It’s funny how life takes us on a path of learning and growth that is sometimes blessed and sometimes feels cursed.  In reality, whether we understand that it’s all blessed, comes down to how we choose to perceive what’s in front of us, and what in that, we choose to learn from, or leave behind. [...]

So you’re an independent consultant – or you’re thinking about becoming one.  Maybe you’ve known all along that it’s your path.  Or maybe the economy has taken its toll and you’re either tired of working for someone else for far less than you need to live on, or you lost your job at some point [...]

SEO is like Karate. It’s a martial art. Serious SEO ninjas never stop training. No matter what stage of experience you are in SEO – white belt, brown belt, black belt or Sensei, you’d better be reading, researching, testing, and “learning on the job” regularly!

A shiny brand new year is upon us once again.  Time to make plans, set goals, resolve to be better than we were the year before.  Right?  Who wouldn’t want to be a slimmer, fitter, vice-free self? Who am I kidding, put down the hand weights, grab a Twinkie, and let’s talk about spending more [...]

I’ve been managing people for 30 years and over that time, have come to learn a lot about how to make it work.  Because there’s a right way and a wrong way.  And believe me, you don’t want to do it the wrong way…. So when James Zolman recently tweeted “I need an apprentice” then [...]

With enough time, leverage and client budgetary willingness, if you apply best of breed SEO techniques, you can achieve your SEO goals. In spite of the bloody knees you get along the way…

Rather than having the courage, willingness and fortitude to adapt and change with the times, the newspaper industry is instead, taking a much more old-boys club approach to finding ways to get back into financially flourishing. The latest cry is that we should allow them to violate U.S. antitrust laws… It’s sickening, deplorable, and though they claim that their failure would be threat to democracy, the TRUTH is that allowing them THEIR way would be the real threat to democracy…

Over the years, I’ve had stretches of success mingled with stretches of difficulty.  While my life is far from perfect, this past year, in the midst of what most would consider a devastating economy, I’ve been blessed with phenomenal success that’s been more consistent than ever.  One of the patterns that I’ve seen from this [...]