http://www.ashleylichty.com I Can Ride My Bike With No Handlebars... Thu, 18 Sep 2008 14:42:54 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Yeah, I called myself a chick (sorry hardcore feminists).  Every once in a while I lament the fact that I am the only female on my team of 6. But ONLY once in a while. I read sometimes about how some females feel slighted in their workplace b/c they are the ... http://www.ashleylichty.com/woman-in-mans-work-world Ok, so I exaggerated a bit.  But currently, my boss Dave and our new SEO guru David are in a pissing contest - I'm sorry, friendly competition to see who can get the #1 spot in Google for Lancaster SEO. Oops, I mean who can make the most relevant and helpful ... http://www.ashleylichty.com/its-a-fight-to-the-deathor-just-to-1-for-lancaster-seo Ok, so, as I'm sure I've mentioned, although I currently work for ProspectMX.com, I started out at GetMyHomesValue.com (ProspectMX was started by the same dudes that founded GMHV - now instead of real estate marketing, we do internet marketing for any business that needs it). Buuuut, we still work closely ... http://www.ashleylichty.com/getmyhomesvaluecom-made-the-inc-500-list Ok, so we have been for a while...but still, we've actually been ADDING stuff recently! My boss put up an ADORABLE video of the time one of his twin boys (don't remember if it was Matt or Marc) snuck into mommy's closet and ate up like 15 chocolate bars (luckily ... http://www.ashleylichty.com/getmyhomesvaluecoms-on-youtube Haven't had too much time to post things lately. By the time I'm done being on the computer 8-10 hours a day for work, I just do NOT feel like comin' home and spending even more time on it. I sucks. That's why it's so important to blog about a topic ... http://www.ashleylichty.com/stress-upon-stress So I've been thinking more and more about my time here at GetMyHomesValue.com and ProspectMX. I actually started 3 years ago as a CS rep for GMHV, and have since moved to several different companies within the umbrella of GMHV - namely, WebXtreme and ProspectMX. I love what I do with ... http://www.ashleylichty.com/j-o-b-s-at-g-m-h-v So, obviously, this blog has no direction so far. I'm definitely disappointed with myself, b/c I get all excited about something (like having my own website!) and then I totally don't follow through with it past Phase 1 or 2 of the project. It drives me nuts. I guess the first ... http://www.ashleylichty.com/i-need-direction Well holy shit. Today at work I logged onto Google's external keyword tool and low and behold...I got approximate NUMBERS for search volume instead of a crappy green bar graph that gives me no idea what the actual NUMBER of searches done are, just whether there's little search or a ... http://www.ashleylichty.com/google-keyword-tool-posts-actual-numerical-data I should probably go to Google's blog and read some updates, cuz they HAVE to be messing with their spam filter. Either that, or spammers just had a big old evolution in their spamming techniques, b/c all of a sudden in the past week I'm getting more and more spam ... http://www.ashleylichty.com/whats-up-with-googles-spam-filte So, in case I haven't mentioned, I work for ProspectMX in Lancaster PA. We're an Internet Marketing firm with a specialty in SEO (search engine optimization) and PPC (pay per click) advertising. We do all kinds of other stuff of course, and we do them WELL, but I tend to ... http://www.ashleylichty.com/huge-payperclick-campaign-speedppc-might-be-the-way-to-go