Liz Strauss.com

Hi!
I’m Liz Strauss and I’ve been blogging a couple of years across the street from Belmont Harbor. I’m on a quest this year to meet as many Chicago Bloggers as I can.

To that end, I have decided to feature Chicago bloggers, Chicago companies and their stories on my LizStrauss.com blog I’d sure like to make you a part of that.

About Liz

“Relationships are everyone’s business, and every business is relationships,” explains strategist and presenter, Liz Strauss of Successful-Blog.

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.

Liz Strauss has worked over 20 years in print, software, and online publishing, and strategized with publishers in Europe, Australia, the UK, and Ireland. She has worked with entrepreneurs, small businesses, companies in crisis, and corporate giants. Liz led the vision behind last year’s SOBCon07 — THE Relationship Bloggers’ Conference that gained the attention of BusinessWeek, the Chicago Sun-Times, and the Innovation Initiative of the Kellogg School of Business.

Liz is a creative writer, business writer, copywriter and content editor. Her business writing is known for its clarity, originality, and a confident voice that develops a warm relationship with readers.

Her creative writing is known for it’s imagination, fluency, and fun. Liz has developed thousands of children’s and adult fiction and nonfiction titles and marketing pieces throughout her publishing career.

Liz is the author of the upcoming ebook “22 Business Principles They Don’t Teach You in Business School.” She is also the owner and writer of Successful-Blog, where she penned the series Power Writing for Everyone. Here is an excerpt from the introduction of Voyages in English 2006, which Liz wrote:

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Our ability to navigate the world is nested within our ability to communicate. Words enable us to share who we are, to tell what we think, and to express what we believe. No, we are not merely what we say, nor are we people in text. Yet, it has become normal for us to sort each other by first impressions and sound bites.

The working world defines us by our skill sets and judges us by our communications. Our dexterity and speed in accessing information and our accuracy and creativity in sharing it are highly prized. Bits and bytes the words we say and the words we write, delineate our potential to earn a living. The appropriateness and clarity of those words convey how we fit into the world, how we might contribute, and how we might lead others.

copyright 2006 Voyages in English, Loyola Press
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Liz is adept at narrative, essay, how-to, technical writing, instructional design, ghostwriting, K-12 materials, children’s writing, business writing, description, marketing copy, speeches, and persuasive writing. She can claim these skills because she developed the textbooks that taught them.

You can also find Liz’s creative writing at her personal blog, Letting me be random wondering and philosophy . . .

HAVE A QUESTION, suggestion, or just want to talk business? E-mail Liz Strauss at lizsun2@gmail.com.

Liz’s consulting work is billed on a sliding scale, depending on the task and length of the contract. Corporate fees are not published.

Should you find these a burden, but need help, please talk to me.