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Solving pain = opportunity…

Wednesday, February 6th, 2008

A good friend of mine in Littleton, Colorado, Mike Huddleston, runs the best, local tennis shop in town, Tennis Plus. For the last couple years Mike has helped my wife, Leslie, and I put on a tennis-themed fundraiser called Play for a Heart to raise money to fight congenital heart disease (CHD). (My daughter was born […]

An Evolving View of Google (must be the Holidays spirit…)

Monday, December 10th, 2007

I just returned from spending a day and a half on the Google campus for a Local Markets Symposium hosted by the Google Local team. They amassed an impressive group that extended well beyond the typical crew of local aggregators and resellers. Of course the big guys were there - YPC, Idearc, RHD/Dex […]

The Ultimate Local Ad Model: Fact or Fiction?

Friday, October 26th, 2007

At the SMX Local & Mobile conference earlier this month Greg Sterling moderated a panel of this same title. It was one of the more upbeat and engaging panels of the show. It wasn’t actually a discussion of a single, ultimate ad model. Rather, I suspect, Greg knew that the subject was […]