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Re: The Consultant’s Dilemma

Lisa Seeman — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 14:28:14 -0000

I wouldgo for charge a lot, and don’t charge for the failures BUT set measurable success criteria. You can find them. For example, in Business development it could be getting the client a meeting with appropriate people in fortune 500 companies. If they make a deal or not is up to them. You did your bit.
SEO stuff is clearly easy to measure

Re: Best of SMX Israel 2012

Danny Schoemann — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 03:03:06 -0000

"So the first funny speaker I heard was Gil Reich, who never fails to amuse. "

Love it - from http://illuminea.com/events/sm...

Re: SMX West, Content Farms, and How to Pour Water into a Glass Cup

Gil Reich — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 05:43:29 -0000

Since you left Answers you haven't had a drink? You must have been really thirsty. I'm glad you found this post. Managing Greatness, quenching people's thirst since 2009.

Re: SMX West, Content Farms, and How to Pour Water into a Glass Cup

Liz — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 05:35:23 -0000

I feel like I used to have all the answers, and lately I find that I don't. Enter internets. So, yes, I need to know how to pour a glass of water (so, so thirsty...).

Re: Best of SMX Israel 2012

Gil Reich — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 04:24:57 -0000

Thank you Naomi!

Re: Best of SMX Israel 2012

Gil Reich — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 04:23:42 -0000

Thank you! And nice coverage. Live blogging isn't easy.

Re: Best of SMX Israel 2012

Naomi — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 04:05:11 -0000

I got a lot out of hearing you speak yesterday! Thanks for these highlights too.

Re: Best of SMX Israel 2012

Gil Reich — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 03:29:10 -0000

It's always about the food.

Re: Best of SMX Israel 2012

Ari Nahmani — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 02:54:09 -0000

Thanks for the shout out Gil! We loved your talk(s) yesterday. You've got great energy and cruised through a ton of material!

Re: Best of SMX Israel 2012

Liz — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 02:43:52 -0000

Yep, it's all about the kosher conference food. Isn't that why we came here? Also to turn English majors into SEO greats?

Re: Godzilla, Snuffleupagus, and the Future of Search Success

Gil Reich — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 06:39:48 -0000

Thanx Liz! See you there!

Re: Godzilla, Snuffleupagus, and the Future of Search Success

Liz — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 06:23:50 -0000

Nice one. Thanks for the effort you put into it. See you Sunday at SMX Israel!

Re: How Google’s Panda Will Change the Web

DS Rachmat — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 01:49:57 -0000

My opinion, we still need BL to boost serp.

Re: UGC: Starting and Scaling

Igor — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 10:19:06 -0000

But it does take some effort to make, and I have strong laziness

Re: Worshiping Steve Jobs’ Depravity

Gil Reich — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 15:10:43 -0000

Thanx Suzanne. I agree completely.

Re: Worshiping Steve Jobs’ Depravity

Gil Reich — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 15:10:08 -0000

I just meant in Google vs Apple, particularly in the phone space. I don't know enough about Zuckerberg to have a strong opinion there.

Re: Worshiping Steve Jobs’ Depravity

Crystal McCann — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 12:47:32 -0000

"... and why I hope Google wins today."

Is this cast in the direction of a certain social network led also by a casual dresser with ugly sneakers? :)

Re: Worshiping Steve Jobs’ Depravity

Suzanne Benner — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 10:21:48 -0000

Well said.

I don't despise him, and I think that he did some things very well... but saying that people should emulate the bad with the good ignores the fact that we all have faults... that we all have areas where we are good and talented, and other areas where we need to improve. Let's not lump all of that together and say "this is the ideal." ... Let's learn from the good, and dismiss the bad, with Steve Jobs as with all of life.

Re: Best of PubCon 2011

Gil Reich — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 21:06:30 -0000

Thanx Mike. But aren't you worried that that would pressure Boser into declaring SEO dead? BTW, loved your presentation.

Re: Best of PubCon 2011

Chiropractor Mike — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 16:10:17 -0000

Great summary, maybe Boser will keynote next year and we can end the tradition of non-seo keynotes.

Re: Best of BlogWorld LA 2011

Gil Reich — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 02:22:24 -0000

Thanks Allison and Jacki! It was a great conference.

Re: Best of BlogWorld LA 2011

Allison Boyer — Sat, 12 Nov 2011 18:46:40 -0000

Thanks for writing about BWELA, Gil! I'm a quote fiend, so I like how you went about doing a wrap-up. One that stuck with me also was Lisa Barone's - I loved how she talked about the fact that her stutter makes her the perfect person to work in corporate branding because she knows what it's like not to have a voice.

Re: Best of BlogWorld LA 2011

Jacki James — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 05:13:31 -0000

Thanks for sharing, I've really enjoyed your #BWELA posts. Wish I could have been there!

Re: Should Wikipedia Give Charity or Take It

Gil Reich — Sat, 05 Nov 2011 23:40:07 -0000

Hey Philippe. I guess I'm still missing the point. Wikipedia (much to my surprise, I must admit) has become a financial juggernaut, bringing in more than $20 million last year. Why would the people toiling away for free now stop if it accepted ads instead of corporate and private donations? It gets $2 million from Google today in charity, why is that less dangerous than accepting a payment for running AdSense ads on a few highly monetizable topics? On your benefactors page you certainly seem to have SEO agencies paying Wikipedia for excellent, followed links on high value keywords like "Free Shipping Codes," "Balance Transfer Credit Cards," and "Phone Cards." People are cool supporting an organization that sells links but not an organization that runs a few ads? Is it only because everybody would see the ads and very few people ever find the SEO scam? I'm using harsh language. Donating money to a non-profit and receiving a link may not be a scam. But I remain at a loss to understand the community's moral and aesthetic revulsion to ads at the bottom of some pages while they accept other forms of corporate funding and don't mind Jimmy Wales' face taking nearly the entire above the fold region of the page for 6 weeks every year. And why people toil away for free for an organization that takes foundation grant money that would otherwise go to other charities but wouldn't contribute to an organization that was financially self-sustaining.

Re: Darren Rowse: Blogging from the Heart but Smart

nate — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 19:11:48 -0000

i started bloging to make money flat out the only reason but after a while it become more of a hobby for me now making money bloging is a hobby that a can afford to do full time,but most people tend to ask me how do thy set up review blogs on affiliate product an lets be honest everybody is not a writer so i did some research and found a great too heres the link http://ity.im/0qRWo maybe you can do a review on this one Gil i find it automates setting up mini review sites for me easily and thats the beauty of making money online doing it quickly and easily rite?Anyway thanx for the great post Gil this will give alot of insite to people starting put