The Social Media Friendship Bill of Rights (and Other Sticky Wickets)
Anyone active in social media knows, with certainly, the compounding annoyances of those who utilize mainstream social communities to network inappropriately. In a rapidly expanding universe where procuring a few influential “authority” players’ support can deliver oodles of traffic, valuable links and scads of motivated customers to the door, it’s clear why sites like Facebook, […]
Vote Which Charity Gets the Money @ IM-NY SES Party sponsored by BOTW
If you’re attending Search Engine Strategies New York or you happen to be in the area, you won’t want to miss this special annual event. All are welcome. The third Internet Marketers of NY Charity Party takes place the evening of March 18th. But WAIT, Best of the Web (gracious sponsor) has invited community members […]
A Gift of Music: The Prayer Song
Download link Friends, Family, & Associates, thank you for making this year so meaningful in the richness of your friendship and collaboration. May this season bring you and your loved ones blessed peace, joy, happiness, heart, passion, and longevity. “The Prayer Song” is attached along with the lyrics Download link. I was fortunate enough to […]
Selling an SEM Firm: Real-World Overview
This incredibly relevant session featured the generous tutelage of Patricia Hall, Investment Banker, Hallmark Capital. She walked the audience, comprised primarily of search related business owners, through a brilliant real-world overview of how the financial community looks at the SEM industry and evaluates companies for potential investment or sale. Even if you’re not thinking about […]
Confessions of A Vote Begging Sphinn Whore (Not Really)
I Sphinn all day long in between running a busy SEM shop, blogging conferences, studying and living life (sort of). There have been a couple of articles decrying the supposedly black practice of Sphinn story promotion recently and I’ve quietly bit my tongue because the hue and cry has been way over-simplistic and alarmingly utopian. […]
From Living in Isolation We Come
From an anthropological standpoint, humans lived in relatively small isolated pockets in the early days. In this millennium the social media revolution is deep, like the bible, and has changed the pathology of human interactions forever. The pathway to Facebook wound from extremely humble beginnings and now we’re all connected, biting each other with avatar-Zombies. […]
I Was Diagnosed With Stage 3B Lymphoma
So I emailed my friends and loved ones Friday, August 12, 2005 at 1:28 PM from Mayo Clinic. At 45 years old I was 6-weeks recently remarried, AIMCLEAR was a dream, and my 2 lovely daughters, Lee and Sylvie, were 12 and 10 years old respectively. It was devastating news and we were crushed. Later […]
SEO is Like Music.
I’m just back from 2 days off along lovely Lake Superior, the greatest of the United States great lakes. Time by the big lake and with my family always leaves me feeling perspective and poetic. I spent a lot of time thinking about work and the growth of our company. Some of our readers are […]
Early iPhone 1.0 Reviews a Mixed Bag.
Don’t get me wrong. I’m excited about the iPhone and we believe that mobile devices empowered with more serious (and simple) operating systems will further propel the the mobile revolution which is already well underway. I’m certain our company will own future iPhone models and frankly I can’t wait. The iPhone raises the bar in […]
