“la parole exportée”

• Good Morning Twitter world! Listening to a very interesting program on the migrant situation in Arizona. Some light Mexican music. #
• @joannayoung Hi Joanna, I’m making breakfast. The rest of the program is less tasty… #
• Mother’s Day only 2 weeks away in France. Father’s Day on June 15. #
• Can’t believe tomorrow is another public holiday. 5 days in a row. #
• @EHegenberger I don’t have a day care problem anymore… And you’re right about customers, unless it’s not a Bank Holiday in England. #
• @jeanlucr Je le suis à l’instant ! Du bon français à tous les coups, ça change. #
• Morning gone already, cleaning up many of my FB Apps. Lunch and some leisurely time in the garden…(Wise) pets prefer the shade. #
• Accord’g to FB App, my chances of becom’g multimillionaire: 62%. Not surprised. I need cheap translators to slave 4 me. Any volunteers? ;D #

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• @amypalko Hello Amy! Looking forward to having some rest. #
• @zjjtrans Good for you! Plenty of nice photos to expect… #
• @zjjtrans Ur GPS must be sophisticated! Mine doesn’t tell me about largest…around here. #
• Torn between going s/where interesting and staying here enjoying the sun… difficult choice. #
• @zjjtrans Bon appétit ! #
• Advice pls? 1 client has his birthday tomorrow. We’re connected on LI and Plaxo, not on FB. Is it appropriate to send BD wishes? #
• Interesting replies abt the birthday dilemma. Most are in favor. #
• Blog Update Why Do You Blog? http://tinyurl.com/57547c #
• @codadiva Thanks! I’m still trying to read the end of your message I’m not very familiar with MyBlogLog… #
• Back from a long walk on Uni Campus, hot and sweaty out, past the Atomic and Molecular Collisions Lab, grateful that nothing collided then. #

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I found the video below on Dawud Miracle’s blog (go there to read the entire post) and it resonates so much with me that I decided to refer you to it too.

Admittedly, Christine Kane is a musician and an artist. Yet I believe that the points she makes also apply in any profession where the blogger is performing, or delivering a service for something in which they are a vital component, even though they might have to stay out of the limelight.

Why does this interview resonate with me then?

Because a majority of people around me are a little confused, even suspicious:

“Tsss… Why do you blog?” “Is it really going to bring you new business?” “Shouldn’t you be concentrating on more traditional ways of approaching clients?” “Aren’t you wasting your time?” (understand: “stay where you are, don’t do anything that wasn’t done before”)

“Aren’t you revealing too much of yourself?” (understand: “keep quiet”)

“Who are those people who read your blog, anyway (*frown*)” (understand: “serious people, potential clients, don’t read blogs”)

My answers are:

“The world is changing around us, it’s as simple as that. We might as well acknowledge it, instead of holding on to old ways (old ways are good too, but not the only ones anymore.)”

“I carefully select what I want to reveal. This is not very different to what you have to do in real life, and I am aware of the necessary restrictions on disclosure.”

“All kinds of people are following this blog, including spammers… My blogging experience, in the widest sense of the word (I include here all the social networking and reading on marketing, etc. ), has allowed me to meet more diverse people than I had ever been able to before.”

Christine Kane - Broadcast your self LIVE

Do you come across similar roadblocks? How do you deal with them? Why do you blog?

• @weblaunches I support that request. #
• @hylaw Good Morning Hyla! #
• Blog Update Great Dictionary Tool In Your Search Bar http://tinyurl.com/4vt2qc #
• Listening to: http://tinyurl.com/5kyk2o #
• Blog Update Machine-Translated Or What? http://tinyurl.com/5s3beb #
• @drsallywitt This is so true, Dr Sally! #

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