We all get them … those annoying emails, contact form requests, and even phone calls from people who claim that, “We can make you number one on Google.” If you examine them close enough, most of the people sending these out have a Gmail account without a legitimate email, and why on earth, if they are SEO experts,…
Details
Jogging With A Walkman One of the coolest tools that I ever had in my audio arsenal was the ability to record phonograph records and put them on audio cassette to take them with me in my car. Then along came the Walkman. Now I had the ability to run and jog while holding a brick in my hand…
Details
Do you remember the 1979 gang movie “Warriors”? At one point in the movie, Luther, leader of the Rogues, a gang in New York City, calls to fight the Warriors from Long Island. Clicking 3 beer bottles together, he repeats over and over, “Warriors, come out to play-I-ay? Warriors, come out to play-I-ay?” Warrior Plus happens to be one of…
Details
Junior Varsity Way back in high school (I mean WAY BACK), JV stood for junior varsity. I loved playing football! When I was in middle school I was a bruiser middle linebacker. I realized when entering high school as a freshman that all of a sudden the kids were 5 to 6 inches taller and 50 pounds heavier than I…
Details
Taking The Leads! I don’t know about you, but I’m a sports nut. I love baseball, football, hockey, basketball, and especially golf. Now, I know at least some sports are probably boring to you, and some are boring to me, however here is what I know as truth. Playing from the position of being in the lead is…
Details
Do you remember participating in science fairs as a little kid? There were all kinds of cool experiments involving magnets, paper and lots of other stuff. But by far the coolest experiment that always got everybody’s attention was the erupting volcano. It was pretty simple and you literally had one shot at it. You created a papier-mâché…
Details
Do you ever lose sleep over your business? Okay, I may be dating myself, but there’s an old Three Dog Night song called “One is the Loneliest Number”. Being a small business owner or solopreneur does not necessarily mean that you’re an army of only one. Chances are, you surround yourself with all kinds of people to…
Details
Have you ever felt like a human doing … As opposed to a human being? In this highly connected, multimedia, I need it yesterday world, it’s so easy to become overwhelmed. Some people will say that you do it to yourself, and that’s partly true. But in reality, we carry around a supercomputer in our…
Details
Do you know who my favorite coach was? It was my dad! He spent a lot of time coaching all of us at baseball, softball and swimming. When I was a kid, I used to have to shop in the husky section of Robert Hall to get clothes. I was the fat kid who could not run the…
Details
I’m sure you have heard the phrase “A picture is worth a thousand words”, however, I am also sure, that if you just describe each picture with 1000 words, you will bore people to tears. Pictures and words work hand in glove … especially on the Internet. Ultimately, it’s the words that will convince people to buy or not to…
Details