Category: Business Philosophy

Here’s an interesting pdf study that IBM did:IBM | 2010 Chief Executive Officer Study(You have to give them a ton of information to download it. But if you are in business I’d say it’s worth it.) The point that jumped out at me was this: Creativity is the most important leadership quality, according toCEOs. Standouts…

The Safety Net – Living on Nothing but Food Stamps – Series – NYTimes.com Representative John Linder, a Georgia Republican who is the ranking minority member of a House panel on welfare policy added: “You don’t improve the economy by paying people to sit around and not work. You improve the economy by lowering taxes”…

There’s a really cool event coming to Akron April 17th: BizCamp – Spring 2009 Speaker Schedule | Office Space Coworking  What is BizCamp? BizCamp is an ad-hoc gathering born from the desire for people to share and learn in an open environment. It’s an intense event with discussions, demos and interaction from participants. Sometimes referred…

If you have a moment, I’d appreciate your help. Please take a look and forward this job on to anyone you think would be interested/qualified in the position, or anyone else who could help me find a great candidate. Thanks for your help!-Greg HabermannCOO/VP of SageRock, Inc. ++++++++++++++++++++++ Company: SageRockJob Title: Web Marketing Specialist —…

I have lead pretty much the last decade of my career doing what I felt I “should” be doing. I should be going to meetings. I should be selling. I should be networking. Recently I have had a change of heart. I’ve decided to make a withdrawal from SageRock. Not a money withdrawal as much…

Crushing Job Losses May Signal Broader Changes – NYTimes.com “These jobs aren’t coming back,” said John E. Silvia, chief economist at Wachovia in Charlotte. “A lot of production either isn’t going to happen at all, or it’s going to happen somewhere other than the United States. There are going to be fewer stores, fewer factories,…

Check out SageRock Happy Hour. This month it is focused on Social Media. November 20 @ 6:00330.379.9000Free to attendPlease RSVP by November 18thto [email protected] [youtube]ltSoq5Zselo[/youtube]

If you are going to be in Chicago this week, come check out:Search Engine Marketing (SEM) Training Workshops – Chicago, IL – June 4, 2008 I’m teaching a class called:Tech Pitfalls That Will Derail Your SEO Watch this video to learn more about the workshops and my class:

Local search is on-fire hot! By catering to a local audience you can significantly increase your sales and your conversion rate. But creating local search campaigns isn’t as simple as just mirroring your national paid search campaign. Come to the Think Global, Act Local Training Class at SES Chicago to learn hands-on, how-to techniques and…

Last night, our company was honored by winning the NEOSA Best SEO/SEM Company award. NEOSA is an industry trade association located in Cleveland Ohio. The competition was against some of the most serious web marketing companies in the Greater Cleveland area. Additionally, the Northern Ohio area is lucky to have some of the finest search…

Why Omniture This is a good overview video of what it is and what it’s useful: http://www.omniture.com/product_tours/sitecatalyst Presents information in a way that is useful and meaningful to your specific company. Can customize, share and notify people on a standard schedule. You can see the value each of your page’s has. As people move through…

I wanted to put together some notes for the installation that I’ve done recently of Joomla Joomla_1.0.12-Stable-Full_Package tutorial_template com_sefpatch_1.011.zip – I had this emailed to me because the downloaded version had some errors with _1.0.12 – .12 worked on Greg’s server. plugin_jw_allvideos_2.4.zip – it’s a mambot I am starting to embed my own videos into…

Che Guevara – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia “I will perfect myself and accomplish whatever may be necessary in order to become a true revolutionary.” It was during this period that he acquired his famous nickname, “Che”, due to his frequent use of the Argentine interjection [[Che]] (pronounced /t?e/), which is used in much the same…

Karl Marx – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Religion is the sign of the oppressed creature, the heart of a heartless world, and the soul of soulless conditions. It is the opium of the people. Those who must sell their labor power are “proletarians.” The person who buys the labor power, generally someone who does own…