that was made at church last night and I thought it would make a good post. Watch this space!</p>
<p>Enjoy the journey.</p>
<p>Mandy</em></p>
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		<title>By: Svenja</title>
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		<dc:creator>Svenja</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2009 02:23:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hi Mandy,

There all these talks about finding a niche, yet keeping it personal and real I feel is one of the keys to a successful blog. Your blog entries are always interesting to read so keep &#039;em coming :-)

Many Thanks,
Svenja

&lt;em&gt;Svenja, thanks so much for the comments. I’m glad you enjoy my posts. I will certainly keep them coming!

Enjoy the journey.

Mandy&lt;/em&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi Mandy,</p>
<p>There all these talks about finding a niche, yet keeping it personal and real I feel is one of the keys to a successful blog. Your blog entries are always interesting to read so keep &#8216;em coming <img src='http://mandyallen.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':-)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>Many Thanks,<br />
Svenja</p>
<p><em>Svenja, thanks so much for the comments. I’m glad you enjoy my posts. I will certainly keep them coming!</p>
<p>Enjoy the journey.</p>
<p>Mandy</em></p>
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		<title>By: Jay Mueller</title>
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		<dc:creator>Jay Mueller</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2009 16:41:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Mandy eclectic is best in my opinion because it leaves something in there for everyone.  Beside that, when someone searches for something you have a better chance to be listed and therefore should have a better chance at more traffic for your site.

I like many different types of music too, so I guess I&#039;m eclectic about a lot of things.....gotta keep open to a wide range of things.  It makes life more interesting and exciting. ;-)

Have you checked out our &quot;Green&quot; site yet? http://www.ourgreenlifebiz.com

Jay

&lt;em&gt;Excellent info, Jay, thanks. I do like the eclectic mix sites more. Just about to pop over to your green site now…

Enjoy the journey.

Mandy&lt;/em&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Mandy eclectic is best in my opinion because it leaves something in there for everyone.  Beside that, when someone searches for something you have a better chance to be listed and therefore should have a better chance at more traffic for your site.</p>
<p>I like many different types of music too, so I guess I&#8217;m eclectic about a lot of things&#8230;..gotta keep open to a wide range of things.  It makes life more interesting and exciting. <img src='http://mandyallen.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';-)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>Have you checked out our &#8220;Green&#8221; site yet? <a href="http://www.ourgreenlifebiz.com">http://www.ourgreenlifebiz.com</a></p>
<p>Jay</p>
<p><em>Excellent info, Jay, thanks. I do like the eclectic mix sites more. Just about to pop over to your green site now…</p>
<p>Enjoy the journey.</p>
<p>Mandy</em></p>
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		<title>By: Steve</title>
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		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2009 16:20:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hi Mandy
an eclectic mix is definitely the way to go, I write about sales, customer service and marketing, all the while I am trying to make a fairly boring subject sound interesting.  If I had to start again I think I would have been more eclectic too.
have a great week
cheers
Steve

&lt;em&gt;Sounds like we’re all ont he same wavelength - thanks, Steve. (Nice to see your vids are back!)

Enjoy the journey.

Mandy&lt;/em&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi Mandy<br />
an eclectic mix is definitely the way to go, I write about sales, customer service and marketing, all the while I am trying to make a fairly boring subject sound interesting.  If I had to start again I think I would have been more eclectic too.<br />
have a great week<br />
cheers<br />
Steve</p>
<p><em>Sounds like we’re all ont he same wavelength &#8211; thanks, Steve. (Nice to see your vids are back!)</p>
<p>Enjoy the journey.</p>
<p>Mandy</em></p>
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		<title>By: John Edwards</title>
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		<dc:creator>John Edwards</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2009 14:31:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hi Mandy,

This really is an interesting post, i too have thought the same about making my blog a niche blog for targeted traffic, but then i thought it wouldn`t make a difference because  of my name John Edwards and the niche being eBay both are massive in the organic search results so no matter how hard i optimized my blog it will never appear on google 1st page , so i might just write about anything !

TTFN....Ed.

&lt;em&gt;Thanks for visiting, Ed, and thanks for the comments. I like the eclectic blogs. They are so interesting, I’m never quite sure what I might read about next! There’s something for everyone.

Enjoy the journey.

Mandy&lt;/em&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi Mandy,</p>
<p>This really is an interesting post, i too have thought the same about making my blog a niche blog for targeted traffic, but then i thought it wouldn`t make a difference because  of my name John Edwards and the niche being eBay both are massive in the organic search results so no matter how hard i optimized my blog it will never appear on google 1st page , so i might just write about anything !</p>
<p>TTFN&#8230;.Ed.</p>
<p><em>Thanks for visiting, Ed, and thanks for the comments. I like the eclectic blogs. They are so interesting, I’m never quite sure what I might read about next! There’s something for everyone.</p>
<p>Enjoy the journey.</p>
<p>Mandy</em></p>
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