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Want to make a crappy Content Management System that nobody will want to use? Let me tell you some basic steps that you cannot skip if you want to be in the running for the worst possible product for your users…
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The largest search marketing event to ever take place in Oregon is coming next month, called Searchfest, and it’s going to be good. I’m on the events committee for SEMpdx, and we’re in the process of finalizing all the plans right now. The speaker and presenter schedules are almost ready to make public, and we’re getting final commitments from people outside of the SEMpdx board. |
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I just made the blog live for SEMpdx, which is Portland’s first and finest search engine marketing group, for which I am a board member and sponsor. It’s running on a free Wordpress theme that I customized a bit, and I think it looks pretty darn good, if I do say so myself… |
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I’ve been a Microsoft Action Pack subscriber for year, and usually had my software upgraded as soon as possible after release. As a computer consultant, I always had to rely on the latest software, and I’ve kept up my subscription for years. |
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As a computer consultant, my clients often used to ask me what hardware to buy. Since I was in the PC business until 2003, I’ve always had good technical knowledge about what to buy. Now that I focus on search, i’m not as up to date on the latest hardware. |
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Today I got notified by a hosting customer that his website had their content and design copied and reposted under another domain name hosted elsewhere. The copied domain is here - www.nim-company.com while the ORIGINAL design and content are here - www.webpositionexpert.com. The original site is a friend with a business in Antigua, while the content and design thief is apparently named Robert Soloway, and is in my back yard, up in Washington State. |
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I first read the Guerrilla Marketing Handbook in 1997, and I read it in one “sitting”. I started the book while on a trip, in my hotel lobby before leaving for home, and I finished on the parking lot shuttle bus back in Portland. I really can’t think of a single other book that’s had such a major influence on the direction my life was taking. |
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I’m going to fill the speaker slot at next Tuesday’s Oregon Computer Consultants Association meeting, and I’ll likely hang around for questions indefinitely. Below, you’ll see the press release that I just* submitted at PR Web for just $10. Yes, PR Web did not raise their price, contrary to what you may have read. They did however, change their profitability upward with one little site tweak that was quite smart…. |
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Last year upon returning from the Las Vegas Consumer Electronics show I wrote a blog entry called CES Roundup 2006, where I listed my personal top 10 most innovative items. This year, at CES 2007, my criteria was about the same as last… This stuff needs to be able to change the world. It could be monumental, or it could be minute, but the potential for innovation and originality was of paramount importance. After all, I was there looking for cool niche stuff… |
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You may notice your Google PR (Page Rank) fluctuating over the past few days. I suspected as much when I saw it bouncing around on a few sites, but I could find nobody mentioning it online. However, this has been confirmed by superstar Internet guru Jerry West of Web Marketing Now in his several times monthly newsletter. |
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For home users, I’ve long recommended AVG Free Antivirus as a way to protect home users without spending any unnecessary money. Well, they’ve decided to abandon their free home users, and my kids’ computer started getting a popup telling them they have to buy the full version by January 1st. |
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There is an entire industry that does nothing except buy and resell expired domain names, and most of their inventory comes from grabbing the expired domain names of businesses just like yours. Knowing these ten items below could save you hours of time & aggravation, and save your businesses hundreds or even thousands of dollars. |
