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Happy 4th Birthday to SOBs Everywhere!

October 24, 2009 by Liz 42 Comments

All Weekend It’s a Party!

Today is Successful-Blog’s fourth birthday.

On October 24, 2005, I wrote my first blog post on Successful-blog. That week began the story and the wonderful relationships this blog has made. Some facts about what that has been:

That first blog post was written on WordPress 1.5.
The SOB Awards started the same week. Over a thousand SOB badges are out there.
Open Comment Night, which started on May 9, 2006, preceeded Twitter’s birth by 5 months.
The first SOBCon — SOBCon07 — grew from the comment box on this blog.

As of this writing, Successful-blog has 87,872 approved comments, over 1.6 million spams caught, 3,714 published posts, and more friends than I might ever count.

Thank you everyone who has stopped by to read, leave a thought, be a part of this blog and my life.

It’s Like Open Mic Only Different

Here’s how it works.

It’s like any rambling conversation. Don’t try to read it all. Jump in whenever you get here. Just go to the end and start talking. EVERYONE is WELCOME The rules are simple — be nice.

There are always first timers and new things to talk about. It’s sort of half “Cheers” part “Friends” and part video game. You don’t know how much fun it is until you try it.

Help Celebrate!! Bring a Link! Bring a Link!

That’s right, you’re invited to bring a link to your most successful post. When you leave the link, please write a comment about how you chose the most successful post to bring.

Bring a link to a page, a picture, a post that demonstrates, celebrates, illuminates your success and outstanding-ness as a blogger.
Or bring that ebook, that manifesto, that photo, that priceless work that you want to offer as a birthday gift to everyone.

I’ll compile a list like this when the party is over.

Stopping to Celebrate! 100+ Party Links that Mark Our History

C’mon in and get to know us! There’s free beverages and snacks in the sidebar. Join the party. See who you meet. Stay and come back again. Happy Birthday, all of you! Thank you for making what we do meaningful! –

–ME “Liz” Strauss
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Stopping to Celebrate! 100+ Party Links that Mark Our History

November 2, 2008 by Liz 38 Comments

Thank You for Coming!

They act as if time is marching all over them, with each year ticking off their lives with a resounding effect. People stomp through their lives, never stopping to celebrate milestones, small victories, and everyday achievements. —Alicia

Celebrations. Birthday parties. Anniversaries. Graduations. Marriages. New Houses. New Babies. Openings and Closings. And the dates that remember them. In the timeline of a lifetime, it’s not hard to start seeing them as interruptions and burdens.

Wouldn’t our calendars be so much freer without all of those ritual obligations?

Last Tuesday and today, I was reminded why we stop what we’re doing to take part in those “interruptions.”

It’s the stopping and the gathering that holds together a community. We see each other. We see who’s here and who’s gone missing. We tell stories of our history. We remember what we used to be and notice how we’ve grown.

In an event tied to last year, we notice this point compared to that one. We see what we’ve given and what we’ve managed. We reunite with people we didn’t know we’d thought we had lost, and in some ways they bring back parts of our personal history.

Thank you to everyone who stopped by to celebrate and mark this day for next year’s celebration. Meanwhile, here’s some of what happened at this one!

At This Year’s Party

We had a refreshments.
emdoozie | Michael Anderson said, “Cocktail anyone?” and Bean brought the party hats.
Katie Baird was kind enough to provide the Atomic Cake. and Martin Neumann won a copy of DivaJess’s ebook The Indispensable Guide To Living & Working From Anywhere You Want

REVIEWS were good. I particularly liked this one that came in while the party was still in progress.

isabella mori said

well, HELLO everyone! look at all these people! and the balloons and the party hats and the BAND! where did you get that band, liz? and i LOVE your dress. you look even better than last time i saw you, how do you do that?

and Giovanna Garcia left, but returned with a video birthday I-Action wish . . .

Joe of course, wrote his traditional road side poem.

Everyone brought a present tonight
Links, successful to everyones delight

The good will and best wishes did flow
You could see Lizâs face was all aglow

New friends and old gathered tonight
To thank Liz for a friendship so tight

We all hope that there are many more years
Of Blogs Successful, Liz leading, smiling, no tears.

Burma Shave

Nite Liz
Nite All

Everyone contributed photos, articles, and stories for us to celebrate and to mark this place in our mutual history.

Here are the links you brought:

emdoozie | Michael Anderson Cycles of Prosperity
amypalko The One Place You Must See Before You Die
Grant D Griffiths blogging deadâ¦NOT
Duane Lester I Bought a Gallon of Milk Today
Jonathan Fields Running To Catch The Sun
Lea Woodward Is A Location Independent Life Cheaper Than Living In One Place? A 12 Month Breakdown.
Char How Do You Explain Blogging to your Mom
Char Getting Organized on a Tuesday Night
Richard Reeve Variety, the colors of a marketplace
Gary photo from the top of Australia
John own the customer
Pamir | Reiki Help Blog Soul Bravery
Betsy Wuebker Small
Karen Swim Timeless Tuesday
Donna Jackson Self publishing, should you or shouldnât you?
Michael Martin 25 Ways to Spice Up Your Blog Post Photos
Robert Hruzek Letâs Be Brief
Robert Hruzek Poke It With A Sharp Stick
John Business School in a Box
Alina Popescu Linux The Best Way to Increase Girlsâ Sexiness Factor
Jess DivaJess
CK Reyes What does being naked in a sauna have to do with manifesting your purpose?
Rose How to Cook: Cooking Lessons from the Ground Up
Kim Woodbridge Believing in Myself and Taking a Leap
Kim Woodbridge photo of a mama and baby giraffe
Brian Kim It CAN Be Done: Let Nobody Else Tell You Otherwise
Katie Baird Thank you notes: do you or donât you?
Eric Peterson 4 Rules for Leaders Developing Leaders
Eric Peterson Best Showers Morning or Night?
Mike Lost Blogging Feeling
Marianne Richmond Successful to me: My Amazing Mother
Giovanna Garcia Take an action of joy.
Giovanna Garcia What is your theme song?
Geoffrey Philp Bob Marley: Fable of Freedom – I Shot the Sheriff
Brian Kim How to Find What You Love to Do
SpaceAgeSage — Lori âRamrod, doormat, or â¦ ?â
Adele – Yoga Babe Cafe freebe eBook link for Astro YogaBabes
Robert A. Henru The five steps to win with your limitation
Robert A. Henru “Happiness in success journey”
PC 50 Best Firefox Extensions for power surfing
Amy Derby Sucking the Suck Out of Corporate Presentations (or, Conversations With Monkeys)
Amy Derby Netiquette Rant #409 (or, Introducing the Cut-the-Crap-o-Matic)
Karin H. “Why don’t I hear from them?”
–Deb br-r-r-rhinebeck
Anita Bruzzese â10 Signs to Know Youâve Gone Off the Stress Meter at Workâ
Sunny Trust
Grandy Don’t Tell Anyone
Joe Work at Home Mom who could have been fined $10M for eBay Business
Mother Earth aka Karen Hanrahan 1996 McDonald’s Hamburger
LaurenMarie – Creative Curio The Color Wheel and Color Theory
Huub Koch Where do you blog?
Bean Too much or too little? Evaluate this blogging class
Bean Fear NOT the Publish button but preview and review first
Paul Merrill Point A to Point B
Rick Cockrum Your Life, Your Greatest Work Of Art
Crissy | IndieBizChicks.com Special Report: Meet the Press
Franke James Paradise Unpaved
Suzie Cheel Getting Clear to get Clarity
jon Chris B photo
Tom Volkar / Delightful Work Leveraging Community
Mike Figliuolo very effective leadership tips
Dina Lynch Eisenberg renewable marriages
Dina Lynch Eisenberg can you describe your relationship in a six word sentence?
Mike Ramm âWho does money really motivate?â
Mary-Lynn & George Why Work Life Balance Doesnât Work.
isabella mori how to deal with the swear jar
Sheila Scarborough High above Paris: a meal in the Eiffel Tower.
Kiwiwriter In the Beginning
Kimberlee Blog Action Day Post: Poverty
Carol I’m Not Marie Osmond
Carol Loves Me Loves Me Not
isabella mori creative canadians who use blogs to talk about their work
Lillie Ammann How to Write an Interview-Winning Resume
Lillie Ammann Free Stories
Aruni What They Don’t Tell You About SEO, part 4
Brad Shorr A Guide to Confusing Business Words and Phrases
Geoffrey Moffett First time blogger
Tim Johnson Age of Conversation 2 launches
Drew McLellan Free stuff
Derek Halpern How to Be Incredible
Benjamin St. Paul’s in London at Night
Benjamin “You can predict the future too”.
Mark Dykeman Esteem and social media
Terry Starbucker Slaying the Posting Dragon or How I Deal with Writer’s Block
Sueblimely Best sites for free stock images
Sueblimely Andrew Moy, Our Everyday Hero
Erica Ross-Krieger Coping with Change and Transition: Whatâs an Entepreneur to Do?
AmyL Thanks, Coach
Des Walsh 5 Ways Twitter Helps Me in Business
Christine Twitter Me This: Whatâs So Cool About Micro-blogging? (Small Business Edition)
Becky McCray Checklist for starting your first business
Shirley Buxton a beautiful true story My present: I’m sending a link to my original post, where among the comments are Rob’s stirring words. A second present is here: Crestline Happenings Thankful and gracious words from Rebecca to Rob, and Rob’s beautiful message he sent only today. Their comments begin around comment 9, I believe.
Luke Gedeon Sunday Snippets 2008-03-30 — a bunch of hilarious quotes
Jenny Mannion Weeding My Thoughts to Plant New Seeds
Michelle Vandepas Conscious Business with Dawud Miracle!
mark_hayward 39 Things I Have Learned As I Prepare to Turn 40
JD Predicted Obama was to be our next president

Thank you, everyone, for being part of Successful-Blog history.

–ME “Liz” Strauss
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The Mic Is On: Happy 3rd Birthday to SOBs Everywhere!

October 28, 2008 by Liz 355 Comments

It’s Like Open Mic Only Different

Here’s how it works.

It’s like any rambling conversation. Don’t try to read it all. Jump in whenever you get here. Just go to the end and start talking. EVERYONE is WELCOME
The rules are simple — be nice.

DING! DING! DING! Some comment boxes are pre-loaded with a prize.

There are always first timers and new things to talk about. It’s sort of half “Cheers” part “Friends” and part video game. You don’t know how much fun it is until you try it.

TODAY, ALL DAY, IT’S A PARTY!!

Other Birthday Kids

Working at Home on the Internet

Designers who blog

HART

Stop Start

Black in Business

Bring a Link! Bring a Link!

That’s right, you’re invited to bring a link to your most successful post. When you leave the link, please write a comment about how you chose the most successful post to bring.

Bring a link to a page, a picture, a post that demonstrates, celebrates, illuminates your success and outstanding-ness as a blogger.
Or bring that ebook, that manifesto, that photo, that priceless work that you want to offer as a birthday gift to everyone.

I’ll compile a list of all of the links when the party is over.

C’mon in and get to know us! There’s free beverages and snacks in the sidebar. Join the party. See who you meet. Stay and come back again.

Happy Birthday, all of you! Thank you for making what we do meaningful!

–ME “Liz” Strauss

Celebrate Successful-Blog’s 3rd Birthday with me and 720 SOBs!

October 26, 2008 by Liz

Will You Come?

I’m writing this special invitation to every Successful and Outstanding Blogger — whether you’re on the list or not.

I’ve been putting up that list for 157 weeks of Successful and Outstanding Bloggers! In last week, I’ve combed over the SOB List. What a memorable walk that was. I got the full impact of how many blogs had grown and how many were gone.

Truing up the list convinced me to move forward with plans to raise the bar and the meaning of the SOB List. Keep your eyes open for more to come.

In the meantime, would you join us? We’re having a birthday celebration!

The 3rd All-Day Open Comment Birthday Party

Who: Everyone is invited.

Where: Successful-Blog . . . https://www.successful-blog.com

When: Tuesday, October 28, 2007, 7a.m – 11p.m. Chicago Time (Central Time/GMT -6hrs See the clock in sidebar on this blog.)

What to bring:

Bring a link to a page, a picture, a post that demonstrates, celebrates, illuminates your success and outstanding-ness in blogging and social media.
Or bring that ebook, that manifesto, that photo, that priceless work that you want to share as a birthday gift to everyone.
Bring yourself and a comment about why you’re successful.

I’ll be sitting inside your computer waiting to read it and respond to them all.

A Party! You’re Invited! C’mon! Let’s Talk and Have Some Fun!

These are 157 weeks of Successful and Outstanding Bloggers. In alphabetical order . . . um er . . . sort of.

Successful and Outstanding Bloggers

Come if you can and bring a link to a story of your success!

(There’s only one rule . . . be nice.)

–ME “Liz” Strauss

The party is Oct. 28th! Come for the surprises! Bring a link to your success!!!

Comments 441- 680+: 34 Links from Successful and Outstanding Bloggers

November 1, 2007 by Liz 7 Comments

Indescribable! — Part 3

On October 24, 2007, Successful Blog celebrated our 2nd birthday since my first post here. YEA!! It was a wonderful time.

Every person who came was a gift to me. Every voice that spoke was heard. I went back and read every word. Thank you for all coming around.

My dad wasn’t here, but this is the kind of birthday that would have happened in his saloon. I know. I know. I was there.

Thank you for the successful and outstanding links that you shared.

Scorpia The Teaching Company
Sheila at Family Travel Wonderfully Off the Tourist Beaten Path: Wadden Sea/Waddenzee Islands With Kids.
Vernon Lun SOB bag 2007
and something to go inside it
Aruni California Wildfires Burn
Amie Gillingham Lemon and Raspberry birthday cake
David Dalka If You Were Recruiting An Acoustic Guitar Playerâ€¦Tommy Emmanuel
Vernon Lun SOB Logo
C. B. Whittemore Happy Blog Birthday!
Kelly With a side of sushi?
Phil Are you really successful?
cat 10 ways our words can make a difference.
Dave Olson Break all the social taboos for better relationships
HART Beatles’ Birthday
Mike Phil and Lisa’s tour de force!
HART ZeFrank Request
Alina Popescu A Successful Birthday
Mike Rohde Moleskine Planner Hack
Full Details
Coffee Calendar
Adam Salamon Donâ€™t Be Interesting, Be Interested!
Sunny Schlenger One Star
Rajesh Setty Building lasting relationships
When you canâ€™t earn an MBA
Personal Branding for Technology Professionals
Change This: 25 ways to distinguish yourself
ChangeThis: Making the Most of Your Time
Drew McLellan Marketing Lessons from Walt . . . the PDF
Why Mommy Inflammatory breast cancer
POWER OF BLOGGING!
Meikah Delid Whatâ€™s Customer Service Experience Like at Louis Vuitton?
JD Tell Me Your Weaknesses
Adam Kayce â€œMonkifestoâ€ on intuition
Meikah Delid A Successful and Outstanding Blog(gers) Party
Sandy Renshaw Wordless Wednesday

To end this I’d like to take a quote from the post at the CustServ blog. Meikah said it in such lovely words.

The road is long and bumpy at times, but with everyoneâ€™s help, I know we can make a difference.

Don’t forget the Good Blogs made an SOB widget!! Get the code for the SOB widget here.

I’m one lucky blogger to know all of you!
–ME “Liz” Strauss

Party Comments 211-440: 54 Links from Successful and Outstanding Bloggers

October 30, 2007 by Liz Leave a Comment

An Incredible List — Part 2

On October 24, 2007, Successful Blog celebrated our 2nd birthday since my first post here. Thanks to everyone who came and everyone who shared by bringing a link to something successful and outstanding.

I guess this an example of why your mom, dad, grandma, 3rd-grade teacher or whomever said over and over, “The early bird gets the worm.” Had you come to the party before comment 210, you would have gotten the esteem of page rank 6 blog when your link was posted . . . no worries, it would still be a page rank 3 today.

Life goes on. The lovely, successful and outstanding experiences you brought are as successful and outstanding as they ever were. Thank you for coming to the party and for sharing parts of your life with all of us.

Kirsten Harrell, Psy.D. 5 simple steps to help you manifest your dreams
Silvia La regla del 80/20 (the 80/20 rule)
Char Essential Tools Successful Blog Style
How do you explain blogging to your Mom
On Meeting Liz Strauss
Buzzoodle Buzz Marketing Blog – Â» Get 100â€™s of Blog Comments in 1 Day
Yvonne DiVita National Women’s Hall of Fame
Doing More For Pets with Husky Haven Houston, TX
Tammy Lenski Workplace Dialogue for Successful and Outstanding Bloggers.
Franke James Planting & Seeding our Green Driveway
Six Tools to Make Climate Change Art
Maura Maura and Liz.
SAHM Resignation Letter
Becky McCray The Brag Basket has no deadline!
dominic morning diorama
Aruni rock, paper, scissors.
parenting a startup and kids
are we there yet? when will we get there?!
Glenda Watson Hyatt Celebrating Liz Strauss — an excerpt edition of my autobiography Iâ€™ll Do It Myself
michael and derrick Siegfried & Roy – A Life Journey Example of Fulfilling Your Dreams
Mike party favor — Choreograph the Applause by Michael DeWitt
Kirk M. dis not cannibalizmâ€¦rite?
CK Riddling left, right and center.
Mike STATISTICS SHOW ICE CREAM CAUSES MURDER
Char Successful Blog Klondike Bar Cake
Mike Mini Confectioner’s Haggis – a Tale of Experience Design
Kirk M. monster burrito
Chris Brogan How I Learned to Ride a Bike — Blogging in the Comments.
Glenda Watson Hyatt Readersâ€™ Cafe Shares Stories Around the Fire
Virtual Book Tour Ends in Brisbane in Style
Peggy Payne My Writing Breakthrough
Lori I’m Pretty Sure I’m Right This Time
Rebecca For You
Jonathan Fields Effortless Success â€“ How to turn work into play and succeed on a massive scale
Kirk M. Community, The Quiet Revolution
Mike birthday photo
The Writing Frump When They Call Your Talent into Question
Mike Pee Weeâ€™s Playhouse: The Movie!
Susan Reynolds Happy Blog Birthday Liz Strauss
Second Life Registration
Shashi B Washington DC Restaurants
Chris Owen and the Shiny Apples Curse
Teli Adlam Beginnerâ€™s Guide to Using and Building Traffic with FeedBurner
Vernon Lun Happy Birthday Successful-Blog and Liz Strauss
Amie Gillingham Rainstreaker
Jeff Pulver Things I do BEFORE a (VON) Conference:
Vernon Lun Success
Delaney Kirk Scoring Guide for Whining
A Good Teaching Day
Mike The Great Google Bitch Slap
Robin Yap conversations with mom Archives
Hesitant? You’re not alone!
Joe Meet The Left Thumb Blogger
Vernon Lun Birthday Fireworks

An incredible group of attendees brings an incredible list of gifts to share with you.

Don’t forget the Good Blogs made an SOB widget!! Get the code for the SOB widget here.

I’m one lucky blogger to know all of you!
–ME “Liz” Strauss