Here's some awesome shots I took on Fort Lauderdale Beach around 7-ish September 1st 09' .... Nice ... :)

@FoxlairSolitare's Mom has ALS, AKA Lou Gehrig's Disease and she needs help. If you want to help save a life ... Dig in to your pocket and do it. That's it. Everyday the collective American population spends money on useless crap and we never even bat an eye in doing so ... This is important folks. Please Help out. Give a damned ...

Go to this link ... NOW ... DEFEAT ALS » LOU GEHRIG'S DISEASE ... and make a donation ...

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Search Engine Optimization Increases Business » Any Questions?

Sometimes I'm baffled by the lack of understanding most business owners have in the value of online visiblity. Even some of the clients I have worked with which have seen and realized fantastic results still fail to recognize the benefits. In this desperate economy isn't an increase in revenue a good thing?

I recently went through the effort of creating a detailed analytics presentation on the performance of one of my clients sites since signing with Florida Search Engine Optimization. Self promotion aside - their site is performing and producing phenomenally well, which in turn evaluates to a significant increase in revenue. However, shortly after giving the successful presentation and discussing moving forward with increasing their search marketing efforts - their focus and committment waned and they haven't moved forward since.

Not trying to brag here ... but I feel it's important to mention that I hardly ever market for new clients - Almost all of the business that I get is through my own optimization efforts. When I first started out I did have to grab the 50 pound phone to get things kicked off, but I haven't had to do "hard marketing" in a long time ...

I feel partially responsible in not being able to effectively communicate the value of SEO to the "C Suite" ... I guess I just consider an increase in conversions and revenue a no brainer.

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February was probably the most difficult month I have ever had. After wrecking my car on February 9th, I had a hard time getting around ... I had forgotten to add rental coverage to my insurance policy when I signed up ... Smooth ... Next, I lost my new phone only six days after I got it ... so, I was out of contact for a day or two ... Then, the Broward Sheriffs department lost my accident report ... so my insurance company delayed my claim until I tracked down the reporting officer to give me a copy ... I'm still waiting for a claim check there ... However, nothing could have been more devastating to me than what happened next. On February 16th, 2009, my girlfriend committed suicide ... Until then, I hadn't ever had someone close to me do something so drastic. When I found out that she had been found dead ... I was in disbelief ... the realization didn't actually set in for a couple of days ... I think I went into an immediate state of denial. It was about a week later that all at once, the pain and reality that my beautiful, loving and sweet girlfriend was gone ... hit me.

The pain of losing her has been so intense that I have nearly been unable to function and work. She was very special to me and we were in the height of our relationship ... I don't want to discuss the events that led up to her death ... they are too personal to share at this point ... But, I have been completely immersed in a state of shock, sorrow, grief and sadness ever since the day I heard what had happened to her. Honestly, I just want to say that I loved Lisa very much and I will always remember her for the intimate times we shared together. She was the light of my life and I will never forget her ...

Dear Lisa, I will always remember you baby ...

Love always,

Eddie

So I recently installed Adobe CS4 Master Collection on my laptop ... I want to test it on there before I convert from CS3 on my main development box. So far it's pretty cool. However, it's going to take me a bit to get used to the new interface ... all of the apps seem a bit too "low profile" ... kind of two dimensional. I guess I'll get used to it.

Looking back on 08' I realize the one thing I would like to do most is improve my quality of life. That entails taking on several personal commitments and one of those commitments is to programming. I think I am going to dedicate part of my time this year to getting my CF certification ... yeah I know most of the uber coders out there are going to say it's not "really" necessary, but I have a strong belief in setting goals. So, this is one goal I think I'm going to take a concerted effort at. If anyone's got some advice about cert training, I'd really appreciate it.

A friend of mine and manager of the South Florida CFUG, was nice enough to honor me to the board of directors for the group ... I guess it's time to start getting serious about my love affair with CF and show my worth. CF cert training ... here I come ...

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Okay ... I haven't been blogging too much as most of those that I speak to have mentioned ... Well ... I have to be honest ... I really haven't been interested enough in anything to write ... maybe I'm just being resistant to the "Once a Week" suggestions from the blogging pros ...

For what it's worth ... the blog bug has somewhat returned ... so, I'll try to get back to writing at least once a week ... Blog ... Blah ... Blah ... Let's see how long this lasts ... Oh yeah ... Have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year ... If I don't blog again before their times arrive ...

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