Brand Doctor - Graphic Designer Worthing

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Brand Doctor are a Graphic Designer in Worthing who have recently offered to look at our logo in exchange for some SEO on their website. I will post the new ideas for the logo on this site and get feedback from our visitors to see what direction we should go in! Watch this space.

Mentors, Inspirations, and Tuition

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“Mentors don’t grow on trees” says Geoffrey in a blog post at SEOmoz today. I’m not sure that I entirely agree with him. I think there are actually far more internet marketing mentors around today than there were a few years ago.

Unfortunately, I also think there are far more quacks, fakes and charlatans presenting themselves as great mentors too. In any forum relating to SEO or webmastery, it is a joke with much truth to it that anyone signing up with a username like “SEOmaster” or “Ultimate-Web-Guru” is absolutely certain to know the very least of anyone posting. :-)

That should not in any way detract from the fact that there is far, far more mentorship, and indeed more formal training, available to the newcomer today. Believe me, when I started learning about search marketing, captology, and the persuasive arts of ecommerce, it was all so new that, well, there were not many mentors. But a lack of mentors is not the same as a lack of inspirations.

I have found inspiration from so many sources and people through the years that I seriously could not possibly hope to list them all. I have been inspired by other early pioneers of the field such as (the late) Jim Wilson, Danny Sullivan, Mike Grehan, Jill Whalen, and countless other peers.

Inspiration doesn’t only come from other SEO practitioners of course. I have taken inspiration from many superb marketers, thinkers, writers, and even philosophers to allow me to see a supposedly technical problem from a completely different angle.

I have also found inspiration aplenty from each new wave of up-and-comers across the years, especially those I have met in forums, and been able to see and catch their enthusiasm all over again. Bill Slawski, Rand Fishkin, Barry Schwartz, Nadir Garouche, John Scott, Dave Child, and hundreds more names that have attained varying degrees of reknown have inspired me just as I, hopefully, inspired them.

Even the most humble of new aspirants to the field bring a freshness and enthusiasm that helps me to stay fresh and enthusiastic myself about this wonderful career.

Inspiration is not only a tremendous thing - I believe it is essential to anything which is as basically creative an endeavor as marketing (of any kind) should be.

Where do you get yours?

25th November - Adam’s 30th Birthday Party

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Righto, the plan is to hire out East and get some covers bands in to play some live music in the main room of East and get some Funky House happening in the Persia Bar.

I am planning to have Persia Bar as a completely private bar with the main room as a filter for people who aren’t invited to share in the 30th Birthday celebrations!

Murdochs Crazy Eyes played at East Nightclub on Saturday on one of the nights I promote with Chris Simmons. They were the best covers band I have seen in a long time. All of the live music on Saturday and the Funky House was AWESOME. Kevin Sparrow played for the first time with Mis Judged (Shelley Kirst) - it was a great night.

The theme for the night might be a Rubik Cube Night - everyone has to come to the party weary at least 3 of the colours of a Rubik Cube - by the end of the night everyone must be wearing the same colour. What do you think?! I stole the idea from a friend but I thought that it could prove to be a little interesting.

Anyway, all friends welcome, let me know if you would like to attend!

Other friends from school will also be celebrating their 30th at the same party:

Jim Wood (adopted school member, confirmed)
Andy Gamble (confirmed)
Kelly Mash (to confirm)
and me, Adam Stafford (confirmed) ;)