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What If Lance Armstrong Hadn’t Doped?

Posted on January 16, 2013 · Posted in Leadership

It’s February 1997 and Lance Edward Armstrong is declared free of the testicular cancer that had nearly killed him just months before. He was ready to resume his promising career.. read more

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Facebook Ads Become a Cesspool of MLM and Work From Home Scams

Posted on January 9, 2013 · Posted in Social Media

Recently I’ve noticed that my Facebook ad feed has become a giant cesspool of work from home scams, multi-level marketing (mlm) or worse convicted felon Perry Belcher looking for a.. read more

Top 5 Posts of 2012

Posted on January 6, 2013 · Posted in Google

Here are the top 5 most viewed posts from 2012 Pros and Cons of Self-Censorship Online This has always been a sticking point for anyone in online marketing because you.. read more

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The Genius of Ayrton Senna in One Video

Posted on January 5, 2013 · Posted in Leadership

I’ve always held Ayrton Senna in high esteem but I came across a video recently that really made me appreciate his intuitive genius. This particular example isn’t him running a.. read more

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Year End Checklist for Bloggers

Posted on December 23, 2012 · Posted in General

We’re just days away from 2013 and I wanted to share some year end cleanup and maintenance tips for bloggers. 1 Make sure everything is upgraded. Most bloggers are generally.. read more

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My Default WordPress Setup

Posted on December 15, 2012 · Posted in Wordpress

These are all of the plugins I install and changes I make to get my WordPress installation ready for action: After installing WordPress, I immediately chmod everything to be read.. read more

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Quick WordPress Tip: Delete Unused Themes

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Wanted to write a quick post today to share with you a simple trick to protect your site from hackers. I recently had a site compromised by leaving the default.. read more

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Deluged by NFL Jersey Comment Spam

Posted on October 25, 2012 · Posted in Security

I logged in to the blog today and saw more than 1200 comments waiting for approval. Since I post rather infrequently, I don’t use Akismet. Instead I have a word.. read more

Fisher Crisis Day 2: Progressive Responds, Raises More Questions

Posted on August 15, 2012 · Posted in Social Media

As a followup from my previous post, I thought I would talk about Progressive’s response and the questions that it raises. To sum it up, yesterday Matt Fisher posted a.. read more

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Progressive Botches Social Media Response, Makes Matters Worse

Posted on August 14, 2012 · Posted in Social Media

Okay internet marketers, time to do a little role play exercise. Imagine you are the head of social media for one of the nation’s largest insurance companies. A new blog.. read more