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SOB Business Cafe 09-25-09

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We offer the best in thinking — articles, books, podcasts, and videos about business online written by the Successful and Outstanding Bloggers of Successful Blog. Click on the titles to enjoy each selection.

The Specials this Week are


Of course, gear and technical know-how are important, and I’ll touch on a couple of salient points. But there are other equally important, more esoteric concepts at the heart of stage photography.

the fluent self
Here’s what I want:
You know how people say they need a vacation from their vacation? So that’s what I’m doing.

Going on vacation from my vacation.

The Social Media Marketing Blog
See who pops as a thought leader. See who resonates with you.

Another way is to see how many of them have written a book.

Read more: http://www.scottmonty.com/#ixzz0RtHG9BKQ

Seth’s Blog
usiness Development is a mysterious title for a little discussed function or department in most larger companies. It’s also a great way for an entrepreneur or small business to have fun, create value and make money.

spoon graphics
Here’s 10 solutions to easily create an online portfolio of your own, giving you the platform to showcase your work to the world.

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make use of
Armed with Opera 10 and the latest version of Flash, I went to Kongregate, one of the most popular flash game communities. The following games were those of the highest rating in the puzzle category (at the time of writing). In descending order, here they are.

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–ME “Liz” Strauss

SOB Business Cafe 09-18-09

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The Specials this Week are

Zoli’s Blog
But this is not just an image. It’s a real girl, a living person with a face and name, who is quite recognizable by her family, friends, adversaries. Using her in this article places her in the wrong context, implying that she is an (unwilling) child prostitute.

gaping void
My father remar­ked to me the other day, “I bet you had no idea in the begin­ning that the blog would work as well as it did, eh?”

True, I had no idea. But loo­king back, we had a few things going for us.

Rock Your Day
When we’re focused on a goal – especially a big honkin’
one, the finish line can seem awfully far away. And that
distance can drain your desire to take action, because
all you can see is how you’re Not There Yet.

Escape from Cubicle Nation
So if you are just a nice person working in your home office without a huge network, how do you start?

Catskill Cottage Seed
In my work with at-risk teens it’s an interesting problem. Often the behaviors that manifest are either skewed toward seeking attention at any cost or they swing dangerously toward an isolation that is unhealthy. Finding comfort with the solitude of childhood is a door that seems to have been nailed shut.

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being five

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–ME “Liz” Strauss

SOB Business Cafe 09-11-09

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We offer the best in thinking — articles, books, podcasts, and videos about business online written by the Successful and Outstanding Bloggers of Successful Blog. Click on the titles to enjoy each selection.

The Specials this Week are

Transparency
Have you ever noticed how much of a difference your point of reference makes? It all has to do with who you identify yourself to be.

Seth’s Blog
All the evidence I’ve seen shows that positive thinking and confidence improves performance. In anything.

Collaborative Ideation
When I talk to people about Twitter that still question what it is, let alone what it does, I have an overwhelming urge to focus on the hive aspect of the community.

Punctuality Rules
I can’t be the only person who walks down the street shaking her head as the spoiled divas of the world pass by. Let’s call them DIPs (Delusionally Important People), because unlike rockstars, heads-of-state, and other assorted guests of honor, these people are only important in their own heads.

Life Beyond Code
Everyone has ideas and a small percentage of them will execute on their ideas too.

However, not all ideas fly.

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spatially relevant
Bryan Jone’s presentation on social marketing is yet another view on social media sorta, but the whole “Be Nice and Play Along” concept is more or less spot on …

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–ME “Liz” Strauss

SOB Business Cafe 09-03-09

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We offer the best in thinking — articles, books, podcasts, and videos about business online written by the Successful and Outstanding Bloggers of Successful Blog. Click on the titles to enjoy each selection.

The Specials this Week are

Copyblogger
To avoid this awful fate, you probably try to keep your posts short, chopping up longer ideas into a series of posts. No need to scare away readers by dumping too much information on them all at once, right?

Makes sense, but what’s weird is it doesn’t work that way.

Freelance Folder
If you’ve ever faced a client who has tried to low-ball you on a project, then you know that it’s not much fun. Your excitement at finding a potential new client quickly fades when you discover that he or she is merely trying to take advantage of you.

How to Save the World
Last week I had a fascinating chat with Mark Brady, marketing/design guru extraordinaire, whose Alchemy model of business elements, using the metaphor of the periodic table of elements, is so achingly beautiful and original that I don’t really care whether it makes sense or not.

Photo Matt
I often get asked something along the line of, “If you weren’t leading Automattic, what would you work on?” There’s not a single answer to this question; the answer changes day to day. But I think if you asked me today, I’d say I would like to start a bank.

problogger
I should say that while this post contains 9 ways to promote a blog post – that I rarely use all of them at once. Keep in mind that the idea of ’seeding’ is not about forcing things but rather it is about getting things going and then letting something organic happen.

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AdRants
People always pay more for the paranormal.

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–ME “Liz” Strauss

SOB Business Cafe: 300 Outstanding Logos, Portfolios, and Design Sites

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This Week Featuring Design and Presentation

imjustcreative
This is Part 10 of the Logo Design RoundUp series. A special edition, with a whopping 27 logos shown below. This series showcases a collection of logos and brand marks, self submitted by a bunch of freelance designers and creative folk in many creative areas. These designers use the logos to sell, promote, brand and market their various skills.

design sponge
sometimes i fall in love with product photos as much as the product itself. these photos from the new collection of toldbod 120 pendant lamps from louis poulsen lighting are just too lovely to ignore.

Blog. Spoon Graphics
Retro Futurism is the term used to describe artwork depicting a view of the future, from the eyes of the past. The artwork itself also has the appearance of something old and vintage, basically blending both past and future into one style of artwork that blows your mind!

graphic design blog
To succeed in the world of Graphic Design, always exhibit you creativity skills in a tempting and presentable manner. If you are a fresh graduate and looking for a job as a graphic designer, the first tip to success is to create a “smashing portfolio” …

2EXPERTDESIGN
Below you’ll find a collection of 40 beautiful and creative typography designs to inspire you that will allow you to expand your knowledge base of what typography really is …

Web Design Booth
In the previous post, we showcase 50 creative portfolios and soon there are readers who request us to share beautiful blog designs. A great portfolio will attract more clients to a designer while great blog design will bring you more visitors too.

Hongkiat
When we talk about design, the key word is ‘impression‘. A visually attractive blog leaves behind a deep impression among people such that the person remembers it enough to actually revisit the site another time. This list of absolutely gorgeous-looking blogs below was compiled to provide you with some ideas on what you can do to come up with an attractive and well-designed blog.

freelance folder
In this list we’ve compiled 30 of the most gorgeous navigation menu designs — all of which are big, bold, and beautiful. Take a look and see what you think:

Studio-XL
In this post, we’d like to show you 50 great examples of how hand drawing and web design can fit beautifully together. Full list after jump.

Functioning Form
Today at their headquarters in Palo Alto, Facebook’s design team walked through their philosophy and approach to designing for a quarter billion users. In particular, they emphasized the importance of writing code, sharing designs early and often, being involved with a project from start to finish, and not falling in love with your work.

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Dawud Miracle is celebrating with something for everyone!
But only until Sunday … a $350 website with so much stuff!! (I’m an affiliate.)

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–ME “Liz” Strauss

SOB Business Cafe 08-21-09

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The Specials this Week are

Problogger
My arms were out in front of me, I was taking baby steps, and I was sure that I had been doing everything right. So how could this happen to me?

Painfully lying in bed, I made a startling realization. I was doing it all wrong.

Dumb Little Man
There are millions of brilliant people who pursue aggressive career paths and have their sights set on great achievement. While their ability is nothing short of genius, many lack the soft skills that could put them over the top. These are the traits, qualities and understandings are what make good people great.

Small Biz Survival
One of them said in the last five years, I was the second person to ask about wi-fi. (I may have been the first guy, too, as I go to this place regularly.) My takeaway here is that if you expect a autoshop to do good auto work, chances are that you may have to forfeit other “conveniences”.

As I sat in this shop, I listened to the guys ordering spares. Sometime I would hear them give out a fax number, and then it happened – the fax machine broke.

Prevential
In 2003, I dressed up as an AIM Buddy List for a college Halloween party. I dangled a piece of blank cardboard from my neck that said “I have no friends.”

When I walked into the party, people actually LINED UP to sign it. I didn’t know half of them, but they all wanted their name on my piece of cardboard.

Levite Chronicles
I say “just” a lot. If I don’t say it, I think it.

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Constructing Social
The Constructing Social Genealogical Research division has uncovered the following amazing similarities between social media and mass media mega stars – pure coincidence? We think not!

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–ME “Liz” Strauss