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Hey, what's up everybody?

This is Pat Flynn and welcome to episode 54 of Ask Pat.

I'm here to help you by answering your online business questions every week, five days a week.

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hear about a section? Now, today's question is from Mary Catherine Johnson,

somebody who I've had the pleasure of speaking with before

when she had me on her podcast,

and she's asking about something that I've been falling in love with lately,

which is going to conferences and meeting people in person

and attending the sessions there to get and further my

education. So let's hear from Mary right now.

Hi, Pat. It's Mary Catherine Johnson from parent entrepreneur power.com. And first, let me say

thank you so much for creating this new forum for questions and answers. And it's really created such an

amazing resource and encyclopedia, if you will, for business owners to access. I think I see a

great audiobook out of it in your future. But anyway, my question, you talk a lot about conferences,

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