Thanks to the blogging community!

As the end of the year approaches & I do my annual take stock, review accomplishments and set goals for the next year, I wanted to thank some of the generous Bloggers who have made a difference to the Branding & Marketing blog this past year.

The Z-LIST from Mack Collier, SOBCon'07 in May, encouragement from Mike Sansone, Troy Worman, Terry Starbucker, Lolly, Robyn McMaster, Dauwd Miracle, Phil the Relationship Geek, Deborah Chaddock Brown at BizInformer, and Dave Rothacker. With each name I write, I feel I'm leaving 27 others off my list!

thanks to:

100 Bloggers, 37 Days, 3i, 43 Folders, A Clear Eye, A Daily Dose of Architecture, The Agonist, All Things Workplace, All This Chittah Chattah, Angela Maiers, Antonella Pavese, Arizona High Tech, Arun Rajagopal, AttentionMax, A Writer’s Words, An Editor’s Eye, Badger Blogger, Bailey WorkPlay, Being Peter Kim, Brett Trout, Best of Mother Earth, Beyond Madison Avenue, Biz and Buzz, Bizhack, BizSolutions Plus, Blog Business World, Bloggers Showroom, Blogging for Business, Blogher, Blog Till You Drop!, Bob Sutton, Brain Based Business, Brain Based Biz, Brains on Fire, Brand Autopsy, The Brand Builder Blog, Branding and Marketing, Branding Strategy, Brand is Language, BrandSizzle, Brandsoul, Bren Blog, Business Evolutionist, Business Management Life, Business Pundit, Business Services, Etc., Busy Mom, Buzz Canuck, Buzz Customer, Buzzoodle, Career Intensity, Carpe Factum, Casual Fridays, Change Your Thoughts, Chaos Scenario, Cheezhead, Chief Happiness Officer, Chris Brogan, Christine Kane, Church of the Customer, Circaspecting, CK’s Blog, Come Gather Round, Communication Overtones, Community Guy, Confident Writing, Conversation Agent, Converstations, Cooking for Engineers, Cool Hunting, Core77, Corporate Presenter, Crayon Writer, Creating a Better Life, Creating Passionate Users, Creative Think, CRM Mastery, Crossroads Dispatches, Cube Rules, Culture Kitchen, Customers Are Always, Customer Experience Crossroads, Customer Service Experience, Customer Service Reader, Customers Rock!, Custserv, Craig Harper, ‘Cross The Breeze, Daily Fix, Dawud Miracle, Dave Olson, David Airey, David Maister, David S Finch, Design Your Writing Life, Digital Common Sense, Director Tom, Diva Marketing, Do You Q, Duct Tape Marketing, Empowerment 4 Life, The Engaging Brand, Essential Keystrokes, Every Dot Connects, Experience Architect, Experience Curve, Experience Matters, Experienceology, Extreme Leadership, Eyes on Living, Feld Thoughts, Flooring the Consumer, Flooring the Customer, Fouroboros, FutureLab, Genuine Curiosity, Glass Half Full, The Good Life, Great Circle, Greg Verdino’s Marketing Blog, Hee-Haw Marketing, Hello, My Name is BLOG, Holly’s Corner, Homeless Family, The Idea Dude, I’d Rather be Blogging, Influential Marketing, Innovating to Win, Inspiring & Empowering Lives, Instigator Blog, Jaffe Juice, Jibber Jobber, Joyful Jubilant Learning, Joy of Six, Kent Blumberg, Kevin Eikenberry, Learned on Women, Life Beyond Code, Lip-sticking, Listics, The Lives and Times, Live Your Best Life, Live Your Inspiration , Living Light Bulbs, Logical Emotions, Logic + Emotion, Make It Great!, Making Life Work for You, Management Craft, Managing with Aloha, The M.A.P. Maker, The Marketing Excellence Blog, Marketing Headhunter, Marketing Hipster, The Marketing Minute, Marketing Nirvana, Marketing Roadmaps, Marketing Through the Clutter, Mary Schmidt, Masey, Masi Guy, The Media Age, Micropersuasion, Middle Zone Musings, Miss604, Moment on Money, Monk at Work, Monkey Bites, Movie Marketing Madness, Motivation on the Run, My 2 Cents, My Beautiful Chaos, Naked Conversations, Neat & Simple Living, New Age 2020, New Charm School, Next Up, No Man’s Blog, The [Non] Billable Hour, Note to CMO, Office Politics, Optimist Lab, The Origin of Brands, Own Your Brand, Pardon My French, Passion Meets Purpose, Pause, Peerless Professionals, Perfectly Petersen, Personal Branding , The Podcast Network, The Power of Choice, Practical Leadership, Presentation Zen, Priscilla Palmer, Productivity Goal, Pro Hip-Hop, Prosperity for You, Purple Wren, QAQnA, Qlog, Reveries, Rex Blog , Ririan Project, Rohdesign, Rothacker Reviews, Scott H Young, Search Engine Guide, Servant of Chaos, Service Untitled, Seth’s Blog, Shards of Consciousness, Shotgun Marketing, Simplenomics, Simplicity, Slacker Manager, Slow Leadership, Socially Adept, Social Media Marketing Blog, Spare Change, Spirit in Gear, Spooky Action, Steve’s 2 Cents, Strategic Design, Strength-based Leadership, StickyFigure, Studentlinc, Success Begins Today, Success Creeations, Success From the Nest, Successful Blog, Success Jolt, Talk to Strangers, Tammy Lenski, Tell Ten Friends, That Girl from Marketing, Think Positive!, This Girl’s Weblog, Thoughts & Philosophies, Tom Peters, Trust Matters, Verve Coaching, Viral Garden, Waiter Bell, Wealth Building Guy, What’s Next, WordSell, Writers Notes, You Already Know this Stuff, Zen Chill, Confident Writing, Idea Sellers, Tune Up Your EQ, Know HR, Mission Minded Management, Managing Leadership, Matt’s Idea Blog, Black in Business, Design Your Writing Life Petrona Phil’s Proof Pingable Plagiarism Today Plastibag.org Polliwogs Pond Pothole on the Infobahn Practical Leadership Presentation Zen principled innovation pro Blog Design ProBlogger ProcessGeek [tag] Productivity Goal ProffBlogger Priscilla Palmer pvt guy Public Relations India Open Source PR Pure Blogging Purple Wren The Publishing Spot QLog QMusings zlythern QAQNA Questallia . . . Quick Online Tips Quipping Queen Qwerty Randa Clay Design Real Blogger Status Real Lawyers The J spot Real Estate Agents World Rebecca ThomasDesigns
ririan project Roberta Ferguson R Web Designs The Reign of Ellen Random Mangus Ramblings from a Glass Half Full Rothacker Reviews Random Good Stuff Reader Appreciation Project Ratcliffe Blog Rattle the Cage Reality Wired Redbank TV Re:Retro Revere Blog Rooms of My Heart Runners Lounge Ririan Project Rohdesign The Road Map Resonanace Partnership Rohdesign Remote Control CEO Rishiraj.info the-ripple-effect Robert Paterson’s Weblog sambharmafia Save Darfur Science and Politics Scott Hodge scribbit Sean’s Obsessions Seb’s Random Thoughts Semantic Drift Servant of Chaos Seth’s Blog Shai Coggins [tag] Shake Well Before Use Simplenomics Simplicity Sippin’ Whisky [tag] Six Sigma Companies Slacker Manager Slightly Mordant Small Biz Survival Snapup snook.ca SoVeg.com Sparkplug9 BizHack Spooky Action Spirit in Gear Straight from the Barrel Strategic Conversations Out of a Stormy Sleep Strategic Public Relations Startup Princess Stenstropedia Steve’s 2 Cents Stronger Teams Blog studentlinc Success Begins Today Success from the Nest Successful Blog Steli Efti Serenity Quest Small Business Blogging Scout Shirley Buxton 100 Bloggers. Six Degrees of Inspiration Small Business Enterpreneur’s Blog Scorpias Gaming Lair Scot Herrick Scott Free Thinking Scott H Young The Social Media Marketing Blog Search Engine Guide Selfish Giving Sensational Color Service Untitled Shards of Consciousness SHO( )OT MY BLOG! Sifry’s Alerts simplerich sirjoe Skinny Moose Media Small-business-Resources Small Business Transitions Small Dogs Paradise Smart Wealthy Rich The Smedley Log Social Patterns Search Engine Marketing Solo Business Marketing Soul Terminal Squibble Dr. Graham Hill Gia Facchini Geert Desager Gaurav Mishra Gary Schoeniger Gareth Kay Gavin Heaton Howard Lizdzon Ian McKenzie Jamey Shiel Janet Green Jessica Doyle Jessica Hagy Jim Kukral Joe Raasch [tag] John Curtis [tag] John La Grou [tag] John Moore [tag] Jordan Behan [tag] JP Rangaswami [tag] Julie Fleischer [tag] Kammie Kobyleski Kimberly Dawn Wells Kim Klaver Katie Chatfield Kristin Gorski Kris Hoet Karl Long Kent Blumberg Lewis Green Lisbeth Scott Lori Magno Luc Debaisieux Mark White About Mark White. Michael Morton Mark Earls Mark Blair Mack Collier Mike Sansone Mark Goren Mario Vellandi Martin Neumann Michael Hyatt Mike Sigers Nathan Snell Nick Rice Nick Wright Patrick Schaber Phil Gerbyshak Paul McEnany Peter Corbett Pete Deutschman Rishi Desai Robin Yap Roberta Rosenberg Ron Shevlin Roger Anderson Robert Hruzek Richard Huntington Roger von Oech Ryan Barrett Ryan Rasmussen Sandy Renshaw Sean Howard Steve Woodruff Steve Bannister Steve Roesler Stanley Johnson Spike Jones Simon Payn S. Neil Vineberg Steven Aitchison Susan Bird Scott Monty Tony D. Clark Tim Jackson Todd Andrlik Toby Bloomberg Tom Clifford Tom Watson [tag] Troy Worman [tag] ProcessGeek. Uwe Hook Valeria Malton Wendy Piersall

and Oh so many more!