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Found this gem while trolling some SEO, Marketing related forums. Comes to show you how a "keyword" can be used for so many meanings.

Akismet caught 12 spam comments because some knuckleheads decided to leave junk comments rather than take the time to read my post and comment accordingly. I have no problem with comments and now a days where there are tools like Akismet and other blog spam tools only legit comment should ever be attempted if your making an attempt to do link building.

I'm sure I probably just got hit with some sort of comment bot some script kiddy decided to use. What a waste of bandwidth, effort and time for everyone!

Guess I just wanted to vent a little about how annoying comment spam can be, I'm sure if your reading this and decide to comment you will comment something worthy of publishing.

Youtube has just launched Closed Captions for Youtube videos which will undoubtedly be a score for anyone using Youtube for SEO and internet marketing. It was only a matter of time before closed captioning came to the web.

I for one like to use it when watching a movie with lots of dialog since much of the plot is in the conversations. For action movies, you don't really need closed captions but for more detailed content it helps. Now imagine this becomes the norm and you can add a script to the video, I haven't looked into Youtubes Closed Caption capabilities but if they allow the captions to have hotlinks, I would say they are on to something even bigger.

As for the potential SEO of it, captions are going to be dependent on text which allows for more on page based optimization. Here is demo Youtube made available, you can also have the content translated which is powerful as well….

Here is someone I don't hear much about compared to constant tweetering from many of the marketers out there and all the Facebook invites from other marketers such as Joel Comm.

Ryan seems to be a low flying type of guy, under the radar but raking in tons. He apparently sold out a 100 max membership launch about community building. Here is some great info he share on capturing leads, good free content.

I am very guilty of downloading just about anything that is not bolted to the ground so to speak. I like trying out shareware, adding plugins to my WP Blogs for testing and just testing things in general.

Well if your anything like me, you probably have had your share of Virus issues. As we speak, right now I use Avast as my anti-virus solution on my main computer. I have used all the usual softwares such as Norton, McAfee, FProt and AVG.

While I do like Avast because of it's price (free for personal use) and it has caught some potential issues here and there. I have basically depended on it as my first line of protection from all those nasties that are out there.

I now have a great resource to share which will allow you to make a more informed decision on files you may want to execute on your computer. Virustotal is a all in one solution like I've never seen. Gives you a well rounded report from multiple online scanning sources.

Mind you there are known false positives so that is bound to happen with some software, But… if you want a second, third and fourth opinion there is no better option for virus scanning than Virustotal.

A few weeks ago I had the privilege of attending an event by Ken McArthur called Impact Boot Camp. I have already blogged a bit about it and while I was meaning to share some more in depth detail of what I learned and what my personal take aways were of the event. I have not had a chance to do that.

My intentions were well meaning but when life is happening all the time and your trying to make a buck, take your kid to school, pick them up from school, manage calls etc etc etc… a well thought out blog about an event get’s thrown into the back of your mind.

I did mention intention for a reason and that is that the Impact Team from the Impact Bootcamp have been charged with the task of helping generate buzz and interest in a very very worthwhile cause.

Teen Suicide is this very special cause, the designated site is http://www.speakupsavelives.org and the focus is to get the word out to parents, caregivers, teachers, and anyone who interacts with teenagers about being aware of how many teen suicides there are and to speak up and not brush off is a child seems troubled and possibly contemplating suicide.

While it’s been a while since I’ve been a teen I do remember it clearly and one of the things I remember about that age for myself was how easily I would make rash decisions. I would make poor decisions simply based on my emotions without consideration of consequence. I’m sure being a teenager has not change and that type of behavior is still prevalent, over reacting seems to be glamorized in the movies and young folks are highly impressionable.

Anyways, I just wanted to chime in and say that if you have any teens in your life… stay conscious to any effort they may make to reach out to you. Teens from what I remember and have observed tend to stay within their age group and consult each other over issues that should sometimes be addressed by an adult or counselor.

If you ever get the felling that you have a troubled teen in your life don’t be shy about getting them more help. A great place to start is to simply go online and search for a local suicide prevention service.

Here are some possible terms you can use…

suicide prevention

teenage suicide prevention

teen suicide prevention

suicide prevention programs

prevention of teen suicide

prevention of suicide

american foundation for suicide prevention

suicide prevention resources

suicide prevention hotline

suicide prevention center

suicide prevention organizations

national suicide prevention

suicide prevention resource center

youth suicide prevention

suicide prevention services

suicide prevention hotlines

adolescent suicide prevention

 

 

I would also suggest that if your looking for something local to add your city at the beginning of the search phrases found about. These are specific keyword phrases that will get you results to find a local resource if you feel the need for help with a potential teen suicide situation.

Since suicide prevention week is among us, I would suggest taking note of your local resources just to be a little couscous of what is available locally to you. It’s my intention to add some small awareness to this effort that was presented at the Impact Bootcamp, please visit Speak Up and Save Lives at http://www.speakupsavelives.org for more.

Years ago I was a participant at a Tony Robbins Sales seminar called Power To Influence. It was my first exposure into the world of seminars, marketing, sales and human psychology. That said, I spent lots of time learning about NLP, Analytical Persuasion and Trends. One of my favorite trend futurist was Faith Popcorn.

Faith had a book called the Popcorn Report, in it she described some dominant trends such as cocooning and small indulgences. I ran into a video on Youtube about small indulgences even though that was not what they called it.

Starbucks coffee is very on trend with small indulgences as well as clanning which on the web is now called “tribes”, regardless of what it’s called it has the same description.

I couldn’t help but look up the book on Amazon and find that you can buy it used for 1 cent. Here is a book that describes lots of what going on in society today and can help any marketer get a better pulse on how to position their product and it’s selling for 1 cent… WOW.

Go ahead and watch the video below about how Starbucks is marketing their product and how it fits in to our culture. If your interested in the book, here is a link to it.

http://www.amazon.com/Popcorn-Report-Faith-Future-Company/dp/0887305946/ref=sr_1_9?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1221033257&sr=8-9