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February 6, 2009

SOB Business Cafe 02-06-09

ME Liz Strauss wrote this at 10:18 am

SB Cafe

Welcome to the SOB Cafe

We offer the best in thinking — articles, books, podcasts, and videos about business online written by the Successful and Outstanding Bloggers of Successful Blog. Click on the titles to enjoy each selection.

The Specials this Week are

The Buzz Bin explains the burden of listening.
Our ears are always on, sometimes to our chagrin. But although we listen non-stop, we often don’t hear. Therein lies the challenge and opportunity associated with assessing an online environment.

Listening requires depth and patience regardless of the situation.

The Big Dig - Online Research & Listening

Remarkable Communication explains the value of slowing down
A few days ago, Mara Rogers wrote a post for Copyblogger about SpeedBlogging. Her post had a lot of smart tips for writing blog posts more quickly and efficiently, and I don’t disagree with any of the advice she gave.

But I’d like to propose another way to approach your posts: SlowBlogging.

SlowBlogging

Drew’s Marketing Minute explains what we have to do with “it.”
I was talking to a friend of mine who owns a small business last week. He admitted they’re having a fantastic start to the year and everything looks good moving forward.

He went on to tell me that he needs a new company car. He has the money to pay cash for it. Car prices have never been lower. But he’s holding off.

Are you making the recession worse?

ripple explains how lingo and lines.
“Peppers?” I was California perplexed.

“Yeah, sweet or hot giardinare.” Mario barked.

(Someone in my new found social community chimed in and suggested the sweet peppers. And to have Mario spoon the beef juice rather than dip the sandwich. Too soggy otherwise.)

Beef Sweet, Spoon The Juice

Login + Emotion explains what we do what we’re teaching.
Imagine someone comes up to you at a cocktail party. And they’re wearing a mask—while everyone else isn’t. You don’t know much about that person because they’re not really telling you a great deal about themselves. How much would you tell them about yourself in return?

Do You Know Who You’re Talking To?

Related ala carte selections include

Todd Smith Photography shows where he is.

California Dreaming…

Twittersheep shows what folks who follow me say about themselves. Click the image to go there.



My twitter name is @lizstrauss . What else would it be?

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–ME “Liz” Strauss





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3 Comments to “SOB Business Cafe 02-06-09”

  1. February 6th, 2009 at 10:39 am
    Todd Smith said

    Morning, Liz. Thanks for mentioning my “California Dreaming” post today. I remember you posted about the beach not too long ago. Do I get the feeling that you like the beach?! :)

  2. February 6th, 2009 at 12:56 pm
    dianne legro said

    Hi LIZ, for people dating and job hunting some facetime tips!

    http://www.prweb.com/releases/2009/02/prweb1965894.htm

    Best,
    Dianne

  3. February 6th, 2009 at 1:47 pm
    marti garaughty said

    hi Liz, re TwitterSheep, I swear it seems like there’s a new Twitter application written every 30 minutes.

    Probably just my perception, have a great weekend!

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