SOB Business Cafe 08-03-07

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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

Chris Brogan is thinking like a leader.

Think Like a CEO

Chrisg is thinking about the kinds of bloggers we are.

What Type of Blogger Are You?

Escape from Cubicle Nation is thinking about how we can run ourselves ragged.

Entrepreneurs who love too much: Tackling the dilemma of wanting to do it all

Life Beyond Code is thinking about the stories we tell.

Do you know your “Story Ignorance Index”?

Servant of Chaos is thinking about creativity.

Why Won’t Armano Grow Up?

Alex Shalman gets to thinking about his goals.

Why Is Goal Acheivement So Fulfilling?

Related ala carte selections include

This Garden Is Illegal is thinking about a flower.

Nasturtium: The Flower Growing Under False Pretenses

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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SOB Business Cafe 04-20-07

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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

Success Begins Today gives us a tour of the hometown — Guess who works there?

The City of Success

Ten Keyboards promotes looking for what works in a personal way.

Blog Promotion: What makes sense for you?

WordSell offers 20 Tips that will bring success.

20 Tips for Sales Success from Rocky

Jamdo tells how to break a promise.

How to Ruin Your Credibility with a Headline

Conversation Agent has advise about playing being “it’” with your resume.

Get Your Resume Noticed with Tags

The Remote Control CEO has found the office I want.

Related ala carte selections include

901a.m. has the latest news on our favorite doll.

Barbie gets it, finally

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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Above the Fold: 11 Things Right about Escape from Cubicle Nation

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Great Design Doesn’t Shout

From the eyes of a naive, intelligent customer, Escape from Cubicle Nation is not just great content. It’s also reader-supporting design done well. Let me point out 11 Things so elegantly right above the fold.

The title says what the blog is about.
The tag line makes the promise even clearer.
I can see who the writer is.
The About Page and Contact information are right there.
Any free offers are easy to find.
The main content is what draws my eye.
The content is supported by a fabulous photo that draws me in.
The title and typeface are readable and all parts of the post are identifiable.
Everything is where I expect it to be.
All of the pieces that go together seem to hang as one unit.
It’s easy to see how to subscribe by email, RSS, or even podcast.

If you’re looking for a model of clean, reader-friendly design, follow the 11 Things that Escape from Cubicle Nation does well. All that and what you notice is the great content. Exactly how a great design works — great design doesn’t shout.

Click the image below to go there.

What else do you see?

–ME “Liz” Strauss

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SOB Business Cafe 01-05-07

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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

Vaspers the Grate has a defense for mind control.

15 risks of blogging

Believe — there’s a new blogging platform on the horizon. It’s over at what’s secretly known as Sillyness Spelled Wrong Intentionally.

Changes around Sillyness

Blogopreneur suggests a quality path to the A List.

One quality blog post is enough to make you famous

Chief Happiness Officer is has 10 things to tell you about finding a job you love.

How to find a job youâ€™ll love

Escape from Cubicle Nation shows you how to build a plan.

A simple way to plan your revenue targets

Related ala carte selections include

Neat Living is giving away the tools to organize your life.

FREE “Do-it-Yourself” Organizing Library!

Cube Rules has a series on creativity in the workplace.

Creativity and Innovation - The Need

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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Alexander Kjerulf and Pamela Slim Are Two-in-a-Million!!

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Let’s Start with One-in-a-Million Ways

One-in-a-Million by TrÃ©e George and Sandy Renshaw

I suspected that if I made a One-in-a-Million Award that people like me would see the value in shouting out someone’s uniqueness. I also suspected that folks would find their own one-in-a-million ways of telling the world about what people do that’s special — maybe even two people at a time! Here’s the first One-in-a-Million Award(s).

For the One-in-a-Million-Category of:

Enthusiastic and contagious entrepreneur who regularly helps us all be happy at work. This category requires an above average ability to enlist the support of others in your quest, a generous spirit, an amazing sense of humor, and a flair for words. This person must sincerely desire to see others happy in what they do and be willing to sacrifice their time and energy to make it so.