There are sometimes in life.
When you fall down
and you feel like you don’t have the strength to get back up
Do you think you have hope?
Because I tell you, I’m down here.
Face.. down
and I have no arms and no legs
It should be impossible for me to get back up?
But it’s NOT …
You see, I’ll try 100 times to get up
and If I fail 100 times.
If I fail ..and I give up.
Do you think I’ll ever gonna get up?
NO..
But if I fail, I try again,
and again, and again..
But I just want you to know that it’s not the end.
It matters how you finish
Are you going to finish strong ?
- Nick Vujicic
Anywhere there is controversy you will find many marketers who will opine and try to shine the lights on themselves about how wonderful they are and how much they help everyone else and how everyone should link to them in the controversy. But when the attention dies down it turns out few marketers hold true to their promises and stick with their principals.
It is usually the unsung heroes that make a difference, not as a cheesy marketing strategy, but because they believe in doing the right thing, even if it is at great personal cost.
Not sure if you remember the hoopla about Jason Gambert (professional douchebag) trying to trademark the word SEO, but many industry professionals were up in arms about it. In spite of some of the larger companies having big-jaws-a-flapping and in house legal teams, and the industry having perhaps some of the MOST USELESS AND SELF PROMOTIONAL cash flush “non-profit” trade organizations in the entire world (cough…SEMPO…cough), Rhea Drysdale was left to spend a couple years and $17,004.33 fighting the bogus trademark.
A few years back I spent about $35,000 to $40,000 fighting Traffic Power, and while it was painful back then, to this day I am glad I did it. But one of the things that surprised me back then was that for all the noise, few people cared enough to offer a $1 to help fight the good fight. Some friends helped in a big way…but I was still like $30,000+ in the hole and stuck dealing with a lot of stress.
Lets not leave Rhea with that feeling.
Her Paypal email address is rhea_drysdale@yahoo.com. I just donated $566.81, and if about 29 more of us do the same, then we will help cover her legal expenses. Even if you can’t donate that much, every $ helps…given the size of the industry (and the alleged concern certain individuals showed) we should easily be able to cover 100% of her legal fees. Even at the $50 or $100 level, it will still add up quickly with your help. Please shower Rhea with links too…she earned them
Update: Its worth adding that Jonathan Hochman collaborated early in this case with Rhea and choose a different legal strategy. He also spent about $10k fighting this battle but the court threw out his challenge on a technicality, so while many of the other industry supporters were nothing more than self promoters, Jonathan is also a good guy here.
1839, only survivor of a slang fad in Boston and New York c.1838-9 for abbreviations of common phrases with deliberate, jocular misspellings (cf. K.G. for “no go,” as if spelled “know go”); in this case, “oll korrect.” Further popularized by use as an election slogan by the O.K. Club, New York boosters of Democratic president Martin Van Buren’s 1840 re-election bid, in allusion to his nickname Old Kinderhook, from his birth in the N.Y. village of Kinderhook. Van Buren lost, the word stuck, in part because it filled a need for a quick way to write an approval on a document, bill, etc. The noun is first attested 1841; the verb 1888. Spelled out as okeh, 1919, by Woodrow Wilson, on assumption that it represented Choctaw okeh “it is so” (a theory which lacks historical documentation); this was ousted quickly by okay after the appearance of that form in 1929. Okey-doke is student slang first attested 1932. Greek immigrants to America who returned home early 20c. having picked up U.S. speech mannerisms were known in Greece as okay-boys, among other things.
What Happens in Vegas, Stays in Vegas – In a Nutshell
The advertising agency of R&R Partners, Inc, created the slogan, “What Happens Here, Stays Here” for the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority (LVCVA). In 2004, the LVCVA sold its interests in the slogan to R&R Partners for $1. R&R has applied to register its trademark of the slogan.
However, Dorothy Tovar of Placerville, California, registered a trademark of a similar slogan, “What Happens in Vegas Stays in Vegas,” and is reportedly using it on T-shirts and underwear sold at Las Vegas souvenir shops and elsewhere.
R&R Partners and the LVCVA have sued Ms Tovar and her company “Pure Pleasure” for trademark infringement because of the “What Happens in Vegas Stays in Vegas” products.
In 1958, President Eisenhower, in an internal discussion, observed to his staff “There’s a campaign of hatred against us in the Middle East, not by governments, but by the people.” The National Security Council discussed that question and said, yes, and the reason is, there’s a perception in that region that the United States supports status quo governments, which prevent democracy and development and that we do it because of our interests in Middle East oil. Furthermore, it’s difficult to counter that perception because it’s correct. It ought to be correct. We ought to be supporting brutal and corrupt governments which prevent democracy and development because we want to control Middle East oil, and it’s true that leads to a campaign of hatred against us.
As long as we are supporting harsh, brutal governments, blocking democracy and development because of our interests in controlling the oil resources of the region, there will be a campaign of hatred against the United States.
Jill and Kevin’s Big Day, is a joyous beginning to a marriage, brought tears to many eyes. Best wishes for a lifetime of happiness. This is like a real-life classic moment between friends caught on tape, shared with the world now. I’m just blown away.
It is easy to see how businesses that are not so familiar with the inner workings of SEO can find themselves feeling overwhelmed. The great thing is, there are a number of search engine optimization consultant firms out there that you can work with in order to help you get the results that you are looking for without all of the headaches. Such consultant can help you to grow your online business by not only boosting the visibility of your brand, but also by helping to bring up the productivity and your overall bottom line.
If you feel that you could use the services of a search engine optimization consultant, you can do some research on the types of services that different firms can offer. When you stop to think about it, you want to have a consultant that will be able to coordinate with your business needs and help to compliment the marketing strategy that you have in place. By adding to your marketing plan with a search engine optimization plan, you will be able to increase your viewership and then sales.
Many of the reasons why businesses will look to the help of a search engine optimization consultant will be boost their online presence and to attract a significant of targeted customers. By helping your business to learn a wide variety of effective SEO skills and techniques, you will then be able to increase your sales while also helping to protect your online reputation. If your budget allows, you can keep on using your search engine optimization consultant or start to take on the journey of SEO on your own. No matter what, you will have learned all sorts of techniques and skills that can help your website’s effectiveness and get you the traffic that you desire.
The most popular theory is that OK comes from ‘oll korrect’, a deliberately misspelled writing of ‘all correct’. It was popularised in Boston newspapers around the 1840s when it was fashionable to go around spelling things incorrectly for humorous effect. Legend also has it that New York Democrats later adopted the abbreviation to promote their candidate Martin Van Buren – the initials ‘OK’ were derived from his nickname, Old Kinderhook.
“Give me Liberty, or give me Death!” is a famous quotation attributed to Patrick Henry from a speech made to the Virginia Convention. It was given March 23, 1775, at St. John’s Church in Richmond, Virginia, and is credited with having swung the balance in convincing the Virginia House of Burgesses to pass a resolution delivering the Virginia troops to the Revolutionary War. Supposedly in attendance were Thomas Jefferson and George Washington. Reportedly, the crowd, upon hearing the speech, shouted, “To arms! To arms!”
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