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Open Mic 7pm Chgo Time: It's About Great Books!

April 1, 2008 by Liz

Join Us Tonight

We’ll never get away from the power of information and books are such easy packages in which to store it.

We might talk about what books we love, what new books we have discovered, what books we’re thinking about writing, what books we wish someone would write, and whatever else comes up, even flamenco dancing.

Oh, and bring example links to share — about great books.

The rules are simple — be nice.

Do be nice. 🙂

–ME “Liz” Strauss

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Filed Under: Community, SOB Business, Successful Blog Tagged With: bc, blog_promotion, discussion, letting_off_steam, living-social-media, Open_Comment_Night

SOBCon Winner of the Chrisg – Blog Catalog – Authority Blogger Contest!!

April 1, 2008 by Liz

Congratuations!

Blog Catalog
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Blog Catalog SOBCon08, and Chrisg contest came to a close at midnight last night.

One lucky winner is on his way to Chicago to spend a weekend with a crowd of bloggers focused on models, mastermind teams, and building an actionable business plan.

What the Chrisg.com, Blog Catalog, SOBCon, Authority Blogger has won:

    $1000 budget to pay for SOBCon08 registration and travel expenses and a slew of other prizes, but most especially:

    • a copy of ProBlogger: Secrets for Blogging Your Way to a Six-Figure Income by Darren Rowse and Chris Garrett
    • A hour of consulting with Chris Garrett, face-to-face if possible.
    • The complete Authority Blogger online course when it launches.

    And the winner is . . .

    The winner is Andrew Dubber of New Music Strategies

    Why You Should Win This Contest and Not Me

    Read the story about it at Chrisg.com.

    I can’t congratulate Andrew without thinking of all the folks who enterred. We value your contributions. I personally learned a lot by reading what you wrote. Thank you to everyone who thought that participating was a worthwhile thing!

    Go read the links to the entries in the comments to Chrisg’s contest post. Most of them are there. (If you’re a contestant who emailed your link, I encourage you to add it there so that folks can read yours too.)

    To Andrew and to everyone else coming to SOBCon08!
    See you in Chicago!

    Yea!!!

    –ME “Liz” Strauss
    Work with Liz!!

    Work with Liz!!
    SOBCon08 is May 2,3,4 in Chicago. Register now!

Filed Under: SOB Business, Successful Blog Tagged With: bc, contest winner, sobcon08

Thanks to Week 127 SOBs

March 29, 2008 by Liz

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Successful and Outstanding Bloggers

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

Purple SOB Button Original SOB Button Red SOB Button Purple and Blue SOB Button
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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  ask owlbert

copes flavio

  The Fem Geek

Infektia.net

  Reason 4 Smile

  Yellow House Hosting

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

Filed Under: SOB Business, Successful Blog Tagged With: bc, blog_promotion, dialogue, relationships, SOB, SOB_Directory, successful_and_outstanding-bloggers

SOB Business Cafe 3-28-08

March 28, 2008 by Liz

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

Chris Brogan explains how to sort through the social media landscape.
If you’re in the business of delivering a service, such as coding skills, design, marketing expertise, sales, etc, there’s a whole lot of factory work that you do that’s not easily displayed.

Social Media Starter Moves for Freelancers


Confident Writing explains the value of taking on a challenge.
I also share the two biggest stumbling blocks in starting to podcast (1) not liking the sound of your own voice and (2) plain simple fear…

And the solution to both of them.

Feel The Fear And Podcast Anyway


Genuine Curiosity explains how to use a new product.
I’d looked at it before and didn’t like it, but they’ve made significant improvements since then and now I think it is awesome. What’s so cool about i-Lighter? Read on…

Marking up the internet


Lip-Sticking explains why marketing to women is becoming EVEN MORE important.
So, who’s reading your blog, visiting your website, contemplating your products and services?

It’s a girl. Or, her Mom.

Marketing to Women Online Goes On and On Just Ask Patty!


O’Flaherty explains that we’re defining ourselves every day.
If you take the economic factor out of it, the choices that we make ultimately become a matter of personality and the image we wish to portray of ourselves.

Defining yourself – It’s not so easy!


skelliewag explains how to digg dugg digging.
In this post, I want to talk about the most often overlooked aspect of what is required to write content with strong potential on Digg (and the same principle applies to StumbleUpon, Reddit, or any other social media service you can imagine).

Why You’ve Got to Dig Digg to Get Dugg


Related ala carte selections include

Abundance Highway is my new healer.
Driving back I thought well I have attracted this to me and I don’t have time to be sick. I was immediately aware that I had used the word DON”T, so what did the universe hear? TIME TO BE SICK.

I Used Deliberate Attraction To Get Well!


See you at WordCamp Dallas.

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
Work with Liz!! SOBCon08 is May 2,3,4 in Chicago. Register now!

Filed Under: SOB Business, Successful Blog Tagged With: bc, Great Finds, LinkedIn, small business

The Mic Is On: We're Talking about the Law of Attraction

March 25, 2008 by Liz

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.

It’s the Law . . .

Wear a “kick me” sign and sooner or later . . . someone will. We’ll be talking about whether we believe your intentions and actions bring things into our life.

  • Can we make a positive life by believing in it?
  • Do we really intend our future?
  • Do we attract the people who come to us?
  • Is all of this law of attraction “bull puckey”?
Glenda and Liz

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 example links to share — about the law of attraction.

–ME “Liz” Strauss

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Open Mic 7pm Chgo Time: We're Talking about the Law of Attraction

March 25, 2008 by Liz

Join Us Tonight

It’s the Law . . .

Wear a “kick me” sign and sooner or later . . . someone will. We’ll be talking about whether we believe your intentions and actions bring things into our life. Can we make a positive life by believing in it? Do we really intend our future? Do we attract the people who come to us? Is all of this law of attraction “bull puckey”?

Oh, and bring example links to share — about the law of attraction.

The rules are simple — be nice.

Do be nice. 🙂

–ME “Liz” Strauss

Related article
What is Tuesday Open Comment Night?

Filed Under: Community, SOB Business, Successful Blog Tagged With: bc, blog_promotion, discussion, letting_off_steam, living-social-media, Open_Comment_Night

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