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Hi there.  I am very happy to announce that I will be hosting my first online marketing webinar next week. The format will be Q & A, and you can

Curious about how to format you blog posts? Hopefully this blog post will help shed some light on the entire process. Blog Post Anatomy Diagram Want to Print Out Your

This presentation was created by Dave McClure - I don't know him, but he's a big deal in the world of venture capital. Now most of you probably think of

Right now I'm working with an architect as a new client - my role is to help guide him through the process. One of the early task I have been concentrating on is focused on research. We're looking at all kinds of things, but in particular we're looking at what other architects are doing. And that brings me to the point of this post. As I was reviewing one site I commented to my client that while a particular attribute might be interesting, unfortunately from a web usability perspective it was problematic because the site owner had completely broken away from standard convention in such a dramatic way that it was actually hard to achieve the goal of this particular page (in the case of this page it was to click on something.)

Classic blogging decision. Someone else is killing it so you decide to do the same thing.  If it seems to be working for them then clearly you should be doing it too. The truth is what they are doing might a great decision for their business, but not necessarily the right decision for yours.  Then again, maybe they aren't even doing the right thing for their own business in which case copying their strategy would be even more foolish. We've all been there.  Those "deer in headlights" moments...

Okay... sometimes form is a big factor. Specifically I'm talking about a good workspace. While I don't ordinarily post about anything remotely close to this, I work out of my

I'm beyond thrilled to support a good friend and colleague of mind, David Cosgrove of David Cosgrove Los Angeles Web Design and his recent recognition in the 2012 "America's Best

I'm very happy to announce the official release of my new book "Better Business Blogging." The book is officially available for download through the Amazon Kindle Marketplace. Ultimately I chose to partner with Amazon on an exclusive basis for the launch of the book for a variety of factors but the key ones were trust in their marketplace and the ability to access a wide number of readers across a variety of platforms (here is a link to the free Kindle reading apps provided by Amazon for platforms like the iPhone, Droid and even Windows desktops!) I wrote the book, which has been heavily informed by my work with a wide variety of clients operating from a number of distinct business fields, to help provide business owners with a broader framework by which they can better understand, appreciate and ultimately act towards to help them with their business blogging efforts.

I recently wrote a guest post for VantageLocal, a company specializing in online display adverertising. The post, After The Click, explores some of the idea of the "click", the "get"