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Thanks to Week 14 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.

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chartreuse_wordpress_com

chepners.blogspot.com

madbaggagerambling.blogspot.com

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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 badge’s validity, send him or her directly to me. This award comes with a full “Liz said so” guarantee. It is endorsed by Kings of the Hemispheres, Martin and Michael, and 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. Click the link or visit the What IS an SOB?! page in the sidebar.

–ME “Liz” Strauss

Daily Kos Tech Update

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This Just In:

For all the techies . . . the Daily Kos says

Quick update on some furious development going on behind the scenes.

The comment boards have been completely rewritten and are absolutely amazing (using Ajax, for those who know and care about those sorts of things). They will be, without a doubt, the most technologically advanced anywhere. Now, while the code is complete, the hackers are working to integrate it into Scoop. This will be tricky and should take another week or two. Hopefully on the lower end of that estimate. But man, these new comments will blow your minds.

Here’s the link:

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SOB Business Cafe 01-27-2006

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Welcome to the SOB Cafe

We offer the best in thinking–articles written by the
Successful and Outstanding Bloggers of Successful Blog. Click on the screenshot to enjoy each selection.

The Specials this Week are

Mike Sigers tells us a story with a moral or 3. As usual Mike doesn’t disappoint with his storytelling skills.
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Eric Setiawan discusses Nigiri Sushi the WordPress photoblog theme he designed.

“Joshua” at Joshuaink has one last blogging ambition. Won’t you help out by leaving him a comment. Caution: if you’re offended by four-letter words read fast and do it anyway. It’s a community service thing.

Sit back. Enjoy your read. Nachos and drinks will be right over. Stay as long as you like.
No tips required. Comments appreciated.

Related ala carte selections include
SOB Business Cafe 01-20-2006

Have a great weekend!

–ME “Liz” Strauss

Great Find: SEOmoz Beginner’s Guide

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Great Find: SEOmoz Beginner’s Guide to SEO
Type of Article: A Series of Articles on SEO
Permalink: Beginner’s Guide to SEO
Target Audience: Any blogger who is curious about SEO and how it works
Content: SEOmoz, a Seatlle-based Search-engine organization has put together this series to help individuals, organizations, and companies who have little to no experience with search engine optimization and want to learn the basics of how search engines work. The organization states their goal as to improve your ability to drive search traffic to your site and debunk major myths about SEO. We share this knowledge to help businesses, government, educational, and non-profit organizations benefit from being listed in the major search engines.

From this list it appears that they take their goals very seriously. The first four (in purple) give you a quick look at what you might be interested in further down the line. All of the articles are short and written in clear, plain English, so they’re easy to follow and, well, interesting to read. Take a peek.

This is one fine reference to add to your library. It’s nice to bump into an SEO org that wants to share what it knows in such an organized fashion. Thanks SEOmoz.

–ME “Liz” Strauss

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Great Find: Tlog Blogging Tips Series

chartreuse (Beta) Thinks Outside the Knee Jerk Reaction

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Chartreuse. It’s a drink. It’s a color. It’s a drink. It’s a color. It’s a drink and a color. That’s not relevant here.

What’s relevant is it’s a blog called chartreuse (Beta). It’s also the name of the MAN who writes it. He’s a thinker, who brings original ideas to the table.

Winds of controversy have been blowing again. This time over a blogger who set up a site called Amblogger–to mean Amateur Blogger–and took the exact code for the design from Darren Rowse’s ProBlogger site. The stolen version is no longer up, but Darren has a screen shot in his discussion of the incident. I won’t recap the story that will be retold.

I want to tell of a new voice on the scene, chartreuse (Beta), who after analyzing all of the data, came up with a different read on what happened and with what could have been a more propitious response. He thinks outside the knee-jerk reaction to find the logical solution that works. Read his article which I’ve linked to the image below, and you’ll see what I mean. Boyhowdy, I like how this man thinks.

Link to Article at Chartreuse (Beta)

chartreuse (Beta), next time you’re in Chicago I’d like to buy you a drink–any color you choose.

–ME “Liz” Strauss

Introducing Clear Your Mind

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SOB Directory Entry:
Clear Your Mind by Javier Cabrera

Type: Marketing, Management, Productivity

ClearYourMind is a collection of thoughts and articles about management, Productivity and Marketing for entrepreneurs. CYM is aimed to everyone who want to increase productivity, work smarter and enjoy the challenges of entrepreneurship.

Notes by Liz: If you’re feeling tired or worn out, Javier is the medicine that you need. This man has the optimism and energy of at least 3 men, if not 333. A visit to Javier’s blog is like a visit to his new office. You feel like he has just put down the sandwich he was eating to talk with you personally. His stories and ideas are about what is going on with this business at that very moment. There is much to be learned in following this enthusiastic entrepreneur as he problem solves and finds new ways to meet the challenges of business.

–ME “Liz” Strauss

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