I have been pretty backed up lately. I started a new gig helping a popular e-learning organization expand their SEO efforts. I want to start out by saying how blessed I am to have been given this opportunity. Through great friends, I have been able to accomplish a lot. so thanks.. I briefly wanted to [...]
Dieter Rams is a world renowned designer. His influence is unprecedented and has provided inspiration for the next generation of designers including Apple thought leader Jonathan Ive. Ive has stated that Apple is one of the few companies that follows Rams’ 10 Principles of Good Design. These principles have influenced almost every major apple consumer product including [...]
rebranding any aspect of your company can be a tedious painful task. Before undertaking the project of a rebrand, make sure the exercise is worth the investment – short term and long term. There are many reasons a company would start to consider a rebranding initiative including but not limited to – The product or [...]
This is an amazing video on the state of Startups, VC, and Entrepreneurial Talen. It comes in at almost an hour but is definitely worth your time. Sean Parker discusses music, his past, gowalla, and facebook. Sean Parker continuously discusses the talent you surround yourself with. He discusses Gowalla’s talent moving to facebook, surrounding himself [...]
I was born in Mexico City and moved to Dallas, TX at the age of 9. I attended Nathan Adams Elementary, Mary Immaculate School for Middle School and Jesuit College Preparatory Dallas for HighSchool. I then attended University of Texas at Dallas and have had my own business since the age of 15. I started [...]
While the “ink isn’t dry” on the facebook acquisition of gowalla, the deal looks to be complete. Over the weekend I found out about this potential acquisition and was particularly excited to hear about it. I started using gowalla a few years back and enjoyed the look and feel much more to the quickly growing [...]
The great debate for local advertising has begun. Local Advertising is the final frontier for companies trying to expose their brands to customers. Popular “check-in” apps like Gowalla and Foursquare have become ubiquitous. Twitter, Facebook, Google, and other major social players are all integrating social check-ins into their respective API’s, but what does this mean [...]
It is no secret that SEO is a tricky business. There are numerous intangibles when taking on projects that can include time commitment, technology commitment, and even client backlash and misunderstanding how changes can positively affect long-term SEO practices. Beginner SEO’s are quick to accept almost any and all projects that come their way. They [...]
A lot has been happening this year regarding the major search engines and internet marketing. Google launched the Panda aka “Farmer” update that affected many websites attempting to increase their organic Search Engine Optimization (SEO). While these changes did not directly affect Broadvox (we actually saw organic PageRank boost), Panda did affect quite a [...]
Redundant blog post starts now! Social Media and SEO have been on a collision course for the last two or three years. The Major search engines include social media results in real time on their SERPs. With the recent release of Google Plus and the +1 button showing up in almost all of google products, [...]
