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After taking the summer to spend time with my wife, son Kris Jr, daughter Lauren, and newborn Jackson....it's time to get back to work! Well.....I never stopped working but I did take a few months off from travel and public speaking outside of local events and seminars in my hometown of Wilkes Barre / Scranton, Pennsylvania. In addition, I started a new company (more on that in a later post) and put some money to work in various early stage and alternative types of investments. So....for those of you that attend internet marketing conferences or just so happen to attend ...

I'm excited to present to you an exclusive interview with KBJ Capital portfolio company APPEK Mobile Apps. In this interview, co-founder and CEO Adam Ceresko shares his vision for the future of APPEK Mobile Apps and the broader mobile application industry in general, while also providing some tips for young entrepreneurs on what it takes to raise funding, build buzz, and penetrate a fast growing market. In all respects, Adam and his team at APPEK are crushing it! If you are an APPEK Mobile Apps ...

Yesterday was one of the highlights of my professional career as eBay announced the acquisition of GSI Commerce, the parent company of Pepperjam, which I founded in 1999 (and sold to GSI in 2009). Pepperjam was an offshoot of a gourmet food company my brother Rick and I founded in 1999 called Grandma Jones' Originals, Inc. I founded Pepperjam as an internet marketing and consulting company while I was a graduate student studying psychology at Villanova University. After graduating from Villanova in 2000 I went on to study government law at Albany Law School where ...

It's my pleasure to announce the official launch of KBJ Capital, a $1 million angel fund focused on providing seed capital and mentorship to early stage technology companies. The fund was created by best-selling author and successful internet entrepreneur Kristopher B. Jones, founder of three-time Inc. Magazine fastest growing company Pepperjam....an interactive marketing and technology company Kris sold to GSI Commerce (NASDAQ - GSIC) in 2009. $100,000 Angel Investment: Highlighter.com It's with double the pleasure and triple the excitement that I (through KBJ Capital) simultaneously announce the completion of a ...

I'll be doing two book signings next week that I hope you'll attend if you are in the New York City or San Francisco area. The first signing will be from 12:00-1:00 EST Tuesday, August 17th at the Barnes & Noble bookstore, which will be located onsite at the Affiliate Summit East conference at the New York Hilton. For more information click here. The second book signing will be a mere 24 hours later on the West Coast in San Francisco at Search Engine Strategies. The signing will take place Wednesday, August 18th from 1:00-2:00pm PST at the Wiley Publishing exhibit ...

I'm happy to announce that I've finally got my hands on a copy of the second edition of my book - SEO Visual Blueprint....Your Guide to Effective internet Marketing. While it is likely to take the major bricks and mortar bookstores (Barnes & Noble, Borders, etc.) near you wherever you are several days to stock it on the shelves....I can tell you that folks who ordered from Amazon are starting to receive it! I hope you decide to purchase the book at your favorite bookstore and come back here and ask me questions and ...

In anticipation of the release of the second edition of "SEO Visual Blueprint" I'm happy to provide you with previews of each chapter. Scroll to the bottom of this review for easy links to each review. Pre-order the 2nd edition HERE! The book is likely to be available for normal order tomorrow or Monday!!! If you made it to Chapter 15 with me - congratulations!!!! You are now ready to get active with optimizing your Web site by installing various (some of my favorite) SEO plug-ins into your Web browser, WordPress ...

Before it even hits the major bookstores nationwide (should be available nationally by Friday or Monday) my fellow entrepreneurial disruption machine (a good thing :)) and spirited founder of Start-up Scramble, Mr. Stephen Douglas just posted a picture on Facebook of the first 30 copies of my new book, "Search Engine Optimization - Second Edition....Your Visual Blueprint to Effective Internet Marketing." CLICK HERE to order your copy. Honestly, I haven't even gotten my hands on an official copy yet, but Stephen was able to score his copies since he will be given ...

In anticipation of the release of the second edition of "SEO Visual Blueprint" I'm happy to provide you with previews of each chapter. Scroll to the bottom of this review for easy links to each review. Pre-order the 2nd edition HERE! While it's fair to say this entire book is about monetizing Web traffic the truth is that there is a significant difference between Generating Web traffic and Monetizing Web traffic. Chapter 14 is about Monetizing Web Traffic - it assumes you are already generating traffic, but you are looking to ...

In anticipation of the release of the second edition of "SEO Visual Blueprint" I'm happy to provide you with previews of each chapter. Scroll to the bottom of this review for easy links to each review. Pre-order the 2nd edition HERE! It's true that if you are optimized for Google you've got more than three quarters of the battle won; however, there are other important search engines, such as Bing (remember, Yahoo is in the process of moving over to Bing organic search results), as well as other types of search ...