<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20995189.post5423767358166620177..comments</id><updated>2008-04-20T18:14:48.375-05:00</updated><category term='survivors'/><category term='recession'/><category term='podcast'/><category term='tools'/><category term='finance'/><category term='economic development'/><category term='news'/><category term='organization'/><category term='mistakes'/><category term='customer service'/><category term='tax matters'/><category term='broadband'/><category term='success'/><category term='tourism'/><category term='community'/><category term='maesz'/><category term='entrepreneurship'/><category term='Small Biz 100'/><category term='events'/><category term='business intelligence'/><category term='rural'/><category term='ideas'/><category term='IRS'/><category term='trends'/><category term='announcement'/><category term='global'/><category term='600'/><category term='opinion'/><category term='Jon Swanson'/><category term='POV'/><category term='planning'/><category term='resources'/><category term='innovation'/><category term='youth'/><category term='video'/><category term='marketing'/><category term='Best of'/><category term='social media'/><category term='failure'/><category term='review'/><category term='brag basket'/><category term='workforce'/><title type='text'>Comments on Small Biz Survival: Tony explains the Brag Basket</title><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.smallbizsurvival.com/feeds/5423767358166620177/comments/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20995189/5423767358166620177/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.smallbizsurvival.com/2008/04/tony-explains-brag-basket.html'/><author><name>Becky McCray</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/109969779660139278806</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh6.googleusercontent.com/-pUcpRUZ5_aA/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAADkU/rtIirK8GpI0/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>10</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20995189.post-6655954881529692802</id><published>2008-04-20T18:14:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-04-20T18:14:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Kristen, congratulations on the traffic spike! Alw...</title><content type='html'>Kristen, congratulations on the traffic spike! Always a bonus when it lasts more than one day, also. I love the name of your site, and I'm now a subscriber. Cheers!</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20995189/5423767358166620177/comments/default/6655954881529692802'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20995189/5423767358166620177/comments/default/6655954881529692802'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.smallbizsurvival.com/2008/04/tony-explains-brag-basket.html?showComment=1208733240000#c6655954881529692802' title=''/><author><name>Becky McCray</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05752231568940350610</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='05441618664635372790'/><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_cuqb5e50RbA/SAAs_g0-NpI/AAAAAAAAAfI/fjnsONYH0no/S220/New+Camera+014a.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.smallbizsurvival.com/2008/04/tony-explains-brag-basket.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20995189.post-5423767358166620177' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20995189/posts/default/5423767358166620177' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-39115361'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20995189.post-3171085683721535749</id><published>2008-04-20T17:23:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-04-20T17:23:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Thanks for the invitation to brag, Becky. &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;...</title><content type='html'>Thanks for the invitation to brag, Becky. &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;My brag is that on Friday, my pageviews at Biz Chicks Rule (http://www.bizchicksrule.com/) were quadruple the usual numbers. They also continued to be more than double yesterday. Wahoo!</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20995189/5423767358166620177/comments/default/3171085683721535749'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20995189/5423767358166620177/comments/default/3171085683721535749'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.smallbizsurvival.com/2008/04/tony-explains-brag-basket.html?showComment=1208730180000#c3171085683721535749' title=''/><author><name>Kristen King</name><uri>http://www.bizchicksrule.com</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img1.blogblog.com/img/blank.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.smallbizsurvival.com/2008/04/tony-explains-brag-basket.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20995189.post-5423767358166620177' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20995189/posts/default/5423767358166620177' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-964417357'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20995189.post-6930860375086806244</id><published>2008-04-18T13:08:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-04-18T13:08:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Laurie, you did great in the commercial! We will h...</title><content type='html'>Laurie, you did great in the commercial! We will have more video adventures in the future!</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20995189/5423767358166620177/comments/default/6930860375086806244'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20995189/5423767358166620177/comments/default/6930860375086806244'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.smallbizsurvival.com/2008/04/tony-explains-brag-basket.html?showComment=1208542080000#c6930860375086806244' title=''/><author><name>Becky McCray</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05752231568940350610</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='05441618664635372790'/><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_cuqb5e50RbA/SAAs_g0-NpI/AAAAAAAAAfI/fjnsONYH0no/S220/New+Camera+014a.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.smallbizsurvival.com/2008/04/tony-explains-brag-basket.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20995189.post-5423767358166620177' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20995189/posts/default/5423767358166620177' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-39115361'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20995189.post-1455467862282491679</id><published>2008-04-18T12:55:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-04-18T12:55:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>I would like to brag that I was one of the stars i...</title><content type='html'>I would like to brag that I was one of the stars in becky mccray's commercial, we laughed so much I got a cramp in my side. I also bought a new sweeper, not so superfancy just new.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20995189/5423767358166620177/comments/default/1455467862282491679'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20995189/5423767358166620177/comments/default/1455467862282491679'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.smallbizsurvival.com/2008/04/tony-explains-brag-basket.html?showComment=1208541300000#c1455467862282491679' title=''/><author><name>Laurie Reyes</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11235631477397754196</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.smallbizsurvival.com/2008/04/tony-explains-brag-basket.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20995189.post-5423767358166620177' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20995189/posts/default/5423767358166620177' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-1479316158'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20995189.post-2595789292361908908</id><published>2008-04-18T11:56:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-04-18T11:56:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Karen (sammysmom), you should have been here, and ...</title><content type='html'>Karen (sammysmom), you should have been here, and we would have given you a part! And thanks for dropping in. :) &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Colleen (Communicatrix), I saw you Tweet about that vacuum. Very nifty!&lt;BR/&gt;But I didn't see you tweet about the consulting! Major congratulations! You have so much to share with the world, and I'm glad to see you have this particular outlet for sharing it. :)</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20995189/5423767358166620177/comments/default/2595789292361908908'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20995189/5423767358166620177/comments/default/2595789292361908908'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.smallbizsurvival.com/2008/04/tony-explains-brag-basket.html?showComment=1208537760000#c2595789292361908908' title=''/><author><name>Becky McCray</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05752231568940350610</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='05441618664635372790'/><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_cuqb5e50RbA/SAAs_g0-NpI/AAAAAAAAAfI/fjnsONYH0no/S220/New+Camera+014a.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.smallbizsurvival.com/2008/04/tony-explains-brag-basket.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20995189.post-5423767358166620177' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20995189/posts/default/5423767358166620177' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-39115361'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20995189.post-3374546730680556266</id><published>2008-04-18T11:06:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-04-18T11:06:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>That commercial is AWESOME!!!&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;This week was...</title><content type='html'>That commercial is AWESOME!!!&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;This week was pretty awesome, too. I bought myself a superfancy new vacuum cleaner because dang it all, me and my floors deserve it!&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;On the more serious side, I took on my first two consulting clients--communicatrix | consults is officially open for bidness. (Gotta pay for superfancy new vacuum cleaner.)</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20995189/5423767358166620177/comments/default/3374546730680556266'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20995189/5423767358166620177/comments/default/3374546730680556266'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.smallbizsurvival.com/2008/04/tony-explains-brag-basket.html?showComment=1208534760000#c3374546730680556266' title=''/><author><name>communicatrix</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15261608424565258366</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://www.communicatrix.com/ctrixfisheye200x200.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.smallbizsurvival.com/2008/04/tony-explains-brag-basket.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20995189.post-5423767358166620177' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20995189/posts/default/5423767358166620177' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-403136813'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20995189.post-8826158512967449568</id><published>2008-04-18T08:43:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-04-18T08:43:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>I am gonna brag that I know the stars of that comm...</title><content type='html'>I am gonna brag that I know the stars of that commercial!  You guys had too much fun while I was working!</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20995189/5423767358166620177/comments/default/8826158512967449568'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20995189/5423767358166620177/comments/default/8826158512967449568'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.smallbizsurvival.com/2008/04/tony-explains-brag-basket.html?showComment=1208526180000#c8826158512967449568' title=''/><author><name>sammysmom</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11357877268317828717</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.smallbizsurvival.com/2008/04/tony-explains-brag-basket.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20995189.post-5423767358166620177' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20995189/posts/default/5423767358166620177' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-326805'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20995189.post-1124076325574442537</id><published>2008-04-18T07:44:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-04-18T07:44:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Did you see our goofy, fun commercial for Small Bi...</title><content type='html'>Did you see our goofy, fun commercial for Small Biz Survival? SOBCon08 and Utterz are promoting a contest for best blog commercial, so here's our entry, featuring all us Okies: http://is.gd/76W&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;We had a hoot making this!!</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20995189/5423767358166620177/comments/default/1124076325574442537'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20995189/5423767358166620177/comments/default/1124076325574442537'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.smallbizsurvival.com/2008/04/tony-explains-brag-basket.html?showComment=1208522640000#c1124076325574442537' title=''/><author><name>Becky McCray</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05752231568940350610</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='05441618664635372790'/><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_cuqb5e50RbA/SAAs_g0-NpI/AAAAAAAAAfI/fjnsONYH0no/S220/New+Camera+014a.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.smallbizsurvival.com/2008/04/tony-explains-brag-basket.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20995189.post-5423767358166620177' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20995189/posts/default/5423767358166620177' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-39115361'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20995189.post-1245282461384547476</id><published>2008-04-18T07:19:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-04-18T07:19:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Hurray, Bob! Both are terrific for you, and both f...</title><content type='html'>Hurray, Bob! Both are terrific for you, and both fit into some themes we've talked about lots recently. Here's to future growth and expansion! Glad to have your recent contributions here, too.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20995189/5423767358166620177/comments/default/1245282461384547476'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20995189/5423767358166620177/comments/default/1245282461384547476'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.smallbizsurvival.com/2008/04/tony-explains-brag-basket.html?showComment=1208521140000#c1245282461384547476' title=''/><author><name>Becky McCray</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05752231568940350610</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='05441618664635372790'/><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_cuqb5e50RbA/SAAs_g0-NpI/AAAAAAAAAfI/fjnsONYH0no/S220/New+Camera+014a.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.smallbizsurvival.com/2008/04/tony-explains-brag-basket.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20995189.post-5423767358166620177' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20995189/posts/default/5423767358166620177' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-39115361'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20995189.post-5160515120334494465</id><published>2008-04-18T07:12:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-04-18T07:12:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>OK, I'll go first. :-) &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;I'd like to brag on...</title><content type='html'>OK, I'll go first. :-) &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I'd like to brag on my first-ever collaboration with a subcontractor, which so far has worked out very well. He's a super-nice kid with fantastic design skills who I hope to work with again as my business grows and expands.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;So there -- two brags in one: one for me, and one for the subcontractor who is helping me GTD. :-)</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20995189/5423767358166620177/comments/default/5160515120334494465'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20995189/5423767358166620177/comments/default/5160515120334494465'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.smallbizsurvival.com/2008/04/tony-explains-brag-basket.html?showComment=1208520720000#c5160515120334494465' title=''/><author><name>Bob Sawyer</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14664798896625297990</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.smallbizsurvival.com/2008/04/tony-explains-brag-basket.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20995189.post-5423767358166620177' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20995189/posts/default/5423767358166620177' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-344427377'/></entry></feed>
