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SOB Business Cafe 05-16-08

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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 titles to enjoy each selection.

The Special Edition this Week are:

Creative Think had been shaking up our heads again.
The more often you do something in the same way, the more difficult it is to think about doing it in any other way.

Essential Keystrokes was showing what to do when we have too much of a good thing.
I have not even had a chance to write between being without my normal high speed Internet (6 days total) and the amount of client work (good) I have going right now. Anyhow, there is some good stuff out there and I don’t want you to miss out on it!

Social Media Explorer points out the value of simplicity.
If there’s one social media tool, or more appropriately, one technological advancement which enhances social media I am beholden to above all others, it’s RSS. Really Simple Syndication redefined web surfing for me. I’m convinced it can do the same for the rest of the world, whenever they come around to it. I’m even happy to spread the joy.

Carpe Factum has a great idea. Everyone should consider taking him up on it.
So I’m proposing a blogospheric recycling meme (besides, it’s been a while since somebody did one of those annoying meme posts).

The question is this: If I could select my top 5-10 posts which received little to no attention, what would they be?

Middle Zone Musings has always been able to steer us in the right direction.
How do we get where we’re going, anyway? Come to think of it; how do we get anywhere?

Chris Brogan chimes in with a slew of resources for keeping connected.
The NTEN community reached out to have me as part of their “Ask the Expert” sessions. I told them I’d give them some blogging and social media resources.

Related ala carte selections include

Sonia Simone at Copyblogger is advocating a little less clothing.
Dooce’s version of naked would make me pretty nervous, but I’m downright wild compared to Godin. Decide how much personal “skin” you’re willing to show.

Sit back. Enjoy your read. Nachos and drinks will be right over. Stay as long as you like. No tips required. Comments appreciated.

–ME “Liz” Strauss

The Mic Is On: Join Guest Hosts Phil Gerbyshak and Diego Orjuela

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It’s Like Open Mic Only Different

The Mic Is On

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.

Let’s talk about computers…

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  • Do you know your computer could be working better, but you’re not sure how?
  • Does your computer have a pesky little error message that you just can’t get rid of?
  • Wondering what the pop-up box that keeps showing up on your screen means?
  • Want to know the latest about virus protection, wireless networking for your house?

Got any other nagging computer questions? Never fear, we’ve got the answer for you!

Join Relationship Geek Phil Gerbyshak, MinuteFix CEO and founder Diego Orjuela and the MinuteFix tech support community as they host Tuesday Night Open Comments. Test drive the world’s greatest tech support community and say goodbye to your pesky computer problems…for at least one night!

Oh, and bring links to share — about computer problems.

–ME “Liz” Strauss

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Open Mic 7pm Chgo Time: Join Guest Hosts Phil Gerbyshak and Diego Orjeula

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Join Us Tonight

Let’s talk about computers…

  • Do you know your computer could be working better, but you’re not sure how?
  • Does your computer have a pesky little error message that you just can’t get rid of?
  • Wondering what the pop-up box that keeps showing up on your screen means?
  • Want to know the latest about virus protection, wireless networking for your house?

Got any other nagging computer questions? Never fear, we’ve got the answer for you!

Join Relationship Geek Phil Gerbyshak, MinuteFix CEO and founder Diego Orjuela and the MinuteFix tech support community as they host Tuesday Night Open Comments. Test drive the world’s greatest tech support community and say goodbye to your pesky computer problems…for at least one night!

Oh, and bring links to share — about computer problems.

The rules are simple — be nice.

Do be nice. 🙂

–ME “Liz” Strauss

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Thanks to Week 133 SOBs

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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.

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

I thank all 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 to me. Thie award carries a “Liz said so” guarantee, is endorsed by Kings of the Hemispheres, Martin and Michael, and is backed by my brothers, Angelo and Pasquale.

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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– A-Z Directory . Click the link or visit the What IS an SOB?! page in the sidebar.

–ME “Liz” Strauss

SOB Business Cafe 05-09-08

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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 titles to enjoy each selection.

The Specials this Week are

Christine Kane has a new mantra. It seems to be working well for her.
In her incredible new book, Steering by Starlight, Martha Beck writes about a mantra she made up…

Conversation Agent has a timely question.
. . . I was inspired with the body of work surrounding social capital — the value of personal relationships in the workplace.

Cubicle Nation has a reponse to life’s changing terrain.
I was halfway through writing on another topic when I got this call on my cellphone.

Get Rich Slowly has software to manage something we can all use.
“How much time do you spend blogging?” people often ask me.

“I don’t know,” I say. “A lot. Probably forty to sixty hours a week.” I’ve always wished I could provide a better answer to that question. Now I can.

Inspirationbit has more than a bit of news and a question. Can we help out?
What I’ve learned about the corporate world the last few months I wouldn’t find in any book. It is a crazy, unreliable world out there, full of uncertainties. And although I’ve got my plate full with concerns at the moment, my future somehow doesn’t feel as unpredictable — at least I know that it all depends on the way I conduct my business.

Rick Mahn has few words about ownership.
There is some growing interest in the Personal Branding space on scenarios of people with the same name. I was fortunate enough to have a great conversation on the topic with Kristen King of BizChicksRule which she turned into What if Your Name Is Jenna Jameson?

Related ala carte selections include

Copyblogger has written a classic.
It was three years ago today that they wheeled me in for emergency surgery, and I said goodbye to my wife, not quite three-year-old daughter, and newborn son. I knew that sometimes people don’t wake up from brain surgery, and this might be the last time I saw them.

Sit back. Enjoy your read. Nachos and drinks will be right over. Stay as long as you like. No tips required. Comments appreciated.

–ME “Liz” Strauss

The SOBCon Influence According to BuzzLogic

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This news from Valerie Coombs at BuzzLogic . . .

I just did an influence query on “sobcon liz strauss” and got these results.

How did we get these results?
BuzzLogic’s influence algorithm takes a dozen factors into account in determining the influence of posts and a blog overall. They include:

  • a blogger’s credibility and expertise on a specific topic over time,
  • who is linking in,
  • the quality and influence of all in-linkers and
  • the popularity of a post overall.

Congrats to Lorelle VanFossen for the most influential post in the entire sobcon conversation!

SOBCon Remembered and Recommended

See below the Top 25 right as of the close of SOBCon.

  1. Liz Strauss
  2. Lorelle – Lorelle has the single most influential post ever about SOBCON!
  3. Phil Gerbyshak
  4. Brain Based Business
  5. David Armano
  6. The Blog Herald
  7. James D Walton
  8. Timothy L Johnson
  9. Bootsnall travel community
  10. Ben Yonkavitz
  11. Joe Hauckes
  12. Tim Draayer
  13. Des Walsh
  14. Dawud Miracle
  15. Jon Gatrell
  16. Drew McLellan
  17. FutureLab blog
  18. Kent Blumberberg
  19. Geoffrey Philp
  20. Robert Hruzek
  21. Christine Kane
  22. Amy Palko
  23. problogger
  24. Mary Schmidt
  25. Adam Kayce

See the screenshot of the Social Map around Lorelle’s post. Click to see it full size.

BuzzLogic Conversation around the Most Influential Blog Post

We will continue to watch the conversation and update you on changes…. Valerie, BuzzLogic

Do you have influence? Will the SOBCon blog posts you write change this listing?

For more about BuzzLogic, visit Jeremiah’s post of Shel’s Interview with the Co-Founder. Sandra and Valerie are both in the vid.
–ME “Liz” Strauss
Work with Liz!!