From the monthly archives:

December 2007

GolfMesquiteNevada.com and The Big Break; Conversion Opportunities

December 29, 2007

I’ve been a fan of The Big Break basically since it started, although this past season wasn’t the most exciting, and I’m not the only one to think that. I did notice that GolfMesquiteNevada.com was a very large sponsor. It seemed that, as the season progressed, their marketing efforts during the show intensified. Well, it [...]

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Fun with Retail Email

December 25, 2007

Since the weather was nice this morning (Christmas Eve), my wife and I went for a ride to look for a few last minute items before we spend the next day and a half with the family. Of course, every store we went to wanted to collect our email address. Sometimes I just want to [...]

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How to Get from Here to There in the SEO Industry

December 21, 2007

I received the following email today, and besides being a huge ego boost (I feel sorry for my wife; having to live with this), I thought it would make for a great post, so here’s the synopsis:
I found you through SEMPO and the SEMPO Institute group. I’m about 1.5 years into a consulting business [...]

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Heather Golf Course Review – Boyne Highlands, Michigan

December 16, 2007

I played the Heather Course in June of 2006. While on this trip, we also played the Arthur Hills Golf Course (also at Boyne Highlands), Bay Harbor Golf Club, and traveling south, Arcadia Bluffs Golf Course.
We played the Heather Golf Course a couple of days after the 95th Annual Michigan Amateur Championships. This was good [...]

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Bay Harbor Golf Club Review, Bay Harbor, Michigan

December 12, 2007

Bay Harbor was the last stop on our Northern Michigan golf trip (having already played the Hills and Heather at Boyne). We thought that it would be a good finishing course, and we weren’t disappointed. Easily one of the best Michigan golf courses I’ve ever played.
There are three nine’s to choose from (27 holes total), [...]

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How to Keep An SEO Conference From Clipping the Iceberg

December 12, 2007

I’ve been lucky enough to speak at over a dozen conferences over the last 4 years, most of them being search conferences. I’ve spoke at Multiple Search Engine Strategies, ad:tech, Search Insider Summit, eMetrics, the Internet Marketing Conference in Montreal (old school; hey Barb Coll, remember that show?), and most recently, Pubcon. There’s one element [...]

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I won! I won!

December 7, 2007

I played in the first SEO Pubcon Poker Tournament at the Venetian last night and I won! It came down to Shoemoney and I, and I was fortunate enough to come out on top.
Just a quick note on how great of guy Jeremy is. Prior to the tournament, I had never met him. Sure, I’ve [...]

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Arcadia Bluffs Golf Course Review, Arcadia, Michigan

December 3, 2007

I played Arcadia Bluffs with my wife (Kate) in June of 2006. The funny thing about this course is that it is built about a half hour north of where I grew up (Manistee). I never imagined that a course of this caliber would be located so close to my hometown. Now I have an [...]

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Arthur Hills Golf Course Review, Boyne Highlands, Harbor Springs, Michigan

December 3, 2007

Played the Arthur Hills course at Boyne in June of 2006 with my wife. The course starts out with pretty expansive views (including the ski resort), but within a few holes, you’re within a pine forest, which is what I think of when I think of Northern Michigan golf. Kate actually commented on how neat [...]

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Dan Perry Interview at SES San Jose

December 2, 2007

Lee Odden of TopRankBlog stopped me at SES San Jose this year and asked if I’d give him a quick 90 second interview on SES as a whole, and about a SEMPO-sponsored in-house event I was hosting the first night of the conference. Yeah, I know, I talk WAY too fast; I’m working on it, [...]

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