Credit Cards on Terceira December 24, 2022. We use our Visa as much as possible, because it gets us points/miles/whatever, which we use for vacations. Here on Terceira, credit cards don’t seem to have caught on. It’s always a big song and dance to figure out whether or not a place accepts Visa or if … Read more
Hey, SEO Agencies: You’re Doing Keyword Research Wrong! November 3, 2022. In my quest to serve more clients, I’ve been interviewing with agencies looking to hire me outright or else “white label” my SEO/content marketing services. One of them gave me a “test” to take home and complete (which I share below). Now, in theory … Read more
When The Low-Hanging Fruit Turns Out To Be Rotten The easiest customers to get aren’t necessarily the customers you want. I learned that lesson the hard way … When I was a teenager in in Southaven, Miss., I had a residential lawn care business. I’d mow and edge my neighbors’ grass during the spring, … Read more
Ribeirinha + Hike Up Pico da Dona Joana 12 Jan, 2022 Today Alicia and I did a fun walk through Ribeirinha, Feteira, and a lot of cow pastures on our way to Pico da Dona Joana. Wikipedia explains it in dry statistical language as: … um cone vulcânico de escórias basálticas, constituído por piroclastos negros relativamente … Read more
My wife got me a four-pack (well, someone nicked one, so I ended up with a three-pack) of this fantastic 8% abv. 4th anniversary beer from Houston’s City Acre. A Belgian Quadruple made with estate loquats and kumquats. She knows how much I love loquats. Kumquats are good, too. We have one kumquat tree in … Read more
Apollo Digital is a full-stack digital marketing agency based in Bulgaria. Co-founder Noel Ceta wrote a post, which I’m summarizing below. I encourage you to go check out the original. This post covers how you: Get your website to load faster (with minimal technical know-how) Optimize your landing pages to rank for direct intent … Read more
In honor of their 35th anniversary, Keep Austin Beautiful is hosting its first Love Where You Live Day Saturday, Nov. 21. Whether it’s on the street in front of your house or the pocket park around the corner, you can pick up some litter, mow your yard, weed a garden bed, or rake some leaves. Share … Read more
Following the November 3rd General/Local elections, the League of Women Voters has confirmed the following runoff races: Austin City Council District 6 (Travis and Williamson County) Austin City Council District 10 Austin ISD Board of Trustees District 5 Austin ISD Board of Trustees District 8 At-Large Georgetown City Council District 2 (Williamson County) LWV will … Read more
‘Month One’ Linkbuilding: Beyond Guest Posts & Citations There’s no one-size-fits-all SEO process. Even two businesses in the same industry, with the same number of employees, competing in the same market, will have different approach. That said, here’s one backlink-building your business might follow. I’ve used this method to rank my websites, and my clients’ … Read more
When I have clients who insist on seeing “all green lights” in Yoast’s dashboard, I try to explain to them that Yoast is like training wheels for SEO. If you’re an absolute beginner, it may be helpful. But if you’re in a competitive industry, you’re competing in the Tour De France. Training wheels are not … Read more