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Thanks to Week 78 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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The Blog Talk Radio Blog
Connected Content
eWritings

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

I thank every one 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 directly to me. This award comes with a full “Liz said so” guarantee. It is endorsed by Kings of the Hemispheres, Martin and Michael, and 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. Click the link or visit the What IS an SOB?! page in the sidebar.

–ME “Liz” Strauss

SOBCon 07: 1, 2, 3 Get Sticky!

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Have Fun, Promote, Get Sticky

VideoSticky

Rodney Rumford, the driving force and great friend behind the coolest widget yet — VideoSticky.com — has offered us an incredibly fun opportunity. All you need to play is about two minutes, a webcam and yourself.

It’s Easy as 1, 2, 3

Hook up your webcam and put together a few words about yourself, your blog and what your thoughts about SOBCon. Here’s how:

  1. Create a 2-3 minute video on YouTube.
  2. Tag it SOBCon.
  3. Send the Share Link to rssmarketing@gmail.com.

The best of the best will appear in the SOBCon Community Channel. Click link below to see where you’ll be.

and you’ll also be shown in my sidebar. If you join, you can channel video in your sidebar too.

–Me “Liz” Strauss

Blogging My Experience

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I've been thinking . . .

about a panel on blogging I saw.

About a month I was at a dinner at which a panel of experienced and well-known bloggers spoke. The audience was made up of mostly Internet marketing folks who do not blog.

Being there to see what was said and what was heard was an education in itself. When I left that night, I thought that disparity might be the most important “take away” that I had gained from the experience.

The experience. Note those two words.

The further I get from that night, the less I discuss the differences between what was said and what was heard and the more I repeat one comment made by a panel member it was Jory Des Jardins who said,

We blog about our experiences.

I agree. The best bloggers do that. They offer information that comes wrapped in the insight and wisdom they’ve gained from having “been there.”
We write about our experience of life, what we have learned, much like I am doing now. That’s how we help each other out.

That’s my “take away,” my insight, and my advice. Blog your experience.

Thanks Jory for your help on this one.

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SOB Business Cafe 04-20-07

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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

Success Begins Today gives us a tour of the hometown — Guess who works there?

Ten Keyboards promotes looking for what works in a personal way.

WordSell offers 20 Tips that will bring success.

Jamdo tells how to break a promise.

Conversation Agent has advise about playing being “it'” with your resume.

The Remote Control CEO has found the office I want.

Related ala carte selections include

901a.m. has the latest news on our favorite doll.

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

Sensitized

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I’ve been thinking . . .

about being sensitized.

When I was in my 20s, my mom was in the hospital. She was dying. When I turned on the TV, it seemed every sitcom, every channel had a show in which one character was in the hospital. It wasn’t any more than usual. I was just sensitized.

When I had my son, the same thing happened. On TV, on the street, everywhere I looked, I saw people with babies or women who about to have one.

My own situation made me more aware of what was going on.

Today I woke up thinking, Oh my, it’s Friday again. How do my weeks seem to be Tuesdays and Fridays more than anything? I wonder what I will write?

Then I thought Something has me sensitized to those days of the week.

Why don’t I choose something else? I know I can. So I will. I choose joy.

This weekend, I’ve decided to be sensitive to joy everywhere I look. And the first place I looked was out my window to see a gorgeous coral sun sitting on the edge of the lake — a joyous, unique sunrise.

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To My Friend, Wendy, the Inspired Entrepreneur

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I agree

Yesterday at her blog, my friend, Wendy Piersall, wrote what she called The Biggest Blog Post of My Life. It started with these words.

Let me start at the beginning. Not at the beginning of this blog. Not even at the beginning of this decade. I’ll start at the beginning of my career. Why? Because this is a journey that has been tragic and difficult, exhilarating and amazing. I want to start at the beginning, because I want you to see yourself in this post. I want you to come with me, because I want you to write a post like this yourself someday, too. (Oh, God, I’m crying already.)

Wendy Piersall

It’s a fabulous story about an amazing and intelligent woman, who is beautiful inside and out, who knows how to live her life with every bit of the person she is.

It’s a kick and an honor to know her. Won’t you go read her good news and join me in celebrating with her? Click the title below to read her story.

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