This is the lifestream of Liz Strauss around the Internet.Tumblr (3.0; @lizstrauss)http://lizstrauss.tumblr.com/<a href="http://feeds.b5media.com/~r/successful-blog/~3/344239478/">New Thoughts with Old Ones</a>: <div style="margin: 7px; clear: right; float: right;"> <img src="http://www.successful-blog.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/1022906_viny_trees_and_a_curvy_path.jpg" alt="viny_trees_and_a_curvy_path from sxc.hu"/> </div> <p>My life is like a conversation. It works when I don’t try to control it. It winds through time, making moments and memories best without me in charge. If trust my thoughts and dreams, I don’t…</p>http://lizstrauss.tumblr.com/post/43347306http://lizstrauss.tumblr.com/post/43347306Wed, 23 Jul 2008 23:54:22 -0500<a href="http://feeds.b5media.com/~r/successful-blog/~3/343857772/">Connecting with Customers: The Mack Collier Second Encore</a>: <p>A SERIES in the quest to know more about the offline world<br/></p> <h2> Part 4 in (what is now) a 4-Part Interview with Mack Collier </h2> <p>Monday, <a href="http://www.theviralgarden.com/">Mack Collier</a> was back by popular demand to continued the <a href="http://www.successful-blog.com/1/connecting-with-customers-more-talk-with-mack-collier/">our…</a></p>http://lizstrauss.tumblr.com/post/43304238http://lizstrauss.tumblr.com/post/43304238Wed, 23 Jul 2008 14:50:59 -0500<a href="http://feeds.b5media.com/~r/successful-blog/~3/343449153/">Blog-to Show? Showcase Your Blog at Successful-Blog July 26-27</a>: <h2> It’s Like an Auto Show for Blogs This Weekend </h2> <div style="margin: 7px; clear: right; float: right"> <img src="http://www.successful-blog.com/wp-content/blogto50.JPG" alt="blog-to 50"/> </div> <p>At Open Comment Night last night, we talked about Creative Networking. Lots of great ideas were gathered, and that conversation got me…</p>http://lizstrauss.tumblr.com/post/43251415http://lizstrauss.tumblr.com/post/43251415Wed, 23 Jul 2008 06:19:39 -0500<a href="http://feeds.b5media.com/~r/successful-blog/~3/343019128/">The Mic is On: We’re Talking about Creative Networking!</a>: <h2> It’s Like Open Mic Only Different </h2> <div style="margin: 2px 7px 3px 4px; float: left; clear: right;"> <img src="http://www.successful-blog.com/wp-content/TheMicison.gif" width="125" height="125" alt="The Mic Is On" title="The Mic Is On"/> </div> <p><strong>Here’s how it works. </strong></p> <p>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…</p>http://lizstrauss.tumblr.com/post/43188108http://lizstrauss.tumblr.com/post/43188108Tue, 22 Jul 2008 19:19:54 -0500<a href="http://feeds.b5media.com/~r/successful-blog/~3/342835748/">Open Mic 7pm Chgo Time: Tonight It’s Creative Networking!</a>: <div style="margin: 2px 7px 2px 3px; float: right; clear: right;"> <img src="http://www.successful-blog.com/wp-content/JoinUs.gif" width="125" height="125" alt="Join Us Tonight" title="Join Us Tonight"/> </div> <h3> Social Networking Taking Too Much Time?</h3> <p>Are you spending lots of time social networking, but starting to wonder whether it’s worth the time you’re investing? Do you have lots of friends,…</p>http://lizstrauss.tumblr.com/post/43166145http://lizstrauss.tumblr.com/post/43166145Tue, 22 Jul 2008 14:56:11 -0500<a href="http://feeds.b5media.com/~r/successful-blog/~3/342521042/">How to Write Ideas that Lift Themselves Off the Page — Every Time!</a>: <h2> Even the Humblest Star Still Shines </h2> <div style="margin: 7px; clear: right; float: right"> <img src="http://www.successful-blog.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/brighter-sunrise.JPG" alt="Shine!"/> </div> <p>A writer makes meaning by giving thoughts structure and expression. Whether we write to inform, entertain, or inspire, we hope our message will leave…</p>http://lizstrauss.tumblr.com/post/43124385http://lizstrauss.tumblr.com/post/43124385Tue, 22 Jul 2008 08:16:56 -0500<a href="http://feeds.b5media.com/~r/successful-blog/~3/341837041/">Connecting with Customers: Mack Collier SRO</a>: <p>A SERIES in the quest to know more about the offline world<br/></p> <h2> Part 3 in (what is now) a 4-Part Interview with Mack Collier </h2> <p>Last Wednesday we continued the <a href="http://www.successful-blog.com/1/connecting-with-customers-more-talk-with-mack-collier/">a conversation</a> with <a href="http://www.theviralgarden.com/">Mack Collier</a> about…</p>http://lizstrauss.tumblr.com/post/43046807http://lizstrauss.tumblr.com/post/43046807Mon, 21 Jul 2008 15:48:41 -0500<a href="http://lettingmebe.blogspot.com/2008/07/25-words-of-wisdom-from-successful-blog.html">25 Words of Wisdom from Successful Blog</a>: <object height="320" width="90%"><param name="movie" value="http://www.slideoo.com/slider.swf"> <param name="wmode" value="transparent"> <param name="flashvars" value="setId=72157606291360356&size=&max=25&userid=14089532@N08&setname=25%20Words%20of%20Work%20%2F%20Life%20Wisdom&randomize=0"> <embed src="http://www.slideoo.com/slider.swf" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" flashvars="setId=72157606291360356&size=&max=25&userid=14089532@N08&setname=25%20Words%20of%20Work%20%2F%20Life%20Wisdom&randomize=0" width="90%" height="320"></embed></object><img style="VISIBILITY: hidden; WIDTH: 0px; HEIGHT: 0px" height="0" src="http://counters.gigya.com/wildfire/CIMP/bHQ9MTIxNjY2MTc2NDAxNSZwdD*xMjE2NjYxODM4NDY4JnA9NTQ*MzEmZD*mbj1ibG9nZ2VyJmc9MQ==.jpg" width="0" border="0"/><br/><br/>I made this using Slideoo at 90%.<br/>The SlideShare version and explanation of the project is at <a href="http://www.successful-blog.com/1/25-words-of-work-life-wisdom-pass-it-on/">25 Words of Work / Life Wisdom — Pass It On!</a>http://lizstrauss.tumblr.com/post/43030072http://lizstrauss.tumblr.com/post/43030072Mon, 21 Jul 2008 12:44:08 -0500<a href="http://www.lizstrauss.com/2008/07/21/strategic-thinking/social-media-i-dont-want-to-my-information-on-the-web/">Social Media: I Don’t Want to My Information on the Web!!</a>: <h2> Bad Things Could Happen </h2> <p>When clients raise the issue of possible dangers of putting information in public, I’m right with them. I listen in actively to see where their concerns lie.</p> <ul> Some worry…</ul>http://lizstrauss.tumblr.com/post/42999941http://lizstrauss.tumblr.com/post/42999941Mon, 21 Jul 2008 08:07:10 -0500<a href="http://feeds.b5media.com/~r/successful-blog/~3/341475481/">25 Words of Work / Life Wisdom — Pass It On!</a>: <h2> Can 25 Words Change the World? </h2> <div style="margin: 7px; clear: right; float: right;"> <img src="http://www.successful-blog.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/12/the-living-web-2.Jpg" alt="The Living Web"/> </div> <p>Thank you to everyone who participated in <a href="http://www.successful-blog.com/1/writing-project-25-words-of-work-life-wisdom/"> the 25 Words of Work / Life Wisdom Writing Project. </a> Every selection was an example of the power of writing….</p>http://lizstrauss.tumblr.com/post/42999307http://lizstrauss.tumblr.com/post/42999307Mon, 21 Jul 2008 08:01:54 -0500<a href="http://feeds.b5media.com/~r/successful-blog/~3/340597280/">Don’t, Not, and No</a>: <h2> Beach Notes by Guest Writer Suzie Cheel </h2> <div align="center">This week’s Beach notes is a little different and will add to <a title="25 Words" href="http://www.successful-blog.com/1/writing-project-25-words-of-work-life-wisdom/" target="_blank">Liz’s 25 words group writing project</a>. I wrote one yesterday that I was going to put here…</div>http://lizstrauss.tumblr.com/post/42902264http://lizstrauss.tumblr.com/post/42902264Sun, 20 Jul 2008 06:43:57 -0500<a href="http://feeds.b5media.com/~r/successful-blog/~3/340239153/">“I don’t have any friends like that . . .”</a>: <h2> Welcome to Saturday Night at the Movie </h2> <p>About a week ago I saw <a href="http://www.nick-rice.com/blog/2008/i-dont-have-any-friends-like-that/">this video from IBM over at Client Magnet. </a></p> <p>Of course, it doesn’t show the experience of anyone we know.</p> <div align="center"> <object width="425" height="344"> <param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/obCHKPYHuhA"> <param name="wmode" value="transparent"> <embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/obCHKPYHuhA" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="344"></embed></object> </div> <p> <br/></p>http://lizstrauss.tumblr.com/post/42864008http://lizstrauss.tumblr.com/post/42864008Sat, 19 Jul 2008 19:45:48 -0500<a href="http://feeds.b5media.com/~r/successful-blog/~3/340087438/">Thanks to Week 143 SOBs</a>: <div align="center"> <img src="/wp-content/muddytealstripA.GIF" alt="muddy teal strip A"/> </div> <div align="center"> <span style="color:#000066;"><strong> Successful and Outstanding Bloggers</strong> </span> <p>Let me introduce the bloggers<br/> who have earned this official badge of achievement, </p> </div> <div align="center"> <a href="http://www.successful-blog.com/sob-a-z-directory/"> </a> </div> <div align="center"> <img src="http://www.successful-blog.com/wp-content/SOBbutton3.png" alt="Purple SOB Button"/><img src="http://www.successful-blog.com/wp-content/SOB1.GIF" alt="Original SOB Button"/><img src="http://www.successful-blog.com/wp-content/SOBbutton.png" alt="Red SOB Button"/><img src="http://www.successful-blog.com/wp-content/SOBbutton2.png" alt="Purple and Blue SOB Button"/> </div> <div align="center"> and the right to call themselves <br/><a></a> </div>http://lizstrauss.tumblr.com/post/42849113http://lizstrauss.tumblr.com/post/42849113Sat, 19 Jul 2008 15:22:40 -0500<a href="http://feeds.b5media.com/~r/successful-blog/~3/339827880/">Last Day of the 25 Words of Life / Work Wisdom Project</a>: <h2> Start with a Sentence End with a Thought </h2> <div style="margin: 7px; clear: right; float: right;"> <img src="http://www.successful-blog.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/12/the-living-web-2.Jpg" alt="The Living Web"/> </div> <p>If you have tried to write something in exactly 25 words, you’ll find that the process is about reflection and changing. </p> <p>Today is the last day to…</p>http://lizstrauss.tumblr.com/post/42816230http://lizstrauss.tumblr.com/post/42816230Sat, 19 Jul 2008 07:42:15 -0500<a href="http://feeds.b5media.com/~r/successful-blog/~3/339259499/">SOB Business Cafe 07-18-08</a>: <div style="margin: 7px; float: right; clear: right;"> <img src="/wp-content/SBcafe_01.jpg" alt="SB Cafe"/> </div> <h2>Welcome to the SOB Cafe</h2> <p>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…</p>http://lizstrauss.tumblr.com/post/42742013http://lizstrauss.tumblr.com/post/42742013Fri, 18 Jul 2008 14:09:09 -0500<a href="http://feeds.b5media.com/~r/successful-blog/~3/338951227/">Time to Change Your View?</a>: <div> <img src="http://www.successful-blog.com/wp-content/thinking%20logo.JPG" width="288" height="30" alt="I've been thinking . . . " title="I've been thinking . . . "/> </div> <p>about seeing and looking. </p> <p>Some plants only grow in sunlight. They’re often the ones we see first. They offer vibrant yellows and reds that are meant to catch attention. Butterflies, bees,…</p>http://lizstrauss.tumblr.com/post/42704461http://lizstrauss.tumblr.com/post/42704461Fri, 18 Jul 2008 07:33:29 -0500<a href="http://feeds.b5media.com/~r/successful-blog/~3/338265068/">Targeting the Offline Customer: Do You Blog For Non-Bloggers?</a>: <h2> by Scott McIntyre</h2> <div style="margin: 7px; clear: right; float: right"> <img src="http://www.successful-blog.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/scottmcintyre.JPG" alt="Scott McIntyre — The Avid Blog Reader Without a Blog"/> </div> <p>In the first part of this series, when I shared my perspective on connecting with offline customers, it was clear from your comments that this is an area of business…</p>http://lizstrauss.tumblr.com/post/42616357http://lizstrauss.tumblr.com/post/42616357Thu, 17 Jul 2008 14:00:48 -0500<a href="http://feeds.b5media.com/~r/successful-blog/~3/337948954/">Social Media and Greener Grass</a>: <h2> Look Down and Think</h2> <div style="margin: 7px; clear: right; float: right"> <img src="http://www.successful-blog.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/05/relationships-button.JPG" alt="relationships button"/> </div> <p>They say that the grass is always greener … over there where the other guy is.<br/> In a world of social media networking, it’s easy to get overwhelmed with…</p>http://lizstrauss.tumblr.com/post/42572055http://lizstrauss.tumblr.com/post/42572055Thu, 17 Jul 2008 06:17:50 -0500<a href="http://feeds.b5media.com/~r/successful-blog/~3/337278262/">Connecting with Customers: More Talk with Mack Collier</a>: <p>A SERIES in the quest to know more about the offline world<br/></p> <h2> Part 2 in A 2-Part Interview with Mack Collier </h2> <p>Monday, I shared the <a href="http://www.successful-blog.com/interviews/connecting-with-customers-a-conversation-with-mack-collier/">beginning of a conversation</a> with <a href="http://www.theviralgarden.com/">Mack Collier</a> about connecting…</p>http://lizstrauss.tumblr.com/post/42491463http://lizstrauss.tumblr.com/post/42491463Wed, 16 Jul 2008 13:51:09 -0500<a href="http://feeds.b5media.com/~r/successful-blog/~3/336977112/">Questions to Get Closer to You: Question 23</a>: <h2> Get Closer to You </h2> <p>This is a series of questions, I don’t know how many. They are the ones I ask when I help folks get closer to their personal identity.</p> <blockquote><p><em> <strong> If you could choose, what would be…</strong></em></p></blockquote>http://lizstrauss.tumblr.com/post/42445678http://lizstrauss.tumblr.com/post/42445678Wed, 16 Jul 2008 06:43:02 -0500