I had the pleasure of speaking about Achieving Social Media ROI this week at the ACCED-I conference in Denver. >> Download the presentation here   ACCED-I (Association of Collegiate Conference and Events Directors-International) is a group of over 1,500 campus professionals that work at Colleges and Universities coordinating and planning conferences and special events. Topics [...] Continue reading →

This page will be updated as I am invited to speak at various search marketing and travel events. Full Set of Presentations and presentation details after the JUMP.           ——————————————————————————————————————————————– SEMPDX: Local & Mobile Search – Tuesday, January 10, 2012, 4:30 – 6:30 PM SEMPDX Local [...] Continue reading →

The Legendary City of Gold & Riches: Quivira Throughout history many tales are told and stories are share of mythical places around the world that have taken explorers deep into uncharted territory.  None is more famous that the legend of Quivira, Spanish Conquistador Francisco Vazquez de Coronado first mentioned [...] Continue reading →

I recently acquired this great map showing the western states and territories in the United States in 1853. An ORIGINAL antique 1853 map of the WESTERN UNITED States from Smith Schools Atlas.The States and Territorie sare individually hand watercolored. The West is shown very different from today. The entire upper Great Plains is shown as [...] Continue reading →

1748 Gentleman’s Magazine, London, with Thomas Jeffrys Map. This April 1748 edition of Gentleman’s Magazine was printed in London and contains 47 pages.  Included in this edition is a folded engraving of city and fortifications of Maestricht by Thomas Jefferys. Maestricht is a city in the Netherlands, located in the southern Dutch province of Limburg, [...] Continue reading →

I recently acquired a great map of New Orleans, Louisiana from 1931. Title:  Map of greater New Orleans, Louisiana Published by: WM E. Boesch, New Orleans Association of Commerce, creator Size: 21 inches x 34 inches. (1 map ; 49 x 67 cm., on sheet 61 x 92 cm.) Across the top of the map [...] Continue reading →

Pieter Van Der AA Map Pieter Van Der AA 1659-1733 Pieter Van Der AA, a famous publisher during the beginning of the eithteenth century was apprenticed to booksellers’ trade at nine, later to be come a bookseller and auctioneer. Acquiring the map plates of earlier cartographers and map mappers, Pieter Van Der AA, was famous [...] Continue reading →