Archive for March, 2007

Go from an Unknown SEO to a Famous SEO Overnight

Friday, March 23rd, 2007

Marketing Pilgrim is doing a second SEO contest where you can win over $10,000 in prizes.

Check out all the goodies that are being given to the winner!

All you’ve got to do to enter is prior to April 6th:

…submit an article on any subject related to search engine optimization (SEO), pay-per-click advertising (PPC) or social media optimization (SMO)

All the details can be found here on how to submit your article.

I’m honored to be one of the judges and I’m looking forward to reading all the entries.

Are you feeling lucky?

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Brandon’s 66 ways to build links in 2007

Wednesday, March 21st, 2007

In case you haven’t seen it yet, Brandon Hopkins posted a nice list of 66 ways to build backlinks in 2007 today.

…on a side note, sorry for not posting a lot this month….Nate’s still not sleeping through the night….so neither is daddy….and Dad’s crazy busy at work. We’re up to 27 employees now, including 17 link ninjas. Next week I’ll be going to Arizona, and the following week will be "catch up week" then the next week it’s off to NYC for SES, then it’s "catch up week again"….busy busy!

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Non SEO: Why it’s Great to be a Guy.

Sunday, March 18th, 2007

Why it’s great to be a guy!

A 5 day vacation requires only one suitcase
Bathroom lines are 80% shorter
We can open all our own jars
Phone conversations last 30 seconds
We know useful stuff about tanks and airplanes
Old friends don’t care if we’ve lost or gained weight
When surfing channels, we don’t have to stop on every shot of someone crying
Our last name stays put.
We can leave a hotel room bed unmade.
We can kill our own food.
The garage is all ours.
We get extra credit for the slightest act of thoughtfulness.
We see the humor in "Terms of Endearment".
We never have to clean the toilet.
We can be showered and ready in 10 minutes.
If someone forgets to invite us to something, they can still be our friend.
Our underwear costs $6.50 for a pack of 3.
None of our co-workers have the power to make us cry.
We don’t have to shave below our neck.
If we’re 34 and single, no one notices.
Chocolate is just another snack.
Where and when we pee doesn’t effect our emotional well-being.
We can quietly enjoy a car ride from the passenger seat.
Flowers & duct tape - and we can fix everything.
We never have to worry about other’s feelings.
Three pair of shoes are more than enough.
We can say anything and not worry about what people think.
We can whip our shirt off on a hot day.
Car mechanics tell us the truth.
We don’t give a flip if someone doesn’t notice our new haircut.
We can watch a game in silence for hours without our buddy thinking "He must be mad at me."
One mood, all the time.
We can admire Clint Eastwood without having to starve ourselves to look like him.
Gray hair and wrinkles add character.
Wedding dress; $2000, Tux rental; 100 bucks.
We don’t care if someone is talking behind our back.
We don’t pass on the dessert and then mooch off someone else’s.
If we retain water, it is in a canteen.
The remote is all ours.
We need not pretend we’re "freshening up" to use the bathroom.
We can go to the bathroom alone.
If we don’t call our buddy when we said we would, he won’t tell our friends I’ve changed.
If another guy shows up at the party in the same outfit, we might become lifelong buddies.
The occasional well-rendered belch is practically expected.
If something mechanical didn’t work, we can bash it with a hammer and throw it across the room.
New shoes don’t cut, blister, or mangle our feet.
We think the idea of punting that small, ankle-biting dog is funny.  Really funny.

FYI, I didn’t write these, it’s just some email I received long ago.
Got any to add?

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SES NYC 2007 - Are you Going?

Tuesday, March 13th, 2007

We had our second son Nate on Oct 29th and I told my wife I wouldn’t travel the 3 months before or the 3 months after…but now the busy traveling season is about to come my way.

Tomorrow I’ve got a meeting with the Internet Marketers of New York.

The last week of March I’ll be going to Arizona to do some training, then in April it’s SES NYC 2007.

It doesn’t look like I’ll be presenting this year in NYC. There’s no more "My SEM Toolbox" panel and I wasn’t asked to speak on any of the link building panels. Perhaps some of my past performances haven’t been too hot at SES’s and that’s why they didn’t invite me…..and from that I’ve learned never to offer to speak on panels I know little about - I’d like to stick to the topic of tools, links, or running a SEO business.

Though some of my past performances at SES haven’t been spectular,  I’ve been speaking at Webmasterworld on "Link Building campaigns" for a few years now. The last time I spoke I got some nice reviews:

SEODisco Pubcon Feedback
Peter Davis - Thanks Jim Boykin
Mike Grehan - Webmasterworld wrap up. 

Guess I’m in NYC to see my friends….at least I can hang out late and I wont have to worry about getting up at 8am any morning. I think there’s also still a few more pictures that I need for my collection.

Are you going to SES NYC 2007?

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