I really enjoy teaching people/clients about everything they can do to help them with their brand awareness and management, but there is something that does frustrate me. A majority of the time when I am working with a brand new )online( business owner, and I start to talk to them about the not-so traditional ways of marketing like Social Media to help them with their reputation management, they do not take me as serious as they need to be.

Have you ever told yourself - "Man, those are two hours )or insert your number here( of my life that I will never get back." Well, I feel like that today after spending several hours reading nothing but junk. So, with all this back and forth )debate( crap I have been reading about link buying, Google bashing, Pubcon 2007 and annoying reads )I mean we really have heard it all( I thought I would share something upbeat and funny that my son told me today.

You can use Digg , StumbleUpon , Reddit and Mixx to increase your sites traffic, links, and branding which has a result on your bottom line, you can network in Facebook , Linkedin or Myspace to get more leads and referrals, but, what can you do to make a buck with Twitter ? Twitter users out there I'm sorry if I offend, but I am too busy to use anything just to tell my long lost cousin where I got my lunch,

Ok, I am doing this post because the holiday season is upon us, and it reminded me of a useful tip )I use, and was taught a few years back( that can help web surfers save big bucks. Plus, we can all use a little reminder now and again. There may also be some readers out there that are new to this blog, and the information provided. When I was renewing some domains this morning, during the checkout process I was asked if I had a "coupon code",

You may not think the following is a big deal, as I won't be talking about top 10 rankings, but the number one spot, but when you are a company as large as Toyota and you don't rank number one for specific car searches, there is a problem in my opinion. If I was over web/marketing at Toyota I would not be pleased. *Im sure this is a timley post and in a month or two this will no longer be the case, but none the less I think it is a big deal.

O.K. before you keep reading I have to apologize, I hate case studies and examples of sites that don't show the sites involved. One of the things that Mat and I try to do to set us apart from a lot of blogs is to give specific ideas on how to do things, but in the case study below I can't. We are growing and have a lot of clientèle that just won't let us share their info, or even mention them as a client. That is fine,

My daughter came home )from school( today with a list of 5 things she was thankful for, and was asked to share with someone at home, and have them share, and then ask someone as well. I thought it would be appropriate to post the 5 things I am most thankful for here, during this Thanksgiving season. I have never really done one of these kind of lists, but with my daughter asking me to share, I thought it the perfect opportunity to do so. 1. Family 2. Friends 3.

Just wondering if anyone else noticed Twitter showing up on last nights episode of CSI )Las Vegas - )which I freaking love((? I do my best to help )new to internet( marketers embrace social media, I blog all the time about how important Social Media is )even for the veterans of Internet marketing that still have not jumped on(, but if having Twitter show up during one of the biggest shows on television is not enough to convince you, then I don't know what is.

Just wanted to share some pictures with everyone from our recent speaking trip at the E-Tourism Summit in San Fran. The picture I took of the city at night is probably one of the coolest pictures I have ever taken in my life. All Chris needs is laser beams coming out of his eyes to make this picture better! I am no photoshop hacker though ' )sadly( This picture is the walk of death we had to climb everyday just to get to the hotel we were speaking at. I am out of shape bad!