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The Mic Is On: We’re in Las Vegas!

April 10, 2007 by Liz

It’s Like Open Mic Only Different

Here’s how it works.

It’s like any rambling conversation. Don’t try to read it all. Jump in whenever you get here. Just go to the end and start talking. EVERYONE is WELCOME.
The rules are simple — be nice.

There are always first timers and new things to talk about. It’s sort of half “Cheers” part “Friends” and part video game. You don’t know how much fun it is until you try it.

We’re Talking About Las Vegas!

We might talk about

what’s to like about it?
gambling
shows
food
Wayne Newton
weddings
conferences
travel rates
weather

Picture taken from 14th floor of Treasure Island Casino in Las Vegas around 9 a.m.

And, whatever else comes up, including THE EVER POPULAR, Basil the code-writing donkey.

Oh, and bring a link, if you have one to share.

–ME “Liz” Strauss

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Open Mic 7pm Chgo Time: Let’s Go To Las Vegas!

April 10, 2007 by Liz

Yes the Mic Will Be on Tonight

We’re Talking About Las Vegas!

Let’s talk about what’s to like about it, gambling, shows, food, Wayne Newton, weddings, conferences, travel rates, weather, and anything else that comes up.

Oh, and bring a link about Las Vegas to share, if you have one.

The rules are simple — be nice.

–ME “Liz” Strauss

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10 Ways Every Blogger Is an Entrepreneur

April 9, 2007 by Liz

Why I Wish My Son Grew Up Blogging

I’ve been a publisher, worked with publishers. I’ve met publishers from all over the world — book publishers, software publishers, web publishers. Bloggers are web publishers. We do what web publishers do.

If you give that some thought something begins to become clear.

Blogs are micro businesses. Every blog, monetized or not, is an entrepreneurial publishing business.

10 Ways Every Blogger Is an Entrepreneur

Running a blog is an undergraduate course in business if you pay attention to what you are doing. From how they are built to how they are run, you can learn about entrepreneurial businesses from your blog.

Great entrepreneurs often study the business they’re about to enter before they start their company. Great bloggers often learn about blogging that way too.

Great entrepreneurs have a vision for what they are building. They gather data and historical statistics to keep improving based on customer behavior. Great bloggers do too.

Great entrepreneurs know that their business needs to be an expression of their authentic self in action — their passion at work. Great bloggers blog their passion with transparency.

Great entrepreneurs build a company that is a quality reflection of their vision down to the last detail. Great bloggers design their blogs to reflect their passion with the same care.

Great entrepreneurs have great communication skills. Great bloggers do too.

Great entrepreneurs know that a strong business stands on authentic relationships. Great bloggers are great at those.

Great entrepreneurs realize that their business is only about choosing for their customers in what they say, what they do, how they smile, and every detail of what they offer and what they choose. Great bloggers configure their blogs to meet their customers, not the other way around.

Great entrepreneurs celebrate their competition, because they know that game is won in serving the customers they love better than anyone else can. Great bloggers realize the same thing.

Great entrepreneurs know that the best marketing is paying attention to the folks who already know who you are and want to help you be the best you can be — listening to your evangelists. Great bloggers are great listeners. It’s inspiring to watch them.

Great entrepreneurs know that a great enterprise really belongs to the customers who helped to build it. Great bloggers might know that even better than great entrepreneurs.

What a difference it would have made if this small town girl had know half this before I started my first job in business. What a difference it would make if most businesses knew it now.

I gave my son a blog for his birthday last year.

–ME “Liz” Strauss

I’ll be talking about this very thing when I discuss our relationship to our blogs and our community at SOBCon 07. Register now! Friday is the last day the convenient rooms at the Sofitel Chicago Ohare are blocked at the supersaver rate.

–ME “Liz” Strauss
Check out the Work with Liz!! page in the sidebar.

Bloggy Question 43: Love or Money?

April 8, 2007 by Liz

I Don’t Like You

For those who come looking for a short, thoughtful read, a blogging life discussion, or a way to gradually ease back into the week. I offer this bloggy life question. . .

Someone has approached you about buying your blog. He wants all of it, lock, stock, and barrel. Well, that is, you can remove — delete any personal references. All other content, deisgn, widgets, and every other little bit will go to the new owner.

The new owner is . . . a guy you just can’t stand. He runs about 4 other blogs that you think are ugly, poorly kept, badly written, and inaccuate when they don’t seem to have copy you suspect is scraped.

The price offered is US$15,000. He’s ready to wire it to your bank account.

How do you respond?

–ME “Liz” Strauss

Thanks to Week 76 SOBs

April 7, 2007 by Liz

Successful and Outstanding Bloggers

Let me introduce the bloggers
who have earned this official badge of achievement,

and the right to call themselves
Successful Blog SOBs.

I invite them to take a badge home to display on their blogs.

They take the conversation to their readers,
contribute great ideas, challenge us, make us better, and make our businesses stronger.

I thank every one of our SOBs for thinking what we say is worth passing on.
Good conversation shared can only improve the blogging community.

Should anyone question this SOB button’s validity, send him or her directly to me. This award comes with a full “Liz said so” guarantee. It is endorsed by Kings of the Hemispheres, Martin and Michael, and backed by my brothers, Angelo and Pasquale.

Want to become an SOB?

If you’re an SO-Wanna-B, you can see the whole list of SOBs and learn how to be one by visiting the SOB Hall of Fame. Click the link or visit the What IS an SOB?! page in the sidebar.

–ME “Liz” Strauss

SOBCon News –Time to Book Your Room

April 6, 2007 by Liz

Don’t BE Left Out

Hi Everyone!
Today is April 6.
All of the SOBCon Speakers are pulling together the final touches on their conversations with the groups.

We all really want you to be a part in the most convenient and inexpensive fashion. That’s way I write this email today. It’s time to get urgent about attending SOBCon. Let me tell you why.

People are signing up remarkably early for this conference of this size.
All rooms at the Chicago OHare Sofitel outside of our special group rate have bookes. Our blocked rooms will be released on April 13 that in 7 days!!! There are no room or room rate guarnatees after that date. Click the picture to get to the hotel information and the special rate hotel promotion code.
kayak.com has the air fares for major airlines right now!
Check your city’s flights to Chicago. kayak is amazing and known for service and realiablity.

Lorelle on WordPress checks their fares for every conference she plans . . . and she’s about 75 conferences ahead of the average event planner I know.

Miami to Chicago Ohare starting at $188 -over 1600 choices

LAX to Chicago Ohare starting at $259 – over 600 choices

DFW to Chicago Ohare starting at $195 – over 500 choices

LaGuardia to Chicago Ohare starting at $144 – over 600 choices

Newark to Chicago Ohare starting at $149 – over 500 choices

You get the idea — We don’t want you to miss getting there because of a technicality.

We need your brain and your heart to make each speaker’s conversation go deeper.

–ME “Liz” Strauss
SOBCon 07 limited seating. Register Now!
If something is getting in your way, please let me know — Liz