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The Brag Basket is back

By Small Biz Survival

brag basketEach 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, I went first. (poster’s privilege!) Ria shared a compliment from a customer, and Debbie shared a compliment from Arthur Frommer. Jay had some great results from reaching out online, and Barbara was excited about reaching out offline. Then Marco and I had fun talking about visiting Peru!

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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July 11, 2008 Filed Under: brag basket

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  1. Rick Mahn says

    July 11, 2008 at 4:38 pm

    I’d like to brag up a couple of fellow Twitters from Minneapolis! I’ve been busy getting going on a new consulting contract, and haven’t had time to organize our local Social Media Breakfast.

    I want to thank @myklroventine and @megcanada for setting up the next Social Media Breakfast in the Twin Cities. Their participation and desire to help is what drives community and the things we like about social media and online friends!

    Kudos!

    Thanks for the chance to brag them up Becky!

  2. Becky McCray says

    July 11, 2008 at 4:42 pm

    Rick, great brag! Congrats to @myklroventine and @megcanada! Great to see community at work. :)

  3. mark says

    July 11, 2008 at 5:38 pm

    Hi Becky,

    Per your email, I am dropping by just to let people know that I have had some pretty good success this past year using social media to grow my very small business here in the Caribbean. You can read about how I did it in a guest post I did yesterday:

    http://www.socialdesire.com/2008/07/10/what-the-hell-can-social-media-do-for-me/

    Thank you, Becky, for inviting me to join your small business community and I really look forward to learning from all of you.

    Kind regards,
    Mark H
    http://twitter.com/mark_hayward

  4. Becky McCray says

    July 11, 2008 at 5:51 pm

    Mark, thanks for being brave enough to brag! You have a terrific story, and I’m glad you shared it. Great to have another person in a small community join us. Special thanks to Social Media’s Master Networker Chris Brogan for connecting us. :)

  5. Merlene Paynter says

    July 11, 2008 at 6:50 pm

    Hey Becky,
    I always enjoy Friday’s Brag Basket and finally I have something to share. Two things actually.

    1. I launched a new frugal lifestyle blog at http://frugalous.com last week

    2. I made a bid to trade a teapot for a house at http://iwanttoliveinkipling.info – If you remember the story from a couple years ago where a guy traded one red paperclip up to a house (14 trades total) … well… that’s the house I’m offering a teapot in trade for.

    Thanks for keeping the Brag Basket going!
    Merlene Paynter
    http://twitter.com/merlene

  6. Becky McCray says

    July 11, 2008 at 7:05 pm

    Merlene, *so* glad you jumped in this week! Frugalous is amazing! You sucked me right into your stories there. Wow! And I love your teapot offer. Another great story. Thanks, Merlene. Welcome to the Basket!

    I’ve got another brag this week. I submitted two panel ideas to SXSW for 2009. Hey, you never know what might work out!

  7. Merlene Paynter says

    July 11, 2008 at 7:29 pm

    Oh that’s great news on the SXSW panel ideas, Becky. I’m really hoping to make it to SXSW this time around.

  8. Becky McCray says

    July 12, 2008 at 5:17 am

    I also want to brag on a great series of posts by our friend Chris Penn. It’s a Five Step Method of Protecting Yourself From Negative Influences. Well worth your time! Thanks for writing it, Chris!

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  1. Brag Basket helps you focus on the good things says:
    April 17, 2013 at 2:03 am

    […] Last time, Rick bragged on Social Media Breakfast buddies, Mark shared some successes with guest posting, and Merlene made frugal fabulous! Then I bragged on submitting some speaking ideas, and on our friend Chris Penn. […]

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