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by bmac27 13y ago
SEEKING WORK - Remote, NYC or northern New Jersey Experienced SEO strategist with 5+ years experience on both the agency-side and in-house, as well as with my own web properties (ran a profitable, full-time content business from 2006 to 200
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by bmac27 13y ago
When you're assessing the viability of microdata or any SEO strategy for that matter, you have to consider the context and whether or not it works for the market that you're in. I don't see this as an indictment of Google Authorship at all;
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by bmac27 13y ago
"True inbound marketing is way too risky at scale." In what way is it risky? I can see it being too much work for some people/companies who do mediocre work to begin with. But I can't see what risks are inherent in establishing yourself (or
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by bmac27 13y ago
Sorry for the confusion. I meant the former, as in my case, search marketing (SEO/inbound marketing) vs. programming. Most people I know working full-time in search don't approach the salaries/rates that developers make and speaking broadly
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by bmac27 13y ago
A potentially stupid but relevant question as I'm just getting my feet wet in the consulting arena: does discipline matter at all when it comes to this doubling/tripling of day job rate formula?
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by bmac27 13y ago
Nothing too interesting IMO except the increased advertorial crackdown, although I'm skeptical as to how much of that they'll be able to detect. (Ironically, I'm seeing more & more of these in A/B level tech blogs)
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by bmac27 14y ago
Yep. Now you can present the "Be Your Own Bitch" argument that it's like any business relying on a single source of traffic/income. A desktop-facing service nimble enough to pivot after an algorithm shift cripples their organic search ranki
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by bmac27 14y ago
In my case, I've gone through a pretty extensive battery of tests with two separate behavioral psychologists that go beyond self-evaluation or those (largely nonsensical) questionnaires that primary care physicians have you fill out. But I
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by bmac27 14y ago
Correct. They are two different strands of the same condition. Inattentive type is what is generally referred to as ADD without physical hyperactivity. ADHD has a physical component as well. The kids I knew in school growing up who were dia
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by bmac27 14y ago
The hyperfocus phenomenon is symptomatic of those that suffer with ADD. I've always likened my brain to a lawnmower where you have to pull the cord 20 times just to get it started; but once you get going, you can zero in for hours at a time
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by bmac27 14y ago
I'm starting to finally make use of Things in a more constructive fashion (after buying it a year and a half ago and having it waste away on my mac/phone etc.) It helps prioritize these kinds of things, although a lot of my notes still find
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by bmac27 14y ago
SEEKING WORK - Remote, NYC or northern New Jersey Experienced SEO strategist with 5+ years experience on both the agency-side and in-house, as well as with my own web properties (ran a profitable, full-time content business from 2006 to 200
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by bmac27 14y ago
I'll definitely give it a shot as I've become a fairly heavy Evernote user and the templates look great. The problem is most of what I post to Evernote is typically in the form of short notes, ideas, lists, bullet points or anything that I'
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by bmac27 14y ago
Bootstrapping with day job. Will clear six months of runway by June, maybe sooner but would like to be throwing off at least enough cash to pay all of my non-rent expenses (which total less than my rent). Once I get to six months and leave
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by bmac27 14y ago
I agree; that last comment gives it away. I've been doing enterprise-level SEO for several years now as a day job and it's not as if algo updates are so frequent and far reaching as to make it difficult to keep up with. Most major updates f
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by bmac27 14y ago
almost on cue: http://gigaom.com/2013/01/23/battery-startup-leyden-energy-r...
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by bmac27 14y ago
You can have a look at the latest issue here: http://us6.campaign-archive1.com/?u=9f8345c9a9462d19984b8ca5... I've been publishing for a little over a week and have gotten some quality feedback so far but would love to hear from HN reader
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Show HN: I made Breaktap. A daily newsletter for the mobile startup community.(breaktap.com)
1 points by bmac27 14y ago|1 comments
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by bmac27 14y ago
Cool. Thanks for sharing. I'm wrestling with the daily/weekly question myself as I'm starting to publish my own newsletter. My own instincts run counter to wanting to receive an e-mail blast daily no matter how relevant it is. But I'm not s
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by bmac27 14y ago
Did you build the readership organically entirely from HN? Were there other sources from which folks signed up? Also have you considered some kind of daily edition? Or might that be considered overkill?
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Startup Lets Retail Stores Track Shoppers As Websites Do(technologyreview.com)
2 points by bmac27 14y ago|0 comments
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Opportunities Are Bullshit(stevenpressfield.com)
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Innovate Or Die: Nokia’s Long-Drawn-Out Decline (techcrunch.com)
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The Power of Concentration(nytimes.com)
119 points by bmac27 14y ago|42 comments
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Why the Dumbphone Still Matters: Especially to Startups.(breaktap.com)
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Take Heart: You’re in the Arena.(blairmacgregor.com)
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by bmac27 14y ago
Agreed. I don't think the market for non-coffee shop workspaces is still that sizable, particularly in non-city environments. It's definitely growing though and I think in five to ten years, this market will be able to sustain a more viable
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by bmac27 14y ago
I don't know the FB advertising system inside & out either but like Cuban, I'm miffed by this. The implication here is that companies essentially don't own their own "likes." What value do they have outside of being a vanity metric if y
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by bmac27 14y ago
I'm not very familiar with Silver's background. I was about to write up how similar this type of analysis (and the ensuing reaction to it from the established pundit class) was to the baseball world and the rise of sabermetrics. Then I saw
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by bmac27 14y ago
done! just need city & country now.

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