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SOB Business Cafe 07-06-07

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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

The truth is out about problogger.

Genuine Curiosity has been uncluttering.

All Things Worksplace has a series to lighten the load.

Brain Based Biz let’s us know how smart we are.

Quick Online Tips has the coolest tool.

Steve Olson has a question worth considering.

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Success Begins Today has an idea on how we can get balance.

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 06-29-07

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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

Seth’s Blog knows the way to get us to want to be friendly with the folks who work the fast food counter.

Smart Wealthy Rich understands what we should be doing.

Monk at Work is pointing out things in our heads again.

Lorelle comes through at tthe Blog Herald with a new view to the new Google algorithm’s look at how we care for our content.

Dawud Miracle shows a glass overflowing with links for in true Starbucker tradition.

Jibber Jabber has a series of secrets to tell.

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Who wouldn’t want to say something about this story and the blue balls?

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

Sunday Link Love: 15 Great Finds on Promotion, Working at Home and Productivity

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Can’t Have You Sitting Home with Left-Overs

I’ve collected 15 more links for you to read or add to your tool kit over the weekend — more help and treasures.

Blog Promotion and Traffic

  1. How to Rank Well in Google with Your Blog Matt Cutts Style

  2. Blog SEO: Link bait option Simply put, if no one finds your posts of value, no one is going to link to them.

  3. Quick Blog Traffic Tip – Link To Another Blogger Spend some time continuing the discussion they started or recommend an article they posted to your readers. In other words, send some link love. :

  4. Building “Word Of Mouth” Capabilities Into Online Apps “Put a tell-a-friend form on every page of your website.”

  5. How to Rank on Google Base
  6. Do-It-Yourself Search Engine Optimization Guide

    7. Working at Home

  7. What the Heck is a “Real Job”? How I Learned a Business Doesn’t Count

  8. Working from Home – What to Do When the Kids Are on Holiday from School

  9. Paying Fixed Bills With a See-Saw Salary
  10. Top 30 Free Windows Software Apps

    11. Productivity

  11. Self-Destructing Distractions

  12. Take a Break and Refresh Your Productivity

  13. How to manage your blogging schedule

  14. Neat Living “Do-it-Yourself” Organizing Library – Our FREE Gift to You!

  15. Procrastination hack: “(10+2)*5”

Have a great Sunday!. 🙂

–ME “Liz” Strauss

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After Thanksgiving Link Love — 15 Links that Are Better than Left-Overs

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Can’t Have You Sitting Home with Left-Overs

I’ve collected 15 links for you to read or add to your tool kit over the weekend. A wealth of interesting stories, toys, and treasures.

News Stories

  • Roundup: Digg’s crisis, Odeo, Amidzad’s touch, Mobio’s movies, HAVA for Christmas

  • Best of the Web 2006 Clicke the categories in the sidebar to see each list.

    • Tools for Developers and Developer Wannabes

  • the web developer’s handbook Subtiopics in this resource include: creativity tools, css showcases, css galleries and showcases, color tools, color schemes and palettes, color patterns, fashion color selections, color theory, royalty free photos, css daily reading, css in German, web design daily reading, css theory, css layout, css navigation menu, css technique, css software and Firefox extensions, css web tools and services, html web tools and services, accessibility checkers, miscellaneous tools, javascript, ajas, DOM, fonts, typography, RSS, CMS and forum software, blogging, specifications, usability and accessibility, add a link (free), seo tools, seo references, how to get things done, freelancers, web 2.0, 2reads this week.

  • Online Generators ascii generators, css generators, color generators, domain name generators, email generators. favicon generators. flash generators. form generators. fun & humor generators. graphic & image generators. htaccess generators. metatag generators. misc. generators. password generators. pdf generators. php & MySQL generators. popup generators. robot.txt generators. rss generators.sitemap generators. text generators.tooltip generators. weblog generators.xmnl generators.

  • Curvy Corners Does what it says.

  • Best of the Best Web 2.0 Web Sites Includes links to The Complete List of Visual Studio Add-Ins and Tools, The Complete List of Ajax Tools, The Complete List of CSS Tools. The Complete List of Great Free TV Web Sites on the Internet. The Complete List of Software Development Events to Attend in 2007, The Complete List of Software Development Frameworks, Process’s, Methods, or Philosophies

  • Full Web Building Tutorials – All Free Too many to list.Includes basic HTML examples and color codes.

    • Buzz, Comments, and Links

  • Web 2.0: Buzz-Monitoring and Tracking Meausre, observe, analyze link popularity, track comments, get links

  • Blogger ForumTopics include Newbies, Template Design, Link Eschange, Coding, Getting Noticed

    • On Jobs

  • Steven R. Covey on Job Security In this pieces at JibberJabber, Steven Covey discusses the employment cycle, career management, branding and building a real network, and adapting to a new career.

  • A Job Candidate’s Bill of Rights 10 Traits to Expect from an Interviewing Process.

    • SEO/Marketing/PR

  • 10 Shortcuts for Successful SEO 10 Steps to follow.

  • Judy’s Book: Word of Mouth Website You Need to Know About

  • 21 Tactics to Increase Blog Traffic from SEOmoz Solid advice.

  • PRWEB Where it is and how it works.

  • Top Seven Ways How Writing Articles Can Explode Your Business

  • Creating a Slogan from Scratch Define your niche. Test adaptablility. Check for Matches.

    • No turkeys in this bunch. That was last Thursday’s deal. 🙂

    –ME “Liz” Strauss

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    Great Find: How to Create a Positive Home-Work Environment

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    Home, Sweet, Home

    I found this while researching The Zehnkatzen Times.

    Great Find: How-To: Create a Positive Home Work Environment
    by Beth Dean

    Permalink: http://designorati.com/web-design/2006/how-to-create-a-positive-home-work-environment/

    Audience/Topic: All work-at-home folks
    Content: Beth Dean offers ten points that all of us would better to remember when we set aside a space at home for working — whether we work at home always or only occasionally. It’s easy to read and offers some new points. To get there, click the title.

    How to Create a Positive Home Work Environment

    Thanks, Beth, for the reminders!

    –ME “Liz” Strauss

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