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SEO Dream Job

MoreVisibility is looking for a Search Engine Optimization Specialist.

This job description sounds more like a blend between Social Media Consultant and Search Engine Optimization Guru. I didn’t delve deep enough into the ad to find out what they are offering but the SEO job sounds like fun! If you’ve got examples of your work, apply for this
SEO Job on CareerBuilder.com

Internet Marketing Job

GlobalResponse seeks an Internet Marketing Associate.

They should have titled the position “Traditional Webmaster” as the breadth of skillsets required come straight from the late 1990’s. If you are just a Web Designer or just a Web Developer, don’t waste your time. But if you happen to be one of those folks who still have ALL of the skills necessary to build a website, HTML, CSS, Adobe PhotoShop, Dreamweaver AND SEO skills, apply for the Internet Marketing job.

Social Networking Guru / Web Content Writer / Marketing and Branding Expert: Must Know SEO

Tonger Industries wants to hire a highly skilled individual for almost nothing.

RANT: I love it when a job classified tells the reader how long the company has been in business and what a dynamo the company is in their industry, puts out a comprehensive job description looking for the best of the best, states this is “a very important position within the company” and then throws a pittance out for a salary. That tells me exactly how they view their people.

In any event, Tonger Industries wants someone who can establish and maintain their brand across Social Networking sites, research products and write reviews, write content for Landing Pages “to achieve better search engine rankings,” maintain ALL of their web content across ALL of their websites AND write content for and MAINTAIN blogs. Oh yeah – you’ll also be responsible for designing and maintaining content for their monthly newsletters.

Read more about this Marketing Slave job.

Does anyone understand why the Dutch-Anglo conglomerate Reed Elsevier through its US arm LexisNexis is suing Hank Asher?

They bought both of his previous companies. They turned a duopoly of his inventions into a monopoly. They don’t have any real competition to speak of. What more do they want?

“Reed Elsevier, … parent of LexisNexis and Seisint, on Thursday filed a complaint in Palm Beach County Circuit Court, alleging that Asher is violating his non-compete agreement by starting a new company, TLFO, in Boca Raton.” ^[1]

Ah. The Non-Compete Agreement; it expires soon.

It’s difficult to maintain a monopoly and the windfall profits that come from grossly inflated monopoly pricing when your “main viable competitor” is about to be set free; unbound, so to speak.

They don’t want him back.

But he IS back, renting, renovating and hiring at the Boca Raton Corporate Park and Campus in Palm Beach County. ^{[2, 5]}

And he’s countersuing for $1 Billion in damages. ^{[3, 4]}
Can he get it? Not the way I figure it. He’ll get $2B!

In 5 years at DBT (his first company), Hank brought home $150 million.
In 4 years at Seisint (his second successful business), he brought home $260 million.

Dividing those numbers by the years at each company, Hank Asher made $30 million per year at DBT and $65 million per year at Seisint. His personal yearly earnings doubled with each company.

Given the relentless thirst for data on this planet, I figure he’s a 150 million dollar-a-year man now.

Multiply $150 million per year times the 5 years he’s been bound by that Non-Compete and I’d say he’s realized a LOSS of 750 Million dollars – not including health benefits!

This plus punies and I think he’s got a good case for 2 Billion Dollars in Damages.

Add to that THOUSANDS of new Jobs for Palm Beach County paid for in English Pounds and Dutch Euros.

Welcome back Hank!

REFERENCES
[1] Frogameni, Bill. “Hank Asher Sued by Former Company.” South Florida Business Journal. April 03 2009. http://southflorida.bizjournals.com/southflorida/stories/2009/03/30/daily75.html

[2] Frogameni, Bill. “Asher Responds to Non-Compete Suit: ‘What’s with these people?’.” South Florida Business Journal. April 10 2009.
http://southflorida.bizjournals.com/southflorida/stories/2009/04/13/story6.html

[3] Ostrowski, Jeff. “Asher: Reed Elsevier lawsuit alleging breach of noncompete pact ‘a sham’.” Palm Beach Post April 29 2009.
http://www.palmbeachpost.com/business/content/business/epaper/2009/04/30/a5b_officesale_0501.html?cxntlid=inform_sr

[4] King, Dale. “Boca Raton: Asher Files $1B countersuit against his former.” May 08, 2009. Boca News
http://www.bocanews.com/boca-raton/3917-boca-raton-asher-files-1b-countersuit-against-his-former.html

[5] Business Section. “Data Guru Sued by Reed Elsevier over Non-Compete Pact.” The Miami Herald April 07, 2009.
http://www.miamiherald.com/103/story/987993.html

Last night I felt the tickle of a cold in the back of my throat. A slight soreness crept upon me at bedtime and I told The Man of the House, “I’m catching a cold.”

By this morning, I was in full prodromal immune response complete with sniffles, a bit of congestion, barely-noticeable elevated body temperature and cough.

Moving into the bathroom for the daily routine of chaos, my mind began to wander. Off it went on a neurolinguistic journey back to days when my Dad was still alive and we would talk about the words people used to convey meaning.

Words, or the choice of words, were important to my Dad.

He believed our choice of words affected us not only externally but internally as well. It is easy to understand how our word choice can affect us externally; communication is all about conveying meaning. Choose the right words to convey your thoughts and externally, the people around you, the folks who hear what you say and read what you write, process those words. All other things being equal, they receive the message as intended and respond.

Constructing our sentences in such a way that we successfully convey our intended meaning to the outside world is the basis of good communication.

But structure and word choice are also important internally as our thoughts are shaped by the messages we send ourselves. Dad was a firm believer in being aware of the way we speak to our Self because he believed it shaped us inside as well.

Our thoughts and our words affect every cell in our body, set the tone for our mood and lay the foundation for our interaction with others.

Dad rarely got sick. But when he did, he waged war with Vitamin C, vivid imagery and words as weapons. My Dad would not “catch” a cold; afterall, “catching” is an active, almost invited action. No. There was no cold-catching going on in my Dad’s house.

If my Dad got sick, he was invaded. And invasions are always unwelcome.

And so this morning, paying homage to my Dad, I declared, “War,” on “the invader.” Note the singular and not the plural form of the word. It’s so much easier to wage war against a singular enemy.

I applaud my immune system for its alertness and fast response; B-cells and T-cells reported for duty (I’m calling up the entire Army). No sleeping on the job for my immune system – no ma’am! They’ve been chomping at the bit for a moment like this. Afterall, it sharpens their skills and prepares them for their next battle.

I envision those B-cells blasting out antibodies, binding to and laying waste to the unwelcome visitor that thought my immune system wouldn’t notice its presence. HA! Right now, as I write, macrophages are engulfing the little bastards, laying siege to their dying, defenseless army.

I smiled at the memories of my Dad and the way I absorbed his words, took them in and made them my own. Moving around the bathroom, I wondered if The Bubblette had left me any hot water after readying herself for school.

And then I realized the singlemost important contribution of George W. Bush’s presidency to the world. (I don’t know why I hadn’t thought of it before.)

It’s just a phrase. But it’s become a powerful mantra in my neurolinguistic Cold war.

We’re gonna smoke ‘em out!