What Lorelle Said Yesterday . . .

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The Successful and Outstanding Blogger Conference - Will You Be There?

The SOBCon07, the Successful and Outstanding Blogger Conference, will be May 11-12, 2007, in Chicago. If you want a closer relationship with your readers, and the increased traffic and benefits thereof, make a point of attending. — Lorelle at WordPress

Read the entire article. It’s an awesome description of a blogger’s growth.

Well? Will you be there?

–ME “Liz” Strauss

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Happy Blogtipping New Year!

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Link Love for Making Us Smarter

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Today I’m celebrating official Blogtipping Day. How about you? As the song goes “Give a little bit . . .” Here’s how it works.

  • Choose three bloggers you admire and link to them.
  • List three reasons why you admire each one.
  • Then add a tip at the end.

That’s all there is to it.

Improbulus

  • When I go to your blog, A Consuming Experience, I know that I’ll find deep content that’s unique and useful.
  • You test the tutorials and tools that you discover. I can trust that your review is what it says.
  • I don’t know what you do when you’re not blogging, but I’d like to suggest some software companies who could use your documentation skills.

Tip: Happy New Year! Are you best friends with your header? It might be fun to plan a new one for the new year. I would rewrite your description as bad poetry . . . Just kidding.

Lorelle VanFossen

  • It’s a favorite trip to visit Lorelle at WordPress. I’m always surprised and delighted at what I find there to get my brain going.
  • Lorrelle, you write posts about how folks get ideas, but you have so many. Every post has a new and interesting twist. I’m always amazed by them.
  • You know your stuff, but you translate so that nongeeky folks like me can understand what it’s about.

Tip: You’ve gotten so good at this . . . could you mess up once in a while?

Becky McCray

  • One visit to Small Biz Survival and I get my energy renewed and my spirit lifted.
  • Becky, your new design is an example of how a small biz can present itself and I applaud every one of your brag backet features!
  • Your ideas are fresh and yet, the’re imminently doable. They work in Oklahoma and the big city.

Tip: I might be missing it, but I don’t think you talk enough about ALL OF THE THINGS YOU DO SO WELL. I know you brag once in a while, but one conversation let me know that it’s so understated.

Thanks to all three of you for bringing positivity to the blogosphere. I’m smiling just to think of the contribution you make.

–Me “Liz” Strauss

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SOB Business Cafe 10-13-06

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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 has Gary Larson remind us to take care of our children.

Copyrights and the Blogger



Another Blogger wonders whether the music industry’s loss is an omen for publishing.

Bye Bye Tower Records, Are Bookstores Next



Finding the Money shows a way to put your music to work for you legally.

Earn Money by Sharing Music



Converstations provides a quick overview of a popular new Google offering and offers a link to a deeper review, if you want even more.

Google Docs and Spreadsheets



Working at Home on the Internet has tried (and maybe succeeded) at foiling the bad guys, but wouldn’t mind our tricks to add to his protection.

7 Steps to Stop Email Hacking

Related ala carte selections include



Life Coaches has a mind-changing secret that they are willing to share.

Secrets of Changing Minds - The Most Important Key



Zulit lets us in on how to reach our blogging goals by staging our how we handle them.

What Is Your Motivation-How Many Blogs Can You Handle

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 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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9rules Picked Great Ones

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Congratulations!

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9rules has finished their 4th round of submissions. Paul Scrivens has published the official list at the 9rules Network blog. Of the 700 that were submitted, the 9rules team selected 111 blogs to join the 9rules Network this round.

Naturally among that group are a few folks I’d like to send my good wishes.

This list is merely in the order following the list on the 9rules blog.

If you have time this weekend to stop by to leave a comment, please tell them that I sent you over.

Congratulations to Paul and all of 9rules Network too, for such a great list of new blogs.

–ME “Liz” Strauss

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