Picture this. I'm in New York at SMX East 2008, my first speaking gig. I'm at dinner with some awesome people (including Brandy Eddings, Manda Otto, Scott Polk, Tony Adam, Carol Adam, Todd Friesen, Brent Payne, and Jonathan Dingman), and I look around when we are waiting for a table. Lo and behold, I am the only one without an iPhone. Seriously. That was a year ago and the time has come to get one. I have been a loyal AT&T customer for ...

I am a Texas girl. Born and raised. I am a liberal for the most part. I vote fairly regularly. But I really don't get into the depths of politics. That is until it meets the SEO world. And today it did. I got a call from the Austin American Statesman wanting to know my opinion on a site supposedly put up by the Senator Kay Bailey Hutchinson campaign called http://www.standbykay.com My first reaction? No redirect from non-www to www ...

Got this text last night: ------------------------------------- FRM:sterling MSG: Sterling Alert. Unusual Activity - Call now at 1-(800) 283-7197 From Number: 1010100025 -------------------------------------- Yep, same as the email from years ago. I know it's spam because I don't bank with Sterling. And when I called out of curiosity, they asked for bank number and credit card number in their entirety. So pass, share, let ...

Here is a good way to start a Monday. I have recently been acquiring some childhood books that I thought I would never find again. But thanks to the power of the web, I have located them and found that I really still enjoy the stories. I am even contemplating buying some other series from the authors. Now these are old, and written for middle school aged children, but awesome none-the-less. (Full disclosure, these are affiliate ...

This is going to be a short entry, but to follow up a tweet: He did order them, and in fact got me one too. (He mentioned where he got them here.) And here is the evidence. Needless to say, there will be much fun with this stamp when doing thesis research. ...

[caption id="attachment_685" align="alignleft" width="215" caption="From Making Bread Magazine"][/caption] Many people ask how I can possibly work from home. Don't I just do everything but work? Well, kinda, but here is how working from home works for me. I love my job. Not kidding. Like I live my job. If I am not working on clients, I am working on personal sites and blogs. It just makes for one continuous day for me. I leave to go do yoga, ...

Twitter is a favorite place of mine to hang out and talk to friends. I always say I talk a LOT - and I proved that when I hit 10,000 tweets yesterday. I have friends that are more powerful and influential (and talkative), but this was a milestone I caught and wanted to celebrate. Twitter has allowed me to meet and converse with some awesome people in the past year. My life will never be the same, and I can't begin to thank the people I have ...

So my friend and colleague, Brandy Eddings, posted some news last week about the acquisition of New Edge Media by its primary investor. While that investor has gone out of their way to ensure the team is taken care of, I have come to the conclusion that it was not the right place for me. While I continue working with current clients, I am opening up to bringing on a few more. There is a new page on this site that explains what services I am ...

We had a debate in class about getting an MBA from a top tier school like The University of Texas at Austin McCombs School of Business (that's a mouthful) versus Texas State University at San Marcos McCoy College of Business. There is the perception that the MBA from Texas is better, worth more, than that from a second tier school like Texas State. I can personally argue both sides. My undergrad is from Texas, and my MBA will be from Texas ...

One of the hardest things I have done in my academic career is deciding to do a thesis. People give me the worst looks when I tell them I am starting my thesis this summer, and they are in the program. It's not the normal road, but the electives offered in this program are too off base of my current goals and career path. A thesis allows me to focus on Internet marketing and help my community by using university resources to do research. In ...