Today, I’m starting a new feature on this blog. I’m calling it “Triathlon Photo Friday.” In triathlon training, it seems as though you are always using some new piece of equipment or a new facility or a new running course. So, I’d like to show off some of the places I train and the equipment [...]
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Jon Parks
This past Monday, I set out on my first week of triathlon training for the 2012 season. I got started in triathlon last year when I competed in four sprint distance races, the last of which wrapped up in August. I had a blast training and competing and have been very excited about getting started [...]
Yesterday, I competed in the 2011 Mayo Lake Triathlon in Roxboro, N.C. This was a special triathlon for me for several reasons. First is that I have family in the Roxboro area. It is neat to be able to compete in an area where you have family ties. And as an added bonus, the bike [...]
Today, I’m excited to announce that I’ve officially started my own company! The new company is called Dijital Farm and it is an Internet/Digital Marketing Consultancy. The idea for this company is something that was planted about two years ago and I’ve been working to bring the idea to the marketplace for the past few [...]
It is amazing what kinds of events can transpire during the course of a single year. At this time last year, my wife, Melinda, and I were in the process of adopting our youngest son, Elliott. As we marked Independence Day last year, I took a few minutes in a post on our adoption blog [...]
Yesterday, Google announced the release of a new feature in its search engine results pages (SERPs): the inclusion of more images that match the search inquiry. Google began offering images as part of the SERP a while back (along with video as well), but images were confined to just a few results and were displayed [...]
There’s some exciting news coming out today about Google. Starting today, Google Music is launching in beta form. Google Music, in short, is a cloud-based (read: Internet) service where users can upload their music files and then access that music on other devices they use. Most notably, any phone using the Android OS (hey, I’ve got [...]
I believe the single most important thing you can do in your digital marketing efforts is to develop a sound strategy. I know that may sound obvious, but it is surprising how many people want to skip the strategy stage and shoot right on into developing a Web site design or setting up a Facebook [...]
This past Saturday afternoon, April 16, I was at home with my two sons when we learned that a tornado was quickly moving through Wake County and headed for our community. Without giving it a lot of thought, I woke up my youngest son from his nap to bring him downstairs, grabbed a flashlight, my [...]
As I mentioned some time back, I’ve been training for a triathlon. This was something that I’ve wanted to do for several years, but hadn’t quite worked up the nerve to sign-up for. All that changed last fall in a conversation with my good friend Brett Ciancanelli (Chick) when, in a conversation after an early [...]
