Jesse Bilsten

[Preface: I seem to have a constant need to engage in a conversation with my favorite blogging Realtor Keith Byrd.  Keith, I hope you know I love your blog that's why I read it.  The fact that I disagree with you consistantly and need to provide a counter point has nothing to do with your [...]

A rant posted on what a few of us have been thinking in our heads for a long time now.  Piracy seems like the only answer for what seems like a horrendous problem: How do we pay money for quality content?

Business Insider reported that internet advertising is still rising.  Not just rising but rising faster than any other medium in history no less.  What does this mean for me?  It means I need to get to work on revamping my blog and adding a custom template with all the goodies.  Then add ads.  I want [...]

SEOMoz did a great overview on SEO takeaways for 2009. I’m still pretty new to what’s in the rabbit hole for SEO so I always try and garner as many tips as I can. My take away tips are listed below:

Optimize your press releases (perform keyword research and make sure your title tags [...]

I’ll be the first to admit that after I toured Google I was enamored with the lifestyle. They have agave sweetened cola for goodness sake! The food, the speakers, the status – it was very enticing. Ultimately I chose not to move in that direction and went after an entrepreneurial goal instead. [...]

My take on it:
This all started with our government providing incentives to game the system. Either through purchasing houses (to get tax breaks) or through manipulating stocks (pay less in taxes). Ultimately, tax, is always an incentive because everyone wants to pay less of it and keep more of their hard earned money. [...]

I’m guilty of a few of these on Fluid Recovery’s website… oops!  Time to redo the “learn” and “buy” buttons.
1. Results – Simply stating you’ve had “proven results” really means nothing to me. Verbally or visually show me your results and you’ll never have to use that boring word ever again.
2. Quality – This can [...]

An interesting article and while I agree with most of it as with every piece of information you get, take it with a grain of salt.  Branding in any context is definitely important.  Always be thinking of your customers and make sure you’re not making them think.  Make everything exceptionally easy and in respect to [...]