All it took was three search fanatics and a few ideas over beers to form the Minnesota Search Engine Marketing Association.  That trio of search marketers was Clint Danks, James Svoboda, Lisa Raehsler who formed MNsem, hit the social channels and put together the groups first event that took place last night at FRWD. The [...] Read More

I thought I would share some of the thought process and steps that go into taking a custom web design from an idea to something you can see and understand.  The web design process always starts with identifying the goals of the site and the user, the content to be utilized and the features needed. [...] Read More

I saw rumor of it months ago, but Google has announced today that previews are now a part of search results.  Each search result offers a magnifying glass icon that when clicked, displays a preview of the page. (View full Google Preview search screenshot) I think this is a fabulous feature for the user and [...] Read More

I enjoyed the opportunity to speak at the Buffalo Chamber Quarterly Luncheon this week on Facebook.  My presentation focused on small business using Facebook for marketing. Marketing Options & Best Practices Chamber members learned about the various ways to use Facebook to both market socially with deals and interaction as well as using direct advertising [...] Read More

If you’ve been to a conference, workshop or presentation lately you’ve noticed.  If you haven’t been able to make it to an event you wanted to … you’ve noticed.  Twitter is buzzing with links, takeaways, highlights, photos and more everyday, from people at great events.  Twitter is making events better. Heads Down Is A Good [...] Read More