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John Fairley - who has written 14 posts on Forward Leap.


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reBlog from thedreaminaction.com: THE DREAM IN ACTION

Posted on 24 September 2009

Ryan discusses jumping into FourSquare:

Over the past month or so I’ve had a similar feeling as I had back in April 2008. At the begging of April 08 I was evangelizing the use of Twitter. It wasn’t popular, it was “nerdy”, Ashton, Oprah, and Tila Tequila were not yet dominating the service but I saw [...]

This Week in Startups – Episode #13 Review

Posted on 03 September 2009

By far, the most listened to Podcast in my library is “This Week in Startups“. Every week Jason Calacanis interviews successful entrepreneurs, gives advice, talks lessons learned from failed startups and thanks the show’s sponsors.
Matt Mickiewicz
This week, Jason interviewed Matt Mickiewicz who previously launched Sitepoint, 99designs and Flippa. Matt started developing websites at [...]

Number of Words per Search Query Increases

Posted on 25 February 2009

User search behavior continues to evolve. Analysis shows an increasing number of words in each search query.

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Chicago Internet Startup List

Posted on 22 February 2009

Chicago, my home town, has a healthy startup community. I’ve put together a list of more than 50 startups based here.

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Follow PubCon South Presenters on Twitter

Posted on 14 February 2009

List of more than 50 panelists, speakers and moderators from PubCon South 2009 in Austin, TX that are on Twitter

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SEO Tools I Use Every Day

Posted on 12 February 2009

Looking for SEO tools to add to your toolbox? I’ve compiled a list of 25 mostly free tools you can use everyday to accelerate you SEO efforts.

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SEO Strategy – Building Blocks for Success

Posted on 12 February 2009

How to develop an effective SEO strategy that brings in targeted users to build your business.

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Chicago SEO Meetup Group

Posted on 09 February 2009

Chicago area SEOs looking to network and learn should join the local Chicago SEO Meetup group.

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How to Get Buy-in From IT on SEO Initiatives

Posted on 22 January 2009

You’re in charge of an SEO initiative that requires the IT team’s buy in. How can you boost your chances of getting the IT team on-board with the project? We’ve put together 6 steps to increase your chances of getting buy-in from IT.

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Use Your Mobile Phone’s Camera to Access Information Using Microsoft Tags

Posted on 08 January 2009

Identify and access information using your mobile phone’s camera. Microsoft Tags allows you to scan a new type of barcode with your phone in order to receive videos, text, vcards and more.

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