What does New Orlean’s devastation, China’s recent earthquake and Hurricane Ike have in common? Well yes, they are all natural disasters of epic proportion - that’s a given. But something else that should send us running to check our inventory of can foods, pop tarts and water supply - “PreparedNess!”
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I know Christmas is still 3 months or so away, but it is never too early to make a list of things to wish for. As a matter of fact, some stores are already bringing out their holiday displays - I was just at Costco last night and saw a small section of Christmas decor [...]

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When a company is struggling to find ways to increase revenue and meet expectations of its investors, employees and partners, a sudden shift to desperate tactics become obvious. Don’t mistake desperation for strategic execution - because they can sometimes get murky with media, PR, and spin doctors.

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Layoffs are never good news. Having the “talk” with your manager is not exactly what you want to do when you walk into your office. But nothing can compare to knowing about your layoff before the official announcement. I’m not even talking about gossips, rumors and crap from Valleywag here.

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I came across a very good survey on SERoundTable.com about penalties and SEOs. Those two words “Penalty” and “SEO” typically send shivers down every internet marketers’ spine - well most. If you work for a large corporation and do their SEO work or work with people from the Search department, try sending them an email [...]

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There aren’t many types of careers out there that offer stability these days. Regardless of how hardworking you are, how much overtime you put in at work, or being a team player - hundreds of thousands of those exact types of employees got laid off over the course of 1 year. Not because they weren’t [...]

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Taverncast started out 3 years ago as a podcast focusing on beer drinking and World of Warcraft. It was really a group of close friends getting together, drinking a few good brews, making smart ass comments and playing this online game. Oh yea, and working of course.
Eventually, the interest for World of Warcraft faded and [...]

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So here we have it folks - about 1 hour ago while I was in the middle of an uber SEO meeting with my team, cranking out shiznit and figuring out secret sauces, the room we were in started shaking a little. Of course, I thought someone was running down the hall - they do [...]

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You’ve heard about The Art of War and how to win battles through successful execution of strategy and tactics. But if you have absolutely no clue WTH I’m talking about so far, I recommend you bookmark this post, check out the book here and then come back to read the rest of my ramblings.

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Don’t think for a minute that I’ve got no smart remarks to make on Cuil.com! I’ve tried to hold back since this morning but now that I have a few minutes of free time, I’ve decided to take Cuil for a spin. I do like their simplicity (Just Google in a different color), and I [...]

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