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SMALL BUSINESS MAVERICKS MAY 26, 2012 Buying Your Way To The Top Of Search Rankings – Ethically Can you buy your way to the top of the search rankings? In the past you could. You could buy links, pay for directory listings, and even pay to have people promote you through social media. These tactics are frowned upon by search engines and most ethical business owners. That doesn’t mean you can’t ‘buy’ your way to the top, or at least, pay to significantly improve your search rankings. And It’s all ethical. Consider these pay options. Coupons – yes, the humble old coupon. The catch? The end result is still the same. | CONVERSTATIONS MAY 26, 2012  Rethinking Resource Sharing While recently explaining Why and How I use Twitter , an idea struck me that I haven’t been able to get rid of: How can I Be the Resource and still maintain some ownership while also having quick access to the links I share. Then two recent posts from Seth Godin stayed at me. This past week, I share a few fantastic resources I had share weeks before. But is there a mark of your passage? | THIS, THAT AND THE OTHER MAY 26, 2012  Where Opportunities Lie in the African Mobile Space Africa straddles two realities. One is underpinned by the belief that Africa is the next frontier and measures the continent’s progress against an expected trajectory and momentum modeled on that which developed economies have followed in the past. Africa is the present frontier. Airtel Money and MPesa outlets on the outskirts of Nairobi. Safaricom, for instance, generated just over $1.1b | PROBLOGGER MAY 26, 2012 5 Surefire Ways to Never Get Noticed by Anybody This guest post is by Steve of thecodeofextraordinarychange.com. I’m a quiet man. Shy in some circumstances. I like my own company and my own time. Left unchecked, these qualities would be enough to ensure that I lived out the rest of my life as a small man in a tiresome job, never making a difference and never getting noticed by anybody. But I can’t imagine a worse hell than that. Really, I can’t. You need to leave a trace; you need to affect the world; you need to be in the light. Here’s how people spend their lives in the shadows without ever being noticed. | | | | | | | |
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TWIST IMAGE | SATURDAY, MAY 26, 2012 Six Links Worthy Of Your Attention #101
93Is there one link, story, picture or thought that you saw online this week that you think somebody you know must see? "I'm absolutely loving Jonathan Haidt 's The Righteous Mind , and in an election year, its implications for who wins votes cannot be overstated. So it was great to see this article on how we're largely pre-wired to vote Red or Blue, Right or Left, Conservative or Liberal. " (Alistair for Hugh). Getting Plowed - Maisonneuve. "Montreal's snowplow industry is a dirty, dirty business. " (Alistair for Mitch). " (Hugh for Alistair). " (Hugh for Mitch). MORE >> -
FEVER BEE | SATURDAY, MAY 26, 2012 What's New To Me- vs- What's New In The Community
There is a big difference between members that visit to see what's new in the community and members that visit to see the response to their contributions (or because they've been prompted to visit). For newcomers, the latter is usually true. They visit to see the responses to their contributions. If they don't get a response to those initial contributions , they stop coming back. Regulars visit to see what's new in the community. It doesn't have to be about them. This is a group they belong to. They're embued with the sense of community spirit. MORE >> -
PAUL GILLIN | SATURDAY, MAY 26, 2012  A City Yard Transformed
When we moved into an old urban home nearly six years ago, we knew one of the disadvantages was a postage-stamp-sized front yard. The previous owners had done some very basic landscaping – and for some reason had installed a full irrigation system – but what can you do with less than 600 ft.² of space? It turns out a lot. We engaged Nancy Warren and Janice Welenc of Green Velvet Gardens of Holliston, MA to apply their imagination and experience to the problem. Which they did. The centerpiece is lawn space big enough for the twins to play in (at least for the next couple of years). MORE >>
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