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October 31, 2008

SOB Business Cafe 10-31-08

ME Liz Strauss wrote this at 1:29 pm

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

Every Dot Connects offers a not so private conversation.
PR guy Peter Shankman was riding the train to some business-related destination when another man sat across from him, pulled out a cell phone and said “Apologies in advance, I talk a lot.”

Today’s lesson: your private conversations ain’t so private

Blogging roads offers a word for the day.
I’m not sure if there is such a thing, but I’ve decided that today is make up a new word day. Honestly, as a writer, every day is make up a new word day. I feel totally fine with bending, twisting and manipulating the English language (and some others as well).

it’s sarcastication, people

Social Media Explorer offers a return on investment perspective.
The problem with trying to determine ROI for social media is you are trying to put numeric quantities around human interactions and conversations, which are not quantifiable.

What Is The ROI For Social Media?

Abundance Blog offers a wealth of creativity.
“Learn to pause . . . or nothing worthwhile will ever catch up to you.” Don’t underestimate the role of play and leisure in creativity.

18 Ways to be Uber Creative

Writing Clear and Simple offers a rule of nothing.
It’s Rule Zero, because it’s the rule you apply before you touch the keyboard, before you pick up your pen or pencil and make a mark on the page.

Rule Zero of Writing

Web Success Diva offers the optimal social media leveraging.
It’s not just about posting your blog to Twitter. And, it’s much more than just social bookmarking your blog under pseudo names and accounts. Social media optimization, done right, is the art of leveraging the power of the entire social media landscape in your blog marketing.

Social Media Optimization is Key to Blog Marketing

Related ala carte selections include

Being Five is

Hyped!

Thanks to everyone who bought my ebook to learn the art of online conversation!

Sit back. Enjoy your read. Nachos and drinks will be right over. Stay as long as you like. No tips required. Comments appreciated.

–ME “Liz” Strauss





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10 Comments to “SOB Business Cafe 10-31-08”

  1. October 31st, 2008 at 1:37 pm
    Marelisa said

    Hi Liz: Thank you for including my creativity post in the SOB Cafe. I’ll have a margarita with the nachos please :-)

  2. October 31st, 2008 at 2:21 pm
    Julie Roads said

    Ummm, could you be any cooler? I have learned so much from you…so to have you put my words on your blog and share your readers for a bit is a true and noble honor.

    Thank you…and all of you out there - Liz is brilliant…read, listen, watch, learn. A true case of the good guys finding success.

    With gratitude…Julie

  3. October 31st, 2008 at 3:41 pm
    Connie Reece said

    Who needs RSS feeds when you’ve got the SOB Cafe??? Thanks for including Sheila’s post about the not-so-private conversation and the mayhem that ensued.

  4. October 31st, 2008 at 6:24 pm
    Erica Ross-Krieger said

    Hi Liz,
    I’ve recently decided to take a third day off and now I can pop in to the SOB cafe the same day it’s posted…yay! I never really took the time to understand what the cafe was all about. I’m so glad I did today. Great blog posts here and good people…of course I never expected anything less from you. You are darn near becoming my one-stop blog shop:) Erica

  5. October 31st, 2008 at 9:16 pm
    Roy Jacobsen said

    Liz, finding my “Rule Zero” post as a featured item in the SOB Cafe made my day (and my day has been pretty dang good, so it took something majorly special to make it).

    Once again proving that you rock.

    Rock on!

  6. November 1st, 2008 at 8:30 am
    ME Liz Strauss said

    Hi Marlisa,
    I found that post particularly inspiring!

  7. November 1st, 2008 at 8:34 am
    ME Liz Strauss said

    Hi Julie,
    I keep saying “Good work deserves to be noticed.” Because it’s so. Thank you for making the blogosphere better. You inspire me to keep going. :)

  8. November 1st, 2008 at 8:35 am
    ME Liz Strauss said

    Connie,
    You ARE one cool lady to frame things that way. Can’t wait to be in the same room with you again. :)

  9. November 1st, 2008 at 8:37 am
    ME Liz Strauss said

    Hi Erica!
    It’s so nice to have you back again. Your thoughts and enthusiam are so welcome. :)

  10. November 1st, 2008 at 8:38 am
    ME Liz Strauss said

    Roy,
    I’ve gotten many comments via Twitter about your Zero Rule. I’m delighted that other folks valued it as much as I do. :)

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