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A Reflection . . .

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The Intangibles Everywhere

I have two words. Hardly enough to express your value.

thank you

    for being you

    for being creative

    for believing in things

    for being gracious, generous, curious.

    for being all kinds of smart.

    for your unique, incredible thoughts.

    for your challenging questions and comments.

    for your wild imaginings.

    for your hard-won dreams.

    for everything you invest and everything you bring.

    for making me better just because I know you.

    for the words, the laughter, the intangibles everywhere.

    This blog really is my reflection of every one you.

–ME “Liz” Strauss

Successful Blog 25-Word Birthday Challenge

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Whoa! You Folks Are Good!

25 Words Birthday Card

Writing something that has meaning in 25 words is about as challenging as it gets. That didn’t stop these folks. Here are the bloggers who took up the gauntlet fo the Successful Blog 25-Words Birthday Challenge Post.

THE WINNERS ARE
$25 ipopin Gift Certificate
— Sheila
10 Ways to Make It Great!
— Joe
Walking on Water Essay
— Starbucker
Guest Post or Interview
— TechZ

Winners were drawn randomly.

  • A concoction of well written, witty and entertaining content, it excites the reader and involves you to the fullest with every post. Simply put, extraordinary. –TechZ

  • Sharing her knowledge, fun spirit, and generous (linking) nature, ME “Liz” Strauss writes Successful Blog to help you become an SOB – Successful Outstanding Blogger. –Becky

  • Successful Blog helps bloggers become better at what they do (improve writing, grow their audience, make more money). Come and join the fun. — Scott B.

  • My favorite is Tuesday Night
    cause spelling doesn’t count
    and you can link your site,
    There are drinks in the sidebar
    whatever your delight.
    (+1) BermaShave –Joe

  • “What adjectives do people use to describe your blog? Nice, pleasant, somewhat interesting? Scrap it! Start reading the Successful-Blog and make your blog OUTSTANDING!” –Innovation Zen

  • “C’mon. Let’s talk!” That’s how Liz Strauss warmly welcomes Successful Blog conversations. She listens, links, nurtures and guides. A blogosphere Insta-Friend….just be nice.
    –Sheila

  • Successful Blog – an active voice for positive communication and community with stops for pizza, great views, and a little vacation every Tuesday. –Rick

  • A good blog is like a four-lane mountain road – fascinating, stimulating, inspiring and smile-inducing – and that metaphor fits Liz and her Successful Blog perfectly
    . –Starbucker

  • If the essence of blogging is community; Successful-Blog is that essence. If you don’t feel welcomed here, it’s time for another session with your therapist. –Carolyn

  • I love to read Successful Blog.
    I hope some day I’ll be one.
    If I can’t I won’t despair
    I know I’ll always read one! –Ann

  • Successful-Blog is a bung-puller. That’s the plug that holds all the
    good stuff in the beer cask; pull the bung–it’s all yours. –Saml

  • “With Successful-Blog Liz Strauss has built a friendly community where writers and bloggers can come together, share ideas, and grow better at what they do.” –Chris

  • Successful-Blog is a fun community where you can rub elbows and learn from successful business professionals, writers, bloggers, and even a code writing donkey.–Chris

  • Something clever just for fun,
    Successful Blog is turning one,
    ‘Cause it’s late I cannot wait,
    But want to say “Your Blog is GREAT!” –Sandra

  • Please accept my Ball of Whacks®
    – My entry to your Gala Bash –
    You’ll love it — it’s really true –
    Play with it till you turn blue! –Roger von Oech

  • Successful Blog is one of the coolest place to meet new people and leave a comment in the blogosphere. Long Live Open Comment Night! Yay! –Phil

  • HART’s Hypothetical Entry #1 – HAIKU FORMAT
    The Successful-Blog
    Your Host Is Always Friendly
    Come! Join The Party

  • HART’s Hypothetical Entry #2 – LIMERICK FORMAT
    Bloglines has all of my feeds
    I use it to track all my needs
    But If you’ve got a business
    You too can witness
    Why Liz is on my Daily Reads!

From Thilak @ Tech Buzz:
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Interview 5. Meet Peter Chen: Blogspot Expert for New Bloggers

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Meeting Peter Chen, Blogger

New Blogger Logo

Once in a while I surf the Google nav bar to see who’s there. It’s a fun way to do some random exploring and sometimes I land on a jewel as I did when I found the blog of a man named Peter Chen. What caught my eye about this blog, Blogger for Dummies, (now called Blogger Help) was that it had screenshots that were described and labeled with meticulous detail.

Blogger for Beginners Screenshot

Little did I know that this was one of several blogs that Mr. Chen has on two of which are dedicated to Blogger. This blog alone led me to want to interview the man.

Interview with Peter Chen
His Blogs:
Blogger for Dummies aka Blogger Help,
Blogger Tips and Tricks,
Enviroman Says, and
Food as medicine.
Liz notes: Peter has so many blogs. I went straight to the interview.

Peter, What led you to make your blog?

I am retired and have plenty of free time. I need some activities to fill up the free time.

I notice that you haven’t updated one blog since April 23rd. Why is that?

You must be refering to Blogger for Dummies. Someone told me of possible interference from Wiley Publications because of the “for Dummies” in the title. Rather than building up the content of the blog, and then having face the decision whether to take them down later, I decided to start a new blog at http://blogger-tricks.blogspot.com. There is still sizable, useful content at http://bloggerfordummies.blogspot.com plus significant inbound links, so I am leaving it as it is and will be making an announcement of the shift on the blog later.

What are your blogs and what are they about?

These are my blogs:

Blogger Help at http://bloggerfordummies.blogspot.com
A resource for those using the very popular Blogger blogging service. Although meant for Blogger, many of the tips are also relevant for those using other blogging services.

Blogger Tips and Tricks at http://blogger-tricks.blogspot.com

This is the replacement for http://bloggerfordummies.blogspot.com . It will eventually will be my main blog.

Enviroman Says at http://enviromansays.blogspot.com
An environmental blog. That blog was set up specifically for a cartoon character Enviroman and an artist friend was supposed to help out with it. That didn’t work out, so it has ended up with Enviroman making comments on the environment.

Food as Medicine http://foodasmedicine.blogspot.com
A blog focusing on using food as a mean to health. As Hippocrates had put it, let your food be your medicine and medicine be your food.

To what do you credit your very high site meter count?

This is probably due to the high number of people seeking solutions to blogging problems. And I think the content are well written, easy to follow and understand, so visitors tend to come back for more, as the statistics show.

What advice do you have for a new blogger starting out?

Pick on a topic in which you have an interest. Then you will never tire of the work involved.

What blogging platform do you personally recommend and why?

I use Blogger. It is free, unlikely to go out of business as it is backed by the Internet giant Google, relatively quickly picked up by search engines, easy to use even by beginners, and the template is highly customizable. Recently there were some glitches, and complaints about a non responsive support which has put off some people, but it has affected me relatively little, so I will continue to use Blogger. I personally had got a problem with a frozen blog unblocked by Blogger support after an email. And a reader has written in to say that his blog which he accidentally deleted got undeleted after a series of email. So Blogger support do respond to emails.

There you have it — the experience of blogger, Peter Chen. He’s made good use of Google’s free Blogspot platform and finds that it works for him. Using free accounts has it’s upside and it’s downside. Be sure you look carefully before you decide that’s the route you will go. Many successful bloggers, such as Improbulus and Freshblog have done fabulously and many others swear that you need an independent account.

–ME “Liz” Strauss
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Don’t Buy that New Domain Name Yet

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How to Blog Series

Sean Si of SEO-Hacker.com wrote a post about Google with regard to what is being called the “aging process.” He shared his thoughts and experience on the logic of buying a used domain or “aged” name rather than starting out with a spanking new one.

I Have a Name Already. Thank You.
I’m sure you do, and I’m sure it’s a fine one . . . or maybe it isn’t. As culturally literate members of the community, we should know why old domain names are in such demand. Besides, one day you or a friend will face the question of whether to change a blog’s name, and we need to know everything that comes with making that decision.

Spammers Ruined Things for Everyone
In order to combat spammers, Google algorithms have added values biased toward long-timers.

  • bypassing the 6-8 month aging delay
  • having a headstart in page rank
  • positioning bonuses, such as listing in the search indexes and key directories

Oh and remember if you don’t come back soon, I might be out finding a new, old domain name for Successful Blog. After all, it is a way of social climbing. Change your name and get what comes with it. Let’s see. Hmmmm . . . I wonder if IvanaTrump.com is available yet . . . not that one. Okay then . . .

Be irresistible.
ME “Liz” Strauss Work with Liz on your business!!