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The Complete Metaphor Project Listing and Winners

June 16, 2007 by Liz 35 Comments

What Teachers and Learners!

What’s Your Metaphor?

When we know something well we have internalized what it’s about. That makes us flexible with our thoughts and our models. It offers us an ability to be fluent when talking about the subject. Our experience and knowledge allows us to teach others how it works.

When a concept or practice is simple, teaching is often an act of simple demonstration. When the concept or practice multi-layered or complex — when it’s process and information, people and data — sometimes a translation or a comparison that takes a person from the known to the unknown has a better chance. . . . That’s when a great metaphor comes in handy.

Thanks again to Char and Derrick for inspiring this project.

Welcome to the Complete Metaphor Project List!

Thank you all for being a part.

  • What metaphor do you use to explain blogging?
    at Ian’s Messy Desk
  • Blogging Metaphor–The Salad Bar Blog
    at Word Sell
  • My blog is a smorgasbord, come and eat…
    at Juggling Frogs
  • Feeding on Plankton
    at krooz
  • My Preferred Metaphor for Business Blogging
    at Business and Blogging
  • 10 reasons why blogging is like dating”
    at Romance Tracker
  • Equestrian Ecstasy – Portal to another Reality
    at INNside Innkeeping in Montana
  • Blogging Metaphors: Bridge-Building
    at Middle Zone Musings
  • Blogging Metaphor: Blogging is like Exercise
    at Virtual Impax
  • My Blogging Metaphor: BNI
    at Kiss2
  • Why Conversational Blogging Is Like A Conga Line
    at dawudmiracle
  • Blog 101 and the New Cocktail Party
    at What Would Dad Say
  • Bloggers, Brains and Metaphors
    at BrainBasedBusiness
  • Blogging is like a box of chocolates…
    at Small Business Marketing Ideas
  • Blogging Metaphors, or, What I am doing here
    at A Politically Incorrect Entrepreneur
  • Blogging Metaphor: Why blogging is like a Mommy
    at Moments of Clarity
  • My Blogging Metaphor
    at Carpe Factum
  • What’s Your Blogging Metaphor? Teaching by Bits (and Bytes) at ModernMagellans –
    Maps to Improve Your Business, Leadership, and Life
  • A Blog is Your Bullhorn to the World
    at Blawg IT
  • An Image Is Worth A Thousand Words! Huh?
    at Smart Wealthy Rich
  • Blogging Metaphor – The “Party Line”
    at Insight Advertising-Marketing Communications
  • Singing the “blogging song” around the campfire
    at Live the GREAT life you desire
  • Blogging is Like Baseball
    at Rush Nigut: Rush on Business
  • Raise your sails and blog on!
    at dsmBUZZ
  • One BIG small town
    at Runners Lounge
  • Metaphorically speaking, this is what I do
    at Passing It On
  • Kayaking as a Metaphor for Blogging
    at Loosely Speaking
  • A hug, metaphorically speaking
    at MamaBlogga
  • Blogging is like dancing on top of an iceberg, and other Metaphors
    at J.T’s Productivity Blog
  • 20 Blogging Metaphors – Rock Throwing and the Universal Monkey
    at marketing neophyte
  • Blogging metaphors
    at Roberta Ferguson
  • Blogging Metaphors
    at Lena M Holmberg
  • Blogging Metaphor (s)
    at Transition Capital Management
  • The Blogosphere is a Virtual Time Capsule : Another Viral Meme
    at Orbit Now!
  • Dexter’s Memetic Laboratory
    at Spooky Action ·
  • Really? Why? What’s a blog?
    at Art Dinkin’s Moment on Money
  • 10 Basic Tips for Starting a Blog Using Gardening as Metaphor
    at Circular Communication
  • Behold, A Blogging Sower Went Forth To Sow Links
    at The Frugal Law Student
  • For Whom the Blog Tolls
    at Idea Dude
  • All the Blog’s a Stage
    at Just Thinkin’
  • Blogging Metaphor: Blogging Is a Large City with Hundreds of Small Neighborhoods
    at A Writer’s Word, An Editor’s Eye
  • What’s your blogging metaphor?
    at The Junky’s Wife
  • Blogging is a Tapestry
    at Grow Your Writing Business
  • Blogging Metaphors
    at The Gift Idea Help Blog
  • 7 Ways That Blogging is Like Opera
    at Randa Clay Design
  • Blogging Metaphor: Blogging Is Like Catching Dreams and Setting Them Free
    at Online Public Relations
  • Blogging Metaphor
    at Better Business Blogging
  • I’m Baking a Blogging Cake …
    at Writing Thoughts
  • Why Blogging is Like Fishing
    at Freelancing Journey
  • The Metaphor Project
    at The Marketing Whore
  • and my own A Blogger’s Sunset

BONUS: 10 Winners

These ten contributors, selected randomly by a man, who paid so little attention that he doesn’t know what this contest is about, will receive an autographed copy of Lorelle’s book “Blogging Tips — What Bloggers Won’t Tell You About Blogging.”

If your blog’s name is listed below, please email me, using the subject line METAPHOR WINNER and include your email address and postal address. We’ll ship the book to you.

  • 10 reasons why blogging is like dating”
    at Romance Tracker
  • Bloggers, Brains and Metaphors
    at BrainBasedBusiness
  • Blogging Metaphor: Why blogging is like a Mommy
    at Moments of Clarity
  • What’s Your Blogging Metaphor? Teaching by Bits (and Bytes)
    at ModernMagellans
  • Singing the “blogging song” around the campfire
    at Live the GREAT life you desire
  • One BIG small town
    at Runners Lounge
  • Blogging Metaphors
    at Lena M Holmberg
  • 10 Basic Tips for Starting a Blog Using Gardening as Metaphor
    at Circular Communication
  • 7 Ways That Blogging is Like Opera
    at Randa Clay Design
  • Blogging Metaphor
    at Better Business Blogging

Congratulations to the winners!

Everyone won will all 50 metaphors! You drew unforgettable pictures with your words. Thank you, again!

–ME “Liz” Strauss
Check out the Work with Liz!! page in the sidebar.

Filed Under: Successful Blog, Writing Tagged With: bc, Blogging-Tips, Group-Writing-Project, Lorrelle-VanFossen, Whats-Your-Metaphor?

Metaphors Post Four — We’re Good at This!!

June 12, 2007 by Liz Leave a Comment

The Metaphor Project: What Fun!!

What’s Your Metaphor?

This list is the fourth set of metaphors you’ve sent. I’ve gathered all I could find in every corner where they might have come together. I’ve visited most and hope to read the rest today. Each one I read makes the experience even better.

To think that Derrick’s Pizza Makers and Char’s Famer’s Market got this whole thing going is quite the statement of how the blogosphere works. A great idea takes hold and gets growing — each one inspiring another.

Check this new batch out and pass them along to your readers. The more ways we look at blogging the better we’ll be able to explain it when we need to.

  • Really? Why? What’s a blog? at Art Dinkin’s Moment on Money
  • 10 Basic Tips for Starting a Blog Using Gardening as Metaphorat Circular Communication
  • Behold, A Blogging Sower Went Forth To Sow Links at The Frugal Law Student
  • For Whom the Blog Tolls at Idea Dude
  • All the Blog’s a Stageat Just Thinkin’
  • Blogging Metaphor: Blogging Is a Large City with Hundreds of Small Neighborhoodsat A Writer’s Word, An Editor’s Eye
  • What’s your blogging metaphor?
    at The Junky’s Wife
  • Blogging is a Tapestry at Grow Your Writing Business
  • Blogging Metaphors at The Gift Idea Help Blog
  • 7 Ways That Blogging is Like Opera at Randa Clay Design
  • Blogging Metaphor: Blogging Is Like Catching Dreams and Setting Them Free at Online Public Relations
  • Blogging Metaphor at Better Business Blogging
  • I’m Baking a Blogging Cake … at Writing Thoughts
  • Why Blogging is Like Fishing at Freelancing Journey
  • The Metaphor Projectat The Marketing Whore

Oh, I hope I found them all.

Because this project spread so quickly and not all links are making their way to me, if you’ve written a metaphor and you’re not on the list, please email me a link.

This weekend, when I’m sure that I have them all together with none missed, I’ll compile the entire lot into one list. (If you sneak one in late I’ll add you, you know that.) That’s when I’ll announce the winners of the ten copies of Blogging Tips That Bloggers Won’t Tell You About Blogging by Lorelle VanFossen.

Thank you for all of the submissions to The “What’s Your Blogging Metaphor?” Group Writing Project.

In respect and gratitude to all who took part and all who blog, here’s my metaphor:

A Blogger’s Sunset

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–ME “Liz” Strauss
Check out the Work with Liz!! page in the sidebar.

Filed Under: Successful Blog, Writing Tagged With: bc, Blogging-Tips, Group-Writing-Project, Lorrelle-VanFossen, Whats-Your-Metaphor?

The First Submissions: Your Blogging Metaphors

May 31, 2007 by Liz Leave a Comment

The Metaphor Project: What’s Your Blogging Metaphor?

What’s Your Metaphor?

When a nonblogger asks, “What is a blog?’ How do you answer? Have you tried using a metaphor? Would you mind sharing yours? A few bloggers have.

The first submissions are in. Like the blogs they come from, each metaphor is a unique representation of the writer. We see blogs almost everywhere. They are a County Fair. They’re underwater. They’re a line of koalas. Like life, blogging seems to lend itself to metaphorical explanation — maybe more easily than it does to a straightforward definition.

These are the first submissions to The “What’s Your Blogging Metaphor?” Group Writing Project. I’ve discovered some great new blog writers and fun ways to talk about blogs. Just look at the titles! Check them out and pass them along to your readers. The more ways we look at blogging the better we’ll be able to explain it when we need to.

  • What metaphor do you use to explain blogging? at Ian’s Messy Desk
  • Blogging Metaphor–The Salad Bar Blog at Word Sell
  • My blog is a smorgasbord, come and eat… at Juggling Frogs
  • Feeding on Plankton at krooz
  • My Preferred Metaphor for Business Blogging at Business and Blogging
  • 10 reasons why blogging is like dating” at Romance Tracker
  • Equestrian Ecstasy – Portal to another Reality at INNside Innkeeping in Montana
  • Blogging Metaphors: Bridge-Building at Middle Zone Musings
  • Blogging Metaphor: Blogging is like Exercise at Virtual Impax
  • My Blogging Metaphor: BNI at Kiss2
  • Why Conversational Blogging Is Like A LineConga at dawudmiracle
  • Blog 101 and the New Cocktail Party at What Would Dad Say

Let’s find some more.

Because this project spread so quickly and not all links are making their way to me, if you’ve written a metaphor and you’re not on the list, please email me a link. If you’ve already done that before noon on May 31, please forgive me and send it again. (I had dental surgery yesterday . . .)

Be a Part of the Project

So, what’s your blogging metaphor? Join the project. There’s still time to be a part – I’ll keep adding to this list until June 5th at Midnight Chicago time (GMT-6hrs.) Here’s the original post for the background — the whats and the hows.

C’mon tell us. How would you explain blogging to someone who knew nothing about it? What’s your blogging metaphor?

–ME “Liz” Strauss
Check out the Work with Liz!! page in the sidebar.

Filed Under: Blog Basics, Successful Blog, Writing Tagged With: bc, Blogging-Tips, Group-Writing-Project, Whats-Your-Metaphor?

The Metaphor Project: What’s Your Blogging Metaphor?

May 28, 2007 by Liz 77 Comments

We’re All Teachers and Learners

What’s Your Metaphor?

When I traveled to other countries, one thing I didn’t expect was to learn how people add new things, ideas, and groups of people to their culture. Here’s an example of what I mean.

When I first started working with publishers, I noticed something about illustrators that I later realized was also true about writers.

  • When we have no experience with something, we notice the differences.
  • When we have a little experience with something, we begin to look for similarities, but we still talk in generalities.
  • When we really know something we can talk about generalities and specifics. We can point out how it is like and different from other things.

That’s the point at which we can switch from learner to teacher.

The Metaphor Project: What’s Your Blogging Metaphor?

Isn’t the same thing happening with blogging? Finally we’re gaining the experience to pull together the pieces into a picture from which to speak. We’re reaching out to explain to nonbloggers in terms they can understand.

Two weeks ago it was Derrick Sorles saying we’re pizza makers. This morning it was Char with this outstanding post.

How Do You Explain Blogging to Your Mom?

Did Char’s metaphor work? Her mom’s question at the end proves the power of a great metaphor.

Let’s find some more.

Group Writing Project: What’s Your Blogging Metaphor?

So, what’s your blogging metaphor? I suggest a Group Writing Project.

1. Write a blog post using a metaphor to explain blogging.

2. If you leave a comment with a link to your post, link back to Successful-Blog, or email me, I’ll know how to feature your post. It’s not necessary, it just helps me track to make sure your work gets seen.

3. If you use Technorati tags, tag the post Blogging Metaphor.

BONUS: Ten contributors will receive an autographed copy of Lorelle’s book “Blogging Tips — What Bloggers Won’t Tell You About Blogging.”

The more ways, the more metaphors we find to help folks understand, the more businesses will see the value. And imagine our friends and families will understand the power and reason behind what we’re doing.

They say a picture is worth 1000 words. Use soa few hundred to draw a picture that they’ll never forget.

–ME “Liz” Strauss
Check out the Work with Liz!! page in the sidebar.

Filed Under: Successful Blog, Writing Tagged With: bc, Blogging-Tips, Group-Writing-Project, Lorrelle-VanFossen, Whats-Your-Metaphor?

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