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SOB Business Cafe 12-01-06

December 1, 2006 by Liz Leave a Comment

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 title shots to enjoy each selection.

The Specials this Week are

Mike Stelzner’s Writing White Papers has a Free Guide.

Successfully Marketing Your White Paper - A Free Guide

Drew’s Marketing Minute has advice from Walt.

Listen and Respond

The Blog Herald brings us the words of a FT – Goldman Sachs 2006 Business Book of the Year Finalist.

Chris Anderson Explains the Long Tail in His Own Words

Writing Clear and Simple shows the value of “think before you press send.”

For want of a nail

Thoughts and Philosophies fearlessly faces the challenge of defining goals.

This Is The Closest I'll Come to A Goal Post

It’s a numeric life! explains why our parents and teachers were off base.

Don't Sit Up Straight

Related ala carte selections include

Marti Lawrence has a new twist on a Squidoo Lens.

Squidoo Lens for Sale!

Don’t forget about this . . .

I Want to Call You a B.A.D. Blogger

One announcement:
Would you like to be a constant contributor? If you think you’d like to be part of the workings of Successful Blog, email me at at lizsun2 @ gmail [dot] com.

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

Filed Under: Successful Blog Tagged With: Be-a-B.A.D.-Blogger, Drews-Marketing-Minute, Its-a-Numeric-Life, Marti-Lawrence-Lensmaster, The-Blog-Herald, Thoughts-and-Philosophies, Writing-Clear-and-Simple, Writing-White-Papers-Blog

Roy Jacobsen Is a B.A.D. Blogger!

November 22, 2006 by Liz Leave a Comment

Blogger A Day Call: Hello is Roy there?

When two writer/editors first start talking, the conversation can look like almost any other. Roy and I spoke of his current client and the CRM project he’s doing. He said he writes for a newsletter that I always had my entire staff read. Blogger synchronicity again.

Roy led the conversation into when he wrote for Microsoft. He was writing for Windows 3.1 and Windows for Workgroups. I took it further astray by telling him about an advanced Algebra book I did using Word Version 1.0 — before Macs and digital typsetting. I think he said, “Ouch.”

Our conversation also covered some serious topics, particularly the idea that writers and designers need to know their own value, that no one is stuck in a 9 to 5 job. We agree that working for next to nothing won’t bring quality clients, that we have to value our work first.

Once we were comfortable the editors came out to talk.

What do two editors talk about? Well, I can’t tell you everything — the secret handshake stuff just isn’t cool to divulge. But we did our share of discussing subjunctive case, poorly chosen words, and misplaced modifiers. It wasn’t hard for us to pick out examples:

Roy mentioned the unfortunate wording that spoke of the explosive spread of terrorism.

I told him about the phrase messages from people in bottles. He said “How did they get in there?” I said, “Could we let them out?”

I mentioned the commercial break that promised to tell how the history of the gun was changed by the invention of a minister. I pointed out, “I wasn’t aware that’s how ministers came to be.”

Roy said his wife was used to him editing menus. I said my husband was used to me editing parking lots.

We both still get a kick out of signs that say Parking in the Rear. or Slow chjildren playing.

B.A.D. Blogger Quote

The sure cure to being criticized is doing nothing. Then someone will criticize you for not doing anything. —Roy Jacobsen

Stop by Roy’s blog, Writing Clear and Simple, and say hi!

Thanks, Roy, you B.A.D. Blogger!

–ME “Liz” Strauss
Want to be a B.A.D. Blogger see the. . . a B.A.D. Blogger? page in the sidebar.

Filed Under: SOB Business, Successful Blog Tagged With: B.A.D. Blogger, Blogger-a-day-call, Roy-Jacobsen, Writing-Clear-and-Simple

SOB Business Cafe 10-20-06

October 20, 2006 by Liz Leave a Comment

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 title shots to enjoy each selection.

The Specials this Week are

Brain Based Business wants everyone to know migraine isn’t about stress.

A Migraine Alters Your Brain

Nektros wants the emperor to wear decent clothes.

What You Write Is Important But

Tech Buzz reports on a clever scheme that mashes a click exchange with the 80/20 rule to game the traffic at Digg.

Spike the Vote - A bulletproof way to cheqt Digg

TechZonline didn’t miss a step in getting to know his way around.

I didn't stumble upon stumbleupon.com

Writing, Clear and Simple explains how some reporters only offer half of the information they should.

Creeping passive voice in public discourse

Shards of Consciousness answers a question as basic as day and night.

Why We Sleep

Small Dogs Paradise offers sound advice — perfect information for sharing with kids who will be out this Halloween.

How to Avoid Being Attacked by Dogs

Related ala carte selections include

Christine Kane offers 10 ways to stop choosing disaster.

10 Ways to Set a Powerful Intent

Success CREEations is letting the world know the past doesn’t have to predict the future.

Putting the World on Notice

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

Filed Under: Successful Blog Tagged With: Brain-Based-Business, Christine-Kane, Content, Design, digg, migraine, Nektros, passive-voice, Shards-of-Consciousness, sleep, Small-Dogs-Paradise, Spike-the-Vote, Stumbleupon, Success-CREEations, Tech-Buzz, Techzonline, Writing-Clear-and-Simple

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