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The 2008 Swimsuit Edition

Thursday, October 30th, 2008

…or 12-Steps to SEO
Marketing folks are being tasked with improving their website’s SEO rankings, and often don’t know where to start. Often they’ve end up being the adoptive parent of a child that hasn’t been shown enough love — and the result can be a sprawling, out of control, hard to manage spoiled brat!
To get […]

Secrets of Successful Web Design

Wednesday, October 3rd, 2007

Successful websites have a simple design, elegant and clear, content and are user-centric. Is it possible to achieve perfection with a minimalistic design? Yes it is.
Think that in one-two years we will all access the Web using handhold devices (PDAs, mobiles, iPods and so on). Of course we will want to get straight to the […]

On Link Love, Link Baiting and Link Carelessness

Wednesday, September 26th, 2007

I Make You Smile
and you give back so much!
I would like to thank Kim for the “You Make Me Smile” award and give back the link love.
And this reminds me to write an entry about blog awards… with their pros and cons - particularly why you should be careful with some of them. This will […]

Secrets of Blog SEO: Conversation

Monday, September 24th, 2007

One of the saddest so-called SEO advices is “don’t pass link juice” to other sites. Many bloggers still use “rel=nofollow” in their entries to prevent their page rank from dripping away. This is one of those selfish acts many webmasters do to please Google. And the WWW revolves around Google (?!)…
What these webmasters don’t know […]

Good Old Fashioned Customer Service

Tuesday, August 28th, 2007

When you go into a store with great customer service, you like to go back to it again and again.
My favorite store ever is Nordstrom’s. I remember the first time I was ever in one of their stores. It was as if the sales staff wanted me to feel good about being there. They showed […]

SEO for Mom and Pop Shops

Monday, August 20th, 2007

When I was little, my parents and I lived next to a mom and pop shop called Wascana Grocery. Run by Kenny and May Mah, this small corner grocery store had nearly everything you might need with a little something extra: that personal service that made all the difference. With butcher skills that he took […]

Corporate Blogging: Don’t Be an Island

Monday, August 6th, 2007

So you set up a corporate blog. You have put your shiniest suits forward and have in-house editors serving up professional content. And it’s being updated regularly, in fact it’s running smoothly. In fact, you’ve created a blogger’s dream come true.
Sit back, relax. Pat yourself on the back, even. After all, you’ve done the […]