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  • Master List: Authoritarian and Anti-Constitutional Actions by Donald Trump (2025)

    Master List: Authoritarian and Anti-Constitutional Actions by Donald Trump (2025)

    The last update to this was on May 24, 2025. Let me know if I forget to add to it. This post is a rolling chronicle of executive orders, proclamations, federal memoranda, and allied state-level initiatives that legal scholars, journalists, and watchdog groups have flagged as authoritarian, unconstitutional, or corrosive to democratic norms since President…

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  • Financial Class Notes

    Financial Class Notes

    The Nonfinancial Manager’s Guide To Understanding Financial Statements Larry Holmes Huston Texas Separate your profession from your business. The Cash Flow statement was created in 1988. Income statements are 500 years old. 1000 40 1000 30 1000 20 1000 10 total: 4100 Investorwords.com – financial words. Generally Accepted Accounting Principals: GAAP Sales=Revenue THE ACCOUNTING EQUATION:…

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  • The New Picasa Web Albums

    The New Picasa Web Albums

    I’m trying out the new Picasa Web Albums. It’s easy and integrates really smoothly into all the other Google tools I’ve been trying. You can check my album here at: http://picasaweb.google.com/sagerock And here is an embedded tool they allow you to use. It’s just some code you paste into your blog, it gives you a…

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  • I’m 35

    I’m 35

    Today is my birthday. In recent years, my birthday day has seemed to become a day of review and introspection. I put a lot of weight on the actual day. I guess that’s ok. But I do similar things to many other days in my life. I ask myself, “What is the best use of…

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  • Turning Against Shareholders

    Turning Against Shareholders

    I’m seeing a consistent trend of companies getting tired of shareholders. In this week’s The Week, “Issue of the week,” they write, “Investors demand short-term results and “sustained growth”. It’s almost like corporate America is just catching on that all that sweet sweet money they got from shareholders had more strings attached than they thought.…

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  • The Sucky Side of Terry Pluto’s Life

    The Sucky Side of Terry Pluto’s Life

    As I write this, I’m sitting a few feet away from Terry Pluto, the sports writer from the Akron Beacon Journal. at Angel Falls Coffee Shop. That’s kind of cool. I am into local celebrity. It’s like underground art or music. You have to be in the right place and right perspective to appreciate it.…

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  • $830

    $830

    It’s a lot of money! 9QKmmZS0dzk

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  • Protected: Omniture

    Protected: Omniture

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  • Videos

    Videos

    Videos Setting up PPC Accounts Spidering a site Setting up a Google Sitemap Other people are a poor judge of my character It’s never enough Perfect is the enemy of good enough Stop brow beating your SEM The different universes of money Who has the best interest of the company in mind… shareholders, employees, founders…

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  • Protected: Webinar

    Protected: Webinar

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  • Protected: Automotive Seminar

    Protected: Automotive Seminar

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  • Protected: Real Estate Seminar

    Protected: Real Estate Seminar

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  • CEO Forum at the Practice Court of Quicken Loans Arena

    CEO Forum at the Practice Court of Quicken Loans Arena

    I’m at the “CEO Forum” in the Practice Court of Quicken Loas Arena. I thought’s I’d blog the notes that jump out at me. First Speaker: Len Komoroski, President, Cleveland Cavaliers Here are some live notes of his as I’m hearing him speak. The title of his speech is: “Creating a Winning Team Through Leadership”…

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  • Sales

    Sales

    Tower Process Break into steps Recruit your team Break Towers Into Turrets Make a timeline Organize Checkins Communicate progress to team Offer encouragement Steps: Update Sales Board. I want this board to be like a Winner’s Board. Something that looks exciting and impressive. We probably should also have goals… X number of sales per quarter.…

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  • Turrets I’m In Charge Of

    Turrets I’m In Charge Of

    Omniture Webinar Automotive Seminar Real Estate Seminar Videos Turret Process Break into steps Recruit your team Make a timeline Organize Checkins Communicate progress to team Offer encouragement

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  • Towers I’m In Charge Of

    Towers I’m In Charge Of

    Sales Towers & Turrets Organizational Development Training Ohm Society 15% Goal Setting Tower Process Break into steps Recruit your team Break Towers Into Turrets Make a timeline Organize Checkins Communicate progress to team Offer encouragement

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  • Joe Abraham Evaluation

    Joe Abraham Evaluation

    Tomorrow is Joe’s evaluation. There are so many things he does right. I just want to make sure I don’t forget any of them. The greatest thing about Joe is that he is the epitome of a team player. If he has the slightest availability he will happily volunteer to help anyone. No one at…

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  • Paul E. Werner – Werner Printing and Lithographing Plant

    Paul E. Werner – Werner Printing and Lithographing Plant

    I have been facinated by the life of Paul Werner… a major contributor to the business history of Akron. The reason I’m interested in him is because he was a man of values… values which ultimately caused the ruin of his company. As a business owner you have to hope that your values will not…

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  • Be Careful

    Be Careful

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  • Why I Do SageRock

    Why I Do SageRock

    MAekAU9fl_Q A personal message from Sage about why I do SageRock and what motivates him.

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  • Link Building

    Link Building

    X2_wmA5NIjI An introduction to link building. How to go about building links ethically to help link popularity.

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  • PPC or SEO

    PPC or SEO

    vuOy2–8UOc Should you do pay per click or search engine optimization?

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  • Pay Per Click Introduction

    Pay Per Click Introduction

    ipSVW-8Idhc Describing the basics of pay per click advertising.

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  • Introduction to Search Engine Optimization

    Introduction to Search Engine Optimization

    nttfjt46quM An overview of search engine optimization basics.

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  • Google Analytics For Everyone

    Google Analytics For Everyone

    Google Analytics has finally opened up to everyone. So now is your chance to give Google Analytics a try if you haven’t already. Here’s an overview video of Google Analytics if you would like to take a look before you try it: lsPzslyV1U4

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  • White Noise – Michael Keaton

    White Noise – Michael Keaton

    There’s 98 minutes I can never get back. 7lGQB3CWf_E

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  • Why Not Hire SageRock

    Why Not Hire SageRock

    KwY9GZ2ftjE Reasons why you might not want to hire SageRock.com for your web marketing and search engine optimization.

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  • Why SageRock

    Why SageRock

    vu672w-bYGY Reasons why you might want to hire SageRock.com for your web marketing

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  • SageLewis.com Addiction Speaker Sheet

    SageLewis.com Addiction Speaker Sheet

    And here’s an idea I have about doing an addiction speaker series or DVD series. Sage was 225 pounds, a pack-a-day smoker, drank 2 pots of coffee a day, had 12 beers on Wednesdays, 18+ beers on Fridays, and quit it all one night 3 years ago. He didn’t find God. He didn’t check himself…

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  • Sage Lewis Speaker Sheet – For Business Coaching

    Sage Lewis Speaker Sheet – For Business Coaching

    While I know about web marketing with the best of ’em… my true passion is organizational development. Here’s a first draft of a speaker sheet for being a business coach. This is all in the very beginning stages. So don’t hold me to this idea… Are you tired of business coaches who have never run…

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  • Sage Lewis Speaker Sheet – For Web Marketing

    Sage Lewis Speaker Sheet – For Web Marketing

    I’m putting together a speaker sheet. These are my notes on a first draft: Sage has been a guest speaker throughout the United States. His long standing knowledge and unique perspective of the web marketing world will change how you think about your entire marketing strategy. He has spoken with associations, non-profit organizations, and multinational…

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