<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><oembed><version><![CDATA[1.0]]></version><provider_name><![CDATA[Scobleizer]]></provider_name><provider_url><![CDATA[http://scobleizer.blog]]></provider_url><author_name><![CDATA[Robert Scoble]]></author_name><author_url><![CDATA[https://scobleizer.blog/author/scobleizer/]]></author_url><title><![CDATA[Can I get to 100 posts of no&nbsp;GYM?]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[<p>Yesterday a reader gave me crud about only writing about Microsoft. Usually when that happens that is an early-warning sign that I&#8217;m in a rut. So, how do you get out of a rut? Force yourself to.</p>
<p>So, here&#8217;s a little experiment; Can I get to 100 posts without mentioning Google, Yahoo, or Microsoft? (GYM)</p>
<p>That&#8217;s going to be tough. Let&#8217;s try. </p>
<p>How hard will it be? Well, over on <a href="http://blog.shawnlmorrissey.com/">Shawn Morrissey&#8217;s blog</a> I just learned that the <a href="http://blog.shawnlmorrissey.com/archives/2005/10/whole_foods_ceo.html">Whole Foods Market&#8217;s CEO is now blogging.</a> Would it break the rules to comment that Shawn is a coworker of mine? Nah, but it gets close.</p>
<p>So, why do this? Cause I had an entrepreneur last night tell me that when I linked to his company recently his company&#8217;s sales doubled.</p>
<p>That reminded me of my time working in marketing for Winnov and I was frustrated by trying to get anyone to pay attention to what our company was doing. I remember what it was like to have all the press pay attention only to Microsoft.</p>
<p>So, let&#8217;s see if I can do 100 posts without talking about the big three companies.</p>
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