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June 20, 2008

SOB Business Cafe 06-20-08

ME Liz Strauss wrote this at 12:26 pm

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SB Cafe

Welcome to the SOB Cafe

We offer the best in thinking–articles on the business of blogging written by the Successful and Outstanding Bloggers of Successful Blog. Click on the titles to enjoy each selection.

The Specials this Week are

I’ll Do It Myself Blog lays out some staggering marketing missed opportunities.
This under tapped market has $175 billion in discretionary spending power. That figure is more than twice the spending power of American teenagers and almost 18 times the spending power of the American “tweens” market.

How Small Business Can Welcome Customers with Disabilities

Remarkablogger lays out the real strengths of the blogging platform.
The blog format is extraordinarily flexible. It can adapt itself into all kinds of uses. This flexibility is applicable to business blogs in a variety of ways–especially if your audience isn’t even sure what a blog is.

When is a Blog not a Blog? Two Client Examples Showcase Blog Flexibility

Social Media Explorer lays out a problem with the vocabulary of social networking.
This Google Blog Search result of a Friend Feed post of mine, which incidentally had nothing to do with Robert, but was a question I posed on the Social Media Club’s Friend Feed room, seems to indicate, however, that I am Robert’s friend.

Do You Know Who Your Friends Are? Google Does.

Confident Writing lays out another set of questions in a great series.
You need to pay as much (if not more) attention to the framework for your question as you do the question itself.

Here are 7 things to think about before you add your questions to the bottom of the page . . .

7 Questions to Ask Yourself Before You Ask Your Readers Questions: Part V Of Purposeful Questions

Christine Kane lays out some learning from a unexpected source.
Let’s hearken back to the early days of email.

You dial up. You listen to the squeaky scratchy noises. You wait for the AOL man to say “Welcome!” You wait to see if he’s finished his greeting, or if he’s simply pausing before telling you the exciting news: “You’ve got mail!”

What Spam Can Teach You about Inner Peace

Related ala carte selections include

It’s NOT about Your Stuff has great news!

Think About It: Are you Helping or Saving?

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–ME “Liz” Strauss





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8 Comments to “SOB Business Cafe 06-20-08”

  1. June 20th, 2008 at 1:03 pm
    Glenda Watson Hyatt said

    Liz, thanks the inclusion in SOB Cafe! With a market that size, it’s surprising more businesses aren’t marketing to people with disabilities. When was the last you saw a person in a wheelchair, using a while cane or signing in a tv ad?

  2. June 20th, 2008 at 1:06 pm
    Michael Martine said

    I’m glad you found my article useful for your readers, Liz, and I hope everyone benefits from it. If anyone has any questions about what a blog CMS can or can’t do, feel free to get in touch with me through my website or on Twitter @remarkablogger.

    You should know that post landed me a client the very next day. That post is an example of Gateway Blogging techniques. I’ll be writing about it at the beginning of next week at Gateway Blogging.

  3. June 20th, 2008 at 1:36 pm
    Joanna Young said

    Hi Liz, thanks for highlighting the questions series. Series are such a lot of work! But people seemed to get a lot out of it, and I’m now getting stumped by lots of brilliant questions all over the place :-)

    Jason’s piece on the interpretation of ‘friendship’ looks fascinating - I know you’re helping to keep us thinking and thoughtful about social media, and thanks for adding this one into the pot.

    Joanna

  4. June 21st, 2008 at 9:36 am
    ME Liz Strauss said

    Glenda,
    Your post is important, well-written, and timely. Business folks should be paying attention to what you have to say there. :)

  5. June 21st, 2008 at 9:36 am
    ME Liz Strauss said

    Congratulations, Michael.
    I think you’ve got a winner!

  6. June 21st, 2008 at 9:37 am
    ME Liz Strauss said

    Hi Joanna!
    Your question series is unique and valuable to everyone who writes on the Internet or works in a business. Thanks for it!

  7. June 21st, 2008 at 10:33 am
    links for 2008-06-21 | The Marketing Technology Blog said

    [...] you reaching this Demographic? By way of Liz, which demographic group has more than twice the spending power of American teenagers and almost 18 [...]

  8. June 25th, 2008 at 3:40 am
    links for 2008-06-21 | The Phenomenon said

    [...] you reaching this Demographic? By way of Liz, which demographic group has more than twice the spending power of American teenagers and almost 18 [...]

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