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TKG is HIRING!
We’ve had a few staff changes, as well as some positions in departments that just keep growing and growing, so we’re looking for some new blood around here! If you are motivated, like to work in a fun, upbeat atmosphere while wearing jeans and sneakers rather than a pin striped suit and tie, please apply!

SEO STRATEGIST – Just as our SEO department keeps growing, as does the number of SEO staffers going part time due to motherhood, so we need more strategists! If you have experience, and know your way around SEO, send us your resume, we’d love to talk to ya!

SEO SALESPERSON – Because SEO is vital to any website’s success, we are on the lookout for a great sales person who truly understands SEO, and how it impacts a site’s conversions. If you believe in the fundamental importance of SEO, and can demonstrate it to your client, give us call!

ACCOUNT MANAGER If you are great at client interaction, and can run interference between two departments who rely on each other to work together, check out this job posting – we need ya!

RECEPTIONIST – Hannah is moving up in the world, becoming a personal assistant for Stacy in HR, and me. On second thought, this could be construed as a step down, as she’ll have to contend with me, but she’s too nice to mention what a pain in the neck I am.

If you’re interested in any of the above positions, I invite you to stop over and check out our offices. I think you’ll be in for a great surprise – a laid back atmosphere, pool, foos, darts and a nice deck when you need a little down time. Casual dress, friendly faces and some pretty awesome aesthetics to keep the creative juices flowing. Drop by, we’d love to meet you.

The LinkedIn Blog announced a new feature this week called “LinkedIn Today”- an industry specific news feed based on what your connections are reading.

It’s a pretty cool idea, and can probably help you get the news that is relevant to you. The way it works is fairly obvious, the news stories shared the most often by your connections, coworkers and peers will be presented to you in an industry specific. If you follow more than one industry, as many would want to, clients’ industries, others that affect your business, etc. then the top five news stories that affect the industries you follow will be highlighted.

From the LinkedIn Blog, “By following industries, you can get the relevant news on your Front Page and in the top navigation. We’ll also send you a weekly email of the top industry headlines across all of the industries you follow. And, no matter how many industries you follow, we will only send you one news email per week.”

They also have apps for your phone of course. If you are pretty busy, and don’t want to wade through all the regular news to try and get the industry specific news you are looking for, this could be a beneficial tool. Aren’t we getting lazy? Too many clicks through a news site, just pipe the news I want right to me and forget the rest! In any case, you can do just that now, on your LinkedIn profile. Kinda cool, sort of a one stop for the business community, which I am sure is the whole point.

I think LinkedIn is a great tool. I think this could make it even more useful, unless it clutters up a good thing. We’ll see how it pans out.
If you want to read more about it, check out the LinkedIn Blog post, or watch the video below, originally posted on the LinkedIn Blog.

My heart goes out to all those who lost a loved one in Japan this weekend, and our thoughts and prayers are with the survivors.
Hopefully the radiation from the nuclear plant will not have an ill affect, and the clean up process will go quickly. God be with you, Japan.

In light of the devastating effects of this earthquake and tsunami, many people would like to make donations to help out. Amazingly, there are already scammers making calls and taking donations. Please, if you want to donate to help the people of Japan, call yourself, or go to a trusted site. Don’t make a donation to anyone who calls you on the phone, and be very careful when using a website. Be sure you are actually in the right place, these scammers like to change the spelling of the url very slightly so that you don’t notice, and make a nice little donation to them, rather than your intended recipient.

In an effort to be helpful, here are a couple of organizations taking donations – these places are legit.
Catholic Charities
Mercy Corps

Please keep the people of Japan in your prayers. They are in for a long haul – it’s not going to be easy.

A new Apple program for small business is about to be launched. I think it’s not getting much press because of the release of the iPad2, but this is worth mentioning to the many small business owners out there who need to upgrade their computer equipment. This program is for small business owners who are upgrading equipment, or purchasing a new Mac. The program is a service contract. For $500 a year for up to 5 machines, and $99 for each additional machine, “The program has an Apple store work with businesses to set up all new Macs within “24 hours,” will move any data from a previous computer to your new Mac and also install any software purchased through Apple.”
Read more: http://smallbusiness.foxbusiness.com/technology-web/2011/03/08/apple-launches-joint-venture-program-small-business/#ixzz1GGsgAqkD

This is a great idea, and I really think it will serve the small business community well. We’ve often had clients who want a website, and in the process of developing the site and teaching them how to use it, we discover that computers and technical stuff just aren’t their forte. This would be a perfect fit, and really, a great price for this type of service. For the small business owner that doesn’t have a need to keep an IT staff, or can’t afford to, this is a great option.
If you want to read more about it, check out the link above, or visit your local Apple store.

I have to wonder what it says about our society that Cafe Press and Frazzle are now selling Charlie Sheen merchandise like hotcakes. I mean, really? Charlie Sheen? He’s the druggie nutball who keeps calling radio stations with rants about his boss, CBS, and his show, Two and a Half Men, right?

While I wonder what people are thinking, it’s impressive really, that Cafe Press and Frazzle have already started producing merch, and did it quickly, according to a report on Fox News. Cafe Press says they can start producing things like t-shirts and coffee mugs in about an hour after seeing a new trend. Why is this possible? The web, of course. If you’ve been living under a rock and have never purchased anything from Cafe Press, then you need to know that they make t-shirts and other personalized items. You can create a t-shirt or whatever, and have it printed and shipped to you. They also have just about any saying or cause you could ever want already designed and ready to print. So, once they start seeing a certain trend, they knock out a design and put it on their site for purchase. Pretty cool, very much making use of the money making opportunities the web has to offer. It’s smart. I am sure they have folks watching Facebook and Twitter, as well as their own site, gauging the trends and predicting what will come next. Smart, but a little reprehensible. Is there anything they won’t print? A quick search of Cafe press revealed a baby onesie that says “My Conduct is Bitchin”. I really hope nobody buys that for their kid.

As for Charlie Sheen, he has helped some folks make a little money on all his crazy antics, but I continue to wonder what that says about the society we’re living in?