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One Question, One Question, 1/2 Meme . . . Overly Started, But Not Begun

March 21, 2007 by Liz

A Great Question Deserves

. . . a question?

Once upon a time . . . well, actually it was yesterday . . . Tully designed and suggested a new sort of meme. . . .

This meme, called, “One Question, One Answer,” is brilliant. . .

. . . It’s meant to get the right questions to the right people and the right answers on the right blogs. . . .

It covers every contingency, except for one — Tully chose to start the meme,

. . . with me.

You Should Have Known, Tully

You see, I’m the sort who . . . likes to have fun with these things.

I always change memes from what they were to something else.

Tully, I don’t mean to be a pain. . . though I don’t mind worrying and wheezling though a loophole . . . for some fun.

I’m a global thinker. Details overwhelm me. They overtake me with feeling that I might overlook something that I should be overseeing, and that makes me overly careful about things I shouldn’t be fretting over at all or ever. I probably should just get over it.

You see?

That’s why I have to ask my question.

Could you go over that again?

Um . . . er. . . What I mean to say is,

. . . Could you, would you, write the simple how-to steps

so I know exactly what to do?

I’ll link to them as the how-to do this meme.

I’ll answer question, pass the meme on, and be smiling, just as I am now.

After all, I am the nice one. 🙂

–ME “Liz” Strauss

What Lorelle Said Yesterday . . .

March 21, 2007 by Liz

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

The Mic Is On: We’re Finding Our Dreams in Business and in Life. . .

March 20, 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 How to Find and Follow Our Dreams in Business and in Life. . . with Guest Host Tariq Khan from The Kitchen Table

We might talk about

finding our bliss
finding funds to do what we want
how to set a plan
how to get there
how to be what we see

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: Making Our Dreams Come True with Guest Host Tariq Khan

March 20, 2007 by Liz

Yes the Mic Will Be on Tonight

Our Guest Host is Tariq Khan from The Kitchen Table: How to Find and Follow Our Dream in Business and in Life

Let’s talk and ask questions about finding our bliss, finding funds to do what we wish, how to set a plan, how to get there, how to be what we see, and whatever else comes up.

Choose your mountain and climb it! Choose your dream and make it happen!

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

The rules are simple — be nice.

–ME “Liz” Strauss

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At SOBCon 07: The Next Level Quest

March 20, 2007 by Liz

Relationshiping Blogging Doesn’t Work without Content

I have conversations with bloggers every day. We swap strategies and learn from each other. Yesterday I had more than one. The first conversation was with Lisa Gates. She wanted to know more about the SOBCon content. So I thought I’d bring some of it from the SOBCon 07 blog over.

What Does It Mean to Take Your Blogging to the Next Level?

It means engaging your potential, reaching for the vision and executing what you see. At SOBCon, we’re going all out to make this event insightful, content-rich, inspiring, practical, and fun!

The SOBCon Next Level Quest

Together we will strategize, discuss, and learn how to

Respect that in business and blogging all things are based in connecting relationships
Treat our blogs like a business, or a business-like hobby
Define a vision for our blogs that inspires readers to be part of it
Identify like-minded bloggers whose blogging goals match our own to swap strategies with
Evaluate our blogs through the eyes of a first-time reader
Use links, trackbacks, comments, design archietecture to lead to increased participation, and extended reach that could develop into business ventures
Ensure presentation, navigation and all reader experiences are intuitive, simple and elegant
Know our brand values as readers define them and be able to participate in how readers perceive the unique and remarkable values we offer
Understand basic tools that are useful for video, podcasting, social media, and voice commenting
Reach out beyond the blogosphere to non-blogging readers to become a resource they rely on
Recognize the traits and characteristics of a successful and outstanding blog by doing blog critiques

Presenters with specialized expertise will get the conversation started, and presenters and attendees will work together to get move our blogs higher — to decide what is the next level for our individual blogs and plan how to get there!

Are you ready to take your blog to a new level?

What else could we pack into this quest?

PS Are you going to try to persuade me?

Thanks to Week 73 SOBs

March 17, 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