This is the guy at the end of Avengers movie

The guy at the end of the Avengers movie is none other than Brainiac. If you were lucky enough to stay after both credits you would have seen both endings to the Avengers movie. The first ending features one of the (This is still being debated as I didn’t hear Thor all that well when he said who they were) “Korbinites”  in space mentioning that to “challenge humans is to invite death” as he kneels to a large dark green figure. The green one smiling at the very end with the huge head and teeth is Brainiac.

I was treated to a Wednesday night advanced screening of the Avengers courtesy of a good friend who has Dr Pepper as one of her clients and let me say the movie was full of greatness.There was three theaters reserved for the screening and each one was running it in 3D. With the movie just over two hours or so, there was some introductions and free give aways and not only that but security at the door with a coat check like ticket system for smart phones and tablets it maybe shorter or longer.

The only thing missing about this evening was that there was no trailers and seeing as the new Dark Knight and Amazing Spiderman trailers are being shown before the movie that was the only draw back. Luckily, this was was not postponed due to someone deleting the movie, Also, the poutine should have stayed out of the theater as it started to smell. I mentioned it on the way home not knowing it was poutine and my friend told me her friends had bought some.

That being said this is a movie that I would recommend seeing and will be heading back to see it once more after the likely crowds have died down

Be sure to stay to through both credits to see both endings.

I’d like to thank the awesome people from Veritas Marketing and their wonderful client Dr. Pepper for providing the advance screening.

I started this post because I will actually be looking to join a local (Mississauga or Toronto) web design firm. I have been working on the side lines (5pm to 9pm) for about three years now and feel I have developed my skills enough that I have something to offer potential suitors. I mean I outrank some of them for certain key terms. I can politely show them this or maybe not.

I’ve always been taught if you don’t know find someone who does and learn from them and always dress for the position ahead of you not the one you’re in.

The idea of going to work full time and interacting with like minded creative people seems like a dream, but now I have been given the opportunity to have it happen for real!

I mean sitting behind a computer optimizing client’s websites and helping engage their Facebook pages is where my passion has turned to.

I have taken the time to show readers that I can use some pretty impressive search engine marketing tactics to get traffic

Part of my excelled knowledge is not from my own brain but from know where the credible sources of good and relevant information are. In particular I am contributing member at SEOmoz.com one of the major websites for all things SEO related. It’s their shared information and excellent tools that help me to be better, I am the student and they my professor and a great one at that too

Yup, an SEO Balloon Party, You're Jelous

Also being part of such a well-informed community allows me to be alert to potential problems like the upcoming Google algorithm adjustment that will be targeting overly optimized sites and penalizing them.

It’s this type of information that sets me apart and allows me to be proficient at what I do, some of it is SEO Marketing and some of it is showing people how to SEO for themselves but either way I’m helping the community and if I was part of a team I would help them greatly too!

Well tomorrow is Friday and it’s going to be a nice day out, so I will take the morning to get some work done and then give myself an “early weekend”  which means if the patio is open I’ll join a few friends for a drink and have a discussion on what to do after the TFC game we’re going to on Saturday

Oh and if you’re a potential client or employer, I’m just like you, normal and hardworking and enjoy helping people out

Putting SEO together yourself

One of the subjects I have read about is self SEO…well SEO really. There is an abundance of knowledge out there but if I have taught myself one thing it’s trial and error. Just because one tactic works for you doesn’t mean it will for others. There are too many niche specific factors to account for.  A part of learning this is actually a post targeting a low competition keyword that can help generate some new traffic and possible some long tail keywords.  There are some keyword tools that I talk about in a previous post that have helped me to gain to ranking among the search engine results.

There are some on site SEO factors that will affect your results and some people use SEO Tags to help them out. These can vary from h1, h2, h3 tags all the way to meta tags. There are arguments that they don’t provide any real benefit but there is no proof that by having them you will be negatively affected.

For me as one who practices self SEO, it’s always a learning experience, one that will never end and that is the appeal of it to me. No one thing is ever the same. You need to take the time to research, develop and test theories based on the results. I think the biggest take away from looking back at when I started is how I have changed into a person who is always evolving. Never stay static and uncovering new opportunities that actually push me to be better. .. so I challenge you to try something new, no matter how small it will change your perspective.

The past four years for me has been all about doing more with less. I have a saying when making a decision. It’s either save money or make money everything else doesn’t matter.  Due to the economic cycle I have been in this position for a while and has made me very well versed in customer service. I believe to do well you need to fight in the trenches and survive long enough to see yourself promoted.

I have also found that as much as I would like to think so my situation is not all that unique. There are many young professionals who are waiting in the ranks looking to take over the positions of older member of the organization.  My current situation has two outside salesmen aged 72 and 74 both well past the age of retirement. Taking their view you can understand you do not want to retire in a bear market.  So as we moved forward it’s time to be patient and hone our skills and this series will be about what new skills salespersons will need to be equipped with.

The landscape of what a salesperson has changed. I don’t even like the word salesman or any variation and most people don’t. I would consider the position a problem solver and the better you can solve and help someone the more it will yield on your company’s bottom line.

In the coming series of posts we’ll look at:

• Becoming the best at your current job. (You don’t want to be perfect but your want to be a performer. Indispensible to the company but replaceable in the position your in.)
• Making the transition from inside to outside and how to prepare for it.
• Learning your craft and challenging those around you

We all want to keep moving forward and up. Well most of us who have the drive to do so. I have decided to capture my experience and share it with you as I progress on this journey and share what has helped and what has not. This will not be something that happens shortly or over a few weeks but as I move forward figure new things out and discover new trick and skills to be shared I will do so.

A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.

Lao-tzu, The Way of Lao-tzu
Chinese philosopher (604 BC – 531 BC)

I tend to gravitate to the simple web page designs only since they feel clean and fresh. It’s very easy to create these pages and have them have one stand out call to action that gets more clicks then a busier page. Simple designs tend to have a shorter on page time since they have less to look at and less to read but are very useful when used as landing pages.

Here are a few example of simple webpage design: