seattle

I originally read about SeaPort Airlines in the Portland Business Journal. When they first announced flights to Seattle’s Boeing Field, I decided to contact them and see if they could use Anvil Media’s help with search engine marketing.  I was intrigued by the concept of TSA-free travel, easy parking and the convenience of landing 10 [...]

Having just finished Malcolm Gladwell’s new book, Outliers: The Story of Success, my head is spinning once again. As Gladwell has done in the past with The Tipping Point and Blink, he managed to get me thinking about whole new ways of living and doing business. In that vein, The Outliers successfully argued that we [...]

I’ve had the pleasure of collaborating recently on a project with Portland’s own Ronald J Sloy, financial advisor, philanthropist and sports legend. Ron recently sat with me for an interview about playing baseball for a public school in Portland and being drafted by Montreal.
Kent: Ron, thanks for sharing your time to inform us about your [...]

When I logged into my Facebook profile, I found a message from Kevin regarding a sweet offer from Portland-based McCormick & Schmick’s Seafood Restaurants: get $20 off your next dinner when you print the $20 off coupon, make a reservation online and bring your confirmation in.  Pretty low bar in order to get a free [...]

I’d thought I’d had the automotive-adventure of a lifetime driving exotic cars with World Class Driving in Bellingham, WA this past April, but I was wrong.  Having had so much fun this Spring, I decided to take another go with the folks at World Class Driving for a few reasons: repeat customers get special attention, [...]

At the recent SMX Advanced in Seattle, Anvil Media’s own Leisa Hall posed a question to Google’s Matt Cutts: does he feel like he’s search engine marketing’s (SEM) moral compass?  Although it wasn’t attributed to Leisa or Anvil, it did generate a few laughs and hearty post-event discussion.  Even if the initial question about being [...]

During a recent visit to Seattle, I made a special trip to visit my childhood friend, Kito Brielmaier at Kito Auto Sport. Since he could legally drive, if not earlier, he’s been a car fanatic. In recent years, he’s combined his passion with his skills to create a very successful auto tuning business. [...]

In 1953 Dick Spady started a fast-food restaurant in the Wallingford neighborhood of Seattle, Washington called Dick’s Drive In Restaurant. While attending the UW, my father took my mother on a date to Ricardo’s Club 19 (aka Dick’s Drive In). In 1971, I was born less than a mile away. Since then, [...]