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Aveda Advanced Academy website launched!

Aveda Advanced Academy This is the website for the 5 international schools that Aveda has where salon professionals can go for advanced training and education from some of the top artists in the industry. Since they have schools in New … Continue reading

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Free Salon Software on Download.com

SalonBiz LIGHT, the free version of SalonBiz salon software, has been added to one of the web’s biggest archives of free, trial and demo software, Download.com View the SalonBiz LIGHT free software download page On a side note: when they … Continue reading

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Posting older videos to YouTube.

Some of my earliest video work for Extended Technologies is now showing on YouTube. Back at TSA in Miami, January 2002, we interviewed salon and spa owners and managers that use SalonBiz and SpaBiz about why they chose the software, … Continue reading

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Oh, by the way, #2 in Google.

Can’t believe I didn’t post about this, but the SalonBizsite made it to the top of Google for “salon software” a few weeks back. When I first saw it, it was #1, but later that day settled to #2, but … Continue reading

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Aveda Institutes. The domain switcheroo. Part 4

Keeps on climbing. It’s been a while since I posted an update on how the Aveda Institutes Beauty Basics site is doing in it’s quest to regain it’s position in the SERPs (Search Engine Results Page). So here some of … Continue reading

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New site launch: Offspring: Miami Jam 2007 Hair Show and Workshops

We just launched our most recent site for the Offspring Miami Jam Hair Show. The site is a fully flash based site that lists the presenters and bios, provides travel information and information on the hands-on workshops available. Pretty proud … Continue reading

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Search Engine Strategies conference: SES San Jose 2007

Made it all the way to San Jose this week to attend the Search Engine Strategies conference. After the first day, my brain is full and there are still 2 1/2 days to go.

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Aveda Institutes. The domain switcheroo. Part 3

Just checked today and the Aveda Institutes Beauty Basics site has fought its way back to the home page, ranking #9. But no time for resting now… still work to do. Good thing I am picking up some great search … Continue reading

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UPDATE: Aveda Institutes domain switcheroo

Well, the initial dust has settled and things are calming down. After the domain switch, the Aveda Institutes Beauty Basics site had dropped to an abyssmal #192 in a Google search for “aveda institutes” (but we did expect a fallout). … Continue reading

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“META” Tags (Part 1): “keywords” & “description”

Some folks have been asking me lately about “META” tags for web pages, what they are and how they work, so here is a brief overview that should hopefully shed some light on the subject. META tags are kind of … Continue reading

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