Free SEO Tools for Building Websites

In college I had a good friend who was always on the hunt for a deal. He’d say he was on the lookout for something that was “free-ninety-nine.” While most good things in life don’t come for free, in the Internet marketing world there are a number of tools that won’t cost you a cent….

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Choose Your Business Partners Wisely

And “wisely” might not be what you think. Part 1 of a 2-part series on building healthy business partnerships Sometimes entrepreneurship can be a lonely road. The vision you have and the ideas you create make total sense to you. But sometimes they don’t quite connect with other people. You’re on fire with possibilities. You…

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If You Want to Lead a Company, Start a Band.

Managing a successful rock band and the value of failing forward. Part 4 of a 4-part series on Failing Forward: leadership lessons learned from the rise and fall of my rock band, MAXLIDER Don’t miss Part 3: Winning the battle of the bands. Losing the battle within. As the leader and manager of the rock…

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Our BIG Thank You for One Big, Eventful Year

From life’s unexpected challenges come the most surprising opportunities for growth. OUR 2014 END OF YEAR LETTER TO MAVIDEA CLIENTS AND FRIENDS The end of the year gives us an opportunity to reflect on the past 12 months. And as I sit down to think about this year in review, one word keeps coming to…

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Buried in emails? Meet your new cleaner inbox

Microsoft is beginning the roll out of Clutter to Office 365 business customers, which brings the power of Office Graph to your inbox. Clutter is designed to help you focus on the most important messages in your inbox. It uses machine learning to de-clutter your inbox by moving lower priority messages out of your way and into…

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