It is our great privilege to have been invited by Liz Strauss, one of America’s most popular bloggers, to participate in an Open Comment Night on her blog, Successful and Outstanding Blog(gers) this coming Sunday night. For those of you who have never read any of Liz’s posts or seen her at her wildly popular brainchild SOBcon, I encourage you to check it out and join us in a few days. Each MinuteFix Certified Technician is invited to be part of this virtual panel and answer a host of tech questions from her listening and viewing public. But first, a bit more about Liz.

Liz believes “Relationships are everyone’s business, and every business is relationships.”

According to EatonWeb, “Liz Strauss is perhaps the most influential relational blogger on the Internet.” Her blog –Liz Strauss at Successful Blog — has been called both a destination and an event. Open Comment Nights, a Blog-to-Blog Conversation, a Blogger’s Cafe, single questions, and on-the-blog strategy sessions keep readers returning to conversations that often last for days. Her blog has tens of thousands of comments.

Liz understands and can translate how people perceive a blog, a product, and an experience — how the head and heart engage to make a fiercely loyal customer.

Having worked over 20 years in print, software, and online publishing, and strategized with publishers in Europe, Australia, the UK, and Ireland, Liz has worked with entrepreneurs, small businesses, companies in crisis, and corporate giants.

But How Does It Work
Open comment night is like any rambling conversation. We shouldn’t try to read it all. As Technicians our job is to represent MinuteFix and support Diego and Phil, the on-air voices of the evening. If you can’t make it right at 7pm CST just show up when you can. There will be plenty to comment on. Just go to the end and start talking. EVERYONE is WELCOME. Liz’s rules are simple — be nice. (Why is everyone staring at me now?)

I have read the transcripts of a couple of these night and there seems to always be first timers and new things to talk about. It rather strikes me as something between a live video game, live TV and a bunch of kids with a BIG imagination. The nights usually draw around 300 comments. The record is over 450. Our goal is 500!

I hope to see each of you there and in full form. Take a look at her blog the next couple of days and be prepared to build relationships with potential customers and each other. I think it is a going to be a very successful and outstanding night!