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The Mic Is On: We're Talking About All Things Mexico…

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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.

Hola!

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With Cinco de Mayo this week, it’s a great time to go just a little south of Chicago to Mexico.

  • Trips and vacations in Mexico
  • Our favorite Mexican foods
  • Mexican holidays and Mexican traditions
  • Stories about Mexico that we know

Of course, we’ll talk about everything under the sun as well. And, whatever else comes up, including THE EVER POPULAR, Basil the code-writing donkey . . . and flamenco dancing (because we always get off topic, anyway.)

Oh, and bring links to share about Mexican things.

–ME “Liz” Strauss

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Open Mic 7pm Chgo Time: All Things Mexico!

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Hola!

With Cinco de Mayo this week, Tim Johnson suggested that it’s a great time to go just a little south of Chicago to Mexico. We’ll talk about trips and vacations in Mexico, our favorite Mexican foods, Mexican holidays and Mexican traditions, stories about Mexico that we know and anything else that comes up.

Oh, and bring example links to share — about Mexican things.

The rules are simple — be nice.

Do be nice. 🙂

–ME “Liz” Strauss

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Thanks to Week 132 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 05-02-08

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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

All Things Workplace features a description we might find familiar.
Helped orient you to your job
By “orient,” you mean get my photo IDs and have me sign a bunch of papers, then yes…otherwise, that would’ve been the actual people in my dept.

Connected Content features an explanation we could all us.
Too many folks, not just tech writers, work for companies that seem caught in an endless loop of misdirection and no direction. They have processes and flowcharts that, while detailed, don’t always reflect what’s actually having to be done on a day-to-day basis…many times at management’s own instruction.

David Bullock features a look at the order of stuff.
Are you checking the right things in the wrong order and not getting the results that you want?
Too many times when I speak to clients, they are using the right tool at the wrong time.

Thomas R. Clifford features a way to test stickiness.
I think you’ll have fun taking this little quiz. I did! The “The Stickiness Aptitude Test,” or SAT, was designed by The Heath Brothers and Guy Kawasaki.

Lives Less Ordinary features another view.
The images above are all taken through the viewfinder of my children’s kaleidoscope. Every time I slightly adjust the kaleidoscope, the patterns change. The components remain the same, but the view alters radically.

Best of Mother Earth features a new natural attitude supplement.
In the land of what I do best, I sort all that hype and gobbly gook and help my clients figure out what might be a fit for them. I like everyone to feel that they actually know why this stuff is going into their body.

Related ala carte selections include

Chris Brogan features new beginnings.
Start at your own pace, and go as slowly as you need to for you to feel comfortable getting to understand all these services, but here is a list . . .

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: We're Talking about Great Products!! and…

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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.

Great Services!!

We’re meeting in Chicago this week to talk about building an online business. We can’t have a business without products and services to sell.

Lot’s of us who can’t be there have great information and links that would be helpful for the folks who are meeting. Bring ’em and lets share.

We’ll be talking about products we love, services we wish for, ideas for new ones, remembering old ones, and how we found out about all of them. We’ll talk about whatever else comes up, too, even flamenco dancing.

Oh, and bring links to share — about great products and great services.

–ME “Liz” Strauss

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image source: sxc.hu – standard restrictions

Open Mic 7pm Chgo Time: We're Talking about Great Products!! and…

by

Join Us Tonight

Great Services!!

We’re meeting in Chicago this week to talk about building an online business. We can’t have a business without products and services to sell.

Lot’s of us who can’t be there have great information and links that would be helpful for the folks who are meeting. Bring ’em and lets share.

We’ll be talking about products we love, services we wish for, ideas for new ones, remembering old ones, and how we found out about all of them. We’ll talk about whatever else comes up, too, even flamenco dancing.

Oh, and bring links to share — about great products and great services.

The rules are simple — be nice.

Do be nice. 🙂

–ME “Liz” Strauss

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