The SOBCon Influence According to BuzzLogic

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Conversationally

This news from Valerie Coombs at BuzzLogic . . .

I just did an influence query on “sobcon liz strauss” and got these results.

How did we get these results?
BuzzLogic’s influence algorithm takes a dozen factors into account in determining the influence of posts and a blog overall. They include:

a blogger’s credibility and expertise on a specific topic over time,
who is linking in,
the quality and influence of all in-linkers and
the popularity of a post overall.

Congrats to Lorelle VanFossen for the most influential post in the entire sobcon conversation!

SOBCon Remembered and Recommended

See below the Top 25 right as of the close of SOBCon.

Liz Strauss
Lorelle – Lorelle has the single most influential post ever about SOBCON!
Phil Gerbyshak
Brain Based Business
David Armano
The Blog Herald
James D Walton
Timothy L Johnson
Bootsnall travel community
Ben Yonkavitz
Joe Hauckes
Tim Draayer
Des Walsh
Dawud Miracle
Jon Gatrell
Drew McLellan
FutureLab blog
Kent Blumberberg
Geoffrey Philp
Robert Hruzek
Christine Kane
Amy Palko
problogger
Mary Schmidt
Adam Kayce

See the screenshot of the Social Map around Lorelle’s post. Click to see it full size.

BuzzLogic Conversation around the Most Influential Blog Post

We will continue to watch the conversation and update you on changes…. Valerie, BuzzLogic

Do you have influence? Will the SOBCon blog posts you write change this listing?

For more about BuzzLogic, visit Jeremiah’s post of Shel’s Interview with the Co-Founder. Sandra and Valerie are both in the vid.
–ME “Liz” Strauss
Work with Liz!!

Tags: Biz School for Bloggers, influence, sobcon08

How to Own the Incredible Influence of a 65th Crayon

Filed Under Motivation/Inspiration, Successful Blog | 18 Comments

When I was little, I used to play with crayons. They were like people to me. In some ways, crayons helped form my philosophy of life. Now sometimes I think of people as if they are crayons. For me, the metaphor works. I see — the Needy Pinks, a Bossy Blues, or the occasional Frail Gray ones.

Those folks don’t get much of my time. When they tell me what to do, I don’t really listen no matter how loudly or sweetly they speak. That’s because, at the end of the day, they’re always trying to move me to do something for them.

People who are centered on themselves are like broken crayons to me. They’re not as much fun to work or to play with. It’s kind of sad really. I don’t think that most “broken crayons” are particularly aware, or particularly selfish on purpose. They seem to be trying to hard to prove they have a right to be here.

I’ve been lucky enough to have the privilege of knowing a Shining Silver. One day I hope to be one. The Shining Silver is special in that she knows herself well, and she’s about everyone else.

It’s always a pleasure to do whatever she asks. That’s incredible influence.

In that way, she’s a 65th Crayon.

How to Own the Incredible Influence of a 65th Crayon

What’s a 65th Crayon? Why is one so influential? A 65th Crayon is someone who is one of a kind, who thinks individual thoughts. Some folks call it being out of the box. Well, of course, a 65th Crayon would be out of the box — only 64 come in the box.

You need to live seven key ideas to own the incredible influence of a 65th Crayon.

A 65th Crayon is self-sharpening.
It is, and always will be, sharp enough already.

A 65th Crayon isn’t about making a mark or proving it’s smart.
It doesn’t need to make a point, to get a point, or to point out anything.

A 65th Crayon isn’t about drawing lines.
It blends and balances other colors, coaxing out their vibrant shades.

A 65th Crayon doesn’t worry about fitting in the box.
A 65th crayon is the perfect size to fit in the whole world.

A 65th Crayon is unique and thus precious like every crayon ever made.

A 65th Crayon cannot hide. It’s colorful personality gives it away.

A 65th Crayon may get misplaced, or shared, but it is never lost.

Influence comes from understanding that we’re all different, that we all come to our conclusions on our own. Incredible influence comes from knowing that it’s always about the other guy not me and that we all feel like the one left out of the box now and then. Turning that feeling into a good thing is a spectacular outlook to live by and model. That’s what a 65th Crayon does so well. Who isn’t attracted to that?

In the end, who do we listen to? . . . I listen to the ones who assume the rest of us crayons already know how to draw.

Are you a 65th Crayon? What other crayons have you known? Go ahead. Have some fun. Give them a a colorful name.

–ME “Liz” Strauss
Work with Liz!!

Tags: influence, metaphors, The-65th-Crayon

SOB Business Cafe 06-30-2006

Filed Under Branding, Content, Marketing, SOB Business, Successful Blog | 8 Comments

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

Benjamin Yoskovitz guest hosts at Steve Remington’s blog to ask us if we’re sure we know what our blogs are about.