This Is Overdue

Posted in: Blog by Christian on April 20, 2011 | 3 Comments

I am writing this post as a reply to my friend Tyler Durbin‘s fears and concerns about the uncertainty of his future in a video he posted after being fired recently. The video is a testament to Tyler’s character. It is as real and as raw as you can get and the reason he will be fine not only because the community he has built for himself has responded in droves (outside of comments to the post), but as a learning lesson that he will someday look back and laugh.

Ok. Here goes. I was fired in 2009 when the economy was going down hill and I had been looking for new opportunities to work closer to Columbus. At the time I was working for a subcontractor to the National Highway Traffic Highway Administration in Marysville on Honda property. Read more…

My Top 10 Favorite WordPress Plugins

Posted in: Blog, Web Design by Christian on February 27, 2011 | No Comments

WordPress is becoming and ever increasingly popular blog and content management platform to make website development and deployment much easier for beginners and experts alike. I have been using WordPress since I moved over from using Joomla in 2006. Since then I have collected a bunch of different plugins that I feel are great from cross purpose implementation, so without further ado:

All in One SEO Pack
There are a lot of ways for your website to get seen and while WordPress has become the most popular platform for small business owners to create great content they need all the help they can get. The All in One SEO Pack is a way to help level the playing field Read more…

My Favorite Twitter Apps

Posted in: Blog, Marketing, Social Media, Twitter by Christian on February 5, 2011 | No Comments

When I first started using Twitter there weren’t any third party applications. You went to twitter.com, logged into your account and hit the refresh button for updates with other people you knew which is kind of ironic because a lot of people that get into twitter miss think they need to get a ton of followers to make a different and often miss the most basic strategy. When it comes to Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn go local and then build your network national or international. Unless you are well known in the marketing world or a CEO of a major company people in another state or another country the less likely you are to interact with offline and make a business deal. That being said you never know where your next conversion will come from so be sure to engage others interested in you or something you have a common thread with whether it is from a personal or professional viewpoint. Read more…