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A New Austin Personal Trainer

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 Radioactive Mother

Posted by Kate Morris on Mar 01, 2010
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 ...

Yes, I hate XO Communications

Posted by Kate Morris on Feb 23, 2010
Update Feb 28: The folks at XO have joined in the conversation and cleared up many of the issues I was having. I still think they need to clarify these things in their backend system, but it seems as if there is a way to do ...

Snack Time Cereal – SEM ...

Posted by Kate Morris on Feb 01, 2010
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 ...

New Year Focus: Creativity

Posted by Kate Morris on Dec 30, 2009
Making resolutions can be easy at the beginning of the year. Keeping them is another thing entirely. I resolved to pay off either my student loans or my car this year, and to complete a training program called P90X. I did none of ...

PPC Tip: Dayparting using Google ...

Posted by Kate Morris on Dec 10, 2009
A good friend of mine that is getting into PPC asked me a question today. A question that I think is common to many people that are really digging into their campaigns. I am not talking to people just getting started (though you ...

Raven Tools PubCon T-Shirt Winner

Posted by Kate Morris on Nov 27, 2009
It's official - I have chosen a winner for the Raven PubCon shirt. It was a tough decision. But it goes to the funniest entry (posted at the last minute) about t-shirt and tools. It was followed closely by a reference to MIB, but ...

Brands=Trust

Posted by Kate Morris on Nov 20, 2009
In a global and Internet-based economy, they [brands] build trust and reinforce value. - Strategy: A View from the Top Are brands dead? Have we killed traditional marketing? Are newspapers dead? Will television ads die? In a ...

Raven PubCon Shirt Giveaway

Posted by Kate Morris on Nov 18, 2009
Pubcon is always a great time. This year was no different - staying up until the sun comes up, crazy antics, and the best SEM information in one place. This year's PubCon was sponsored by Raven Tools - a tool that I use and talk ...

PubCon 2009 Presentations

Posted by Kate Morris on Nov 18, 2009
I always promise that I'll post these and don't always get around to it, but I am going to this year. :) Here are my presentations from PubCon this year. I spoke on two panels and moderated three, so I can only give up just my ...

Favorite Charity: March of Dimes

Posted by Kate Morris on Nov 04, 2009
When Purpose Inc asked the attendees of PubCon to choose a favorite charity, I blanked. I have raised money and walked/run for so many great ones. Most recently those focused on cancer research because that seems to touch my life ...