The Complete Metaphor Project Listing and Winners

What Teachers and Learners!

When we know something well we have internalized what it’s about. That makes us flexible with our thoughts and our models. It offers us an ability to be fluent when talking about the subject. Our experience and knowledge allows us to teach others how it works.

When a concept or practice is simple, teaching is often an act of simple demonstration. When the concept or practice multi-layered or complex — when it’s process and information, people and data — sometimes a translation or a comparison that takes a person from the known to the unknown has a better chance. . . . That’s when a great metaphor comes in handy.

Thanks again to Char and Derrick for inspiring this project.

Welcome to the Complete Metaphor Project List!

Thank you all for being a part.

• What metaphor do you use to explain blogging?
  at Ian’s Messy Desk
• Blogging Metaphor–The Salad Bar Blog
  at Word Sell
• My blog is a smorgasbord, come and eat…
  at Juggling Frogs
• Feeding on Plankton
  at krooz
• My Preferred Metaphor for Business Blogging
  at Business and Blogging
• 10 reasons why blogging is like dating”
  at Romance Tracker
• Equestrian Ecstasy – Portal to another Reality
  at INNside Innkeeping in Montana
• Blogging Metaphors: Bridge-Building
  at Middle Zone Musings
• Blogging Metaphor: Blogging is like Exercise
  at Virtual Impax
• My Blogging Metaphor: BNI
  at Kiss2
• Why Conversational Blogging Is Like A Conga Line
  at dawudmiracle
• Blog 101 and the New Cocktail Party
  at What Would Dad Say
• Bloggers, Brains and Metaphors
  at BrainBasedBusiness
• Blogging is like a box of chocolates…
  at Small Business Marketing Ideas
• Blogging Metaphors, or, What I am doing here
  at A Politically Incorrect Entrepreneur
• Blogging Metaphor: Why blogging is like a Mommy
  at Moments of Clarity
• My Blogging Metaphor
  at Carpe Factum
• What’s Your Blogging Metaphor? Teaching by Bits (and Bytes) at ModernMagellans –
  Maps to Improve Your Business, Leadership, and Life
• A Blog is Your Bullhorn to the World
  at Blawg IT
• An Image Is Worth A Thousand Words! Huh?
  at Smart Wealthy Rich
• Blogging Metaphor – The “Party Line”
  at Insight Advertising-Marketing Communications
• Singing the “blogging song” around the campfire
  at Live the GREAT life you desire
• Blogging is Like Baseball
  at Rush Nigut: Rush on Business
• Raise your sails and blog on!
  at dsmBUZZ
• One BIG small town
  at Runners Lounge
• Metaphorically speaking, this is what I do
  at Passing It On
• Kayaking as a Metaphor for Blogging
  at Loosely Speaking
• A hug, metaphorically speaking
  at MamaBlogga
• Blogging is like dancing on top of an iceberg, and other Metaphors
  at J.T’s Productivity Blog
• 20 Blogging Metaphors – Rock Throwing and the Universal Monkey
  at marketing neophyte
• Blogging metaphors
  at Roberta Ferguson
• Blogging Metaphors
  at Lena M Holmberg
• Blogging Metaphor (s)
  at Transition Capital Management
• The Blogosphere is a Virtual Time Capsule : Another Viral Meme
  at Orbit Now!
• Dexter’s Memetic Laboratory
  at Spooky Action ·
• Really? Why? What’s a blog?
  at Art Dinkin’s Moment on Money
• 10 Basic Tips for Starting a Blog Using Gardening as Metaphor
  at Circular Communication
• Behold, A Blogging Sower Went Forth To Sow Links
  at The Frugal Law Student
• For Whom the Blog Tolls
  at Idea Dude
• All the Blog’s a Stage
  at Just Thinkin’
• Blogging Metaphor: Blogging Is a Large City with Hundreds of Small Neighborhoods
  at A Writer’s Word, An Editor’s Eye
• What’s your blogging metaphor?
  at The Junky’s Wife
• Blogging is a Tapestry
  at Grow Your Writing Business
• Blogging Metaphors
  at The Gift Idea Help Blog
• 7 Ways That Blogging is Like Opera
  at Randa Clay Design
• Blogging Metaphor: Blogging Is Like Catching Dreams and Setting Them Free
  at Online Public Relations
• Blogging Metaphor
  at Better Business Blogging
• I’m Baking a Blogging Cake …
  at Writing Thoughts
• Why Blogging is Like Fishing
  at Freelancing Journey
• The Metaphor Project
  at The Marketing Whore
• and my own A Blogger’s Sunset

BONUS: 10 Winners

These ten contributors, selected randomly by a man, who paid so little attention that he doesn’t know what this contest is about, will receive an autographed copy of Lorelle’s book “Blogging Tips — What Bloggers Won’t Tell You About Blogging.”

If your blog’s name is listed below, please email me, using the subject line METAPHOR WINNER and include your email address and postal address. We’ll ship the book to you.

• 10 reasons why blogging is like dating”
  at Romance Tracker
• Bloggers, Brains and Metaphors
  at BrainBasedBusiness
• Blogging Metaphor: Why blogging is like a Mommy
  at Moments of Clarity
• What’s Your Blogging Metaphor? Teaching by Bits (and Bytes)
  at ModernMagellans
• Singing the “blogging song” around the campfire
  at Live the GREAT life you desire
• One BIG small town
  at Runners Lounge
• Blogging Metaphors
  at Lena M Holmberg
• 10 Basic Tips for Starting a Blog Using Gardening as Metaphor
  at Circular Communication
• 7 Ways That Blogging is Like Opera
  at Randa Clay Design
• Blogging Metaphor
  at Better Business Blogging

Congratulations to the winners!

Everyone won will all 50 metaphors! You drew unforgettable pictures with your words. Thank you, again!

–ME “Liz” Strauss
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