Dustin Schmidt

Westchester Real Estate, Internet Marketing SEO, and allegorical anecdotes.

March 2010 Newsletter

Hey There, I want to thank you for being so influential in the growth and development of this site.  For all of you who have joined the conversation on my blog thanks a whole bunch for sharing your viewpoint.  Your support and contributions are what make this community a cool place to hang out! Here in[.....]

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Law of Attraction and Life Coach Affirmations: The Spirituality Cure for your Hump Day Blues

My good friend Matt shared this video with me last week and once I saw it I knew I had to share with you.  It’s a great way of, well, getting happy!  Jerry and Esther Hicks have done some amazing work educating people on the powers of the law of attraction and their teachings have[.....]

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Diary of a Marketing Man Part III: Where Do We Go From Here?

The other day I sat down to watch Up In The Air with George Clooney.  I have to say it was an incredible film.  For all of you who have not seen it yet a prevalent theme in the movie is the bitter resentment of former employees fueled by major corporations hiring outside career transition counseling firms to fire[.....]

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Diary of a Marketing Man Part II: The Disapearing Prospect

In my last post I discussed two really great clients, Mobycity, and the Financial Times.  It was easy to work with them, and incredible to see how they showed up with integrity in our business dealings.  We had clear lines of communication, everyone articulated what there expectations were, and in the end in was a[.....]

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Diary of a Marketing Man Part I: The Good Client – Mobycity and the Financial Times

Reading Andy Wibbels book, “Blog Wild!” just inspired me to write a three-part series titled Diary of a Marketing Man.  I will share with you some great clients I recently worked with, and others that ultimately wasted my time and energy.  This post is Part I: The Good Client. First, I have to thank Jari Rouas,[.....]

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RiverWalk of Hope Facebook Fan Page Is Up!

Welcome back and thanks as always for stopping in.  We are moving right along with The Westchester RiverWalk of Hope fundraiser.  Yesterday I managed to setup our Facebook fan page, along with a paypal donation button on both my blog, and the fan page itself. In Facebook I originally started off by creating an event.[.....]

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Westchester RiverWalk of Hope Fundraiser… Who’s Coming?

Not too long ago my brother Todd and I were exchanging messages on Facebook, brainstorming a charitable event fundraiser to benefit the orphans of Haiti.  He mentioned hiking the entire Appalachian Trail and I thought it would be a great idea. After spending a little more time with it we realized that it could be just as effective doing[.....]

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How To Launch A Social Media Campaign On The Cheap (or Free)

Hiring an ad agency or  professional marketing consultant to build an online reputation through social media in 2010 might seem like an impossibility for some small business owners looking to trim expenses within the confines of slender budgets.  I know plenty of businesses in Westchester, New York who have been impacted by the recession. Many of us[.....]

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Does HTML5 and CSS3 Have a Future?

If you find yourself bored of reading about Fashion week, Google Buzz, and Tiger Woods check out the bickering going on within the web development community over “Adobe’s secret hold” on HTML5.  It’s like a bunch of kids on the playground arguing over who was a better Center Fielder: Willie Mays or Ty Cobb (wow, I even[.....]

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5 Things You Can Learn From Building a Snowman

While there was still some sunlight left to illuminate the yard last night I spent over an hour with my three year old nephew Darius and his daddy building Frosty.  Rolling the base was challenging, but you realize afterwards what a great workout it actually is. Although the origin of the snowman is still widely debated by snow sculpture enthusiasts,[.....]

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