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SOB Business Cafe 06-22-07

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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

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

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

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

Dave Olson is asking great questions about questions again.

Trevor Hampel makes something I wrote more applicable.

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

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Life Beyond Code asks about our marketing plans.

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

SOB Business Cafe 05-18-07

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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

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

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

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

chrisg has a special offer hidden inside this blog post.

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

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

Related ala carte selections include

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

SOB Business Cafe 02-23-07

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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

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

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

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

Copyblogger suggests a Roman statesman as your next blog consultant.

9:o1am diggs up another kind of trademark story.

Problogger offers the fine points to blog conversation.

Related ala carte selections include

Word Sell has age old advice about Search Engine 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

SOB Business Cafe 01-19-07

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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

Michael Stelzner wants your vote on the Best Books.

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

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

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

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

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

Related ala carte selections include

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

A Weblog Tools Collection Essay teaches the fine art of 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

Trendspotting: How to Crawl into People’s Heads

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

Trendspotters

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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…]

Net Neutrality Is in Jeopardy

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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…]