http://www.moderncheek.com At the forefront of technology, style and effrontery Tue, 18 Mar 2008 10:57:07 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Search Engine Optimization (SEO) is the new kid on the web development block. People with SEO skill sets help to build and market your website so that it gets high search engine rankings and maximum traffic; after all, traffic = conversions = profits. Apogee Search, one of the world's largest Search ... http://www.moderncheek.com/2008/03/18/starter-links-for-seo-newcomers/ It's a familiar scenario, at least in our household - we find a fantastic airline fare online and are shocked to find that, once taxes and surcharges are added, the price has doubled, or more. Well, let's say we were once shocked; now it's a normal way of life and ... http://www.moderncheek.com/2008/03/18/airline-taxes-and-surcharges-demystified-introduction/ Plastic surgeons are one of the few groups of professionals who can, nearly across the board, afford to have an awesome website for their business. So while we've all seen sub-standard, FrontPage-crafted sites for mom and pop shops, B&Bs, and other family establishments, there's no excuse for plastic surgeons. Here are ... http://www.moderncheek.com/2008/03/14/what-makes-a-great-plastic-surgery-website/ Despite having lots of experience in sales and marketing and therefore knowing exactly how things work, I've been stuck in the marketing machine for years. For the past decade, I've been purchasing "whitening" toothpastes - the foaming crystals, the blue strips of cleanliness, added ingredients, this and that - and ... http://www.moderncheek.com/2008/03/14/time-to-give-up-on-whitening-toothpastes/ Okay, you've decided to spring for those 34DD breasts you've always wanted, or maybe you've lost a lot of weight and are in need of a tummy tuck to remove loose skin. With so many plastic surgeons out there, how do you find a good one? Let's say, for example, that ... http://www.moderncheek.com/2008/03/13/how-to-find-a-good-cosmetic-surgeon/ Yoga is the neo-yuppie craze that's found its way into mainstream American gyms - and homes - over the past several years. It's got a certain social status attached to it now; you can almost picture the big name celebrities going to their yoga and pilates classes, right? Unfortunately, this ... http://www.moderncheek.com/2008/03/11/yoga-body-mind-or-society/ FOXNews published a health article in January titled "Plastic Surgery Regret on the Rise, Fueling 'Revision' Practices". In typical Fox fashion, the article was rather alarmist. The blurb featured one plastic surgery horror story from a woman who was unhappy after two nose jobs, followed by a quote from respected ... http://www.moderncheek.com/2008/03/11/plastic-surgery-revisions-rising/ Blogging passed silently into the mainstream years ago, showing us the wonderment that is a cryptic Rosie O'Donnell poem or the company messages of a big name CEO. Everybody blogs now; even my computer-confused mom has a LiveJournal account. Need further proof? Here are a few of the strangest bloggers we've ... http://www.moderncheek.com/2008/03/11/everybody-blogs/ I've worked for many companies, from a large subsidiary of Viacom to a suburban mom-and-pop retail shop. The jobs were all sales oriented, to an extent, and relied on relationships with customers to keep the business afloat. Yet strangely, the one thing all of these businesses - the large and ... http://www.moderncheek.com/2008/03/07/why-dont-more-businesses-invest-in-crms/ A fourth grader from Montana has coined a mnemonic for the 11 planets of the solar system. If you thought there were 9 - or 8, or 12, or whatever it was last week - this memory trick may help you remember all of the planet's names. The student, Maryn Smith, ... http://www.moderncheek.com/2008/03/06/newswatch-new-mnemonic-for-the-11-planets/