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1 Conversation . . . 2 Blogs . . . 2 Directions

July 11, 2007 by Liz

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It started simply enough. Dawud and I talked about how to bridge our blogs with conversation. I would explain it. He would design it. Together we would work it out.

How cool is that?!!

We called it One-2-One . . . 1-2-1. It’s 1 conversation, in 2 directions.

 

If I was Dawud a great visual would be here. Imagine an arrow to Dawud’s blog and an arrow to you.

 

I write a question and send it to Dawud. The next day he posts his answer and ends with a question. . . . as he might in a conversation. That’s one direction.

While he answers, we can have our own conversation. That’s a second direction.

He’ll know my question when you do. I’ll know his answer when he posts it.
On his blog, the whole thing will work the same in reverse.

He and I won’t know beforehand “ no problem. . . . it’s conversation about

  • business
  • strategy
  • social networking
  • tangents.

Conversations are unpredictable. That’s what makes them fun.
All conversation is an experiment in finding what we know. Isn’t it?

Question Question Question

Here’s my question.

When I go to your blog I get the feeling there’s a back room behind your blog where you work. What work do you do there?

Find Dawud’s response tomorrow afternoon at DawudMiracle.com by the one-2-one logo.

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Meanwhile, what kind of work do you do in the backroom of your blog?

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One2One is a cross-blog conversation. You can see the entire One-2-One Conversation series on the Successful Series page.

Filed Under: Business Life, Successful Blog Tagged With: 12+1, 121 Conversation, Business Life, Dawud-Miracle, Liz-Strauss, one2one-conversation

Some Birthdays Are Special

July 11, 2007 by Liz

Chris’s Is

The date was December 7, 2006.

The headline at Successful-Blog that day read

Chris Cree and Liz Converse and Conspire

It was the morning after Chris and I had meet for the first time in person. We were announcing that he would be a writer on Succesful-Blog. That was before the world knew about SOBCon 07. That was before a slew of acts of magic, deeds of daring, loyal gestures, great writing, laughter, and sharing of himself and his Gorgeous wife.

I felt I knew him on December 7. Gosh, imagine how I must feel now. It’s way more than Americans have figured out a word. What word can come close to describing a guy who’s ALWAYS there for you? I think got it as right as I ever will when I used this quote.

People from the same family are rarely born under one roof.
–Richard Bach, Illusions

Family. Yeah. The family we would pick if we could.

So it’s with the gratitude my head and my heart that I say to my dear friend, Chris Cree.

I hold you high. I respect your work. I trust you with what is mine.

And I wish you the very most

Happy Birthday

Thank you. My life would have a Chris-sized hole if you ever left it.

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Filed Under: SOB Business, Successful Blog Tagged With: bc, Chris-Cree, Happy-Birthday, Liz-Strauss

The Mic Is On: We're at the Beach!

July 10, 2007 by Liz

It’s Like Open Mic Only Different

The Mic Is On

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.

Come On!

There’s plenty to talk about. Here’s a few ideas to get us started:

  • Where we love to go
  • Whether we prefer sand or rocks
  • Would we like it warm or cool, sunny or cloudy
  • Who will go with us
  • What will we take
Beach

And, whatever else comes up, including THE EVER POPULAR, Basil the code-writing donkey.

Oh, and bring links about the beach to share!

–ME “Liz” Strauss

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Open Mic 7pm Chgo Time: Let's Go to the Beach!

July 10, 2007 by Liz

Yes the Mic Will Be on Tonight

Join Us Tonight

We’re Going to the Beach. . .

It’ll be fun!

We can talk about where we love to go, whether it’s sandy or rocky, warm or cool, who we go with, what we take, and whatever else comes up.

Oh, and bring links about the beach to share!

The rules are simple — be nice.

–ME “Liz” Strauss

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12 Detailed Checklists to Spit Shine and Promote Your Blog

July 10, 2007 by Liz

In Case You Missed It

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Vovo over at Business Traffic Ideas threw this idea to me. He caught it from Patrick Schaber at The Lonely Marketer who spotted the idea originated by Matt McGee over at Small Business SEM.

The thought is that so new subscribers in recent months might like to know about posts from times gone by.

12 Detailed Checklists to Spit Shine and Promote Your Blog

Every human is drawn to what we like and away from what we don’t. The beauty of a well-written checklist is that it checks for what we might have forgetten. The best blog promotion is quality — content, design, and linking. Use this dozen checklists to give your blog a spit shine and show it off.

  1. Classic Revisited: The Blog Review Checklist
  2. Checklist for Linking to Quality Blogs
  3. Editing for Quality and a Content Editor’s Checklist
  4. Choosing for Our Readers: A 5-Point Pop Quiz
  5. Blogs Aren’t Books, But Revising Is Still Revising: 6 Gating Questions to Make Revising Easier
  6. 6+1: How-to Blogging — Stomp Out Swiss Cheese Knowledge
  7. Eye-Deas 3-Photo Content Checklist
  8. Editing for Quality and a Content Editor’s Checklist
  9. A Blogger’s Personal Narrative Checklist
  10. Checklist for Starting a Directory Listing
  11. Blog Design Checklist

Taking care of the details, any designer will tell you is the killer app in the most elegant and well-cared for presentations. Any great writer will agree with that opinion. Yes, one after number 7 is missiong. 🙂

Quality feels satisfying to generate and to use. Quality is a blog’s best promotion of all.

–ME “Liz” Strauss
If you’d like Liz to help you find your strategy, click on the Work with Liz!!

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Filed Under: Blog Basics, Checklists, Successful Blog Tagged With: bc, blog-promotion, blogging-checklists, in-case-you-missed-it, quality

The Blog Herald: Information Geek Meets Relationship Geek's Book

July 10, 2007 by Liz

Information Geek in Danger?

One of the most memorable moments of SOBCon07 was Jeff Brown’s statement about Kum-ba-ya-ers and business bloggers. No matter who hears me talk about that moment, if they were there, they remember it with a grin of “ain’t it the truth?” That’s because the famous Bawldguy, Jeff, was talking about the preferences folks have toward relationships or information as their personal strong suit.

So, when the time came to talk about the book by the consummate Relationship Geek, Phil Gerbyshak, I thought, perhaps, I was not the best choice. I found the right guy up in Edmonton. He’s Greg Balanko-Dickson, and he’s a self-professed Information Geek . . .

Read the whole feature in today’s Blog Herald by clicking the logo.

The Blog Herald

It’s about blogging and real life.
–ME “Liz” Strauss

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Filed Under: Successful Blog Tagged With: bc, Greg-Balanko-Dickson, Jeff-Brown, Liz-Strauss, Phil-Gerbyshak, The-Blog-Herald

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