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SOBCon 2008 Marketing Contest Report: Day 13

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Hi all! Terry Starbucker here, reporting on the latest results of our 2008 Marketing contest.

We have 19 contestants going for the grand prize, a free registration to SOBCon08 plus two hotel nights thrown in for good measure. Let’s also remember and thank our contest co-sponsor, Plante Moran Financial Advisors!

For those of you not entered, there’s still 22 says left in the contest, so if you’d like to jump in send me a note at terrystarbucker(at)gmail(dotcom).

Here are the Top 10 linkers as of 6PM EST on 2/23/08:

1) Todd Jordan – 71
2) Alex Shalman – 49
3) Jesse Petersen – 46
4) Joanna Young – 22
5) Char Polanosky – 20
6) Phil Gerbyshak – 19
7) Troy Worman – 11
8) Stephen Smith – 9
9) Becky McCray – 5
10) Chris Brown – 4

Looks like quite a contest we have going here! Keep up that promotion – there’s a long way to go.

Thanks all, and tune in next week for the latest results.

Oh, and don’t forget to register!

(PS: I’m so pumped about this I’m going to put out a little hint on our very imminent hotel announcement – just think Petula Clark!)

HubLove Contest — Day 11 Winner and Runnerup

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HubLove

Welcome, participants in the HubLove contest at HubPages!

Here’s the Day 11 Winner and Runnerup:

Winner :
China’s Endangered Nationalities by Patty Inglish, MS

Runner up:
The Art of the Yixing Teapot by Marye Audet

Today is only day 12 of the 30 day contest, it’s definitely not too late to join and compete for the $5000 Killer Hubbing Prize, consisting of a MacBook Pro, Canon digital SLR camera, Sony camcorder and iPod Touch! Check out the details here!

Thanks to Week 122 SOBs

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Successful and Outstanding Bloggers

Let me introduce the bloggers
who have earned this official badge of achievement,

and the right to call themselves
Successful Blog SOBs.

I invite them to take a badge home to display on their blogs.

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They take the conversation to their readers,
contribute great ideas, challenge us, make us better, and make our businesses stronger.

I thank all of our SOBs for thinking what we say is worth passing on.
Good conversation shared can only improve the blogging community.

Should anyone question this SOB button’s validity, send him or her to me. Thie award carries a “Liz said so” guarantee, is endorsed by Kings of the Hemispheres, Martin and Michael, and is backed by my brothers, Angelo and Pasquale.

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Want to become an SOB?

If you’re an SO-Wanna-B, you can see the whole list of SOBs and learn how to be one by visiting the SOB Hall of Fame– A-Z Directory . Click the link or visit the What IS an SOB?! page in the sidebar.

–ME “Liz” Strauss

Silly Brain Test 2: What Color Is Your Mind?

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It Ain’t Easy Being Green

You decide whether this sounds like me. . . .


Your Mind is Green

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Of all the mind types, yours has the most balance.
You are able to see all sides to most problems and are a good problem solver.
You need time to work out your thoughts, but you don’t get stuck in bad thinking patterns.

You tend to spend a lot of time thinking about the future, philosophy, and relationships (both personal and intellectual).

Go ahead. Tell me about yours.

–ME “Liz” Strauss
If you want to seriously sort your thoughts, we can do that too. Work with Liz!!

SOBCon08 is May 2,3,4 in Chicago. Register now!

Related:
A Silly Left Right Brain Test
Left-Brain, Right-Brain, Whole Brain Think
Fun Find: What’s Your Personal DNA?
Fun Find: Imagini

HubLove Contest Clue — Day 11

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HubLove

Welcome, participants in the HubLove contest at HubPages!

Here is today’s clue

This country’s name, scrambled, can mean a unit of measure equal to one-tenth of a furlong.

Be sure to leave your guess at the Hub for this clue, not here at Successful-blog.com

Today is only day 11 of the 30 day contest, it’s definitely not too late to join and compete for the $5000 Killer Hubbing Prize, consisting of a MacBook Pro, Canon digital SLR camera, Sony camcorder and iPod Touch! Check out the details here!

SOB Business Cafe 02-22-08

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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 titles to enjoy each selection.

The Specials this Week are

Duct Tape Marketing has reasons to suggest we repurpose an old slogan.
A lot of people are telling you that content is king, and to a certain degree it is, but your head is swimming and you’re thinking, “how do I create all this content and education based material when I’ve got a business to run? You say I need a blog, newsletter, white papers, podcast, training courses, instructional videos, I mean, how do I get it all done?”

Abundance Highway has reasons to think life has plenty to offer.
Last Sunday we parked in a different place and I saw the wonderful tile montage above, on the wall of the Local Family Day Care Centre.

I don’t normally take my camera to the markets, but at the last minute I had put it in my bag. I had the idea for this post but didn’t imagine capturing something so wonderful.

Alister Cameron has reasons to be calling out uber WordPress Theme testers.
So Vanilla adds a simple admin screen offering most of the layout options available with the YUI grids. This means that theme developers can now create new WordPress themes (or retro-fit old favourites) so that they can accommodate any one of dozens (maybe hundreds?!) of different layout combinations.

Online Public Relations has reasons to say, “Buyer Beware!”
Many have come up with fantastic theories about how votes followed by actual comments can bring a certain number of visitors; social media gurus wrote pages and pages about how to increase Stumble traffic, how to become a “top stumbler” and so on, and so on! Apparently everyone wants to fool or game the system.

Thinking Home Business has reasons to remind us it’s okay to think small about home business.
As a small business – indeed home based – provider of coaching and social media consulting services, I doubt I’m unique in feeling sometimes that I am at a disadvantage in competing against bigger companies, with more people, deeper pockets, big brands, often with “incumbency rights” with clients I would like to have.

Barry J. Moltz has reasons to like a company that break the rules.
I called the American Airlines Admirals Club to allow her admission even though I am a member (and an Executive Platinum Flyer) but not her.

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Essential Keystrokes has reasons to come to Chicago and I can’t wait until she does!
Have you seen the pictures from last year? Everyone I interact with daily in the blogosphere and consider to be leaders in the field was there! Anyhow, I have checked the calendar (May 2-4, 2008) and it looks like I just might be able to sneak out to Chicago this year. I’m not missing this opportunity twice.

Sit back. Enjoy your read. Nachos and drinks will be right over. Stay as long as you like. No tips required. Comments appreciated.

–ME “Liz” Strauss