I had the immense pleasure and privilege of sitting at the table with Missy Germain and her mother Gail at the opening breakfast session at BlogHer 2010.  I was with Sarah Youngblood, my client and friend from Georgia, when we randomly sat down and then pinched ourselves with delight that we had met such successful bloggers right at our table.

Missy and a partner created the blog bittenandbound.com which, her by her tagline’s admission offers “the not so pretty side of Hollywood.” On my own, I would never have come across this blog, but after talking to Missy, I got more interested. She shared their sky-high hit rate and how hard they have worked to achieve this. What was so exciting was to hear someone so successful in this medium, and a very nice person to boot.

I also loved the relationship between this mother and daughter who work together. They clearly had great affection for each other. You could see the pride in each others’ eyes, not to mention the delight at the fact that they were being very well compensated for their efforts.

I couldn’t help but noticing the tattoo on Missy’s arm. I saw it, but wanted to really get a closer look at what the message said. It reads, “I will choose the outcome.” Gail, her mother, elaborated. “Missy believes in wearing her intention.” Clearly, Missy has her eye on the prize and goes after it with intelligence and drive.

I choose to follow these women and learn more about how they’ve become so successful. I’ve committed to diving in deeper to social media as the way to achieve that knowledge. A large part of that commitment I owe to Miriam Salpeter who has been encouraging, guiding and nudging me forward via twitter. I’m in, Miriam!

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