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Blogging is writing, and writing is telling a story\u2026whether you are writing about social media, life, chocolate chip cookies, or mathematics; you are trying to tell a story. The more authentic you can be in doing this, the more successful you will be. I am a firm believer in writing how I speak, sometimes I lose my way and the stuff I write doesn\u2019t feel good to me.<\/p>\n

If you\u2019re trying to tell a story you don\u2019t \u201cown\u201d, it will come across to the readers\u2026and more importantly why are you trying to tell a story that isn\u2019t yours? Any one of us can go harvest facts and data, and then right about it; the goal is to spread information and stories from the \u201cauthentic you\u201d. Every single one of us engages for a longer amount of time, and more whole-heartedly, when we believe the message and have been pulled into that message by the storyteller.<\/p>\n

Don\u2019t let all the \u201ctechniques\u201d and \u201chow-to\u2019s\u201d take YOU away from who you are. Be you, always and forever, the sooner you accept that and embrace it\u2026people WILL engage!!<\/p>\n

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