And being back is half the battle …
WHEW! I’m finally back from the UK. ‘Being’ isn’t a bother, but the travel time is. Getting up at 4.30am for the 4 hour ride between Devon and London, then the 12+ hours in the air, each both ways, is tiring. I’m shagged. Totally.
It’s great to be back in sunny WARM Bangkok. Not that it wasn’t enjoyable visiting friends and relatives and eating way too much then way too much again. But, after almost two weeks of the fog and drizzle and cold of Devon, I’m ready for warm on an empty stomach.
After sleeping most of yesterday away, this morning I was wondering how to relax into a DWB post before posting my end-of-the-year-that-was. I checked 9rules to see if their final list was ready to share. They’ve been working hard to get to the bottom of the pile, but nope, it’s not. This round was just too huge. I did discover Revenge of the ‘Z-Lister’ from my bloglines, a nice exchange.
Liz from Successful Blog authors a D-Z List at The Blogging Times so I imagine she’s also quite chuffed to get a nice package of lists pre-prepared.
The list is part of a meme, so here’s the deal:
(I’ve edited the explanation from Mack Collier’s blog)
Simply cut and paste the ENTIRE list below to a post on your blog and add blogs of your own (not those on your entire 300+ bloglines, just your gravy-of-the-month). That’s it. You’ll get a ton of happy bloggers suddenly coming to YOUR blog to thank you, you’ll get a ton of great new blogs to read, you’ll likely get a ton of links yourself, but most of all, you’ll feel good about making a whole lot of other bloggers feel good about themselves.
DWB is all about giving link love so the idea fits in that sense. Also, a number are discussing marketing, advertising, design, business, etc, so they are right down DWB’s target alley. Some are are already on DWB, but by briefly clicking around I’ve discovered Penina’s blog Work, in Plain English, which is a fit for a project I’m working on.
Btw – there are a number of blogs participating so I’ve snatched the alphabetised list from Word Sell to add to.
My (few) additions are:
A Girl’s Guide to Managing Projects
hypocritical
Inside the Marketing Mind
More than a living
PigWisdom.com
Roger C. Parker Design to Sell Blog
russell davies
trizoko
We’re not wired right
Writing, Clear and Simple
The full list:
AENDirect
Africa Unchained
A Girl’s Guide to Managing Projects
aialone
akira media design
amblingsfromaglasshalffull
Being Peter Kim
Bellingham Real Estate blog
Billions With Zero Knowledge
Beyond Madison Avenue
bizandbuzz
bizsolutionsplus
Blog Till You Drop!
Bob Sutton
brainbasedbiz
brainbasedbusiness
brandcurve
Branding & Marketing
Branding Strategy Insider
brandsizzle
Bullshitobserver
Buzz Canuck
Buzzoodle
christine kane
Chuan Zhi
CKs Blog
Cobalt Paladin
Community Guy
Constant Change
Conversation Agent
Converstations
CrapHammer
Creative Think
Critical Fluff
Customers Rock!
Daphne Loo
darrenbarefoot.com
Design Sojourn
Diva Marketing
Dmitry Linkov
Drew’s Marketing Minute
eSoup
esoup
expresswhatwasonceinexpressible
Flooring the Consumer
Frozen Puck
Funny Business
gDiapers
Get Shouty!
Golden Practices
Gratisvibes
Hee-Haw Marketing
hypocritical
Inside the Marketing Mind
instigator blog
Jeremy Latham’s Blog
John Wagner
Kinetic Ideas
Lih Shin
Linda Chua
Logic + Emotion
MapleLeaf 2.0
Mac’s Money blog
Marketing Hipster
Marketing Nirvana
marketingminute
Masey.com
metaverse
Mindblob
More than a living
moviemarketingmadness
Multi-Cult Classics
New Millenium PR
NewsPaperGrl
Nick Rice
Nofi.org
Note to CMO:
On Influence & Automation
One Reader at a Time
Open The Dialogue
OTOInsights
Own Your Brand!
owrightbetweentheeyes
Pardon My French
Perspective
PigWisdom.com
Popcorn n Roses
Pow! Right Between The Eyes! Andy Nulman’s Blog About Surprise
Presentation Zen
rebang
Roger C. Parker Design to Sell Blog
russell davies
Scott Burkett’s Pothole on the Infobahn
Sek Ling
Servant of Chaos
Shimmer
Shut Up and Drink the Kool-Aid!
Small Surfaces
SMogger Social Media Blog
Social Media on the fly
Soloride
somewhereovertherainbow
steves2cents
strategicdesignmarketing&brandingthoughts
Successful Blog
Success Creeations
Sweska
Tell Ten Friends
That’s Great Marketing!
The Branding Blog
The Copywriting Maven
the curious shopper
The Emerging Brand
The Engaging Brand
The Frager Factor
The Instigator Blog
The Marketing Minute
The New PR
The Qualitative Research Blog
The Sartorialist
think positive
thoughtsphilosophies.com
trizoko
Troy Worman’s Blog
Two Hat Marketing
U-Fong
Unconventional Thinking
UZYN.com
Viaspire
We’re not wired right
Whippleworld
Women, Art, Life: Weaving It All Together
Woolgathering
Word Sell
Work, in Plain English
Working at Home on the Internet
Writing, Clear and Simple
Xiao Luo
youalreadyknowthisstuff
Please enjoy (I know I’m going to)
… and a ho ho ho from cat
PS: DWB won’t be up to full speed until after the New Year ..
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Thanks for the link – I see a lot to explore here as well. I’m a daily sketchblogger and tickled to be in such company.
Thanks Cat, the next meeting will be Jan3,2007 7.00pm. at the restuarant (to be confirmed again, pls get in touch at my blog for an updates) Welcome if you would like to join.
Elizabeth,
Your blog, woolgathering, is perfect for a feature on DWB after the new year. I’ll contact you for the banner details.
Here’s hoping your voice is back …
cat
I think this is the first time I have seen the Z-list in alphabetical order. Earlier I saw it in small square picture links … nice to see it mutate!
Well, I’m in not so sunny or warm Iowa (US). Bangkok sounds quite nice.
I do want to thank you for the link to Own Your Brand. And this is of course, a wonderful way to discover you and your writing.
Have you checked out Creative Think yet? I suspect you might it.
Keep creating…it freaks people out,
Mike
Hi Cat! Thanks for the link (and for spreading the meme). Great looking site too (I’ve gotcha on my feed list now) Look forward to our future chats on Liz’s Open Mic Night. All the best and Happy New Year!
Many thanks, Cat, for mentioning Flooring The Consumer. Happy 2007!
Thanks for the mention, Cat! I pretend I’m a designer all the time and have a great appreciation for true designers.
:)
Gavin – I was glad to see it over at Word Sell as it makes it a great deal easier to read and add to a list that is alphabetized. For me anyway (not that I’m grumbling on doubling up)
Michael – you are very welcome to the link to Own Your Brand. I haven’t been able to cruise through all yet (still a bit jetlagged) but I’ll be sure to visit Creative Think. As a brander, have you come across Errol’s sites yet? I did a mini review recently –>> http://www.designers-who-blog.com/index.php/archive/branding-branding-2/
Terry – good stuff! I’ve missed the past two Mic Nights at Liz’s but now that I’m back, I’ll be sure to appear for the next one. I’ll keep a look out for a wave in your direction.
C.B. – and a happy 2007 back at you (although after too much festivities already, I’m bound to duck this time around).
Doug – pretend away, sometimes it’s what I feel like I’m doing at times. Btw – excellent article on branding you have there. Errol has opened my eyes up to the complexities of the present situation. Well, so complex they are trying to discover a simple solution. But isn’t that always the truth? The simple is always more difficult to come up with.
Thanks Cat. Great job sorting the list in alphabetical order, with me as the very 1st link!
Merry Xmas and Happy New year.
Hey Aen! Yes, I did notice you up there at the top :-)
I’d like to take credit for sorting the list, but it really goes to Brad Shorr over at Word Sell – http://in-sidemarketing.blogspot.com/
Happy holidays back!
first time I’ve seen the list alpabetized – it’s fun to watch this grow! and find all the new links since it keeps branching out in different directions. Thanks for the link love.
Hey there, thanks for the link post. This list has been amazing, not only providing traffic to some sites, but also as a blogroll resource.
Thanks,
Ron E
http://www.brandcurve.com
Hey Back Ron. I agree with you, it’s a great blogroll resourse. It’s how I found you ( I just love your colours and design)
“Never underestimate the power of a small group of dedicated people to change the world. Indeed, it’s all that ever have.”
by Margaret Mead
The Z-list is the embodiment of this quote.
Thanks,
Chris
http://www.msco.com/blog
Thanks for leaving the quote Chris. I so agree with you. The Z-list is just that.
Hi Cat,
Don’t know why, I just found out about your blog now. Thank you for the mention in the Z-List.
I love all the banners I saw on your site. Did you make them all? Regards. Luc. :)
Hi Luc,
You are welcome. As I feature Marketing, this seemed the right meme to get involved in.
Banners – I’ve created 99.9% but there are several made by those I feature. It’s always nice to come across those because they can go right up, asap.
cat