State of Search is doing something awesome, a campaign for the WWF (here is the US side) called "The Panda Made Me Do It." Targeted at search marketers (giggle), it's a drive to let others know about how they can help our world and endangered species in many ways. I chose to adopt a tiger on the US site (pending, was having some issues over there) but if I got to choose on the UK site, it would have been to sponsor an acre of forest. No ...

Updated (Like 2 hours later) - They've done it! The ad below goes to the Bossa Nova dress in the ad. <3 Thank you! Dear ModCloth, I love your Facebook ads, they are one of the few that work for me ... repeatedly. I even bought one once, took it with me to Mexico and it was even borrowed from a friend! Great stuff. On the left, myself and Lauren Polinsky. To the right, Kristy Bolsinger wearing the same Plum Role ...

[caption id="attachment_1390" align="alignright" width="300" caption="From Sonny Photos"][/caption] I seem to always get the inspiration to write on a plane. I think it has to do with the solitude and ability to reflect. I have not had the time to write on my personal blog for almost 7 months. Not to make excuses, but this is largely due to my job at Distilled. I have not found a position I am happier in but it takes most of my best writing ...

This is going to be a quick post, but I feel it needs to be said. I am on an Alaska flight back to Austin for the weekend. I fly Alaska Airlines because they are an awesome airline in my experience and have a direct flight from Seattle to Austin. I have a feeling I'll be an MVP by the end of the year. In addition to just being a good airline, most of their flights now have wifi. I'm on it right now actually. It's fast and very convenient, but ...

Warning: This is entirely a personal post, but if you live in the Austin area and interested in a personal trainer, keep reading. Or if you're just curious about the randomness of my life. There is a new face in the Austin Personal Training scene, and he happens to be my brother. Brian Morris just finished his certification from PFTA here in Austin. He will soon be starting as a personal trainer on some lucky gym's staff, but is also looking ...

We all know I love Raven Tools. I'm not shy about it, and no they don't pay me. Well sorta, my affiliate link is over there to the side. But today I am not here to talk about their reports, tools, or awesome integration with my other favorite tool, Linkscape. Today is about The Hunt. What is the hunt? Raven started this game in which they hide clues across the interwebs. The clues are on their site and other Search Marketing blogs. They did ...

Note: This is a totally personal entry and has no SEO/PPC advice or tips. I have been saying that this is the year I would travel for me, do all the things I have been meaning to do, but couldn't do while in class. I went skiing in Breckenridge in January, went to Seattle in February, and decided to make a road trip to Winnipeg, Canada in March. You see, a flight from Austin to Winnipeg is really expensive! There are few airlines that make ...

Click here if you just want the LiveBall Review without the background story. Background I am not a tools type of search engine marketer. Well, in terms of PPC bid management tools. I love Raven Tools and SEOmoz and some of the newer PPC tools like WordStream. (Yes, some of those are affiliate links) There are some tools developers in the PPC space that I keep hearing about but have never seen. For the most part I don't have the clients ...

March 5 Update: Success! Body scan is clear. Will have to run a staged test in September, but it won't be like this one. Just have to stay on top of it. Happy Dance! March 2 Update: Ok, just “udderly" got tired of the weight gain from having no thyroid and now in isolation for radioactive iodine treatment. I needed exercise. Plus my speech was slurred! So I started an exercise plan last night. Not sure if the pill has anything to do ...

Twitter can produce the most off the wall thoughts and conversations sometimes. Just what I need for inspiration. I went to SMX Advanced in 2008 and Michael Dorausch posted to SEOmoz about SEO's favorite Starbucks Orders. So fun to read. No real point, but why does everything we read have to be work related? Taylor Pratt asked if cereal was allowed as a mid-afternoon snack today. A resounding yes was heard from what I saw, and that sparked my ...