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SOBCon: Called the Most Powerful Life Changing Conference

August 24, 2011 by SOBCon Authors 1 Comment

Lorelle VanFossen recently gathered together quotes from SOBCon participants in “The Most Powerful Life Changing Conference Event, SOBCon, Comes to the Pacific Northwest.”

Lorelle admits that describing SOBCon is a challenge, and that the words of others tend to summarize her own feelings and experiences.

I’ve been tortured the past few weeks on how to convince you that attending SOBConNW 2011 on September 16-18, 2011, will change your life. As usual, when it comes to my favorite annual conference, I find myself wordless. It’s that profound.

If the SOBConNW Program and descriptions at the SOBCon site doesn’t convince you, maybe these people can.

If you are looking for your own words to describe your SOBCon experience, or want to know more about how SOBCon has changed and influenced the lives and online businesses of others, take a moment to read through her post.

Thanks, Lorelle, for being such a fan from the start.

Register now for SOBConNW and your own life changing experience.

Filed Under: SOBCon Site Posts Tagged With: bc, Conference, event, experience, participants, quotes, sobcon, sobconnw, testimonials

You Can’t Write My Blog Post

April 25, 2007 by Liz Leave a Comment

A Bad Facsimile

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She came into my office and sat across the desk from me. She might have been the brightest person I ever hired. I know she is the best.

We were meeting on her first lesson for a teacher guide that she was working on. Her name was J.

I looked down at the lesson. I looked up at J. I said, “Do you like this lesson?”

J said, “Do I like the lesson? Well it has this, and this, and that.”

I repeated myself. “I said, “Do you like this lesson?”

J said, “Well it has that, and that, and this.”

So, I said, “J. This isn’t a test. Do you like this lesson? Would you actually teach from it?”

“Oh no! I wrote what I thought you wanted. I’d never teach it like that.”

J get this straight. You can’t write my lesson. I can’t write yours either. If we tried we’d both just fail miserably — we’d both write bad facsimiles. I’d write a bad facsimile of your lesson. You’d write a bad facsimile of mine.

Writing a blog works the same. You can’t write my blog post. I can’t write yours either. What I can do is pay attention to how you do things and find my own version of doing them that makes sense for me.

I can’t write your blog post.

But I can find my version. That blog post that would be only me.

–ME “Liz” Strauss
SOBCon 07 It’s incredible. Are you coming?

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Filed Under: Successful Blog, Writing Tagged With: bc, blogging, experience, Power-Hit, sobcon, sobevent.com, Writing

Put Yourself into What You Write

April 24, 2007 by Liz Leave a Comment

Sounds Obvious — So Why Do I Forget?

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It’s a simple thought.

When you’re feeling like your writing has no life, put yourself into it. It’s your story, and that’s the tale I want to hear.

If you write about a business book that you just read, put yourself into it. What was it like for you to read it? Did you remember something you used to know? Did it get you inspired to try a new approach? Were you bored? Did it get you jazzed?

If you write about a blog that you’ve discovered, tell me how you reacted to it. What was the one thing that you found compelling? What surprised you? What was your response to the folks in the comment box?

From the time that we started talking, we’ve been telling each other stories. If I hear what you heard inside a story, I might want to give something a try. I might not. Either way I’ll keep reading what you wrote to see what your reaction was.

I can find information in lots of places.

But I can only find your story, if you tell me. That’s powerful.

Put yourself into it. You are the human interest in everything you write.

–ME “Liz” Strauss
SOBCon 07 It’s incredible. Are you coming?

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Filed Under: Successful Blog, Writing Tagged With: bc, blogging, experience, Power-Hit, sobcon, sobevent.com, Writing

Blogging My Experience

April 21, 2007 by Liz Leave a Comment

I've been thinking . . .

about a panel on blogging I saw.

About a month I was at a dinner at which a panel of experienced and well-known bloggers spoke. The audience was made up of mostly Internet marketing folks who do not blog.

Being there to see what was said and what was heard was an education in itself. When I left that night, I thought that disparity might be the most important “take away” that I had gained from the experience.

The experience. Note those two words.

The further I get from that night, the less I discuss the differences between what was said and what was heard and the more I repeat one comment made by a panel member it was Jory Des Jardins who said,

We blog about our experiences.

I agree. The best bloggers do that. They offer information that comes wrapped in the insight and wisdom they’ve gained from having “been there.”
We write about our experience of life, what we have learned, much like I am doing now. That’s how we help each other out.

That’s my “take away,” my insight, and my advice. Blog your experience.

Thanks Jory for your help on this one.

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Filed Under: Personal Branding, SOB Business, Successful Blog Tagged With: bc, blogging, experience, Jory-Des-Jardins

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