Last week a tweet directed me to a good article on SEO from Mashable. It talked about changes in search algorithms and the rise of content marketing has put a premium on creating content humans want to read, as opposed to trying to game the system with black hat tricks. Honest SEO is now the […]
When the E39 M5 was first introduced in North America in 2000, it was a $70,000+, top of the line BMW sedan. As such, it came with a list of standard features that were options on lesser models. One of those standard features was Xenon headlights with an auto adjusting feature, which was fairly new […]
This morning I attended the Cars and Coffee meetup at Katie’s in Great Falls, Virginia. It was my first visit, and I was blown away by the size of the event. There were easily 100 cars this morning, and the crowd spilled across multiple parking lots. Lots of low volume sports cars and collectibles, including […]
Last year I wrote about the white varietal Viognier, spurred by my Mom drinking a favorite of hers over the holidays. It was from Bonterra in California, and we taste tested it against two French Viogniers. Last weekend my folks were in town, and I purchased some 2011 J.V. Fleury Cotes du Rhone for the […]
Part of my role as a counselor to clients is keeping them up to speed on new online marketing research. I came across two reports last week that could be useful when evaluating client tactics. The first was from Forrester Research and looked at what kind of content online consumers find most persuasive. Per the […]
My March Wine and Dine column published today in WashingtonExec magazine. My focus this month is wine dinners, and in particular one we attended that featured the wines of Holloran Vineyards. The dinner was held at the Del Ray Cafe in Alexandria, and put together by Bill Holloran and Jane Cahill, an ex-neighbor and former […]
This week I solved a problem with my E39 M5 having a vibration at highway speeds. At 70 mph there was a vibration that seemed to come from directly beneath the car. It was not coming from the steering wheel, and was not connected to accelerating or braking. BMW suspensions have a reputation for being […]
Everyone who even cares a little bit about their car knows the awful feeling. You come back to you parked car, and some $#*&^#$* has left you with a ding. It happened to my M3 a couple of weeks back. I drove to the gym, and when I walked back out someone had left a […]
Previously on this site I’ve written about the generic top level domain (gTLD) debate, which has been contentious from day one. I tried to have some fun with the debate with this animated video from almost two years ago. And in July of 2011 I interviewed Antony Van Couvering, a former colleague from VeriSign and […]
My recent story on how to find the best replacement parts for your BMW sparked a lot of comments on LinkedIn. Most of these were in the BMW M Owners group, with a number of owners and a couple of former parts managers sharing their perspectives. (Thanks Mike for taking the time to leave your […]
Last year my wife Gabriele and I visited Sonoma, and enjoyed a number of excellent Zinfandels. A number of those Zinfandels were from Ravenswood, which is a well known name for Zinfandel but doesn’t ship a lot of its smaller production wines to the east coast. There’s nothing wrong with the Ravenswood wine you can […]
This week I read two stories talking about content marketing that got me thinking. One was from Mitch Joel at Six Pixels of Separation, and the other from Justin Case at his blog Justin Case You Were Wondering (clever title, Justin)! Both are worth a click and a few minutes of your time. To paraphrase, […]