From SEO to Web Manager – Here Comes 2013

January 2013 – A new year has begun and I have been at AutoAnything for just about 8 years now.  The experiences and people I have met along the way have been so extremely humbling. At certain points, I’ve wished that I had taken a more proactive role with bigger things regarding music. But at the same time, I couldn’t have imagined what would have unfolded in regards to my professional career.

My mind has been altered by everything related to search, especially natural search. And every effort that has created success or failure feels so worth it after dumping heart and soul into every day over these years. Working for such a trusting company that gave me the liberty to build an amazing team has enabled for success tenfold. What we have built feels very similar to the energy that you feel in a band when everyone’s gelling and clicking on the same page. But it feels even bigger than music creation could because so many other team members, business owners and customers are effected. Music, or art for that matter, is very self-serving.

I don’t exactly have the same mental approach to thinking about or writing music these days. Call it maturity or whatever you want. It’s much simpler now, but still very alive and excited. I’m always posting new jammers on my soundcloud here.

From last year into the new one, I now have a wife and a new career opportunity. Both far surpass what I imagined being able to obtain during my lifetime. Until having children, these without a doubt will be the largest stepping stones in life for me. Some may find sayings about love and marriage to be cliché, but shouldn’t. The power that marriage has provided me with is the ability to be unselfish in a selfish world. Marriage is created by the ultimate chemical reaction between two people, the strongest atomic bond that you can feel. More than what friendships or projects could ever provide. There are obviously tough spots since we’re all so unique mentally, but the connection I have now with my amazing life partner has kept my mind on track and shows no boundaries for what is possible in life.

SEO is a methodology that will forever be a part of my professional and personal life.  It’s time to add to the every-growing onion. User focus and web management are keys to success this year. Laughing and sharing are keys to success this year. And for the pups, walks and antler bones are the keys for success, period.