Archive for May, 2008

How To Weather The Soft Economy

Sometimes a simple story from the past can help to change our future. Consider this wonderful story about a man who sold hot dogs, and then apply the lesson to what’s taking place today. The Hot Dog Story A man lived by the side of the road and sold hot dogs. He was hard of [...]

Attending Trade Shows On A Budget

Have you attended a show this year? I’ve attended the Consumer Electronics Show (CES), Search Engine Strategies, and ad:Tech this year. (I was too busy to attend SMX, but maybe next year) Next month, I hope to make it out to Chicago for the Internet Retailers Conference & Exhibition conference (IRCE). And in the fall, [...]

Google’s -60 Penalty and How To Avoid It!

During the last weeks, people in many SEO forums noticed some strange Google result changes. Rumor has it that there is a new -60 penalty that Google applies to websites in which it has lost trust. What has happened? Some webmasters found websites that were listed on position 61 in Google’s search results that had [...]

Passenger sues JetBlue over flight spent on toilet!

Air travel is just awful these days.. At my old “corporate job”, I was traveling 52 weeks a year, as our big client wanted us working on-site.. I flew so much, I quickly made Platinum Preferred with US Air, and had well over 150K frequent flyer miles! But back in those days (1999-2001), air travel [...]

Rested and Recharged

I’m back from my honeymoon, and just got through the 864 e-mails that were waiting for me! Talk about a nightmare, I spent the better of 6-hours going through everything, and I still have about 100 e-mails that I need to address in some manner. That’s the thing about being your own boss – It’s [...]

Leaving On My Honeymoon

So we’re finally leaving on our honeymoon tomorrow, only 6 weeks after getting married! Don’t expect any blog updates for the next week.. Frankly, I NEED this vacation, and I’m not even going to THINK about work while I’m gone. Sure, uber-bloggers like John Chow would be posting daily updates from his cabin, complete with [...]

Frozen in Grand Central Station

Check out this prank – Over 200 people gathered at Grand Central Station in New York to pull off a ‘frozen in place’ act. The onlooking travelers who weren’t part of the act were mystified as to what was going on. And then a bunch of students at the University of Minnesota decided to copy [...]