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The New Orientalism
The old narratives are dead. Migrants and refugees aren’t waiting to be saved—they’re already building vibrant, connected lives. “The New Orientalism” challenges outdated tropes of helplessness and reclaims the dignity, autonomy, and digital fluency of communities long misrepresented by the West. It’s not about rescue. It’s about recognition.
Helping Your Boys To Understand Finances Ensures They Can Manage On Their Own
One of the things that you need to do is ensure that you are teaching your boys to understand their finances. The more that you teach them when they are younger, the easier it is for them to form good habits. It might take some time, and some kids get it faster than others, but that’s okay you just have to stick with it.
Surviving the Streets: Urban Cycling in 2025 – A Bike Messenger's Updated Guide to Not Dying on Two Wheels
No matter how confident, cool, or kitted-out you are, remember this: to the urban traffic ecosystem, you're a cockroach. Agile, adaptable, impossible to kill—until you're not. That’s the mindset. That’s your armor.
Some Thoughts on Bootstrapping Industrial Ventures in 2025
Bootstrapping industrial ventures is among the most challenging today. With so much competition in the industrial and industrial tech sectors, it's as if there's no real way in, and investors are drying up. Yet for all the things that can go wrong, there are numerous benefits.
Selling Your Home Through Photos: What to Know
When selling your home, image quality can help in several ways, from making a great first impression in real estate listings online to potentially getting you a faster home sale. Let’s talk more about what to know so that you attract more potential buyers to your property and, ultimately, get the best sale price.
When Google Sends Your Patients to the Wrong Place: The High-Stakes Chaos of an Unclaimed or Mislabeled Google Business Profile
It was a Friday afternoon when the frantic email landed in my inbox. A digital marketer, clearly worn thin by the stress in her message, reached out on behalf of a client: a small but highly specialized medical practice that had just realized something terrifying was happening on Google Maps.
5 Practical Tips to Improve Your Health Long-Term
Everyone knows how important their health is. But, that doesn’t mean they all actually put the time and effort into it. There’ll be plenty of reasons for this, from not having enough time to not knowing what to do. You could be in that position, but you’ll still want to improve your health.
How To Avoid Common Workplace Injuries
Workplace injuries aren’t just something that happens on construction sites or in warehouses - the fact is that they can happen pretty much anywhere, even in a calm-looking office with ergonomic chairs and plenty of natural light. And while some risks are more obvious than others, many of the most common injuries happen because people get too busy, too distracted, or just assume that nothing’s going to happen to them.
Should Your Business Invest in Crypto?
Cryptocurrency has really taken off and evolved from a niche interest for tech enthusiasts into a serious consideration for businesses of all sizes. Whether it's for investment purposes, accepting crypto as payment, or even exploring blockchain solutions for internal operations, the space has presented both exciting opportunities and significant challenges.
Why Your SEO Strategy Fails Before the First Word Is Written A Guide for Product-Led, AI-Savvy, Scale-Ready Brands
Most brands treat SEO like a home renovation: grab a checklist, hammer some keywords into place, slap on some meta paint, and hope the algorithm gods are pleased. But logistics aren't strategy. And checking boxes doesn’t build visibility — it builds clutter.
Clients I’ve Helped: Real SEO, ORM, and OPM Wins from the Front Lines
This is a running list of brands, businesses, and projects I’ve supported through SEO strategy, Google Business Profile reinstatement, content marketing, technical fixes, and online reputation management.
How to Recover a Suspended Google Business Profile for a Service-Based Business (and Why It’s Harder Than You Think)
If your Google Business Profile (GBP) is suspended after you tried to do the right thing — like removing a PO Box or updating it to a service area business — you’re not alone.
Signs You're Ready For A Career Change
When you have worked for a company, or in a certain position for a while, you can soon find yourself not enjoying it like you once did.
Financial Planning Tips that will Rocket your Business Potential
A financial plan is one of the best ways for you to gain a better understanding of your finances. It also allows you to secure more funding and to ensure better cash flow management as a whole.
Kinsta's Evolution: Addressing Past Challenges with Modern Solutions
Over the past year, Kinsta has implemented a series of enhancements aimed at bolstering security, improving performance, and streamlining user experience.
Kinsta in 2025: From Consultant Chaos to Calm
Let me start here: I’m not a Kinsta customer. Never have been. I don’t have a billing dashboard, and I’m not here to evangelize. But for a good stretch of time—over a year ago now—I found myself the unofficial Kinsta whisperer for clients who had their WordPress setups go sideways. DNS snarls, SSL loops, Cloudflare conflicts, SEO landmines. That was my inbox.
Session Ten: The Witch’s Mockery, the Drowned Girl, and the Screaming Vines
Barovia, in her usual cruelty, does not reward valor with comfort—only pain, humiliation, and the occasional mystical breadcrumb. Players: Sean D. (Sören Ironwood - Aasimar/Paladin), Chris (Radley - Human/Fighter), Carey (Traxidor - Half-Elf/Cleric)
How to Open a Boutique Hotel and Make It Unforgettable
Opening a boutique hotel requires more than simply making beds. It involves crafting an unforgettable experience for visitors that they won't soon forget.
Why Businesses Should Always Focus On Revenue Growth
Companies should always focus on revenue growth. But why?
Justin Prince Offers a Practical Approach to Wellness Leadership
Justin Prince is a well-known figure in business and wellness circles, with a track record in direct sales and entrepreneurial ventures. His latest project, MAKE Wellness, reflects a turn toward practical, science-informed health tools, shaped by personal experience rather than abstract vision statements.
When SEO Gets Serious: What I Look for in the First 20 Minutes of Any Real Discovery Call
In a world of keyword fluff and templated SEO pitches, I’ve carved a different path. This post walks through my exact discovery call mindset — what I probe, what I diagnose fast, and how I determine if I can actually move the needle for a business. Whether you're hiring or just curious about what a real SEO operator looks for, here’s your inside peek.
How I Help Brands Go from SEO Confusion to Clarity (and Rankings)
Let’s face it: most companies aren’t struggling because they lack a website.
What to Expect from a Real SEO Expert: A Candid Guide for Founders, CMOs, and Agencies
No fluff, no buzzwords—just a straight-talking breakdown of what actually moves the needle in SEO, based on 25+ years of doing the work.
From Search to Summon: SEO for the AI-Powered Web
For years, SEO was a game of keywords, links, and rankings. You’d optimize a page, chase some backlinks, pray to the algorithm gods, and hope for a good spot in the Google SERPs.
MAKE Wellness and Justin Prince: A Practical Approach to Modern Wellness
MAKE Wellness enters a crowded health space with a noticeably different tone. Instead of grand promises or trend-driven solutions, the company takes a measured, data-informed approach rooted in scientific literacy and user experience. At the center of that strategy is Justin Prince, an entrepreneur who came to wellness not to create a movement, but to solve a problem he observed in real time: the disconnect between what people are offered and what they actually need.
When Google Pulls the Rug Out: Recovering Local SEO Visibility After Core Updates and Map Pack Chaos
If you’re a service business with multiple locations—say, in education, healthcare, or legal—and you’ve noticed your Google rankings tank, your map pack listings disappear, or your phone stops ringing, this post is for you.
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