I did a guest post on SEO for Scott Porad’s blog, go check it out
Hermosa Beach Homes
I visited my friends Brian and Kenny in Hermosa Beach, CA today. We played basketball than wandered down the strand looking at beautiful homes. Seeing these palaces on Hermosa Beach really got my motivation engine going again: I would love to work from home living in one of these.
BusinessMan! New Action Figure From Mattel
Mattel is releasing a new action figure named “Businessman!”. When interviewed as to why Mattel is releasing such a seemingly boring action figure as Businessman, CEO Clark Kent responded, ” In today’s extraordinarily harsh economic environment, it’s important to give the 8-5 peons of the working class and their snotty kids a role model to look up to.”… read more “BusinessMan! New Action Figure From Mattel”
SEO Book Article On Landing Pages
Levi shared this article via Google Buzz yesterday and agree with Peter Da Vanzo 100%. I have been neck deep in finding the best ways to build landing pages for both PPC and for SEO lately and Peter describes many of the same thoughts & tactics I have found to be true. A few of them are:
- Focus on clickthrough rate
- Do everything possible to reduce your bounce rate and increase time on page
- Searches are question, so answer the searchers question with your title tag & headline
Good stuff. … read more “SEO Book Article On Landing Pages”
Protected: Marriage Not Required: Non-Marital Sex
Rick Reilly Worships Losing
One of ESPN’s star writers wrote an article recently harshly criticizing Coach Greg Wise of Houston Texas’s Yate’s High School basketball team.
What crime has Coach Greg Wise committed? Has he physically assaulted one of his players (as major college coaches have done)? Has he had inappropriate sexual relations with players or students? Has his players been arrested for drug abuse or committed other crimes?… read more “Rick Reilly Worships Losing”
Email Advice
Aaron is preparing a big email to send out to a new list he has for his insurance ce business and these are some resources he has found helpful:
In any event, I will be using a few different tactics in sending that first email to a new list and am excited to learn what gets the best response.… read more “Email Advice”
Changes
Industries are being revolutionized left and right by new innovations. The telephone industry has been smashed by the innovation of the cell phone. The cell phone is now being pushed aside in favor of the smart phone. The old school news industry is being squeezed hard by Craigslist, blogs, social media and other improvements.
Have these changes hit your industry yet?… read more “Changes”
Working in Chunks
Due to some health problems I’ve been having (back & wrist pain) from sitting in my chair too long working, I am trying to work in 1 hour 10 minute chunks. I will work on something for that time, then when my alarm goes off I’ll get up and stretch and then work on something else.… read more “Working in Chunks”
Chipped Tooth
I just chipped another front tooth. The top one on the left in the photo closest to the middle. I was playing basketball and tried to block a shot, but the guy faked it and swung his arm up and his elbow hit me in the jaw.
This really sucks since i already had a chipped tooth further to the left in thephoto and two teeth that need crowns.… read more “Chipped Tooth”