I don’t get it…

How can anyone object to raised standards?

What that says to me is that I need to check and re-check my own.

If I want to be lazy and sub standard OK then. But I don’t choose that.

I am an artist. One of the things I tell myself is that, “At the moment I think I have ‘arrived’ I am indeed FINISHED.”

I can only get better by accepting that there is more to attain.

I just got off My Space… networking. WOW! There is some heavy duty competition out there. I need to adjust to that and apply myself to meeting a higher standard, constantly! If I don’t I will become ordinary and an after thought. My passion for art means more to me than that.

I welcome the bar being raised higher.

Thank you for reminding me!

Kathy

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Chris–

I think the adjustment you did make is perfectly reasonable. I’m sure you can see where some article-based marketers might have had concerns about “raising the bar” in terms of landing page quality. I certainly didn’t mean to apply that alterations weren’t a good idea–I just had some initial thoughts about how certain changes could have impacted some of my clients.

Kathy-

I have to agree with you and I hope the quotation pulled from my blog didn’t give you the idea that I was anti-improvement–I just wanted to make sure those with whom I work would be prepared to react accordingly.

Carson

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Carson,

My message was not really directed at you. It was in response to Chris’ statement below:

“Many had a field day complaining about my entry on how I was proposing that resource box website link standards should be raised (63 comments, many of them negative)”

I guess I should have stated that.

Aloha,

Kathy

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Kathy –

I really like your quote –

“At the moment I think I have ‘arrived’ I am indeed FINISHED.”

Is that your original quote? And if it is, may I use it with attribution to you?

If not, do you know who said it? There are lots of places I could use it, including with me-self. (spelled differently on purpose)

Jeff

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Jeff,

How flattering.

Yes of course, go ahead and use it.

Kathy

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This is off the subject but I can’t help it…

WOW! and more WOW’S!!

I just got my BEAUTIFUL MUG from Ezine Articles! I even got candy inside my mug w/ a note that is actually signed by you, Chris…. such wonderful attention to detail.

I mean WOW!!

I am just stunned at how COOL EzineArticles is for sending these out to their authors!

As if I don’t benefit enough already just by having my articles published by Ezine Articles.

WOW… I just can’t say it enough.

I wrote my webmaster about receiving your generous gift and her response was:

“I just love people who do business right”

I second that!

THANK YOU!

Kathy Ostman-Magnusen
Platinum-level author

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