Inside AdWords: New AdWords Bidding Tutorial

Check out this new tutorial from Google on how to become more efficient at the Google Adwords bidding process:

Inside AdWords: New AdWords Bidding Tutorial

It's been a long, long time...

Since I posted on this blog. Just jumped back into Blogger to check it out. I primarily use Wordpress these days but still very much like how easy Bogger is to use. If you're new to blogging I highly recommend it.

For future posts on blogging and Vancouver Internet Marketing related ideas and posts, visit my main site at adamkillam.com/blog/

Vancouver Apartment Rentals

Just a quick post for people who have been asking me about Vancouver Apartment Rentals lately.

Take a look at EasyRent.ca, a Vancouver property management company and rental listing company.

Cheers

This blog has moved...

FYI: my new blog is located at www.adamkillam.com

I will no longer be posting here.

Cheers

Adam

It's ALIVE!

Today, a new era has dawned. I've awakened from my blogging slumber, my blogging hiatus if you will and relaunched adamkillam.com.

The site is setup as a wordpress blog which effectively puts this blog out to pasture.

For current news, thoughts on self-promotion and internet marketing, head over to the new space.

It's been a while

It's been a while. Since my last post there have been a couple of largish changes in my life which lead me to neglect this blog for a while. I do plan on coming back so stay tuned.

ps: things are good !

Quick Update

Here's the scoop:

- My work at RCC is going great
- killam&co continues to grow
- I recently attended a Google Adwords Seminar
- I will be attending the Salesforce.com User Conference, Dreamforce, in San Francisco in September
- Possibly going to Vegas in September as well
- The summer has begun again in Vancouver. I've been wave jumping in rental boats in English Bay, hitting the beach, biking and doing lots of CrossFit
- I am reading "The World is Flat" by Thomas Friedman and yes, it has taken me a while to get through this book due to the 2-3 hours of study per day I am putting into internet marketing and CRM

ps - I've setup a wordpress.org blog on adamkillam.com
but haven't had time to migrate the content from this blog over yet.....so much to do!

Downtime

Now new posts for a while. I've been a bit sick since the 24 hour relay and also hurt my knee.
On the mend now.

I'm once again revisiting the idea of dropping blogger for typepad or wordpress. Also thinking about hosting the blog on Adamkillam.com rather than using the free blogger service.

For now this site will remain my personal site for general updates and observations with the killam&co blog becoming my next mini project.

This is probably a boring post so I'm going to cut it short - more from me once I am off the antibiotics and in a healthier state.

-A

Update - It's been a while

Quick Update:

- Just held another successful Salesforce.com Vancouver User Group Event at the Opus Hotel
- Prepping to attend the Search Marketing Expo Advanced SEO conference next Monday and Tuesday
- Hiked the Grouse Grind on Saturday Morning for the first time this year. Time: 53 Minutes (personal best: 38 minutes)
- Attended a birthday party this past weekend at tracymylesevents.com and had a blast
- Signging up for several rounds of Salesforce training for when I get back from SMX
- Working on multiple client projects including one to promote a book / author's blog
- Just completed "The Four Hour Work Week" by Timothy Ferris and am now working on completing "The World is Flat"

The World is Flat

Huh? Flat you say? That's right, I am reading "The World is Flat" by Thomas L. Friedman.
I've barely been able to put down this 500+ page text since I bought it several days ago.

This is an important book to read for anyone interested in where the world is heading in regards to the India / China phenomenon and globalization. It also speaks to the empowerment of individuals through new media like blogging as well as the power of collaboration.

If you follow world news you may be aware that our world is rapidly changing. If you're scared of the implications and have ignored what's going on outside your community, your city and country, this book will be a major wake up call. But don't let that ominous sounding sentence scare you. The book provides one with insight into the changes taking place as well as a look into how as a business or individual you can prosper rather than be left behind in the new "flat" world.

page 125 and counting...

Association

On the topic of online reputation management....

Online or off, who you invest time with, who you're close to, and who you associate with has a huge impact on who you become and how others perceive you.

Businesses have been aware of this for eons. Take sponsorships as an example. A smallish company can sponsor a large event and by way of doing so become associated with the size, quality and people involved.

The web works in a similar way. Your online reputation, who and what you're associated with, will play a big role in how others perceive you. If someone finds your personal blog and the writing is focused and of good quality great. You might score a point. But if that same person comes across your name as a volunteer for a charity or organization they support or say in an online article in the Globe and Mail, so much the better.

The take away: give some though to who you want to be known as, the people, businesses and organizations who you respect, and learn how you can associate your name with them. The pay-off will be an enhanced image online and off and the new opportunities that will come as a result.

Focus

I'm re-thinking the purpose and content of this blog.
As my day-job, freelance, and other blogs and hobbies are all becoming integrated, I'm thinking this blog should join the fold.

No one really cares about your day to day stuff anyways right? :)
So, there may be a change here soon. Stay tuned.

Ideas thus far: combine this blog with the killam&co online marketing blog
or I may focus on an interest of mine such as Crossfit or online reputation management or Salesforce.com...time will tell.

Deadlifts

Check out this post by my friends at Crossfit Westside

See anyone familiar? My first 275 lb dead lift. Thanks Coach!

Manage your online identity

I just posted a new article on the killam&co blog about manging your online identity.
As I become more involved in the online marketing community, social networking sites like linkedin and facebook, and continue to give speeches to local business groups, it's become apparent to me that I need to keep an eye on how I show up online.

This begs the question: have you googled yourself lately? What was once a fad now has a legitimate purpose: how you show up online could affect your success in the job market and other areas of your life.

To learn more about this topic, head over to the killam&co online marketing blog.
I'll be focusing on this topic in the upcoming weeks.

Crossfit Workout

Had a great workout tonight with Coach Jenika at Crossfit Westside.

Click here for to see the group in action: Vancouver Crossfit

Nucks vs Ducks

3-1 at the end of the first period. What a bummer! Let's hope the 'Nucks can battle back....

CANUCKS WIN!!!

NICE! We won the hockey game. Right now I am two blocks from GM place filming the madness that is Vancouver after tonight's win. Stay tuned for a video in the next day or two after I edit the footage.

It's so loud here I won't be able to sleep for hours. There is a traffic jam at Robson and Homer and a bunch of guys have gotten out of their car (painted as a Cunucks jersey) and are now on top of it cheering at people and waving flags. Craziness. Air horns. Cheering.

It's great to be in the Van!!!

Weekend Update

This post covers the past week and this weekend:

- Spoke at the Vancouver Club. Presented to 50+ female entrepreneurs attending a meeting for the Association of Women Business Owners. The talk was on Salesforce.com and how to use it to grow your business
- Watched the game on Tuesday night with the men of team Crowbar
- Partied at the Opus on Thursday night. A friend/contact of mine got me in to see a private show. DJ Tall Pall from the U.K was in for the night. The music and people rocked.
- Worked out this weekend with the team at CrossFit Westside
Ended up benching 240 lbs, a personal best. Funny thing was that I thought I was benching 215 and then 220 only to learn later we had mis-counted. Niiice!
- Shot, edited and produced my first digital video today. I am looking into adding video promotion and optimization to my online marketing services list over at killam&co
- Going to re-watch The DaVinci Code tonight with Karen

What is fitness?

Are you fit? No? Or maybe you think you are ....

Check out CrossFit. It's fairly new (last 5 years it has been growing quite a lot).
Crossfit is a work out philosophy that combines Olympic lifting, gymnastics, and strength training into intense, 15-20 minute workouts that will have you in the best shape of your life in months.

If you're a local, local to me that is, contact my friends at the local Vancouver CrossFit gym
a.k.a CrossFit West Side.

Still have a cold

This is getting rediculous...the cold that just will not die is still with me.....I will keep up the good fight.