SOB Business Cafe 06-29-07

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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

Seth’s Blog knows the way to get us to want to be friendly with the folks who work the fast food counter.

Rochambeau the front line

Smart Wealthy Rich understands what we should be doing.

Give Them A Good Reason To Click And Read (And Subscribe)

Monk at Work is pointing out things in our heads again.

Attachment, Love, and The Idea Fairy

Lorelle comes through at tthe Blog Herald with a new view to the new Google algorithm’s look at how we care for our content.

SEO Tips: Increase Page Rank By Revitalizing Your Old Posts

Dawud Miracle shows a glass overflowing with links for in true Starbucker tradition.

What Do You See When You Look Through The Glass?

Jibber Jabber has a series of secrets to tell.

Related ala carte selections include

Who wouldn’t want to say something about this story and the blue balls?

Scoble Awaits iPhone, Plays with Ball of Whacks

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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It’s about Blogging and Relationships

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Glad We Met . . .

I get to talk to people I like who live all over the world. We have important thoughts, and we share them in real time on my blog. We laugh a lot. We don’t comment. We talk.

What is cooler than that?

Read the whole feature in today’s Blog Herald by clicking the logo.

It’s about blogging and real life.
–ME “Liz” Strauss

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Social Networking: How’s It Supposed to Work?

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You Have a Message Waiting From . . .

What was I thinking? When someone I don’t know from my Social Network sends me a message, saying “Hi! What are you doing?” that’s email small talk. Isn’t it?

Read the whole feature in today’s Blog Herald by clicking the logo.

It’s about blogging and real life.
–ME “Liz” Strauss

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About People, Black Holes, and Stars

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The Universal Human, Hmmmm

We need a black hole with a gravitational pull so powerful to counteract our all too human ability to over-value our uniqueness. The minute we think we’re stars, we’re not.

Read the whole feature in today’s Blog Herald by clicking the logo.

It’s about blogging and real life.
–ME “Liz” Strauss

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Chartreuse Offers $1000 for NEW ORLEANS Story

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Prince Puts Up His Own Money

Prince Campbell got an email from Katrina Victims saying that FEMA wouldn’t let them talk to reporters. It bothered him. He posted the email on his blog, but the memory of it wouldn’t go away. He had to do something. So today he made an offer — $1000, a rental car, a place to stay, and a fine video camera to go down there and get the real story.

Look at it as a vacation that matters. . . .

Prince said. I’ll post the story on this site and some others.. . .

Let’s do something important.

The comments that followed raised the ante.

Minic Rivera Says:
July 31st, 2006 at 10:33 am
The Blogging Times would like to sponsor $250 for this noble plan of getting the truth out.

Matt Says:
July 31st, 2006 at 12:40 pm
I’m in for $250. I think we can do a true citizens media event here.

Matty

Andy H Says:
July 31st, 2006 at 3:26 pm
Andy Hagans Link Building LLC is in for 100usd. [/cheapskate]

Several people volunteered for the job. Several more applauded the idea. Maybe as many said it was crazy and a waste of money, stating that the story has been done and that it’s easy enough to check out without going there.

I wrote the 54th comment a few minutes ago.

Liz Strauss Says:
July 31st, 2006 at 10:15 pm
It seems that some folks have total faith in the media . . . that’s an interesting thought to me. I guess working in publishing has jaded that part of this Pollyanna.

My dad always said don’t believe anything you hear and only half of what you see.

My dad was a really smart man, too. He wuold have liked you a lot, Chartreuse.

What do you think?

–ME “Liz” Strauss”
The “Got Milk?” Man, Chartreuse, & Liz Singing in Harmony
chartreuse (Beta) Thinks Outside the Knee Jerk Reaction
The Mysteries of Chartreuse BETA

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