Goodbye Blog… Hello World!
“What we call the beginning is often the end. And to make an end is to make a beginning. The end is where we start from.”
T. S. Eliot
The Beginning
When I first put up my blog in June 2008, I had no plan and certainly no ambitions for it. It was just a place to put my thoughts on customer-centric marketing, public relations and communications. With all of the millions of blogs out there, heck, I really didn’t expect anyone to actually read it!
But then… slowly, people did begin to read my blog and comment. It was humbling to know that people were actually reading my words, my thoughts. People didn’t always agree with me and my sentiments, but there was a great conversation around the topic.
As you can imagine, a lot of the conversation included debates around social media. Here are just a few of the lengthy conversations:
- Is Social Media the Same As Marketing?
- Social Media Certification: For the low, low price of…
- Top 25 Ways to Tell if Your Social Media Expert Is a Carpetbagger (written with Geoff Livingston)
- Social Media Ghostwriting: The Great Marketing/PR Debate*
- The Four Faces of Social Media
The End
There are many (!) blogs out there for people to read and for the past three years, I have really appreciated you all for taking the time out of your busy days to read my posts, generate conversations, provide insights, and share experiences. It has been a pleasure to get to know everyone throughout the years!
All things must come to an end, including this blog. I’ll leave it archived, but I won’t be posting to it anymore. I plan to spend my “off-hours” with the really important things in my life that I am called to: family and friends, volunteering and outreach, reading (even more!), getting to old and new hobbies, and teaching.
I am not done with blogging. I hope to share some posts at the MarketingProfs Daily Fix and over at the Ruters University Center for Management Development blog. And maybe—if I am lucky—some of my blogging friends will allow me to come visit and drop off a guest post now and again.
Here’s to a new end!
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Thanks for sharing information and inspiration over the years. Stay contagious with you and continue to be a blessing to many. And many blessings to you. Go Get ‘em!
You’ve always been a valued part of the conversation, Beth, and that won’t change even if you blog infrequently from now on. It’s always been a privilege to interact with you!
Have really enjoyed your posts Beth… thanks for all the great Harte of Marketing posts. Will look forward to hearing your continued thoughts via other platforms
Good Luck Beth and I am sure glad you started back in 2008! If you had not I would not have met you. Thank you for sharing yourself online. I bet people are going to thank you for sharing yourself offline just as much. I know we will stay connected via other channels, so I know this is not the end for us, just a beginning.
Thank you for these great posts in your blog, Beth! I’ll miss to read them, but I support you 100% to take this time to make more with your personal endeavours.
and of course, we’ll be looking for your new articles in those great sources.
cheers,
@RolandoPeralta
Best wishes to you, Beth. I know this wasn’t a decision you took lightly. And, I echo @keithprivette – Thank You so much for starting your blog when you did and being so generous with your time and knowledge. Wouldn’t have met you if you hadn’t, and I am so glad that I did.
Beth, Enjoyed this post immensely, with sweet sorrow of course. Thanks so much for your energies in the past months sharing in the blogosphere. Best regards in your next, near blog-less chapter!
Thank you, Beth! It has been great getting to know you here and on Twitter in forums like #IMCchat. I know we’ll stay in touch!
Raising my beer to you. I know this was not an easy decision, but I commend you for making it. Always have to do what’s best for you and your family.
Looking forward to our next face to face, Beth. Maybe we’ll do this again? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RGquRVo8RHo
I refuse to accept this, and will hold out hope that you’ll get the ‘blogging bug’ again and start up here in the future.
FYI – Open invitation to write a guest post at my place, just say the word!
Say it ain’t so Beth!
I join Mack in the “we’ll keep the lights on camp”! Your voice is needed, so y’all come back now, hear?
Thank you everyone for the kinds words and support these past three years. It has certainly been a fun adventure getting to know you all! I am looking forward to this next phase of my life. I’ll see you on Twitter, Facebook and your blogs.