Inside Out Thinking: Catching Ideas Coming In and Going Out

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Everyone Has Endless Ideas

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Ideas.

Can’t write without one. I’ve tried. It doesn’t work.

If you’re reading this, you probably know that. So let’s move around that dead, old horse.

What’s an idea anyway? A thought, a stimuli, a catalyst.

Everyone has endless ideas in our brains every minute that we’re alive.

We can get to them two ways — from the inside or from the out.

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Write a Book? Assemble the One in Your Archives!

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Turning One Kind of Content into Another

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In July of 1995, I met with president and the major partner/owner of a company in trouble. The company had one product earning and was losing 10% a year. They laid out the problem and asked my solution. Thinking I had nothing to lose, I told them.

I’d get on a plane to the UK next week; find the best product they had to offer; repurpose it to perfectly meet this market; and get it out there earning as fast as I could.

My blood sugar dropped when the partner replied, “You’re going to London.”

We made new products by turning one kind of content into another.

Want to write a book? You probably have one almost done in your archives.
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SOB Business Cafe 08-25-2006

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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 title shots to enjoy each selection.

The Specials this Week are

Lorelle at WordPress celebrates by remembering when she told us how to get started. Happy Anniversary!

WordPress for Beginners



Manage To Change has a series that reminds us weird ideas often work the best.

Weird Ideas that Work



I Can’t Say That! offers counsel that silence is not more than silence.

Silence Does Not Equal Yes



Ramblings From A Glass Half Full gathered the wisdom of a community to find the secrets of success.

Secrets to Success



Solo Business Marketing knows the importance of timing as a decision-making tool.

Make a Decision Any Decision

Related ala carte selections include



Blogging Pro can show you the way to make your site load faster for FREE.

CSS Optimization



Ensight has a list of fixes for folks moving to IE7.

List of IE7 CSS Bug Fixes

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

Have a great weekend!

–ME “Liz” Strauss

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Looking for This Week’s Ideas?

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Look No Further

Mike Sigers at Simplenomics has done your idea work for you. He’s got a keeper of a post on his front page offering 10 Post Ideas for Business bloggers. Go on over and check it out. Click the shot to get there.

10 Post Ideas for Business that Blog

This one is a classic. Thanks, Mike!

I’m going now to print it out.

–ME “Liz” Strauss

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6+1 Ways to Compelling & Elegant Blog Posts

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Atilla, the Great Idea Killa

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Ideas. Everyone talks about getting ideas. I get one. It’s great. I jump on it. I start to write. Soon enough I find myself in a pile of mush — words all over, thoughts in too many places.

What made me think this was a great idea? Now I’ve wasted all of this time. Here I sit — still no blog post and now one mangled idea. it isn’t pretty. What the heck am I doing wrong here? I was sure this idea was great. I am Atilla, the Great Idea Killa.

Yeah, I do that too.

I Want Compelling & Elegant!

The truth is that most ideas misbehave. They’re just not strong the way they come to us. They have a problem staying on track. Sometimes they fall apart. Often, they’re too large or stray all over the place. Your average idea needs a little help to be what it will be when it grows up to be a “Hey, lookat me” blog post. Read more

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