http://www.olivertani.com Tue, 06 Nov 2007 21:48:15 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I've been working with interactive agencies, online marketing companies and even served as the in-house internet marketing person for the better part of a decade now. I have recently made the move back to being an independent consultant. By recently, I mean it's been exactly 24 hours. In order to ... http://www.olivertani.com/2007/11/06/the-first-24-hours-as-an-independent-consultant/ So it's become totally apparent to me that I am unable to stay away from the internet for even a day. I just got back from a trip up to northern Arizona for a friend's wedding where my fiancee and I ended up renting a cabin, wanting to make a ... http://www.olivertani.com/2007/09/24/staying-connected-with-my-blackberry-unfortunately/ David Leonhardt from Happy Guy Marketing contacted me last week about the new tool on his website, called The Bookmarketer. It's pretty sweet. We all know about the power of social bookmarking and are all well aware that one of the most sure-fire ways to get an insane amount of ... http://www.olivertani.com/2007/09/10/free-social-bookmarking-script/ Last night, September 6, 2007, was the very first SEMPO AZ working group's networking event held in Scottsdale, AZ at Cantina Laredo. There was a great turn out of some of our industry's leaders as well as representatives from many local prominent companies. iCrossing, Inc. had a great turn ... http://www.olivertani.com/2007/09/07/first-sempo-az-event-a-great-success/ Friday. It's supposed to be a happy day because we've got a 3 day weekend coming up and I'm going out of town to relax. Only problem is sometimes when you're sitting in an office, working your butt off, you forget to stop and breath. Growing up in Hawaii, we ... http://www.olivertani.com/2007/08/31/why-cant-we-have-aloha-friday-everywhere/ So I've been doing a lot of research online for shopping cart software to install on one of my client's sites that until now has been using Paypal's very basic solution. I've found a lot of the open source ones to be good, but not quite as "packed with peanuts" ... http://www.olivertani.com/2007/08/31/the-search-for-a-good-online-shopping-cart-solution/ So I finally had the chance to rent "Thank You for Smoking", which is a Satirical comedy follows the machinations of Big Tobacco's chief spokesman, Nick Naylor, who spins on behalf of cigarettes while trying to remain a role model for his twelve-year-old son. The movie was absolutely brilliant. As ... http://www.olivertani.com/2006/11/10/thank-you-for-thank-you-for-smoking/ Ok, so I've decided. I love AJAX. No, not the cleaner but rather the new web technology that seems to be engulfing the internet and combines two older technologies to bring a web user an experience similar to a desktop application. AJAX uses JavaScript and XML in conjunction with one ... http://www.olivertani.com/2006/08/10/ajax-rocks/ Digital Point - Wordtracker and Overture Results http://www.digitalpoint.com/tools/suggestion/ Overture Results - MUCH Faster http://www.webconfs.com/keyword-playground.php HUGE Overture KW List Builder http://www.enteryourkeyword.com/index.phpShare This http://www.olivertani.com/2006/05/03/keyword-tools/ Aaron Wall has really outdone himself here... This tool is awesome. The Backlink Analyzer is a desktop program which will grab backlink data from Google/Yahoo/MSN and displays the anchor texts, IP Addresses, Alexa Data, Page Titles, and Number of Links on each page. Very friendly spreadsheet style layout. http://tools.seobook.com/backlink-analyzer/index.htmShare This http://www.olivertani.com/2006/05/03/backlink-analyzer/