Liz Shines!

Liz Strauss shines across the blogosphere as a successful and outstanding blogger. During the days when I dipped into blogging as I dared to put my toes in a cold, vast lake, Liz crossed my path. She welcomed, she replied to comments and visited my new blog.

If you need thinking, writing or business ideas you're only a stranger once...

Liz jazzes -- here's why!

S - Successful - Liz ranks at the top!
U - Understanding - Liz understands and listens
C - Captivating - Liz captivates readers on many topics
C - Celebratory - Liz's star shines as she celebrates others!
E - Energizing - Liz energizes people to positive actions
S - Sharing - Liz gives her expertise willingly to new friends daily
S - SOB - Liz deserves the overall title!
F - Fun-loving - Liz makes fun happen
U - Uber - Liz posts more blogs than other bloggers... she's phenomenal because they're good!
L - Loving - Liz loves people and she strives to make a difference for others!

On the second birthday of Successful and Outstanding Blogger, you shine, Liz! And hey, your celebration's great because your goal is not to celebrate you and what you do, but to celebrate others! That's real jazz!

Have you met Liz yet? Go join her celebration party - it's open to all!

Liz Strauss Selects Brain Based Biz for SOB Cafe

Liz Strauss chose Brain Based Biz post, Bloggers Tap Intelligences! , amongst her SOB selections this week. Thanks so much, Liz!

"We offer the best in thinking–articles on the business of blogging," says Liz, "written by the Successful and Outstanding Bloggers of Successful Blog. Click on the titles to enjoy each selection."

The Specials this Week are

The truth is out about problogger.
5 Things You Should Know about My Dad the ProBlogger

Genuine Curiosity has been uncluttering.
Uncluttering my inbox

All Things Worksplace has a series to lighten the load.
Can You Make the Complex Simple? Part I

Brain Based Biz let’s us know how smart we are.
Bloggers Tap Intelligences!

Quick Online Tips has the coolest tool.
How to Create Flipped Text: ʇxǝʇ pǝddı1ɟ

Steve Olson has a question worth considering.
What Do You Want, More or Less Freedom?

Related ala carte selections include

Success Begins Today has an idea on how we can get balance.
Tuning Your Life

Sit back with your coffee and pastry and enjoy!

Goals as a Blogger

Jim Walton tagged me to share goals I've set to gain success as a blogger. Since I was with family over Easter his challenge simmered on the backburner of my mind. Simmering helped enhance flavors in the pot. Here's the acrostic that resulted...

B uild Community - I hope to find about 50 new blogs with creative and challenging content. To build community I will link to these newbies to show that I value not only their content, but also the presentation. Ellen Weber, Liz Strauss, Mike Wagner, Chris Cree Anna Farmery and Mike Sansone did that for me so my goal is to do that for others, too. The image at the left depicts community as foundational to success in blogging.

L ink to folks, who take time to comment, in a biweekly post. These links show appreciation for others who add to ideas and research!

O pen to ideas and additional research. I want to learn new skills and approaches to increase my acumen as a writer, community builder, researcher and techie.

G row as a techie. I admit this is not my strength, but the good news is that by practice I can grow more dendrite brain cells as I stretch to learn "How to..." For instance, I want to improve by including Videos and Podcasts.

G ain in ranking. My Google ranking is currently "4." And that shows an increase from the beginning of 2007. Thanks to Mack Collier who started the Z-list meme and others who value what I share and provided links to my blog. To raise my rating also means that I must continue to provide good quality content. A great benchmark to work toward is a "6" by next January. Think I can do it?

E nergize readers and myself through thoughtful content and questions. To do that requires staying current with discoveries about the brain and new ideas presented in the arts. I want readers to leave with practical takeaways that make a difference at work.

R evitalize blogroll. I will begin a subscription to create a more meaningful Blogroll so I can recognize more community members. The current one limits my capability to organize by categories and really expand recognition of others. So I'll update. Quite frankly, Jim, you caught me standing still in this area.

Reflection helped me sort through priorites and examine gaps closely. Now I have clear targets to shoot for!

If it's just about me, Jim, this blog would not amount to too much. It is more about good content, and continually learning how to present it in a way that invites readers to share their wisdom, too. And, most of all, to value their wisdom! I'm humbled that you consider me successful. I write to inspire others to tap the rich resources of their brains! And to help them get more of their multiple intelligences up and running in new frameworks.

In addition to me, Jim tagged Old Dude, and Theo Johnston. I will tag SalondeMaria, Marc Rapp at Uniquely the Epitome, Keystrokes Lisa Gates at Scaffolding for Writers and Steli Efti at SuperCool School.

Liz Strauss Celebrates Bloggers' Diverse Talents

A visit to Liz Strauss's blog takes your breath away at times. Surprises there make it hard to predict what Liz will introduce next. I delight in new discoveries with each visit.

One of the best parts -- Liz loves to celebrate so she creates spaces to honor bloggers' diverse gifts. These center stages include S.O.B.'s, Successful and Outstanding Blogs, B.A.D.'s, Blogger A Day and The Mike is On. Liz thinks these can help us all get smarter and I so agree.

Recently Liz named Brain Based Biz as a S.O.B. I am humbled and say thanks for this recognition.

You're a great innovator and community builder, Liz. What would the blogosphere be without you? I anticipate more adventures, both serious and fun as I stop by Successful and Outstanding Blogs to see what's up next.