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In SF next week? Come Chat with Lorna Li and myself

Saturday, 11 July 2009 by Paul O'Brien

I am very excited about the Unintentional Entrepreneur meetup next Wednesday! If in the Bay Area, I’d love to see you there! We’ll have pizza, drinks… the event is FREE! We’re going to talk about some the fundamentals of a new business; managing income, expenses, and taxes; establishing and maintaining your brand online; and quick,

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Starting Your Business When Times Are Tough

Wednesday, 08 July 2009 by Paul O'Brien

What might we learn from companies successfully started in tough, turbulent economic times? More than you’d think when you consider Fedex, HP, and Apple rose from ashes similar to those we’re experiencing now. Lan Nguyen, today, outlines some great Tips for Downturn Entrepreneurs on TheStreet.com including, to name a few: Study the market Take the

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Want to learn Twitter? Silicon Valley Tweet Up â€“ July 23

Friday, 03 July 2009 by Paul O'Brien

Simply, a tweetup is an event where people who Twitter come together to meet in person… to twitter (okay, so I added that last part but its true! Bring your iPhone and TweetDeck!). Take a few hours off and come connect with online friends; put a face to the name (er… Twitter profile) over more

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The Best Resources for Self Employed Businesses

Monday, 27 April 2009 by Paul O'Brien

It dawned on me the other night that an increasing majority of my readers are self employed: marketing consultants, small business owners, contractors, and startup entrepreneurs. While we focus, here, on marketing resources and tips, there are an ever increasing number of innovative resources to make your professional life easier; allowing you to focus on

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Viral Marketing Case Study?

Wednesday, 15 October 2008 by Paul O'Brien

Leave it to a bunch of Marketers to turn a night of binge drinking into a Case Study. SMX brought us a lot of things, news of sophistication at SEOmoz, a fantastic night out for an old school Yahoo! Shopping vet and the new guard, catching up on who’s who and who’s left, and Big

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Is SEOmoz Building a Search Engine? – Live from SMX

Tuesday, 07 October 2008 by Paul O'Brien

Vintage Bath & Tub‘s Allan Dick hosted a fantastic dinner last night; bringing together the cream of the crop of search for a few hours of fun and food. I had no idea the fun would serve to validate my assertion that SEOmoz is on to something big. The annual dinner always features an innovative

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Can I Get an S? Can I Get an M? Can I Get an X?

Thursday, 02 October 2008 by Paul O'Brien

Is that grammatically correct? If S is a consonant, should it be “Can I Get a S?” an S? Who’s going? I couldn’t be more excited; the conference is expecting over 2,000 search marketing professionals, agencies, and marketers and I haven’t been to NYC in some time. Monday through Wednesday next week, the industry converges