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VRMA Conference 2011

September 19, 2011 No Comments

Are you attending VRMA Conference 2011 in Orlando this year? Let’s connect. To all my travel industry readers: I will be in Orlando and would love to connect with anyone attending the Vacation Rentals Management Association Conference. I have attended multiple times over the past 5 years, including speaking at several sessions about online marketing. [...]

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Smushed Baby and Home Away

February 2, 2011 1 Comment

Around this time last year, I was dominating organic search results with a few Super Bowl commercial keywords. (Ask me about that later). I noticed Home Away is back on the horse again with a Super Bowl Ad. This time they are smushing babies, with a test baby, to show the problems with small hotel [...]

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Nashville needs your help!

May 3, 2010 Comments Off

Those of you, who visit this site looking for articles on search engine marketing, pardon me for a few minutes. Nashville TN is experiencing a horrific natural disaster and we need your support. A heavy downpour of rain arrived in Nashville this past Saturday. By Sunday night, that reached as much as 13 inches of [...]

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SES San Jose 09 – Four Paths to Success in a Tough Travel Economy

July 21, 2009 2 Comments

As mentioned before, I am attending Search Engine Strategies San Jose this year again. I am excited about several sessions, but specifically any that include the travel industry. On Day 2, Wednesday, I will be attending “Four Paths to Success in a Tough Travel Economy”. As the session description says: “Travel marketers discuss the challenges [...]

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My Favorite Online Marketing Articles from 2008

December 16, 2008 Comments Off

SEO The Infallible SEO Option by Seo-Theory.com, Michael Martinez – Michael stresses that content is still king. Quality, well-written content solves many SEO issues. Too many SEO’s spend too much time discussing and worrying about page sculpting, purchasing links, duplicate content, no-follows, and many other minor factors. By creating useful content many ranking problems are [...]

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