On Episode 008 the tables are turned as WE get interviewed by Barbara Beach, also:

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• The Finger – ClientsFromHell.net
  
• The Toolbox – SEMRush
  
• Interviewed By Barbara Beach – Andrew and Alan on the other side of the microphones interviewed by Barbara Beach of NMX Radio and Radioactive Broadcasting
  
• Outro Song (Alan) – Threw It On The Ground - The Lonely Island (2009)
  

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• Explanation of our Banter in the beginning of the show (2:40)
  
• #plainproblems has 3 Tweets (3:15)
  
•  Google set to launch a content recommendation system in the near future (4:49)
  
• Klout is going to be acquired for 100 Million (7:37)
  
• The Klout Chrome plugin can show you Klout score next to the feed in Twitter. (8:20)
  
• “Appsolutely” (9:20)
  
• Dumb Starbucks was shut down due to health code violations (10:06)
  
• “Make It Pop” or “Make It Sexy” are words designers are not a fan of. (12:30ish)
  
• Jim’ll Paint It may be mentioned in the future! (14:30)
  
• If you want a bad way to code use Microsoft Word to do it. (15:00)
  
• We review bearrepublic.com with SEMRush (16:30)
  
• CPC is Cost Per Click – a term used in Paid search and paid social. (18ish)
  
• Number of domains and number of links is different.  One domain may have several links pointing to you.  Not necessarily a good thing (20:30ish)
  
• “Outreach gold” – evaluation of the backlinks of your competition (21:15)
  
• Important take away from reviewing data is not the complete accuracy but the trends in traffic, ranking, volume, etc. (24:00)
  
• Radioactivebroadcasting.net is Barbara’s website.  Visit them for extremely interesting interviews and content. (25:00)
  
• Andrew and Alan discuss the origins of how we met and our podcasting endeavors previous and current (27:45)
  
• Is this our day job? (29:49)
  
• It’s important to have a blog or multimedia platform for ANY business (29:54)
  
• The studio setup for Owning Your Own explained (32:00)
  
• Barbara also has a man-cave like studio (35:00)
  
• TIP:  Buy your music gear used if possible (36ish)
  
• Audio TIP:  Condenser mics are best for vocals (37ish)
  
• Barbara is the Diva of used equipment (39:ish)
  
• Domains are a great way to add a lift rather than a long URL (42:00)
  
• Don’t over solicit but don’t be afraid to ask for them (43:00)
  
• Miro, Double Twist, and RSS are other methods of syndicating the content (44:ish)
  
• Content and pacing are key (48:ish)
  
• Special Thank you to Barbara Beach!!!