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Jan
14

Twitter, Sometimes You Suck

written by yankeerudy

Twitter – is it an earth-moving game-changing unstoppable force, or a complete waste of time? It goes back and forth, and just can’t seem to pull itself out of its schizophrenic spiral.Why is that?

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Jan
13

Five Lessons From Conan vs Leno

written by yankeerudy

The Conan/Leno/NBC scenario bears our attention because it can very easily happen to us, employees and entrepreneurs alike. There are important lessons we can learn in case we find ourselves in a similar situation.

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Dec
31

Five Reasons Why 2009 Sucked

written by yankeerudy

It’s time to reflect on the past year as the clock ticks down to 2010. What I’m finding, though, is that 2009 was a suck year for entrepreneurs. Here are five reasons why:

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Dec
22

Robert Scoble is a Big Baby

written by yankeerudy

Last week Internet industry pundit Robert Scoble started (yet another) firestorm with his blog post about how SEO won’t matter any more in 2010. Naturally, the very headline caused a knee-jerk reaction of condemnation in the SEO industry — we have enough trouble explaining to clients why what we do is important to them (and it is important) without some wag confusing them.

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Oct
27

Mad SEO Scientists

written by yankeerudy

In a recent post I talked about some dumb job posting terminology found on job sites. It occurred to me that SEO specialists aren’t “rock stars” or “gurus” at all. The more accurate descriptor of an SEO consultant is “Mad Scientist.”

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