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Jul
19

Seven Links Challenge

written by yankeerudy

Darren at Problogger issued a 7 link challenge last week, asking bloggers to post links in his seven categories. It looked like it would be fun, so for the benefit of new Smartacus blog readers I’m jumping onto the blogwagon.

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Jul
12

Six Reasons To Trust Your Website To Wordpress

written by yankeerudy

I’ve been reading some real touchy-feely articles lately about why business owners should use Wordpress for their websites. I like Wordpress (we use it here) but touchy feely doesn’t help anybody. Here are some real benefits of using Wordpress for your website, instead of paying for a custom web development job.

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Jul
5

Four Lessons I Learned From the US Census

written by yankeerudy

I just finished a three-month tour as a Crew Leader for the US Census, and I’m glad to be back here. Many of the things I experienced frustrated and offended my entrepreneurial sensibilities, and made me appreciate all the more the freedoms we have as business owners to make informed decisions and act on them. Rather than dwell on the bad decisions and poor management approaches I’ve endured, let’s take this as an object lesson for your own entrepreneurship and project management activities.

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Mar
16

Wonder Woman and the SEO Killer

written by yankeerudy

Last week a remarkable thing happened… Rhea Drysdale (aka Wonder Woman), a twenty-something entrepreneur, managed to hold off an attempt to secure the trademark for the term ‘SEO’ by one Jason Gambert. Thing is, while Gambert may be the ‘bad guy’ in some people’s eyes, he isn’t the SEO Killer in this story. Let me explain…

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Mar
11

SEO On-Page Review

written by yankeerudy

This past Tuesday evening I had the pleasure of participating in a panel discussion on search engine optimization at the Dallas SEO Meetup group. Sure, the drive to and from the Dallas Infomart was tiring, but the meeting itself was fun and educational.

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