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This archived blog contains posts from 2010-2015. Last week I shared my overall experience at BlogHer Food 2012 and this week I'd like to share a couple of the take aways that stood out to me during the various sessions I attended. Overall, I came away feeling energized - creatively, intellectually, and entrepreneur-ially. So here's a of my big take aways from BlogHer Food 2012;

* Think about why you do what you do.

* Keep some personal projects, ones that aren't going to be posted on your blog.

* Surround yourself with colossal dreams.

* Back up your blog!

* If you don't already have photoshop or another paid photo editing software, go, download GIMP. Also, read the live blog of this amazing Post-Processing session - I feel like my editing skills just took a giant leap forward!

* When filming videos a good mic input is essential. Check out the live blog from the How to Shoot a Video on a Budget session.

* If you're blogging to build a business, at least to some degree, think about the concept of brand extension. Read the live blog from the keynote on on day 2 for more great tips about the intersection of brands and bloggers.

* Approach brands with ideas.

* Think about your own food roots when telling your story.

If you weren't able to make BlogHer Food and would like to find your own take aways, I would highly recommend paging through the live blogs from all the various sessions. I think it's pretty darn awesome of BlogHer, the volunteers, and speakers to make the info on these sessions available to all virtually - so make good use of the wisdom found in there!

With that, I'll leave you with a quote from Ira Glass that very much resonates with me shared with us by Molly Wizenburg of Orangette during the Bloggers As Storytellers session;

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