September 2010

Social Media vs. SEO

September 23, 2010

I’m really pleased to bring you the following Q&A with Alex Becker of Highly Relevant.  Alex is a very smart and capable guy who I would trust with the success of your business online. 1. What is your opinion of lead gen with Social Media? What do you think the future holds for Social Media? [...]

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“Like Whistling Past The Grave” or Using System Thinking instead of Blame

September 22, 2010

A wonderful article in Slate by the Astronaut-Turned-Patient Safety Expert talks about the importance of improving your system (or in my mind your website) instead of blaming isolated incidents. “When I got into healthcare, I felt like I’d stepped into an entirely different world. It was all about, “Let’s figure out who screwed up and [...]

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Alex Becker Asks me Some Questions…

September 21, 2010

Friend and colleague Alex Becker was kind enough to post a few questions he and I talked about recently.  Here’s an excerpt: Alex: What are the most common mistakes people make with their WP blog? Brad: I think you can break this up into 2 parts, the Technical side and the Content side. From a content [...]

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Jefferson’s Letter To Peter Carr

September 19, 2010

Give up money, give up fame, give up science, give the earth itself and all it contains, rather than do an immoral act. And never suppose, that in any possible situation, or under any circumstances, it is best for you to do a dishonorable thing, however slightly so it may appear to you. Whenever you [...]

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The role of a homepage…

September 9, 2010

I just watched a very interesting webinar about how to improve your Home Page. Read some gems from that webinar in this post.

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The One-Minute SEO Plan

September 1, 2010

Premise: There are plenty of times when you’d want to tell somehow how they can improve the Search Engine rankings of their site quickly. I’ve found that with most lay-people, you have about one minute before their eyes gloss over. So below is my attempt at giving someone the best tips for SEO that can [...]

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