I was browsing LinkedIn when I came across a very interesting post by Gordon (Gordy) Curphy, PhD, citing a Bartelby article in The Economist. The Economist article is behind a paywall, so I won't be linking to it. But as I read Dr. Curphy's summary (and his snarky comment about writing a book with Read more [...]							More From Sarah Staar!
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I have followed Paul Evans for several years, and when he announced his upcoming free online marketing course in late December 2019, I signed up for it. True to his word, he started the course on New Year's Day of 2020.
I found his course quite interesting and informative, and I also discovered that 
I have been following Bill Platt for a while now.  I don't really remember how long ago it was, but I purchased one of his products (Coloring Books For Adults) at least two years ago. I finally got the opportunity (Bill's a busy guy!) to get a video interview with him. We discussed how he got started, 
Facebook has been acting a bit strange lately. Or at least, "different." I started noticing that one of my "fan" pages consistently gets very sluggish and unresponsive, at least until I respond to a "notice" that tells me that if I pay $3 to "boost" my post, 1,100 more people can see it.
I was asked to do a presentation for the North Texas PC Users Group, which I did yesterday (Saturday October 22nd, 2016). I had spoken there about SEO a couple of years ago, and there was a recent major course change at Google with respect to backlinking, namely, they decided (about 3 years late) to 


