Archive for the 'Xtra' Category

3 Doors Down—A True SEO Music Video Ü

August 31 20102 Commented

Categorized Under: SEO, Xtra

A friend of mine sent over the below music video by 3 Doors Down. He told me that the video adequately portrayed his frustration about trying to rank a brand new domain on a difficult keyword. When I watched it I couldn’t believe how well the video symbolized the SEO struggle. So, I added my [...]

Can Personalized Marketing Go Too Far? Teacher Sells Advertising on Test Pages.

June 30 20103 Commented

Categorized Under: Marketing Ideas, Web Nonsense, Xtra

I know the economy is struggling, but I was a bit surprised when I stumbled across a NPR story of an Idaho high school selling advertising on their test sheets. It has been over a year since this was reported and I am curious to know how successful this experiment of extreme personalized marketing panned out. [...]

Stick: A Virtual Push Pin

April 16 2010No Commented

Categorized Under: Geek Speak, Reviews, Xtra

So, for the last few years I have been using a free piece of software, called Stick, that has been really quite useful. Stick allows you to add a virtual “push pin” to any widow pane or software interface. Once you add the push pin that window will always be viewed as the top window [...]

How the Google Chrome Logo Came About

March 27 2010one Commented

Categorized Under: Marketing Ideas, Web Nonsense, Xtra

I actually believe this isn’t far from the truth! Related posts Review: Website Cloaking At Its Worst The gFTC (Google Federal Trade Commission) The Day Search Engines Died! Google Page Rank Still Means Something

The Adorable Face of Affiliate Marketing

February 21 2010one Commented

Categorized Under: Affiliate Marketing, Xtra

I am always a sucker for swag, particularly cool swag. So, when Affiliate.com offered to send me their cool shirt I couldn’t resist. However, the condition of receiving this great swag was that I did a post on how I wear the shirt. Well, we received the shirt and I realized as cool as the [...]

Merry Christmas From MyMarketer

December 25 2009No Commented

Categorized Under: Xtra

A quick note to wish all the MyMarketer readers a happy Christmas. This year would have been far less interesting were it not for great insights you have contributed, and the comments you’ve made, in this blog during 2009. I hope you all have an excellent time over the festive season. Related posts My New [...]

Au Revoir To CHG Healthcare

July 17 2009No Commented

Categorized Under: Xtra

I have concluded that having a positive experience in corporate America depends largely on the people you work with. This was a lesson I relearned while working at CHG Healthcare as their Senior Web Marketing Specialist. Today is my last day as I prepare to return back to school and receive a higher degree. . [...]

How To Record Phone Calls For Free (and legally)

April 24 2009No Commented

Categorized Under: Xtra

I am working on a project that requires me to interview a lot of people over the phone. If anyone has done this, he or she knows that it is really hard to pay attention to your interviewee when you are taking copious notes. Living in the amazing era that we do, I knew that [...]

Happy April Fools!

April 1 2009No Commented

Categorized Under: Xtra

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Another Tool In The Fight Against Viruses!

March 18 2009No Commented

Categorized Under: Xtra

So, last week was a frustrating week. For the first time in 10 years I received a virus on my computer. The virus was so nasty that I had to completely re-image my hard drive. Then the very next day, as I was trying to install all my programs, I got another virus. This time [...]

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