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First DanceHop audio interview, with Michelle Badion!

Sunday, June 14th, 2009
[caption id="attachment_365" align="alignnone" width="300" caption="Michelle Badion"]Michelle Badion[/caption]
Yesterday I had the pleasure to interview Michelle Badion, a Seattle dance paragon, and community builder. Michelle has been teaching dance for 20 years (Salsa, Tango, and Swing) and has some great stories to tell in this interview. Click below to hear her perspectives on beginners, why we dance, community, teaching, and a fun… Read More

Bad web advertising ethics?

Tuesday, February 3rd, 2009
I noticed some banner ads around the web on a variety of sites such as facebook, digg, and other places, and became curious about how this campaign that became successful really quickly. The first banner I ever saw showed two different stomach pics, trying to show weight loss of some random gal. Along with the somewhat shocking images, and the word "Obey" prominently displayed, along with text such as, "as seen on Rachel Ray".
I checked out the stats on jennysdietblog.com, and noted that the traffic shot up from no visitors in November to 250,000 in January. I started clicking on other ads, and found nichollesweightloss.com. Here's a pic… Read More