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SOBCon08 — Can't Wait to SEE YOU!!

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It’s only 3 Days Away!!

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I’m looking forward to every minute I get to see you.
Hi!
I found the reason that you had a problem.
There were some broken links in the list.
Rather than hand them to you one by one, would you just take them all again?

Meet me in Chicago!

–ME “Liz” Strauss
Work with Liz!! SOBCon08 is May 2,3,4 in Chicago. Register now!

Thanks to Week 131 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

SOBCon08: Models, Masterminds, and Chicago in May!

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An Immediately Actionable Plan

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When people ask me about SOBCon08, it’s hard not to go on and on . . .

It’s a compelling story. A conference, its audience, and its sponsors all in partnership. All attendees go home with an immediately actionable plan tailored specifically to their business. The plan gets built model by model. Every model is offered by an expert. Attendees in mastermind teams apply each model immediately. All day long it’s model-to-mastermind group and model-to-mastermind group, with insights and support from some fabulous sponsors — who, by the way, now include Jim Beam Global and BuzzLogic!!

Truth is, though, I can’t wait to see everyone’s response to the tulips in Chicago in May!!

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Only 7 more days until the boat launches . . . do you have a plan?

–ME “Liz” Strauss
Work with Liz!! SOBCon08 is May 2,3,4 in Chicago. Register now!

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SOB Business Cafe 04-25-08

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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

Pick the Brain is talking about deciding for yourself.
One of the most popular articles I’ve ever written covered the subject of building self confidence. The chief criticism of this article was that you can’t just decide to be confident. You either have confidence or you don’t.

Flooring the Customer is talking about getting local about being global.
In preparation for a trip to Mexico, I needed Pesos. I regularly make use of ATMs to obtain foreign currency. But, I also like to have some foreign currency in my pocket as I get off the plane in case I can’t find an ATM at the airport.

The Copywriter Underground is talking about telling your story.
I’m talking about targeted pitches, where you pick the clients, projects (or causes) that interest you, and then pitch them. In a rare example of me taking my own advice, that’s exactly what I’ve done.

WowNDad! is talking about fact and opinion.
Subjective information lives inside of the mind, it comes from an insider perspective. It is the things that you “know”, for example how you feel about something, or information that is abstract from the things around us. Objective information comes from an outsider perspective, it is the things that multiple people can observe and agree upon.

Lisa Sabin-Wilson is talking about seeing the light.
A few months ago, she just disappeared without a word. She didn’t just vanish – – she left, in her wake, seven projects in various stages of completion. Some almost completely done… some only halfway done…. some just started. Seven of them.

the Art of Non-Conformity is talking about connectedness.
See, I’ve never used Myspace… or Facebook… and hardware-wise, I don’t have a Blackberry or an expensive MacBook laptop. I just have Gmail, a $3 Skype microphone I bought in Belgrade last year, and a $500 Dell laptop that does everything I need.

Related ala carte selections include

The Ripple Effect has started a cliffhanger.
“My boy almost everyone I meet at a Starbucks is fascinating. They all have a story and so desperately want to tell it and will…all you have to do is ask.”

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 $10 Million …

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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.

What would we do if we got $10 Million free and clear?

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No taxes. No debts to pay. No strings attached in any way.

Would we

  • quit working?
  • move to a new part of the world?
  • buy something we’ve always wanted?
  • build something we’ve dreamed of accomplishing?
  • go somewhere we’ve always wished to be?
  • give it away?

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 free money and dreams.

–ME “Liz” Strauss

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Open Mic 7pm Chgo Time: We're Talking about $10 Million!!

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Join Us Tonight

… Free and Clear!

What would we do if we got $10Million free and clear? No taxes. No debts to pay. No strings attached in any way.

Would we quit working, move to a new part of the world, buy something we’ve always wanted, build something we’ve dreamed of accomplishing, go somewhere we’ve always wished to be, give it away? We’ll talk about whatever else comes up, too, even flamenco dancing.

Oh, and bring links to share — about having money that’s free and clear.

The rules are simple — be nice.

Do be nice. 🙂

–ME “Liz” Strauss

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