I went from 15+ years of offices to working from home in 2015. While leaving my commute behind has been amazing, there are benefits to being in a collaborative and professional office environment that I miss. After working out of a couple co-working spaces in the Twin Cities like CoCo and The Commons (but having …
The year ended with a great mix of events I was fortunate to present at and 2016 is shaping up to be a great one. The opportunity to share my knowledge, meet new people, be challenged and travel fuels my creative and business passion in so many ways. A Busy End To 2015 The final …
Seattle was taken by storm this weekend as MOZ and Local University teamed up to put on the first of it’s kind “super event” for local search. LocalUp was a full day of serious local search, SEO, mobile and online marketing presentations that brought out some incredible speakers, ideas, tips and attendees into the fabulous …
If you are a web design firm or a digital marketing shop, the amazing project you just completed didn’t take 30 seconds to create. Yet the majority of web design portfolios or “work” sections of agency websites summarize a project in a few sentences and a few graphics only. Telling The Whole Project Story More …
I’m guessing you’ve heard the phrase “content is king” at least a few dozen times if not a few hundred. The web, in all it’s aspects, has definitely grown to center around content. Social content, website content, content strategy, user-generated content … it’s all about content. For my next Digital Marketing Short (which I actually …
A few things led to this post and video being created. It probably started with getting to do a MOZ Academy video last fall on mobile and got me thinking “that wasn’t too hard”. The second is the desire to create content of various types and video was up next (I’m already a photo fanatic). I’m hoping to use …
I recently put together a comprehensive 3 article series on the Local University blog covering how your website should structure and display business locations. One of the most trusted sources of your businesses location information that is often used by Google and Bing for local search results comes from your own website. My posts covered …
After using a messenger bag for the last 8 years, it was time to give my shoulders a break and explore a laptop backback. After some serious research, I went with the Everki Concept backpack. It wasn’t cheap, but after a few weeks of use I’m really geeked up about my new geek bag.
I can’t lie, I find the web design of major content and news sites to be extremely interesting. USAToday.com has made their new website redesign public through a BETA address in the last week as all of their delivery methods have undergone a facelift, including the logo and newspaper.
I was happy to be interviewed by Tech.MN while taking part in the 2011 Overnight Web Challenge. This event pairs non-profits in need of a serious website revamp with teams of up to 10 web professionals to build a new website an other online marketing tools in just 48 hours.
I'm the CEO of GatherUp, a customer feedback platform that helps brands and companies capture, evaluate and improve their customer experiences and online reputation.
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