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Reddit is rolling out new user profile and moderation features
Reddit just offered me the ability to have a lovely twitter-like new profile page with profile image and header photo. This started rolling out 5-months ago.
Update to my VXi BlueParrott B450‑XT Bluetooth headset review
vxi blueparrott b450-xt bluetooth mobile headsetI received my BlueParrott B450‑XT Bluetooth trucker headset from VXi Corp last week and have put some time on it.
My 7-year love affair with a Surly Steamroller
I have been riding fixies and single-speed bikes since before some baby hipsters were born. Single speed bikes used as city bikes isn't a new idea.
Stop flying blind with SEMRush
My two-year-old WordPress blog, rnnr.us, has become my personal laboratory wherein I can do live tests on the something I have always loved doing: dancing with Google by way of search engine optimization (SEO).
Stop flying blind with insights SEMRush can offer about your website
My two-year-old WordPress blog, rnnr.us, has become my personal laboratory wherein I can do live tests on the something I have always loved doing: dancing with Google by way of search engine optimization (SEO). It’s my personal playground, allowing me to have my own island of Dr. Moreau, to be my own Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, to be my own personal Doctor Victor Frankenstein and have RNNR.US be my own personal Frankenstein’s monster.
My love affair with bulky VXi BlueParrott trucker headsets
Everyone I know hates my headsets from VXi Corporation -- but I love them so much that I keep on buying bigger and bulkier trucker headsets every year: first the BlueParrott B250-XT+ then a B350-XT refurb, and finally, after the B350 was a dud, a brand new B450-XT, which I am hoping to love because I just can't quit my well-loved original B250-XT+ you see in the article.
Join a Team for the 2017 Concept2 Fall Team Challenge
2017 Concept2 Fall Team Challenge TallIf you have a Concept2 indoor rower (AKA rowing ergometer, AKA rowing machine) or a SkiErg, you can compete! Even if you just have one at the gym, you can be a global competitor. You can go from pulling hard in a room or at the gym alone to becoming part of a virtual team.
All the webmaster SEO tools on SEMRush
SEMRush delivers Google Analytics, Google Webmasters, Buffer, HootSuite, Moz, and SpyFu in one powerful and useful SEO and SEM dashboard.
How NOT to pitch an influencer
Influencers did not fall off a turnip truck. If they don’t see the value in the pitch, they won’t post; if they fancy that you’re just asking them to post because you want to vampire bat on their Google juice, then you’re likely to be in a whole lot of #fail and possibly a whole lot of pain. The white-hat link-farm organic SEO pwn effect is only secondary if you are, the entire way along, a total Mensch and have amazing assets, viral-quality video, a great pitch, an accurate target, and a gentle, kind, and generous follow-through.
Influencer Marketing: Persistence is Fertile
If you assume someone isn’t interested in getting to know you better just because they don’t hear you the first or second time, then you’re doomed. The Internet is the busiest, loudest, most distracting place ever created. It’s global, impersonal, and mostly anonymous.
Why are you so afraid of engaging online influencers?
Tips for how your agency or firm should do outreach the right way
Detailed analysis of the perfect blogger pitch
Over the last ten years that Gerris Corp has been pitching bloggers on behalf of clients, we have learned a thing or two about how best to reach bloggers, how to engage them, how to get them to carry our client’s message to their readership. Whether we’re doing an outreach to the bloggers of mainstream media and celebrity blogs or to someone who has just set up a blog for the first time, it all begins with the message model.
Mizuno Running Mezamashii Long Tail Blogger Outreach Case Study
A Blogger Outreach Case Study: How I Activated Hundreds of Bloggers for Mizuno Running A step-by-step walk through of a campaign that Sally Falkow and I did for Mizuno Running.
Influencer outreach is more PR than social media
Discover and engage your allies with long-tail blogger outreach
An automated solution for influencer marketing research
Want to make outreach marketing more successful? One option is GroupHigh, which offers blogger intelligence software to help you identify influential blogs, automate research, and measure engagement.
Why promoting a brand takes perseverance
Target audience: Marketing professionals, PR pros, brand managers, SEO specialists, businesses.
Promote your book with influencer marketing
I gave a presentation on how to promote your book (or your client’s book) by engaging online influencers. And I cited six books that I’ve promoted over the past couple of years on behalf of their authors: Glock and Law of the Jungle by Paul M. Barrett; Search Engine Marketing, Inc., by Mike Moran and Bill Hunt; Mindful Work by David Gelles; and The Creator’s Code by Amy Wilkinson
Improve your Google search results today
There are so many things you can do on your own site today--starting now--that will help you in real ways with Google Search and your Search Results on Google's SERP. Here are 9 things you can do starting today to improve your search results and the quality of your visitors' experiences.
My favorite indoor rowing trou shorts just arrived from Concept2
UPDATE: I have indeed blown through a pair of these cotton rowing trou, just as I had feared. They blew out when I was sitting down for an indoor row.
Feiyue Tiger Claw shoes are perfect for indoor rowing
I love these Tiger Claw martial arts shoes for rowing on the Concept2 erg. I love them for kettlebells too. Even better than Converse All Stars. So minimal and so cheap and so sure-footed. Only $18 online. Such a deal.
A+D Ointment cures my runner's inner thigh chafing overnight
Tub of A+D Original Diaper Rash Ointment And Skin Protectant 1lb 454gI am built like a Tyrannosaurus rex. Huge thighs and skinny arms.
Make your tweets beautiful with the Twitter Cards Validator
In order to render correctly on Twitter Cards, you actually need to implement Cards on your site by adding the correct meta tags to the page.
My recommendation for indoor rower rowing shorts for erging on the Concept2
I've put a lot of meters onto my PM5-updated twenty-year-old Model C Concept2 indoor rowing machine. While you can, and should, row in whatever shorts you have on—even pantsless if you own your own erg—there are some better solutions.
Big, tall, chubby, fluffy, heavyset, and fat athletes should wear rowing unisuits during workouts
UPDATE: both my boathouse, PBC, and I have mostly switched out allegiance from JL to Boathouse for their amazing rowing unisuits, which are much stretchier and forgiving and seamless and, while maybe less durable (we shall see) are quicker to dry and seem to be much more stretchy with a very generous sizing (the 2XL from Boathouse is much more forgiving and comfortable than the 2XL from JLAthletics). I still order my trou from JL, however, and their erging trou are legacy trou and will outlive me, they're sure well-made, thick, and durable (though I don't think they make them any longer—they even had a pocket!)
The Facebook Sharing Debugger is an essential content marketing tool
You can use the Sharing Debugger to see the information that is used when your website content is shared on Facebook, Messenger and other places.
Why should heavyset athletes wear rowing unisuits during our workouts?
Nobody wants to see my belly or butt during floor work and lat pull-downs. And when I’m on a jog, I don’t like feeling my tummy move as I run.
Join the 2017 Concept2 Dog Days Challenge of Summer Challenge
The Dog Days of Summer are almost upon us! August 1–28, 2017! What better time for a Concept2 Challenge?
Knock three times on the ceiling if you want me (or what Tony Orlando & Dawn taught me about online marketing)
The biggest mistake that marketers make is that they don’t knock three times. Let me explain.
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