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The Plea for the Press to Evolve

Monday, 25 February 2013 by SEO'Brien

With a couple years in Austin, TX, and a former 12 in Silicon Valley, I’ve had an exceptional experience working with distinctly different entrepreneurial communities. Each has a little bit of a grass is greener complex going on – Silicon Valley sees Austin as hip, less expensive, up and coming, entrepreneurial more than “startup,” but

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New to Freelancing? How Not to Get Screwed

Wednesday, 13 February 2013 by SEO'Brien

The great majority of us looking to shared, collaborative work spaces are in the freelance game and if you’re new to it, you may have realized by now that, unfortunately, not everyone is out there trying to help you. In fact, for every good client, you’ll find another looking to get something for nothing. You

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Getting Into Coworking

Thursday, 31 January 2013 by SEO'Brien

Those of us working in the coworking community know, that per capita, Austin, Texas is the hotbed of the movement. According to Google Search Trends and reported by DeskMag, Austin leads the US market in search queries (demand) related to coworking; it’s no surprise Austin is home to the Global Coworking Unconference. For that reason,

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Startup Marketing

Tuesday, 01 January 2013 by SEO'Brien

Not long ago, I had the distinct pleasure of joining an incredible group of Austin entrepreneurs through AUSOME (Austin Online Marketing for Entrepreneurs) for a discussion of the Art of Startup Marketing. Thanks to David Vogelpohl, founder of Marketing Clique and Tapfire Mobile, I finally took a few minutes to put pen to powerpoint to

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Published in Advertising, Affiliate Marketing, Insights / Research, Search, Social Media, Startups, Vendors / Agencies, Web Design

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How the Internet Failed to Change Our Lives

Saturday, 29 December 2012 by SEO'Brien

Wrapping up this year and having spent some incredible time with an amazingly diverse set of innovations (and innovators), I starting wondering if and how the internet has really failed to deliver on its promise. One of the sobering realities of a capitalistic economy is that the almighty dollar, indeed, causes tremendous innovations, services, and

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airbnb for Entrepreneurs

Tuesday, 18 September 2012 by SEO'Brien

Without a doubt, one of the most exceptional new services brought to us by the interweb is airbnb. An incredibly obvious service (in hindsight); the website connects people with unique spaces that can serve as an accommodation, to travelers looking a distinct, personal, and comfortable experience. As they put it, “Airbnb connects people to unique

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I’m a Hustler Baby

Wednesday, 20 June 2012 by SEO'Brien

In the past week-and-change, we had the incredible pleasure of welcoming Marc Mapes to the Cospace team. I’m a personal fan as he took the risk of playing with his name for his blog; where “SEO’Brien” has served me well – as much a handicap as a boon, you can’t argue with the genius of a personal brand like

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