Archive for April, 2009

HARO – Share Your Business with the Media Today

Tuesday, April 28th, 2009

We are discovering an important new tool and are excited to share it with you.  It’s called HelpAReporter.com (HARO).  Visit this website and subscribe right now—you won’t regret it! What? Journalists who write blogs and books, for newspapers and magazines, use HARO to post their latest assignments.  Subscribers (like me) receive 2-3 emails each weekday, [...]

Earth Day Client Spotlight – Spectrum Energy

Wednesday, April 22nd, 2009

Spectrum Energy, Inc. turned to Upright several months ago to develop a new website.  Spectrum is a power plant development company that has built plants all over North America, including eco-friendly biomass and biodiesel plants.  Details of Spectrum’s success with green technology are on their new site.  Spectrum was fresh on my mind this Earth [...]

Get A Job Using LinkedIn and Twitter

Thursday, April 16th, 2009

Those of you in full job search mode right now can benefit from a wealth of online resources when trying to land a great job. Don’t let the current economic status hold you back because if you look, there are jobs out there, and many of them are posting them online… and not just at [...]

Friday Funk – The SEO Rapper

Friday, April 10th, 2009

Have you seen the SEO Rapper yet? This guy’s SEO-ish hip hop stylings have gone so viral that I have friends calling me saying “hey, I saw a video on YouTube of this guy rapping about that stuff that you do!” May his creativity and passion for the things he loves – SEO and hip [...]

How to Get Listed in Google Maps

Wednesday, April 8th, 2009

I hear this question all the time – “How do I get my site to show up in Google Maps?” What this question refers to is the Google Local listings that you see blended into the search engine results when Google thinks you’re searching for a company in your area. Let’s say you need a [...]

Friday Funk – How the Lolcats Engaged Me

Friday, April 3rd, 2009

I wouldn’t call myself a cat person. But since I’ve seen the Lolcats, I totally want to buy a cat and take pictures of it doing funny things so I can add captions in broken English and upload it to the I Can Has Cheezburger site. Yup, they got me. They totally got me. How [...]