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Open Mic 7pm Chgo Time: We're Going on a Road Trip

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Join Us Tonight

Liz is Out of Town & We’re Going On a Road Trip

Liz is on the road heading home from SXSW tonight. But never fear she left me the keys to the blog so Open Comment Night is SO on.

Bwaaah-ha-ha-ha-ha!

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We might talk about favorite road trip stories, places we’d most like to visit, must have road trip items, passing the time on the road, and especially Klondike Bars! (Mmmmm….)

Oh, and bring example links to share — especially examples of great road trip destinations!

The rules are simple — be nice.

Do be nice. 🙂

–Chris Cree

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SxSW and Small Business: A Conference with a Purpose

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A Flexible Plan

When I booked to go to SxSW, I had a few considerations on my mind. My blog is the center of my small business . . . a small business needs to be open for the folks who visit here. Still, if I want myself, my business, and my network to grow and go deeper I need to be part of the relationships I care about.

Conferences do matter, especially to small business. For these reasons and many more.

  • Meeting the people we already know face to face deepens relationships that make doing business more meaningful and more effiicient.
  • Sitting in conversation with them allows us time to explore how we might align our mutual goals.
  • Interacting with new people let’s other folks get a real life, real time experience of who we are and give us a chance to elaborate on what we do. Nothing beats eyes on fire when we’re explaining how much a project has captured us to tranlate our investment in quality work.
  • Most importantly, if we want to grow our networks, we have to move to where we can interact with folks who don’t know us, but want to.

I went to SxSw with purpose — to learn more and meet more people. I’m bringing back more perspective, more clients, and more friends to interact with you.

I know a conference where you can do many of the same things. . . . it’s in May. Come to SOBCon08 with a purpose!

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

SOBCon08 Venue Is Up — Register Now!

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An Immediately Actionable Plan

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The deals are signed. The speakers are getting ready. The sponsors are putting together interactive ways to make their wares part of the plan.

Check out the location where we’re going to be meeting! You’ll know for sure that you’re doing business in downtown Chicago. Just two blocks away are two fabulous hotels: Club Quarters and Hotel 71 with rates we can afford.

Go to the SOBCon08 blog and register now!

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

Thanks to Week 124 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 03-07-08

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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

Read, Write, Web demonstrates what might be this year’s SxSW killer app.
FriendFeed is a super simple way to view all your friends’ activities on Twitter, del.icio.us, Mag.nolia, YouTube, Flickr and lots of other sites – all in one place. It’s going to be great for SXSW. Flickr is a big part of tech events but FriendFeed is going to make it even bigger, with all of a photographer’s friends seeing their photos – not just those that go to Flickr itself.

Confident Writing demonstrates the layers of wealth in group projects.
I have learned a lot from running this project: some new insights into the lives of old blogging friends, meeting new readers, discovering new blogs, learning what’s important to you about writing. There were some fascinating themes that emerged

Case-Notes from the Artsy Asylum demonstrates the value of social interaction that starts with text.
The problem with the bloggosphere, and the twitterspshere – and all the Social Mediaspere is that it’s personal.

And the good thing about the bloggosphere, and the twitterspshere – and all the Social Mediaspere is that it’s personal.

and then delivers in spades over at Boobs on Ice

carpe factum demonstrates the value of honking your horn.
I heard a lot of pain and fear about making noise to the executives. It seems a few people have witnessed messengers being shot. Ironically, I saw this sign in New York City this morning, and I just had to share it. I wonder who is enforcing it, because honking is a language in and of itself in a city that hears about every tongue imaginable spoken.

Pistachio Consulting demonstrates how less can be more.
Why aren’t presentations becoming generally better despite so much great thinking on how to fix them? Is it because many come together at the last minute?

chrisg.com is demonstrating how to take control of your authority.
It seems that Technorati misses a lot of the links pointed at your blog. This leads to a familiar frustration for many bloggers who feel that they are not getting the recognition they deserve.

Related ala carte selections include

cube rules demonstrates a need for integration.
A “congratulations on your new job” card read in Europe while we were there last week: . . .

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

I'm Going to SxSW, Meet Me There, or Meet Great Folks Here While I'm Gone!

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Leaving on Thursday

As you might know, I leave for Austin to attend SxSW Interactive tomorrow. I’ve been diligently working to get together vibrant content to keep this blog rolling while I’m gone. I’m delighted to say that

will all be here to offer perspectives on business that expand beyond where my brain usually goes. I’ve also got a few thoughts of my own in the queue, so that you don’t forget me while I’m down there.

AND I’m delighted to announce that

Chris Cree will host Tuesday Comments on March 11th!!

while I’m on the plane coming home.

With a jam-packed line up like this, you’re wondering why I don’t leave the blog more often. I know. I know.

I’ll be learning all that I can so that I can bring it back to you. If you’re going to be in Austin, twitter me: lizstrauss.

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