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SOB Business Cafe 06-22-07

June 22, 2007 by Liz Leave a Comment

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

We don’t have to be launching a blog to take value from what Copyblogger offers here.

Blueprint for a Brilliant Blog Launch


Make It Great! has something to make next Monday a whole lot easier and more fun!

The Optimist’s Creed: Monday Morning Greatness


Shards of Consciousness organizes a detailed toolkit you don’t want to miss!! I added it to the New Blogger Page.

The Shards Blogging Toolkit


Dave Olson is asking great questions about questions again.

Your potential is only as powerful as your questions


Trevor Hampel makes something I wrote more applicable.

7 Ways to Become a Writer


No carnival can compete with the one at Working at Home on the Internet. Categoires include advice, business, and tips.

Working at Home Blog Carnival-Thirty-eighth Edition


Related ala carte selections include

Life Beyond Code asks about our marketing plans.

Do you have a chocolate fountain?


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

Have a great weekend!

–ME “Liz” Strauss

Filed Under: SOB Business, Successful Blog Tagged With: bc, copyblogger, Dave-Olson, Make-It-Great, Shards-of-Consciousness, Trevor-Hampel, Working-at-Home-on-the-Internet

SOB Business Cafe 05-18-07

May 18, 2007 by Liz Leave a Comment

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

Beth’s Blog goes deep on finding out how our blogs are working for us.

Measuring Your Blog’s Outcomes and Use of Other Social Media Tools


Copyblogger proposes that all blogging is selling. Do you know what the product is?

Why You Are Always Selling With Your Blog


Business Blogging Tips tells why we need to get into the kitchen quick!

WE’RE NOT BLOGGERS – WE’RE PIZZA MAKERS


chrisg has a special offer hidden inside this blog post.

What is a Blog Meme?


The Instigator Blog writing project brings timely news into one productive format.

Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Productivity


Smart Wealthy Rich wants us to pay some attention to our financial planning.

What If You Could Save Some Of That Hard Earned Money?


Related ala carte selections include

A Glimmer of Hope in Microsoft’s Marketing?


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

Have a great weekend!

–ME “Liz” Strauss

Filed Under: SOB Business, Successful Blog Tagged With: bc, Beths-Blog, Business-Blogging-Tips, chrisg, copyblogger, Instigator-Blog, Smart-Wealthy-Rich, Success-CREEations

SOB Business Cafe 02-23-07

February 23, 2007 by Liz Leave a Comment

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

Don’t take out your tools to answer the question posed by Creating Passionate Users.

Are our tools making us dumber?


Seth’s Blog states the two things most folks get from blogging.

If no one reads your post, does it exist?


Marketing Profs ask about whether we’re paying attention to our readers.

What If We Practiced a Little Customer Engine Optimization


Copyblogger suggests a Roman statesman as your next blog consultant.

Let Cicero Build You a Sticky Blog


9:o1am diggs up another kind of trademark story.

Digg to lose name to Lucasfilm?


Problogger offers the fine points to blog conversation.

How to Add to Blogging Conversations… And Eliminate the Echo Chamber


Related ala carte selections include

Word Sell has age old advice about Search Engine Marketing.

Search Engine Marketing–Size Doesn’t Matter


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

Have a great weekend!

–ME “Liz” Strauss

Filed Under: Successful Blog Tagged With: 9o1am, bc, copyblogger, Creating-Passionate-Users, Marketing-Profs, Problogger, Seths-Blog, Word-Sell

SOB Business Cafe 01-19-07

January 19, 2007 by Liz 14 Comments

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

Michael Stelzner wants your vote on the Best Books.

Top 10 Books for Writers – The Finalists

Orbit Now! has 10 Traits that are worth knowing about.

10 Traits of Positive Thinkers

Shards of Consciousness exquisitely details how to change domains on a WordPress blog. This is fine art in how-to writing.

Changing Domains for a WordPress Blog

Copyblogger points out why keeping connected is critical to a growing blog.

Why Linking to Other Blogs is Critical

A View from the Isle points out a truth of humanity.

You can lead a worker to a tool, but you can’t make them collaborate

Vitaly Friedman has the right stuff for drawing up our plans.

List of nifty tools for drawing diagrams, charts and flow-charts

Related ala carte selections include

The Zehnkatzen Times coins the much needed phrase “clicky to embiggen” to let you know he has our colors.

[design] Pantone’s Colors of Spring 2007

A Weblog Tools Collection Essay teaches the fine art of blog juggling.

Blog Juggling

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

Have a great weekend!

–ME “Liz” Strauss

Filed Under: Successful Blog Tagged With: A-View-from-the-Isle, bc, copyblogger, Michael-Stelzner, Orbit-Now, Shards-of-Consciousness, Vitaly-Friedman, Weblog-Tools-Collection, Zehnkatzen-Times

Trendspotting: How to Crawl into People’s Heads

May 23, 2006 by Liz Leave a Comment

Your job — should you decide to keep working here — is to figure out what our customers want NEXT.

Trendspotters

Trendspotters 101 logo

I belong to a networking group which requires endorsements. As I was editing my profile last night, I came across this endorsement from a client.

” . . . Liz can spot an emerging trend before it is even on the horizon. — Blake Education, Australiaâ€?

It’s true I often can. My friend, Chartreuse BETA, is phenomenal at trendspotting, as is our friend, Copyblogger. Scot Karp is excellent at seeing what trends are about to happen. Sometimes it depresses him. Don’t leave out Tom Peters. . . . How exactly do we do that?

What does it take to spot a trend before it takes root and actually happens? What does a person need to watch for? Seeing trends seems to be a factor of intelligence, learning style, and world view. Allowing that you have the prerequisite intelligence — we’re talking business acumen, common sense, and people smarts, not rocket science — the rest is a matter of doing the work and being open to what’s happening. This is lesson 1 on being a trendspotter. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Customer Think, Marketing /Sales / Social Media, Personal Branding, Strategy/Analysis, Successful Blog, Trends Tagged With: bc, blog_promotion, Chartreuse_BETA, copyblogger, Customer Think, observing_others, perception, personal-branding, Scott_Karp, Tom_Peters, trendspotting, Trendspotting_101

Net Neutrality Is in Jeopardy

April 24, 2006 by Liz 60 Comments

Net Neutrality

Brian Clark at Copyblogger defines Net Neutrality in way that we can all understand it.

All of your current Internet marketing plans depend on Net Neutrality. And likely a lot that you do online outside the scope of business depends on it too. Net Neutrality allows everyone to compete on a level playing field and is the reason that the Internet is a force for economic innovation, civic participation and free speech. —The Four Horsemen of the Internet Apocalypse

Why is Brian talking about Net Neutrality?

Because Doc Searls is . . . and so is Jeff Pulver . . . and so am I — on all three of my blogs. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Business Life, Community, SOB Business, Strategy/Analysis, Successful Blog Tagged With: bc, Brian_Clark, copyblogger, Doc_Searls, free_speech, Jeff_Pulver, Net_Neutrality, Save_the_Internet

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