February 2009
SOB Business Cafe 01-30-09 →
Welcome to the SOB Cafe
We offer the best in thinking — articles, books, podcasts, and videos about business online written by the Successful and Outstanding Bloggers of Successful Blog….
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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
January 2009
Thanks to Week 171 SOBs →
Successful and Outstanding Bloggers
Let me introduce the bloggers
who have earned this official badge of achievement,
and the right to call themselves
SOB Business Cafe 01-30-09 →
Welcome to the SOB Cafe
We offer the best in thinking — articles, books, podcasts, and videos about business online written by the Successful and Outstanding Bloggers of Successful Blog….
REACHING OUT - EDUCATION & COMMUNITY →
Are you sharing what you’ve learned ? All forms of educational institutions attempt to create community. From grade school through to post secondary education, communities are created…
Above the Fold: Everything in Order →
What a Few Tweaks Can Do
I met Carole Hicks on Twitter. Then she asked a question via email and, before I replied, I made her an offer. I said I have this feature called, Above the…
What Is Social Networking? →
The LANGUAGE of SOCIAL MEDIA
Words have a deep effect on how we interpret and interact with the world. The words we use and how we define them reveal our interests, concerns, and…
How to Leave an Unforgettable First Impression …... →
Irresistible Beats Embarrassed Every Time
First impressions. Guess we’ve all made our share of bad ones. In my experience, bad first impressions tend to happen when I try too hard,…
Open Mic 7pm Chgo Time: T-Shirts, Cards, and... →
JOIN US TONIGHT AT 7PM
and Other Witty Remarkables …
Oh, and bring example links.
The rules are simple — be nice.
Do be nice.
–ME “Liz” Strauss
Related article What is…
Do Your Customers Look a Lot Like You? Could that... →
People Who Think Like We Do
Starting an online business doesn’t seem that complicated. People do it every day. Some even start by doing what we love — building a product or…
The Mic is On: It’s About T-Shirts, Cards, and... →
It’s Like Open Mic Only Different
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…
What Is Social Networking? →
The LANGUAGE of SOCIAL MEDIA
Words have a deep effect on how we interpret and interact with the world. The words we use and how we define them reveal our interests, concerns, and…
The Mic is On: It’s About T-Shirts, Cards, and... →
It’s Like Open Mic Only Different
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…
How to Leave an Unforgettable First Impression …... →
Irresistible Beats Embarrassed Every Time
First impressions. Guess we’ve all made our share of bad ones. In my experience, bad first impressions tend to happen when I try too hard,…
Open Mic 7pm Chgo Time: T-Shirts, Cards, and... →
JOIN US TONIGHT AT 7PM
and Other Witty Remarkables …
Oh, and bring example links.
The rules are simple — be nice.
Do be nice.
–ME “Liz” Strauss
Related article What is…
Do Your Customers Look a Lot Like You? Could that... →
People Who Think Like We Do
Starting an online business doesn’t seem that complicated. People do it every day. Some even start by doing what we love — building a product or…
A Symphony and SOBCon: Are You Part of Something... →
A Symphony in My Head
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There’s a song in my head.
I heard it first quiet in the night at my computer.
Then it came again when I woke.
It never really left me.
It began ……
Beach Notes: Beach Blogging Seminar →
by Guest Writer Suzie Cheel
Today I was making the badge for my newly launched SAB -Super Abundant Blogger - award. I had just taken this photo when a couple of other regular morning beach…
SOB Business Cafe 01-23-09 →
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…
How Do You Give Back a Conversation to Someone... →
Thoughtful - Huh?
Ever patiently listened while another person talked? Ever planned a mental vacation while someone, so completely wrapped up in expressing the details of a thought,…
Beach Notes: Beach Blogging Seminar →
by Guest Writer Suzie Cheel
Today I was making the badge for my newly launched SAB -Super Abundant Blogger - award. I had just taken this photo when a couple of other regular morning beach…
Thanks to Week 170 SOBs →
Successful and Outstanding Bloggers
Let me introduce the bloggers
who have earned this official badge of achievement,
and the right to call themselves
BlogWell 2 Chicago: Some Big Companies Do Connect →
Experience Is The Best Teacher
If we hang too long in the wrong corners of the social web, we might form the impression that all big companies are evil or inept. The ones I met…
Thanks to Week 170 SOBs →
Successful and Outstanding Bloggers
Let me introduce the bloggers
who have earned this official badge of achievement,
and the right to call themselves
BlogWell 2 Chicago: Some Big Companies Do Connect →
Experience Is The Best Teacher
If we hang too long in the wrong corners of the social web, we might form the impression that all big companies are evil or inept. The ones I met…
SOB Business Cafe 01-23-09 →
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…
How Do You Give Back a Conversation to Someone... →
Thoughtful - Huh?
Ever patiently listened while another person talked? Ever planned a mental vacation while someone, so completely wrapped up in expressing the details of a thought,…
Storytelling Hits Home →
“The way to make a movie is to understand that you’re speaking to one person at a time, in the dark.”
As bloggers we write to tell stories as a way of sharing information in a…
What Might a Promise Like that Change a Life? →
What if you took yourself seriously?
What if for just one week you
… saw your strengths and not your weaknesses?
… did the work on your projects to your highest…
5 Things We Learned Blogging in College — When No... →
A Guest Post by Holly McCarthy
The blogging phenomenon has been growing exponentially over the last several years and has become one of the primary modes of information dissemination in the…
YES WE DO! How Will You Begin? →
Hope They Do Too
Last night at Open Comments we were sharing quotes. I came across one I like so much I posted it on Twitter as well. This is it.
Everywhere I go I find a poet has…
The Mic Is On: We’re Talking about Quotes and Song... →
It’s Like Open Mic Only Different
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…
Jim G, Mr. Detroit, and a Saloon Fight: What Makes... →
I grew up hearing fiercely loyal customers tell stories about my dad. Other such stories I lived myself …
I was about 20 years old, home from college for the weekend. I stopped by…
Open Mic 7pm Chgo Time: Great Quotes and Song... →
JOIN US TONIGHT AT 7PM
Where’s Robert Fulgrum When We Need Him?
Oh, and bring example links.
The rules are simple — be nice.
Do be nice.
–ME “Liz” Strauss
Related article …
Cool Kids, Granny Dresses, and Back Channel... →
I Heard Them Laughing
I was 13. What an awful age, but one for learning human dynamics.
A bunch of clueless moms had arranged something, a sleepover of about 8 girls. Who knows why…
How to Beat 80% of the Competition from the Start →
Do Worry, Do Something Anyone Can Do
When I was at WordCamp LasVegas, I met the guys from Voodoo Ventures. That’s a picture of Gerard Ramos, Lorelle VanFossen, me, and Chris…
Beach Notes: Being Prepared For Opportunity →
by Guest Writers Suzie Cheel & Des Walsh
“Luck is when preparation meets opportunity”
Seneca,Roman philosopher, (5 BC - 65 AD)
On our morning beach walks we often see…
Beach Notes: Being Prepared For Opportunity →
by Guest Writers Suzie Cheel & Des Walsh
“Luck is when preparation meets opportunity”
Seneca,Roman philosopher, (5 BC - 65 AD)
On our morning beach walks we often see…
Thanks to Week 169 SOBs →
Successful and Outstanding Bloggers
Let me introduce the bloggers
who have earned this official badge of achievement,
and the right to call themselves
Jack Frost, the Lights, and What My Dad Taught Me →
When the Frost Makes the Lights
It was 21 below out west of Chicago.
My dad was born in 1907. He left home when he was 12. He got a job fixing shoes 70 hours a week for…
Why Madonna Can Reinvent Herself and We Cannot →
Authentic Either Is or Is Not
Ever watched a musician or a politician change their persona? It seems that for every tour or campaign, they’re reinvented in a way that makes us take…
SOB Business Cafe 01-16-09 →
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…
Thanks to Week 169 SOBs →
Successful and Outstanding Bloggers
Let me introduce the bloggers
who have earned this official badge of achievement,
and the right to call themselves
Jack Frost, the Lights, and What My Dad Taught Me →
When the Frost Makes the Lights
It was 21 below out west of Chicago.
My dad was born in 1907. He left home when he was 12. He got a job fixing shoes 70 hours a week for…
SOB Business Cafe 01-16-09 →
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…
Why Madonna Reinvent Herself and We Cannot →
Authentic Either Is or Is Not
Ever watched a musician or a politician change their persona? It seems that for every tour or campaign, they’re reinvented in a way that makes us take…
LINK BAIT and COMMUNITY →
Link-baiting is the concept of writing in such a way as to attract other internet-based resources back to our blog. It means creating something that naturally attracts back-links for…
A Twitter Survey, RSS Feeds and Jethro Bodine: How... →
A Guest Post by Duane Lester
I wanted more subscribers.
All over the Internet, I see Feedburner chicklets with more subscribers than my blog. I wonder what exactly makes a reader…
A Lyrical UN-Interview with Greg Verdino … →
It Never Happened So It Can’t Stay in Las Vegas
Actually it didn’t happen anywhere.
Well it we were all in one place, but not as I’m going to write it. The un-interview occurred…
The Mic Is On: It’s Barry Moltz Talking About... →
It’s Like Open Mic Only Different
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…
