In honor of Liz Strauss, the fabulously sticky writer and queen of relationship blogging, Lisa Gates of Design Your Writing Life and Phil Gerbyshak of Make it Great team up to offer this first-time-ever interview to talk about Liz’s impact on the Relationsheep factor and what it’s like to have Liz inside your computer.
Archives for October 2007
Your Mother's Daughter
A Successful-Blog Birthday Post!
from Rick Cockrum
She has her eyes. He has his nose. She has your smile.
All babies show the mark of the genes of their parents. Blogs are no different. Any blog with a soul bears the mark of its author as surely as any child is marked by the genes of it’s parents.
You’re not a stranger any more.
Those are some of the first words that I and many others read when we came through the doors of Successful-Blog. That’s where Liz shows through. The saloon-keeper’s daughter had a baby and raised her up to be a friendly place where anyone is welcome. It’s a place to read, to learn, to share, to talk. And now she’s turning two. As a human, Successful-Blog would just be a toddler. As a blog, she’s coming into her maturity.
Successful-Blog was one of the first blogs I began reading regularly. As others have said before, I came for the information and stayed for the conversation. One of the most important things that’s happened because of Successful-Blog is the relationships that have happened around it. Many of the names in my blogroll are people I’ve met through Successful-Blog, people like Joe, Chris, Carolyn, Ben, Tony, Terry, Phil, Christine.
Tuesday night open comments has been especially influential. That’s where SOBCon was born. Terry and I planned a song together. I decided that Hey, it may not be great, but it’s okay to put my verse online. At last year’s birthday party Liz invited us to bring a link. I brought Your Life, Your Greatest Work Of Art. In that post I said
Your life is the greatest act of imagination and creative expression that you can know
Successful-Blog brings that to our virtual world.
Happy Birthday, Successful-Blog!
You’re not a stranger any more.
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No Open Comments on Tuesday 23rd
Because we’re going to be talking all day on the 24th!!!
It’s a party. I hope you’ll be there!
Liz
Voices
Happy Successful-Blog Poetry!
from Brad Shorr
VOICES
Voices happy as a cloud,
Voices somber as a shroud.
Voices certain, voices pondering,
Voices clear and voices wandering.Voices twinkling with curiosity,
Voices blazing with ferocity.
Some are skies of rolling thunder,
Others wheat fields of gentle wonder .We enter this place from everywhere,
To learn, to laugh, to help, to share.
So beautifully our voices intertwine
In textured conversation of every kind.My heart rejoices amidst this
Tapestry of voices!
Weaving itself of countless threads,
An ever growing magic carpet overhead.
Brad Shorr, Straight North
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A Party Invitation to 646 SOBs — Successful and Outstanding Bloggers!
Will You Come?
I’m writing this special invitation to every SOB named in the last two years. That’s 104 weeks of Successful and Outstanding Bloggers! Would you join us? We’re having a birthday celebration!
The 2nd Annual All-Day Open Comment Birthday Party
Who: Everyone is invited.
Where: Successful-Blog . . . https://www.successful-blog.com
When: Wednesday, October 24, 2007, 7a.m – 11p.m. Chicago Time (Central Time/GMT -6hrs See the clock on this blog)
What to bring:
- Bring a link to a page, a picture, a post that demonstrates, celebrates, illuminates your success and outstanding-ness as a blogger.
- Or bring that ebook, that manifesto, that photo, that priceless work that you want to offer as a birthday gift to everyone.
What will be happening:
It’s an all-day conversation with outstanding gifts for EVERYONE.
- Open Comments all day.
- Flash mob commenting.
- Photographic Party Favors.
- HUGE SURPRISES!!.
- Guest posts galore.
I’ve invited some folks to guest post for the celebration. If you’d like to write a guest post or if your blog birthday is this month, please email me today at lizsun2@gmail.com to let me know.
A Party! You’re Invited! C’mon! Let’s Talk and Have Some Fun!
These are 104 weeks of Successful and Outstanding Bloggers. In alphabetical order . . . um er . . . sort of.
Successful and Outstanding Bloggers
- 1800HART
- 3 Thumbs Up Award
- 43things.com/person/echristensen
- 43 Best Weblogs
- 45 Things
- 500 Days to Fame
- 8 wishes
- 9rules weblog
- 9o1 am
- 100 Bloggers
- 101 Cookbooks
- The Accidental Taorist
- Achenblog
- A.Connector
- The Advice Library
- Alex Shalman
- alexander-t
- Alister Cameron, Blog Consultant
- All Kinds of Writing
- All Things Workplace
- am i famous now . . .
- amrithallan
- Andy Beard
- Another Blogger
- Art of Money
- The Artsy Asylum
- arloo
- Ask Dr. Kirk
- Aspie Chronicles
- Atlantic Canadas Small Business Blog
- Attract More Customers
- back in skinny jeans
- Bad Language
- Balanced Life Center
- Because Netiquette Matters
- behind the glasses
- Believe
- Bell Ringer Public Relations
- Best of Mother Earth
- Beyond Blinking Lights and Acronyms
- Big Blog Directory
- BigBlog Media
- Biz Growth News
- Bizhack
- Biz Plan Hacks
- Black in Business
- Blog Chalk Talk
- Blogspoke
- Blogs et IE
- The Blog Columnist
- Blog U
- Blog4Bloggers
- BlogBlog
- Blogebrity
- Bloggeratto
- The Blogger Links Benefactor
- BloggersBlog
- Bloggers Buzz
- Blog Business World
- Blogging for Business
- Bloggers Pakistan
- BloggingBlog
- The Blogging Times
- Blogging Pro
- bloghacker
- ‘BlogHer
- The Blog Herald
- blog.it
- Blogkardesligi
- blogmundi
- Blog Network Watch
- The Blog of Dysfunction
- Blogopreneur
- Blogosquare
- The Blog Studio
- blogvert
- Blogwrite for CEOs
- Blood and Treasure
- Brain Based Biz
- Brain Based Business
- Brian Kim [dot] net
- Brian Shih [dot] com
- Brightmeadow
- Branding Marketing Myblog
- brandsizzle
- Brandywine Books
- Bruce Clay Inc
- brunotorres
- Build a Solo Practice, LLC
- Business Is Personal
- The Business of America Is Business by David Starling
- Business Blog Hive
- Business Blogging Tips
- Business and Blogging
- BusinessBlogwire
- Buzzoodle Buzz Marketing
- Business Performance Coaching
- California is a recipe for a Black Hole
- Candice
- The Career Strategist
- Carnival of Creators
- carpe factum
- Notebook Web of Cedric Giorgi
- central iown bloggers
- ceslava
- Changemaker: Change Your Life
- Change your thoughts
- Chartreuse (BETA)
- Chepners House
- Chief Happiness Officer
- Chinmayd
- chrisbrogan.com
- chrisg.com
- CHRISTINE KANE
- church tech matters
- Circular Communication
- C’Ks Blog
- ckwebb
- Clear Your Mind
- Climb to the Stars
- Clever Start
- Come Gather Round
- competizione
- comunisfera, observatorio de e-comunicacion
- Conference Calls Unlimited
- Confessions of an Executive Recruiter
- Confident Writing
- confused of calcutta
- Connected Content
- Content Done Better
- Consuming Experience
- Conversation Agent “
- Converstations
- Copyblogger
- The Copywriter Underground
- Copywriting.com
- The Copywriting Maven
- Cosmedia
- Cottontimer
- Couch Culture
- Count Wordula
- Crazy Aunt Purl
- Craig’s site
- create business growth
- Creating a Better Life
- Creating Passionate Users
- Creating Your Name Brand
- Creative Curio
- Creative Think
- CREEations
- css mania
- CTBizBlog.com
- CustServ
- Customer Service Experience
- Customer Relations-The New Competitve Edge
- customers are always
- Cuileann McKenzie
- Cypherhackz
- The D Spot
- Daily Blog Tips
- Daily Tech News
- The Daily Tee
- dave olson.ca
- David Airey
- davidbullock.net
- david finch
- DavidMaister
- Debbie Millman
- Decadent Tranquility
- Deborah Woehr
- Denise Kincy Grier’s Writing Journey
- deep jive interests
- Design MeltDown
- Designers Who Blog
- deVCeed
- DigBusiness
- Disruptive Thoughts
- Doc Searls Weblog
- Documenting Fanaticism
- Dr. Deborah Serani
- dorion
- Dossy’s Blog
- Digital pr Italy
- The Disquiet in Men
- Dorais Techlog
- duller.kukuchew
- duncanriley.com
- Earth & Sky
- Eat4Today
- EAT MY GAMES
- eBeauty Daily
- Echo Echo
- Edge
- Educational Technology and Life
- Egg Marketing Blog
- elearning source
- Elemental Truths
- ELSE/Where Mapping
- emoms at home
- Empathy
- The Engaging Brand
- Enhance Life
- Enter the Laughter
- entrepreMusings
- Essential Keystrokes
- Enterprising Guitar Blog by Dan’l
- ePublishingdaily
- eric setiawan
- Escape Blog
- Escape from Cubicle Nation
- Every Dot Connects
- Evolving Times
- Eye on DNA
- fadtastic >
- Family Travel
- Fashion-Incubator
- Finding Optimism
- Finding the Money
- Finding the Sweet Spot
- finding your marbles
- Fit for Freedom
- Flooring the Consumer
- Fool for Five
- Footsteps in the Mirror
- Fractals of Change
- Franke James
- fredscapes
- FREELANCE FOLDER
- Freelance Writing Jobs
- Freelancing Journey
- freshblog
- friendly bit
- The Frugal Law Student
- Funny Emails Genetics and Health
- GENUINE
- Genuine Curiosity
- Geek With Laptop
- Giddy Tigers
- Gifter
- GITR’S WoW BLOG
- Glenda Watson Hyatt
- The Good Blogs
- goodblogger
- good to know
- good word editing
- GottaGettaBlog!
- Great Big Small Business Show
- Great Presenations Mean Business
- GROW YOUR OWN WRITING BUSINESS
- guxq
- half-arse ideas
- hamelife
- healthy Web Design
- Heart of Business
- Hidden Helper
- HillybillyPhd
- Home Office Women
- Homeless Family’s Blog
- Hoshichan
- How to Be an Original
- How to Blog by Emily Robbins
- how to save the world
- How to Split an Atom
- Howard Lizdzon
- hungry for hunger
- I:Eye, lifestyle directory
- I Succeed by Helping You Succeed
- Ian McKenzie
- Ideas for WOMEN
- IDEATE
- iface thoughts
- ifelse
- ifthenelse
- I Got News for You
- illumiblog
- The Imus Show Blog
- Implementing Scrum
- indeterminacy
- The Ink Blog
- India PR Blog
- ‘illumiblog
- Inner 88
- Innovations Bliss
- Inside Fatherhood
- Information Wants to Be Free
- inspiration bit
- Inspired Business Growth
- The Inspired Solo
- ‘Invincibelle
- Innovation Zen
- Instigator Blog
- internetbazaar tips!
- Invinvibelle
- Its a numeric life
- It’s Not about Your Stuff
- The J spot
- Jamdo
- Jamloceng
- Janet Lee Johnson
- Janice Tips and Tricks
- Jazz Cafe Borja
- Jeff Gammons STORM CHASER
- Jeff Pulver Blog
- Jersey Todd
- Jessica Doyle ca
- JibberJobber
- Jim Gibbon
- Jobpundit
- Johansundkvist
- John Curtis
- john place online
- John TP
- jonathan fields
- Jontus Media
- Joshuaink
- Joy of Autism
- Joyful, Jubilant Learning
- Juggling Frogs
- jules . ca
- Just Thinkin’
- Just Make Money Online
- Keng
- Kent Blumberg
- kmarblogsome
- Keith Dsouza
- Kickass Web Design
- Kicking the Gourd
- The Kiss Business Too
- Knit 1 Blog Too
- Know More Media
- Leadership Notes
- Legal Andrew
- Lessons fron the Scrapbook Page
- leo @ officenet [dot] com
- Leutola blogi
- Levite Chronicles
- LIEWCF
- Life as I See It
- Life Beyond Code
- Life Clever
- Life Dev
- Life of a Belly Dancer WannaBe
- lifehack.org
- Life Through My Eyes
- A Life Unrehearsed
- Light Within
- Lip-Sticking
- Linkedintelligence
- Little Mayvelous Things
- Live Your Best Life
- Living Leadership
- Living with Multiple Personalities
- Logic + Emotion
- Logical Emotions
- Loosely Speaking
- Lorelle on WordPress
- Lumpy’s Corner
- marcel widmer.com
- Mad Baggage Rambling
- Make Blog
- Make It Great
- Making life work for you
- Mama Mouse’s Chatter
- managementboek nl
- Management Craft
- Manage to Change
- The Man in a Box
- mandarine
- Marketing Basics
- Marketing Hipster
- Marketing Pilgrim
- Marketing Profs Daily Fix Blog
- Marketing Tools Review
- May It Please the Court
- MBA On the Run
- McLellan Marketing Group
- Media Dragon
- Mediator Tech
- Medical Blog Network
- Michael Stelzners Writing White Papers
- Michelle Styles
- Middle Zone Musings
- minidiario jhispanos para network marketing
- modern fabulousity
- MojoPages
- Mom Coming Home
- Mom Gadget
- Moments of Clarity
- monetary web
- A Month in Venice
- Movie Marketing Madness
- Mujeres de Empresa
- Multifaith Hall of Fame
- Naked Conversations
- nanoblogs.de
- National Networker
- Neal Pollack’s Alternadad
- Neat Living
- nektros
- The Net-Savvy Jobseeker
- The New Flatness
- Next Up
- no ones listening
- noblessoblige
- NoBSFinance
- NO!SPEC
- NoviaVizia.com
- Novelist in Training
- O’Flaherty blog
- Office Freaks
- Ohad News
- on influence and automation
- onebyone media
- One Reader at a Time
- Online Sales Success
- oomph
- Opposite George
- Orbit Now
- The Organic Leadership Blog
- Overheard in NY.net
- Out of a Stormy Sleep
- Own your brand
- Pajama Market
- Pajama Professional
- The Parody
- Passion Meets Purpose
- PDF to Excel Conversion and other stuff
- Performancing
- Petrona
- Philabytes
- Phil’s Proof
- Pig Notes
- pingable
- pink apple connections
- Pixelscribbles
- Plagiarism Today
- Planet Webdev
- Plastibag.org
- Political Calculations
- A Politically Incorrect Entrepreneur
- Polliwogs Pond
- polyGeek.com
- popurls
- Ponto media
- Positive Communication
- The Positivity Blog
- Pothole on the Infobahn
- Pow! Right Between the Eyes
- Powefull Living
- PPC Advice
- Presentation Zen
- principled innovation
- Priscilla Palmer
- pro Blog Design
- Problogger.net
- Productivity Goal
- ProffBlogger
- Psychcentral
- Public Relations India Open Source PR
- Publishing 2.0
- The Publishing Spot
- Pure Blogging
- purple wren communications
- pvt guy
- QMusings
- QAQNA
- Questallia . . .
- Quick Online Tips
- Quipping Queen
- Qwerty
- R Web Designs
- Ramblings from a Glass Half Full
- Random Good Stuff
- Rattle the Cage
- Reader Appreiciation Project
- The Real Blogger Status
- Real Lawyers
- Real Estate Agents World
- Reality Wired
- Realtor Weblog
- Redbank TV
- The Reign of Ellen
- Re:Retro
- Resonanace Partnership Blog
- rohdesign
- the-ripple-effect
- ririan project
- the-ripple-effect
- Roberta Ferguson
- sambharmafia
- Saul Colt
- Science and Politics
- Scorpias Gaming Lair
- Scot Herrick
- Scrapbook Marketing
- scribbit
- Seb’s Random Thoughts
- Selfish Giving
- Semantic Drift
- Sensational Color
- Serenity Quest
- Seth Godin’s Blog
- Servant of Chaos
- Service Untitled
- shake well before use
- Shards of Consciousness
- SHO( )OT MY BLOG!
- Shirley Buxton
- Sifry’s Alerts
- Simplenomics
- simplerich
- Sippin’ Whisky
- sirjoe
- Six Degrees of Inspiration
- Skinny Moose Media
- Slightly Mordant
- Small Biz Survival
- Smart Wealthy Rich
- Small Business Blogging Scout
- Small Business Enterpreneur’s Blog
- Small-business-Resources
- Small Dogs Paradise
- Snapup
- snook.ca
- Spirit in Gear
- The Social Media Marketing Blog
- Social Media Optimization
- Social Patterns Search Engine Marketing
- Solo Business Marketing
- solostream webstudio
- Some Assembly Required
- Spooky Action
- Squibble
- Startup Princess
- STATS
- Steli Efti
- Stenstropedia
- Steve Farber Extreme Leadership
- Steve Olson Com
- Stop/Start
- Stories by REL
- Strategic Conversations
- Strategic Design
- Strategic Name Development
- Strategic Public Relations
- Stronger Teams Blog
- studentlinc
- Student PR
- sudelblog_de
- Sumeetjain.com
- Sumeetjains’s Treasures
- Success Begins Today
- Success CREEations
- Success from the Nest
- Symplebyte
- TDH
- Taggling
- TAXGIRL
- Tech Buzz
- Technical Bliss
- technical blog
- Technosailor
- Technology Evangelist
- Techno Marketer
- TechnoSpot.net
- TechZ Online
- Ten Keyboards
- TODDLER PLANET
- Trevor Hampel
- Think Positive Blog!
- the thinking blog
- Thinking Home Business
- This Garden Is Illegal
- thomas r. clifford
- thoughtsphilosophies.com
- Tlog
- Todd and the Power to Connect
- Torres Burriel
- Tutorials Garden
- Twenty Steps
- Twittering on the Edge
- Typehacks
- Ubuntu Switch
- Unconventional Thinking
- unpopular web culture
- Upper Fort Stewart
- Urlfan
- Usabilityworks
- Vamsi Gangavalli
- Vandelay Website Design
- Verge New Media
- Vaspers the Grate
- A View from the Isle
- Vitaly Friedman
- The Viral Garden
- Virtualogoplay
- Virtual Impax
- The Virtual Wire
- The Vocabulary Reclamation Project
- walk on
- WALLSTRiP
- Webgazette.co.uk
- Weblog Tools Collection
- Web Worker Daily
- Web Urbanist
- Web and the City
- Wendy Piersall
- What Would Dad Say
- What’s Innovation Got to Do With It?
- Where Is Basil?
- Whimspiration
- THE WINNING ATTITUDE
- Wintermute’s blog
- wishful thinking
- Word Sell, Inc
- Words of a Broken Mirror
- Work for You
- Workboxers
- Working at Home on the Internet
- Working Blogger
- working solo
- Workout4bloggers
- The Wrong Advices
- Wilson’s Blogmanac
- Writer’s Blog
- Writers Blog Alliance
- Writers Unbound
- A Writer’s Words, an Editor’s Eye
- Writing Clear and Simple
- Writing Great Ezines and Blogs
- Wuching
- wurk.net
- Wyome
- Yap 3.0
- You Already Know This Stuff
- you.got.foo
- You the Brand
- YourCrea8tivity.com
- Your Daily Blogging Tips and Web 2.0 Development
- Your Financial Freedom
- The Zehnkatzen Times
- The Zero Boss
- zlythern
- Zoli’s Blog
- zoomstart
Wow! Some wicked hotel Internet made this a real invitation from the heart!
Please come if you can and do bring a link to a story of your success!
(There’s only one rule . . . be nice.)
–Me “Liz” Strauss
The Currency: Talent
A Successful Birthday Post
from Karin H.
Liz asked: “sent something about a successful and outstanding thing that happened in YOUR life.â€
There is a well-known biblical parable about Talents (an old currency), which still is true. (I’m sure you know the story, otherwise, read it here)
The one servant who didn’t use his talent angered his master. Moral of the story – in the most simplest way: if you have a talent you have to put it to good use.
But in order to do just that you have to know, realise, recognise what your talents, strengths are. And that’s the most outstanding single fact that happened to me this year.
Beginning this year, through a publication of the Gallup Organisation, recommended to me by Kent Blumberg in a mind-blowing way I recognised those characteristic of myself others had already discovered as my strengths. Mind-blowing in a way that I first didn’t believe the results of the test.
the talents/strengths I have to put to good use to the best of my ability.
What’s funny though is as soon as you realise and recognise those unique personal traits everything seems to shift into place.
You suddenly realise why those tasks/jobs where you can work to your ‘strengths’ are the ones you can never get enough of, those are the ones that almost always seem to give the best result, the most success. You feel, become more complete as if everything fits together – at least that’s my experience.
But there is more. Relationships start to shift too, for the better. Specially with those persons who had long before you even had the slightest inkling realised and recognised your talents and strengths. They almost let out a ‘sigh of relieve’ – finally!
As soon as you realise and recognise that what they had already noticed, the relationship changes. It becomes a two-way-traffic of unconditional trust and belief. Traffic in combined efforts, supplementary talents where 1 + 1 makes 5. Isn’t that a great ‘return of investment’ on the currency Talent?
The best examples I can give are the (increasing amounts of) projects I’m working on/for together with those very special persons.
And my circle of special persons is growing.
Sometimes the more I ponder about it and the more I reap and share the fruits of it, the more mystical it feels.
I’m fine with that.
Mystical has its own place between heaven and earth.
Karin H. (keep It Simple Sweetheart, specially in business)
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