http://www.successful-blog.com Thinking, writing, business ideas ... You're only a stranger once. Sat, 04 Jul 2009 14:34:16 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Successful and Outstanding Bloggers Let me introduce the bloggers who have earned this official badge of achievement, and the right to call themselves Successful Blog SOBs. I invite them to take a ... http://www.successful-blog.com/1/thanks-to-week-193-sobs/ We all teach each other. We all live for each other. What else is there? I am so grateful. That is all. --ME "Liz" Strauss Work with Liz!! Buy the ebook. Learn the art of online conversation. http://www.successful-blog.com/1/do-you-not-get-this/ A few words I've said before that I want to share on my birthday ... Something blogging has taught me a lot about -- not just the beauty of paying attention to one thing at a time -- but the fulfillment of offering other people a chance to talk. Half the ... http://www.successful-blog.com/1/how-to-blog-like-a-social-media-beginner/ Blogs tell stories.  There are different elements within a blog that make people care about your blog. Joel Kelly would suggest these are "the story, the content and the offer". All of this makes sense but, what happens when the story you're trying to tell isn't the one people hear? What ... http://www.successful-blog.com/1/hearing-the-conversation/ Don't Agree to What You Can't Do On Monday while waiting at DFW, I got a back channel message from @LisaDJenkins saying that a friend and potential client had asked for social media help in an area that "wasn't her thing." The message said, ... http://www.successful-blog.com/1/saying-no-with-authenticity-when-no-becomes-yes-unexpectedly/ It's Like Open Mic Only Different Here's how it works. It's like any rambling conversation. Don't try to read it all. Jump in whenever you get here. Just go to the end and start talking. EVERYONE is WELCOME. The rules are simple -- be nice. There are ... http://www.successful-blog.com/1/the-mic-is-on-were-talking-with-lisa-jenkins-about-the-1st-days-of-her-business/ In Real Life I keep encountering the phrase "in real life." People use it often to talk about the offline culture. Most of probably first heard that phrase as small children. Our families use it to help us differentiate between fantasy and reality, fact or fiction. It's education ... http://www.successful-blog.com/1/online-culture-is-your-definition-of-real-life-out-of-date/ JOIN US TONIGHT AT 7PM Guest Host: Lisa D. Jenkins Starting Out Can Be Scary The first steps in starting an Internet-based business might be thrilling. They're also the scariest. We'll be ... http://www.successful-blog.com/1/open-mic-7pm-chgo-time-its-lisas-1st-days-of-business-without-a-boss/ Repurposing Content Is a Service If you watch cable television carefully, you will see an interview clip from one program replayed again in another program. Perhaps you've had the feeling you've seen a show before, but then again . . . maybe not? Packaging and repackaging ... http://www.successful-blog.com/1/how-many-ways-do-you-offer-your-content/ by Guest Writers Suzie Cheel and Des Walsh One morning recently at the beach we were reminded that in life as in business one needs to be open to opportunities. As we walked onto the beach we saw the at the waters edge fisherman's boats and trucks. One of the trucks ... http://www.successful-blog.com/1/beach-notes-being-open-to-opportunity/