And the Winners of the Lemonade Award Are…

Published in March 31st, 2009

Posted by Marty in Blogging, General Interest

MartyBLOGs is one of the latest recipients of the Lemonade Award. Deb Sistrunk at Media By Sistrunk graced me with the honor last week so let me tell you a little about it.
The Lemonade Award recognizes sites that show great attitude and/or gratitude. Thanks again Deb for thinking so highly of me.
Now it is my […]

Are You Choosing Your LinkedIn Groups For Maximum Effectiveness?

Published in March 30th, 2009

Posted by Marty in Business, LinkedIn

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I have certainly been trying to. Maybe I can help you out with some of my methods. I have been adding and deleting groups over the last few days. I now have distinctly more groups focused on the categories of animation, cinema and entertainment. This is intentionally to attract that crowd for job offers and […]

Can A Man Really Change?

Published in March 28th, 2009

Posted by Marty in Faith, General Interest

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That was the title of my pastor’s Men’s Day sermon last Sunday. The answer of course is a resounding yes. In Ephesians 4: 22-24 Paul talks about how this change is brought about. We do it with God’s help. It’s not in our power but in His. Amen!
If you get a few minutes before you […]

Old School Friday Meme: I Had A Hard Day At Work

Published in March 27th, 2009

Posted by Marty in Music, YouTube

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And what do you want to do after a hard day at work? You want to break out! Swing Out Sister shows you how they were doing it back in 1987. This was a bonafide rock/R & B cross over hit. Take a listen or sing along with the lyrics and you’ll see why.

When explanations […]

Cutie Pie, You’re the Reason Why

Published in March 26th, 2009

Posted by Marty in Music, YouTube

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Who’s ready to take a break? Me too. Here’s a mid-day jam from One Way to get you re-energized for the rest of the day.

Oh yeah. Another bass jam from way back that I could play all day long. Save it in your YouTube favorites and pull it out whenever you need a good funk […]

Great Amazon Associates Tools to Monetize Your Site

Published in March 25th, 2009

Posted by Marty in Amazon.com, Blogging, Business, SEO

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If you haven’t tried Amazon.com’s associates system you should consider creating an account and trying it out. They have some really good tools that could possibly help your monetization efforts pay off if you have good readership on your site. For the uninitiated, monetization is blog-speak for making your blog site an income generator.
I’ve been […]

Leverage facebook and LinkedIn to Expand Your Audience

Published in March 23rd, 2009

Posted by Marty in Blogging, LinkedIn, facebook

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If you’re looking for more readers for your blog use the captive audience you already have. Facebook (FB) and LinkedIn (LI) already allow you to write in links under your profile so you should be listing your blog sites there at a minimum if you haven’t already.
Facebook allows a seemingly unlimited number of URL’s that […]

Old School Friday Presents The Beautiful Ones

Published in March 20th, 2009

Posted by Marty in Music

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This week’s theme for the Old School Friday meme is songs with the word “baby” in the lyrics. Well my choice is from the Purple Man, Prince Rogers Nelson, and it starts off with “Baby, baby, baaa-by”. The song? “The Beautiful Ones”.
I always thought this song was waaaaay cool. Prince covers his full range from […]

How’s Your Personal Google Search Rank Looking?

Published in March 13th, 2009

Posted by Marty in Blogging, General Interest, LinkedIn, SEO, facebook

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By that I specifically mean, how close to the top of the search are you when someone Google’s your name? My bloginess and virtualness is improving. As of this day, Friday, March 13, 2009, here’s how I’m looking.
My URL www.martinlindsey.com is #1. Even got somebody specing me a price to work on giving it […]

Chris Davis is My 250th LinkedIn Connection

Published in March 12th, 2009

Posted by Marty in Business, LinkedIn, Toastmasters International

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O.K. Everybody drop what you’re doing and check out what Chris Davis has going in Columbus, Ohio. He is a fellow Toastmaster who specializes in technology and communication. We’re obviously cut from the same cloth so I can’t think of a better type of person to have helped me reach this milestone in building my […]

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