A friend called with regards from an old boss she had just seen at a trade show. She shared this bit of conversation she had with him.
“So I asked Frank, are you getting as much work as you want.”
Frank answered, “Just a little less, but I charge a LOT. That way I know the folks I work with want to work with me.”
That was Frank. In one fell swoop, he made sure his clients valued him — not his price.
But I need the money. Frank doesn’t.
Kirsten Harrell, Psy.D. the dynamic and delightful author of ipop-in has donated a new prize to the 25-Words Birthday Challenge. Now one lucky winner will get a $25 Gift Certificate for an RX for a Positive Attitude.
Thanks, Kirsten!
To find out about the Party — Tuesday Open Comments DAY, October 24th, links, prizes, conversation, fun, and how to be part of the Successful-Blog 25-Words Birthday Challenge, click the title below.
We’re gonna party until the comment box explodes!
–Me “Liz” Strauss
It was Margaritaville on Tuesday Open Comment Night. We were celebrating being alive for another week. The Margaritas were BJ’s fine idea, and the margarita glasses were elegant to say the least. Still we made sure everyone had their beverage of choice. So things started out very nicely.
Then Link Leak Virus seeped into our discussion of what we would drink. — The Link Leak Virus is a special strain of the indie virus with blogtipping mutations that occur in threes at Open Comment Night they become a link free-for-all.
Welcome to Mike. It was great fun having you!
Delicious links were shared.
How could the conversation be anything but interesting with a cast of characters like you find on open comment night here?
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I’m adding this link to the Net Neutrality Page.
No Room for Neutrality on Net Neutrality
Imagine the Internet as being like cable television. To access websites of your choosing, youââ¬â¢ll have to pay extra to your Internet service provider (ISP). To put up your own website or blog, youââ¬â¢ll have to pay an additional surcharge to ensure that your website is easily accessible to your friends. If your ISP has a special relationship with, for example, Barnes & Noble, then you may not be able to easily access its rival Amazon.com, or independent booksellers like Pages for All Ages. Thereââ¬â¢s even a chance that your ISP will decide to block certain content (like political websites challenging its authority) or ban certain devices (like free Internet phone service)ââ¬âââ¬âall for your own good, of course.
If powerful interests get their way, this nightmare scenario could easily become the new reality. Up until now, a safeguard called ââ¬Ånet neutralityââ¬Â has prevented this from happening. But at this very moment, the fate of net neutrality rests on legislation pending in Congress.
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Looking ahead, the stakes are even higher. In the coming years, with increased convergence and decreased numbers of market players, Americans will be forced to rely on single providers to deliver so-called ââ¬Åtriple playââ¬Âââ¬âââ¬âInternet, television, and phoneââ¬âââ¬âvia one pipe to each household. This creates the potential for one telecom giant to take control over all of these mediaââ¬âââ¬ânot just in terms of pricing, but, without net neutrality, gate-keeping power over all content as well.
Want to know what you can do?
MA Bell Monopoly Versus the Free Internet ââ¬â Tell the FCC Net Neutrality Is Not Negotiable
–ME “Liz” Strauss
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Tuesday, October 24th is one-year since I wrote Whoââ¬â¢s ME Strauss and Whatââ¬â¢s She Doing Here? That was my very first post at Successful-Blog. This post is somewhere over number 1000. A lot has happened between then and now.
In that first post, I defined Successful-Blog in 33 words. Not too shabby, but not too lean either. Put it down to being new here.
Now it’s your turn. I’m having a contest — a challenge really — to see what happens when folks, great writer/bloggers like you, try to describe Successful-Blog in a few words. Here it is.
The Successful-Blog 25-Word Birthday Challenge: Define Successful Blog in 25 words max. That’s 24 PLUS One — in keeping with the plus one tradtion that’s been part of this blog for so long.
Of course there have to be rules, regulations, and prizes. So I’m going to tell you about them.
Rules and Regulations
They’re easy, and there’s not a lot of them.
Prizes
Hey, I’ve got a kid in an expensive university. So bear with me on this one.
UPDATE: Kirsten Harrell, Psy.D. the dynamic and delightful author of ipop-in has donated a new prize to the 25-Words Birthday Challenge. Now one lucky winner will get a $25 Gift Certificate for an RX for a Positive Attitude.
All entries will be posted on Monday, October 23rd. UPDATE: early a.m. Chicago time, Tuesday, October 24th. The winners will be announced Tuesday Night, but THE MIC WILL BE OPEN ALL DAY. We’re Having a Blow-Out Birthday Party!!!
So join the fun, get a link, and wish us a happy birthday!
Prize donations are still being accepted. Who knows what the judging criteria will be? I might just have to do a random drawing if they’re all as good as I think they’ll be. Feel free to suggest some. I’m making this up as I go along.
UPDATE:The judging will be by random drawing.
— ME “Liz Strauss
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