March 28, 2008

SOB Business Cafe 3-28-08

ME Liz Strauss wrote this at 11:35 am

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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

Chris Brogan explains how to sort through the social media landscape.
If you’re in the business of delivering a service, such as coding skills, design, marketing expertise, sales, etc, there’s a whole lot of factory work that you do that’s not easily displayed.

Social Media Starter Moves for Freelancers

Confident Writing explains the value of taking on a challenge.
I also share the two biggest stumbling blocks in starting to podcast (1) not liking the sound of your own voice and (2) plain simple fear…

And the solution to both of them.

Feel The Fear And Podcast Anyway

Genuine Curiosity explains how to use a new product.
I’d looked at it before and didn’t like it, but they’ve made significant improvements since then and now I think it is awesome. What’s so cool about i-Lighter? Read on…

Marking up the internet

Lip-Sticking explains why marketing to women is becoming EVEN MORE important.
So, who’s reading your blog, visiting your website, contemplating your products and services?

It’s a girl. Or, her Mom.

Marketing to Women Online Goes On and On Just Ask Patty!

O’Flaherty explains that we’re defining ourselves every day.
If you take the economic factor out of it, the choices that we make ultimately become a matter of personality and the image we wish to portray of ourselves.

Defining yourself - It’s not so easy!

skelliewag explains how to digg dugg digging.
In this post, I want to talk about the most often overlooked aspect of what is required to write content with strong potential on Digg (and the same principle applies to StumbleUpon, Reddit, or any other social media service you can imagine).

Why You’ve Got to Dig Digg to Get Dugg

Related ala carte selections include

Abundance Highway is my new healer.
Driving back I thought well I have attracted this to me and I don’t have time to be sick. I was immediately aware that I had used the word DON”T, so what did the universe hear? TIME TO BE SICK.

I Used Deliberate Attraction To Get Well!

See you at WordCamp Dallas.

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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5 Comments to “SOB Business Cafe 3-28-08”

  1. March 29th, 2008 at 5:04 am
    Joanna Young said

    Hi Liz, thanks for including my piece on podcasting. Podcasting is a strange experience and I have to say I don’t love it in the way I do writing/blogging - but I’m glad I challenged myself to do it, and tried to learn from the experience…

    Enjoy WordCamp!

    Joanna

  2. March 29th, 2008 at 12:18 pm
    ME Liz Strauss said

    Hi Joanna!
    I was heartened to read your article. Some folks forget that we all have a first time we try things. I think it’s fabulous that you shared yours. :)

  3. March 29th, 2008 at 6:55 pm
    A Week of Smiles | The Abundance Highway said

    [...] Cow has done very well.Yesterday I saw that there was a link coming in from Liz Strauss’s SOB Business Cafe,so went over to check and found I was an A La Carte item and theAbundance Highway has become [...]

  4. March 29th, 2008 at 8:05 pm
    Lani Anglin-Rosales said

    ALL excellent posts- one of the best weeks ever! I am torn between favoring Brogan and Skelliewag!!!

    Thanks for combing the interwebs for us Liz to find the best and the brightest! :)

  5. March 30th, 2008 at 7:00 am
    ME Liz Strauss said

    Hi Lani!
    So great to see you back! Thank you for making this post and the cafe more fun!

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