Tuesday, December 21, 2010

Liz Strauss: SOBCon And The Future Of Online Business - Blog Business Success

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Thought leader, widely acclaimed blogger at Successful Blog and social media expert, Liz Strauss describes the importance and growth of SOBCon from its beginnings to a leading social media discussion event. Liz shares how SOBCon is built each year and how attendees benefit from learning from other experienced social media users and practitioners. Liz also looks to the future of SOBCon as an idea generator for social media users, as well as a forum for sharing ideas. She also examines the future of online business, of engaging with customers through building relationships and trust.

Liz Strauss is my internet radio show guest on Blog Business Success; hosted live on BlogTalkRadio.

The show airs live on Thursday, December 23, at 8:00 pm Eastern Time; 5:00 pm Pacific Time.

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Thought leader, widely acclaimed blogger and social media expert, Liz Strauss describes the importance and growth of SOBCon from its beginnings to a leading social media discussion event. You will learn:

* Why SOBCon remains a successful conference for business people

* How SOBCon has changed and evolved to meet the needs of the business community

* How social media continues to become a staple of relationship building

* How the future of business is evolving into new and exciting business models



Liz Strauss (photo left) is a social web strategist and community builder. Coming from a background of publishing, business, and instructional design, Liz understands how people perceive a blog, a product, and an experience — how the head and heart engage to make a fiercely loyal customer. She can articulate what makes things irresistible — what keeps people coming back — from literacy, editorial, design, and marketing sensitivities.

Liz works with businesses, universities, and individuals to help them understand how text, words, and images work in the culture of the social web. She has over 20 years in print, software, and online publishing, and has strategized with publishers in Europe, Australia, the UK, and Ireland. She was recently a featured speaker at the Cass Business School of City University in London and taught a Master’s Level class at the CityU School of Pubishing.

Liz is a founder of the highly successful business bloggers conference SOBCon — which has gained the partnership of companies such as Intuit, IZEA, ReveNews, Walmart, Colgate, Allstate, and Klondike Frozen Treats, as well as the attention of BusinessWeek, the Chicago Sun-Times, the Chicago Tribune, and the Innovation Initiative of the Kellogg School of Business.

She has been named to the Top 100 Social Media & Internet Marketing Bloggers Top 100 Most Influential Marketers of 2008, the 50 of the Most Powerful and Influential Women of Social Media, NxE’s Fifty Most Influential ‘Female’ Bloggers and her blog is listed on Alltop Social Media and Alltop Twitterati.

Listen live on Thursday at 8:00 pm Eastern, 5:00 pm Pacific time.

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Let's talk with thought leader, widely acclaimed blogger at Successful Blog and social media expert, Liz Strauss as she describes the importance and growth of SOBCon from its beginnings to a leading social media discussion event. Liz shares how SOBCon is built each year and how attendees benefit from learning from other experienced social media users and practitioners. Liz also looks to the future of SOBCon as an idea generator for social media users, as well as a forum for sharing ideas. She also examines the future of online business, of engaging with customers through building relationships and trust on Blog Business Success Radio.

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