Does Your Online Store Make Customers Sing?
There’s a scene in the movie version of “Oliver” where merchants walk along the street outside his bedroom window peddling their wares. They sing out “Who will buy?” this or that, holding up samples for passersby to see. Oliver has never witnessed such a thing before. He sings, Who will buy this wonderful morning? Such a sky you never did see! Who will tie it up with a ribbon, And put it in a box for me? I visited a web site today that sells dessert products. ...
Read MoreWomen Are Not Soccer Balls
This morning I saw a female cardinal. It’s easy to spot the males because they’re a brilliant red but today, the lady bird sat watching the finches and me not far from my kitchen window. I decided her presence was a power sign. She stood out, even without her man in his beautiful coat nearby. She was doing perfectly fine on her own. I came across Wendy Piersall’s, TLC Launches New TV Show :: The Secret Life of a Soccer Mom blog post today. She brought to my attention a...
Read MoreToday’s Finds – Food for Thought
I enjoyed some blog posts this week from people I’m not as familiar with. One of them wrote about the need for search engine marketing and/or Internet education in schools and universities. Another looked at the “SEO Rock Star” theme in a different way. More on them below. It’s been an exciting week too. Cre8asiteforums loses three moderators and gains two new ones. Both are women, well known and respected in the search marketing industry. We’re celebrating...
Read MoreSEO Blogger Fights for Axis Deer
There are countless reasons why someone from the search engine marketing industry operates a blog. It can be to share news, promote one’s services, create community, converse with clients and the public or raise awareness of issues. I seek out positive thinking people and those who, in the face of negativity or peer pressure, continue to do their thing with class and integrity. Their reasons for doing whatever they do are often deeply personal and self fulfilling to them. For example, ...
Read MoreIntroducing NonProfits on the Web and Cre8tive Tomorrow Forums
I began to question where forums fit into the present day socially oriented Internet picture in November when I wrote Where Do Forums Fit on a Social Network Driven Internet? The consensus was that forums are still wanted, needed and could still serve. For me, personally, to keep at it for what is now my 12th year as a moderator (10 years with my club/forum, plus 2 years moderating email list discussions before that), I needed to find ways to keep me interested and decided I was likely not...
Read MoreFinding Inspiration: Expansion
While I don’t do New Year’s Resolutions, I do have a simple tradition that I do every year around this time. I begin looking for new sources for inspiration to re-energize me for the new year. Usually what I find are ideas that “stick” far better than resolutions. Two blog posts jumped out at me that fit the type of boost I look for, like new ideas or new thinking about everyday activities related to life, love, work, whatever. The first is 5 Industries I Want To Work...
Read MoreThe Way We Imagined It
There was a theme for this year’s Thanksgiving holiday and it had to do with age. I attended two Thanksgiving dinners. One was with some of my husband’s gigantic family at an aunt’s home in Maryland, 3.5 hours away. The other was at my house, with our kids, my parents, more of my husband’s family and a perfectly brined turkey. In Maryland, the conversation that I remember the most focused on how different life is for young people today. There’s no more science...
Read MoreBuilding Better Web Sites For a Better World
This week was powerful. It was the end of my son’s football season and I was so impressed with him that for two days I was in deep thought, even lying awake at night with the realization that my 14 year old son had become my hero. When everything that could go wrong, did, he scored the most amazing touchdown in the last 2 minutes of one of the games that had all the parents on their feet. And all he did was to show his heart. Passion has always been my guiding light. It’s an odd...
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