Search Influence laid off 5 full-time employees today and eliminated 2 part-time jobs. "It's a marathon, not a sprint" they say. Except they don't tell you it's a marathon through a battlefield. That at mile 12 you might get shot. And at mile 19 the bridge might be out and at mile 25 -- I …
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I figured since I was here I might as well do the sales certification, too.
We recently signed up with HubSpot to use their marketing automation and sales tools so I thought it would be a good idea to go through their certification process. This is really great educational stuff and at the end they give you a cool badge 🙂
I'm really excited to be able to mention that my friend and colleague, Paula Keller is getting married this summer to Brent French. Paula Built a spiffy website for their friends to find all of their relevant info. This picture is from that website. Brent's family runs a shop which restores old motorcycles: French & Sons. …
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I've been struggling with how to start this. So I’ll start it with "I love you all and thanks”! Two years ago today I was in the hospital having open heart surgery. At the tender age of 44 years old I had allowed myself to become sedentary stressed out overweight and it caught up with …
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We received an interesting link solicitation on the Search Influence info email that I thought I'd share. It's interesting that they never ask for a "link", but they do offer payment for posting content. Here's the email, names changed to protect the (maybe) innocent: Hi, My name is Michelle of [name removed].com. I came across …
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Scam Alert! One of our clients made an update to his map marker location, shortly after which he received a phone call from someone identifying themselves as a "Google Specialist". The caller identified that there was a location update. Verify the correct address and then said “your business is listed as miscellaneous” — our customer …
Some of my friends (thank you) have noticed that I'm not at #Pubcon. I'm really bummed that I'm not there. I was really excited, both to speak on two panels, and to visit with industry friends. I wanted to write this so that everybody would know what was going on with me, from the horse's …
I received an email from Michael Hecht of GNO Inc., our regional economic development corporation in which he talks about this recent report from "Area Development Online". #1 in Cooperative State Government (best of 50 states in the USA) #2 in Incentives Programs #2 in Economic Recovery #3 in Leading Workforce Development Programs #3 in …
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