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SOB Business Cafe 11-03-06

Filed Under Great Finds, Successful Blog | 15 Comments

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



Brightmeadow explains the fine art of writing instruments and why quality counts.

pen snobbery



Essential Keystrokes demonstrates how search engines are interconnected in complicated ways.

Search Engine - What a Tangled Web They Weave



Simplenomics educates us on the art and history of the compliment and how it applies in our business lives.

The Art of the Compliment



Fool for Five knows we can learn something from a Prison Break.

What Can We  Learn from Michael Scofield?



Trevor Hampel gives some thought about our audience, knowing full well that “for whom” is just stuffy talk.

Who Do You Write For

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Converstations lets us know that the frequencies are changing with the times.

WII FM Losing Its Signal



Purple Wren reminds us to keep track of what’s going on around us.

My WUP

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

SOB Business Cafe 09-08-06

Filed Under Blog Review, Business Life, Customer Think, Great Finds, Motivation/Inspiration, SOB Business, Successful Blog | 8 Comments

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



Blog Blog has a new look, but the same great service since we met.

Blog Blog New Look



Simplenomics reminds that folks value what we value.

Be Proud of Your Prices



Business Blogwire is getting wired into a series on big, big business blogs.

Fortune 500 Corporate Review Series



Service Untitled takes us to the Ritz.

Customer Service Difference #3 Ritz Carlton



Workboxers has THE interview with Patrick Gavin, explaining everything, including how signing up for a Text Links Ad will help put my son though college.

Revealing All about TextLink Ads

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The Hillbilly PhD has a great question and the answer’s not 42 OR 43.

 How Do You Define Your Personal Mission



It’s a Numeric Life isn’t telling tall tales here.

Tall People Earn More

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

SOB Business Cafe 09-01-2006

Filed Under Blog Review, Business Life, Marketing, Successful Blog, Tech/Stats | 9 Comments

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

Chartreuse BETA names the new “Catcher in the Rye.”

The Importance of Catcher in the Rye



Bloggers Blog reviews mistakes we should steer clear of.

Blogging Mistakes to Avoid



Seth’s Blog considers the options when folks take advantage of a business’s good faith policies.

What Should Starbucks Do



Simplenomics is right on the money again.

I'm Cheaper Is A Terrible Marketing Mantra



Publishing 2.0 has a suggestion for emerging blog media moguls.

Advice to Blog Media

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Working at Home on the Internet has a toy that spoof Web 2.0.

 Web 2.0 Logo Generator



The Selfish Savvy Giver has the peace chant for 2006.

Make Drinks Not War

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

Looking for This Week’s Ideas?

Filed Under Business Life, Great Finds, Idea Bank, Successful Blog, Writing | 24 Comments

Look No Further

Mike Sigers at Simplenomics has done your idea work for you. He’s got a keeper of a post on his front page offering 10 Post Ideas for Business bloggers. Go on over and check it out. Click the shot to get there.

10 Post Ideas for Business that Blog

This one is a classic. Thanks, Mike!

I’m going now to print it out.

–ME “Liz” Strauss

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SOB Business Cafe 06-16-2006

Filed Under Branding, Marketing, Productivity, SOB Business, Successful Blog, Tech/Stats | 9 Comments

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

Mike Sigers at Simplenomics shares a seven-day plan to build a brand and customer relationships, to improve the blogosphere, and to make the world a better place. This one I printed out, put over my desk, on my bathroom mirror, inside my front door, next to my bed, and on my kitchen cabinet.

Simple Seven Day Plan

Ariane Benefit at Neat Living explains how clearing the clutter from our workspace not only pays off in productivity, it makes room for important new business to enter our work days.

Clearing Clutter Pays Off Big Time

Ben Yoskovitz is holding a Father’s Day Special at IGotNewsforYou. This might be news for you and for your dad too.

Father's Day Special

Rob at Jamdo has a great post outlining four crucial steps to making our blogs more attractive to readers — stickier.

4 Steps to a Stickier Blog

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Sidharja Qhaum at Jamloceng offers gamers a treat called “Alky,” a tool that converts a Windows EXE to MacOS or GNU/Linux.

Alky:Converts your windows neatly.

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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