Let me introduce the bloggers
who have earned this official badge of achievement,

They take the conversation to their readers,
contribute great ideas, challenge us, make us better, and make our businesses stronger.

I thank all of our SOBs for thinking what we say is worth passing on.
Good conversation shared can only improve the blogging community.

Should anyone question this badge’s validity, send him or her directly to me. This award comes with a full “Liz said so” guarantee. It is endorsed by Kings of the Hemispheres, Martin and Michael, and backed by my brothers, Angelo and Pasquale.

Want to become an SOB?

If you’re an SO-Wanna-B, you can see the whole list of SOBs and learn how to be one by visiting the SOB Hall of Fame. Click the link or visit the What IS an SOB?! page in the sidebar.

28 Comments to “Thanks to Week 16 SOBs”

1. February 11th, 2006 at 10:01 pm
   adam said

   I thank you for your vote of confidence. I am touched and surprised. Not sure how else to put it. Thank You and you will always have my support.

2. February 11th, 2006 at 10:12 pm
   ME Strauss said

   Hi Adam,
   Congratulations. Thanks for knowing when the conversation isn’t worth pursuing. Welcome to Successful Blog. The city’s a nice place to be.

   Liz

3. February 12th, 2006 at 3:10 am
   Erno said

   WOW. This is a great feeling. Just to be added to your list without any request from my side.
   For easy translation visitors may use
   http://babelfish.altavista.com/
   or
   http://www.worldlingo.com/en/websites/url_translator.html
   Hope this supports easy reading of my weblog.
   Thanks Liz

   Rgds
   Erno

4. February 12th, 2006 at 4:02 am
   ME Strauss said

   Erno,
   You took the conversation out into the blogosphere. That’s what SOBs do. Thanks for the links to the translators. I knew babel fish, but not world lingo. I’m always looking for good translators, who better to get them from. Congratulations SOB!
   Liz

5. February 12th, 2006 at 6:24 am
   Enthousiasmeren » Blog Archive » Verassing: vermeld op SOB said

   [...] Vanochtend werd ik positief verrasd door een link van Succesful Bog. [...]

6. February 12th, 2006 at 8:13 pm
   Matt said

   “just another opinion blog”?!?! You have to be kidding me.

   Matt

7. February 12th, 2006 at 8:17 pm
   ME Strauss said

   Hi Matt.
   Good to see you! Thanks for coming by.
   Liz

8. February 12th, 2006 at 8:17 pm
   David Krug said

   Liz,
   I have lost a lot of respect for you after you posting JAOB to the list after accusations of stealing by him. This is oh so sad. Next your going to name Martin Neuman the Man Blogger of the Year or something. Have you completely lost all sense of understanding?

   Seriously I question your business mentality on this issue. Your credibility is lost according to me. SOB basically just means your personal friends who you like enough to put on your blog. It’s becoming a wild huge friend link list. What’s the business value in this?

9. February 12th, 2006 at 8:28 pm
   ME Strauss said

   David,
   That blog got listed the same way that Jack did. The rules are the same for everyone.

   I’m sorry it concerns you. We can discuss it offline if you like.
   Liz

10. February 12th, 2006 at 8:44 pm
    David Krug said

    What concerns me is the business model of this site. Not that its any of my business. Its your site but you have ignored sane people like Scrivs,Me, and others you’ve created a pattern of truly strange moves and although you claim to keep it highly professional you do shit like this that makes me wonder. It’s become a boring linkathon that is truly truly boring. What advice do you have to offer people to make their blogs successful?

    Seriously though I wish you the best of luck with this. But I don’t see how you want to sell it when you wanted us to do all the hard work. Seriously I should send you a bill for all the hours, and headaches you caused me all hours of the day getting your site up and running. Now putting this guy on your site is truly the last slap in the face.

11. February 12th, 2006 at 8:53 pm
    ME Strauss said

    David,
    I’m truly sorry for any pain I’ve caused you. If you wish to talk further, please take this offline.
    Liz

12. February 12th, 2006 at 8:58 pm
    David Krug said

    You have my email.

13. February 12th, 2006 at 9:01 pm
    Man Blogger of the Year said

    truly, ruly David, when you froth and foam like that you sound like the real mad ranter … more so than usual

    “Not that it’s any of my business” - I love it, because you say it and then go on and on. Just can’t stop yourself, eh… C’mon Krugster, take a bow and have a smile. Life’s too short for this nonsense.

    Cheers and peace,
    The Man Blogger of the Year

14. February 12th, 2006 at 9:04 pm
    David Krug said

    Martin,
    Seriously I froth and foam because Im a passionate person. It’s who I am. Woot.

15. February 12th, 2006 at 9:07 pm
    ME Strauss said

    Hi guys!
    This is not really on topic commenting.
    Could both of you discuss this offline?
    Thanks.
    Liz

16. February 12th, 2006 at 9:12 pm
    Matt said

    My point with this blog is that he’s way below the standards I normally see here (JAOB) - plus this guy has falsely accused many people of crap, including accusing me personally of design theft on blognetworkwatch.com

    I have no use for him. Neither should you.

    Matt

17. February 12th, 2006 at 9:15 pm
    Martin said

    David,
    What you say then, cheers and peace … lets have a virtual beer and stop the nonsense, C’mon …

18. February 12th, 2006 at 9:15 pm
    Matt said

    I keep sending him scotch.

19. February 12th, 2006 at 9:18 pm
    David Krug said

    Since when did you start boxing in your commenters. I can pull 25-30 of your off comments if you would like. Oh I understand it all makes sense.

    On topic though
    Life through my eyes is a good read. That was a keeper.

20. February 12th, 2006 at 9:20 pm
    David Krug said

    Martin and Matt lets all grab a beer and stop this bickering about nonsense. Let’s all make gazillions. Liz you can come too only if you play nice.

21. February 12th, 2006 at 9:21 pm
    Matt said

    I’m already making gazillions. That’s how i can afford the scotch.

    Matt

22. February 12th, 2006 at 9:23 pm
    ME Strauss said

    Hey, Beer is always good.

23. February 15th, 2006 at 9:03 am
    Blog Marketing, Blog Promotion for Newbies » Blog Archive » Morlock Feeding Frenzy said

    [...] Here [...]

24. February 21st, 2006 at 9:00 pm
    Roar said

    Hi Liz. I just noticed my SOB. Thank you so much. While I’m still trying to figure out your business model I must say that your blog helped me solve one of my problems. So, because of your SOB list I found help for my Technorati problem.

    Thanks, Roar

25. February 21st, 2006 at 9:04 pm
    ME Strauss said

    Congratulations Roar!
    Feel free to shoot me an email if you have any questions–or gmail me. I’m interested in knowing just what you’re trying to figure out . . .
    Liz

26. February 27th, 2006 at 5:02 am
    Getting - and keeping - the attention @ roarweb dot com said

    [...] Then I wrote about my experience and Liz called me a SOB! The funny thing is that I only found out thanks to … Technorati showing links to my blog. [...]

27. March 23rd, 2009 at 4:28 pm
    SOBCon 09 - The ROI of relationship | Enthousiasmeren said

    [...] reacties toont in een badge, met haar naam. Tot mijn verrassing werd enthousiasmeren.nl opgenomen als SOB in februari 2006. We hebben elkaar tijdens WordCamp ontmoet in Las Vegas [...]

28. October 23rd, 2009 at 12:50 pm
    Hook, Line, and Sinker. « just another opinion blog said

    [...] is funny, there was a little happiness in all of this, Liz at Successful-Blog noticed my efforts. Afterwards the “Hit Squad” (Blogmedia and JOAB), past [...]