Arizona Web Design & Internet Marketing by Dallin Harris

Read this on Seth Godin’s blog today and liked it:

• When you love the work you do and the people you do it with, you matter.
• When you are so gracious and generous and aware that you think of other people before yourself, you matter.
• When you leave the world a better place than you found it, you matter.
• When you continue to raise the bar on what you do and how you do it, you matter.
• When you teach and forgive and teach more before you rush to judge and demean, you matter.
• When you touch the people in your life through your actions (and your words), you matter.
• When kids grow up wanting to be you, you matter.
• When you see the world as it is, but insist on making it more like it could be, you matter.
• When you inspire a Nobel prize winner or a slum dweller, you matter.
• When the room brightens when you walk in, you matter.
• And when the legacy you leave behind lasts for hours, days or a lifetime, you matter.

I thought it was a good reminder about finding joy in what we do. Too many people choose their career based on “how much money can I make doing this?” instead of finding something that they might really enjoy. I’m especially reminded of all of those freeway overpass signs– “MAKE 100K FROM HOME DOING VERY EASY WORK.” And I have to ask… what am I going to be doing? No that doesn’t even matter. All you need to know is you will be making good money.

Please.

I’ve had a number of such opportunities come along, but I find it much more rewarding to stick to what I love doing — internet marketing.

Having now graduated from ASU and finding myself with a lot more free time, I’ve decided to start a blog to keep a record of all of the exciting things that I’m doing in the industry. My hope is that it will serve as a place for people who I meet to come and learn more about me, as well as others who are interested in internet marketing and web development to get some advice on how to do it right.

I imagine that my content and purpose will evolve over time, but for right now I intend to focus my writing on internet marketing, web development (web programming), web design, etc. as it pertains to my customers in the Phoenix, Arizona area.

You can find more about the company I started by visiting blacklotusweb.com

Hello all!

I read a post not too long ago that mentioned that anyone who is planning a future online should engage in some sort of reputation management.

Being somewhat of a wordpress whiz, I wipped this site together in a little under 30 minutes to do just that — Rank for my own keywords on search engines so that I can be in control of my reputation online.

To be honest, I don’t plan to do much with this site for now — it’s sorta just like a “nice to have” kinda thing.