The other day I had a short, but very interesting conversation on Twitter with Tim Walker and Julie Hunt, two Austin-area web marketing pros. It all started with this tweet from Tim ...
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Last week Google announced it was pulling the plug on Google Wave. When introduced, it was touted by some to be a revolutionary new way to communicate online. Some opined it would replace email, instant messaging and a host of other communication methods. I didn't think it was "all that and a bag of...
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Sometimes we techie types take for granted that certain things need to be done as a part of our web marketing efforts. Because of that, we sometimes neglect to tell others why we do what we do. Once we convince someone they absolutely need a web site, even if their business is small-ish, they...
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I'm going to PubCon in Vegas in November ... are you? If you're still on the fence about attending, perhaps I can help you make up your mind. I have a 10% discount code I can't use because I already registered. Since I can't use it, I'm going to give it away to a...
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Last week I took #3 son and two of his friends to Six Flags Fiesta Texas. Like the other times we've gone, we had a good time riding the rides and watching the shows. Of course, being the web marketing geek I did notice they are doing some interesting things in social media. It...
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Apple's recent problems with the antennas on the iPhone 4 are very well known. Steve Jobs' talk on the subject and his demonstration of other phone manufacturers' antenna foibles gave me cause to ponder on the subject a little deeper. Hey, everyone else is taking a shot at Apple about this, why shouldn't I...
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TweetThe PubCon folks offered up some great training in Austin, Texas on July 21st. Some excellent speakers were lined up who presented some excellent search marketing information. There were two tracks offered: “SEO: Organic Search Optimization” and “Social Media Marketing.” Jen and I hung out in the Social Media track and weren’t disappointed. I...
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Godin starts out Linchpin: Are You Indispensible? (Amazon Affiliate link) insisting everyone is a genius, though, perhaps, not in the “genius” way we think of Einstein, Hawking or other Nobel Prize winners. He stresses, though, that everyone is a genius in their own way. Each of us has something in us which makes us...
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Facebook, despite its privacy shortcomings, is a tool many of us use to keep in touch with friends and family. I find it extremely useful to maintain relationships with many I know who live, literally, around the world. For the vast majority of people, using Facebook will not cause any real issues; but, there...
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This past weekend during our church 4th of July picnic, I had an opportunity to talk social media marketing with someone who has a different objective than most of us. Rich is not a business person, though he does work in business. Right now he's just "passing through" while he and his wife work...
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