Guest Blog Post by @eeUS

If the internet goes down today we can all blame the founder of SOB (Successful and Outstanding Bloggers) list and the founder of SOBCOn (Successful and Outstanding Blogger Conference), @Liz Strauss!

The first lady of blogging, Liz Strauss has let it slip that she may indeed bring down the internet later today when she hosts the first Blog-To-Show mini blog show today! Liz has invited anyone who has a blog to showcase to join in the fun on her site today and showcase their blog to all her readers.

As reported earlier today by Lorelle on Wordpress, Liz is planning on showcasing about 260 blogs on Saturday, July 26th, that may just break the web in a 4 hour marathon, that’s still not over!

This reporter got a quick email interview with Liz during the frenzy.

What inspired the Blog-To-Show idea?

Liz: I like to give people reasons to connect to people and the best way to do that is to look for their common goals.

How many blogs were featured?

Liz: 260 blogs went up one at a time. It took me about 2.5 hours just to time stamp them all.

Do you have any idea how many visitors you got?

Liz: I was working for the first two hours and really didn’t get much chance to watch what was going on. Meanwhile, it’s not over yet… There are still 1.5 hours to go!

Do you know what the top 3 most visited blogs were in the Blog-To-Show?

Liz: I wouldn’t even know how to gather that information across the hours that this took place.

Anyone who knows Liz personally knows what a giving person she is. Liz is constantly giving to others and views her friends and clients success as part of her success. Liz has two main mottos that envelop exactly who she is as a person and business woman, they are “be irresistable” and “you’re only a stranger once”.

One way to experience her expertise is to get a copy of her new e-book, The Secret to Writing a Successful and Outstanding Blog which I can personally tell you is a fabulous book for a true insight into the world of blogging! I am in the process of reading it and as I told her, I find myself nodding along in agreement which is kind of weird for me to do! However, that is one of the reason’s I can recommend the book; it is spot on! Because of Liz’s expertise and experience, it is easy to read and applicable to many audiences. There are just some books that appeal to the masses and this book is one of them!

As the founder of SOBCon, Liz held a conference this year that had speakers from such diverse areas of the blogosphere as Anita Brusseze, Chris Brogan, Brian Clark of Copyblogger, Chris Garrett, Wendy Piersall, Lorelle On Wordpress, and David Bullock. These ladies and gents rocked the house along with Terry Starbucker, SOBCon co-founder.

For those that were unable to attend SOBCon07, luckily there will be a SOBCon08. There is not another conference anywhere like this conference!

You can connect with Liz on Twitter. Getting to know Liz is easy, following her friends on Twitter is a blessing, and reading her blog daily is an inspriation!

Updated 7:30pm:

Liz did not bring down the internet, bummer.

When I asked her how it went Liz said, “The Internet survived well enough, as I figured it might, my sitemap took a beating and my Twitterfeed has been put on pause for the rest of the weekend—I forgot to turn off the260 individual posts.” She says she’s spending the rest of her night Twittering quietly.

Vicky Hennegan is the President of RemarkableParents, LLC & Info. She is also an Enterprise Project Manager, Business Process Analyist, and End User Training & Documentation specialist at Milwaukee Area Technical College.

You already know that everything is happening now on the web. It’s where your kids are interacting with their friends. What you may not know is that it’s also a forum that allows us to be in contact with each other and more importantly, to stay in touch with your kids.