Over the past several years, our team at LuxuryProperty – led by Executive Blogger Mark Knowles – has built the world’s number one luxury real estate blog. Not to toot our horn, but at one point our blog alone was outranking the “primary” websites of four of our top six competitors in terms of unique visitors and pageviews. What does it take to achieve stats like this? Well, among many things, it takes content, really juicy content:
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Much like California’s aptly named Death Ride, Colorado offers up its version of the long and vertically challenging single day ride with the Triple Bypass. For most cyclists (and non-cyclists alike), names like these conjure up anxiety, fear, and dread, but in some rare cases (like mine), they spawn absolute [click to continue…]
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These famous words by the Briton Rudyard Kipling grace the entry way above the players’ entrance to Wimbledon’s Centre Court. They are from his famous poem “if,” which is featured in the following promotional video to the 2008 Gentlemen’s final between Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal.
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When I moved from Denver to Santa Monica back in April (2010), one of the first things to cross my mind – other than where I was going to live – was hoping there would be some decent size mountains to climb on my bike. I was in luck. Less than 5 miles north up the Pacific Coast Highway I found some killer climbs. While they lacked Denver’s mile high starting elevation, a couple sections presented some of the steepest paved grades I’ve ever found. If only I had a granny gear!
View Cycle Route – Santa Monica Mountains 3 in a larger map
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For tennis fans, the arrival of The Championships (“Wimbledon” for non tennis buffs) is the pinnacle of the sporting year. Gentlemen and ladies take to the finely manicured lawns of The All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club (that’s a mouthful) to determine the champions of the sport’s most prestigious major. As the drama unfolds this year, let’s take a look at 10 things Wimbledon can teach us about business.
1. WEAR NICE CLOTHES
Since 1963 entry conditions for the Championships have stated that except for a cardigan, pullover, or headwear, competitors must be dressed predominantly in white. In 1995 this condition was clarified to mean ‘almost entirely white’ (source). This hasn’t stopped a special few from making unique fashion statements:
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With the world coming together today for the start of soccer’s…er, football’s big event (as evidenced by the internet having it’s busiest news day ever), I thought it a good time to dish out a relevant teamwork video:
Before you can ever make an assist, you’ve got to join a team or put one together (unless you like throwing assists to yourself). This is what Henry Ford mentions as “coming together.” It is merely the beginning, the first step to success. However, it lays the groundwork that will determine not only the frequency, ease, and style with which people will make assists, but the levels of success to which those assists will lead. While endless volumes have been written on the topic of team building, I break it down into 2 key parts: [click to continue…]
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It’s alive, it’s alive…IT’S ALIVE!!!
I was eating lunch with a friend the other day and she asked if I had a website. I responded with the usual, “yes, probably a few too many,” hoping to skim the surface and avoid the inevitable hours long conversation, given my afternoon conference call that was scheduled in 15 minutes. She obviously knew I was referring to my company’s websites, and clarified, “no, Michael, do you have a website?” “Uh, you know,” I responded, “I don’t.”
You see, I’ve let myself believe I’ve been too busy with my companies the past three and a half years to build my own website. It’s been one of those things I’ve wanted to do, but have always found an excuse not to do, until now. [click to continue…]
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Michael is an entrepreneur living in Santa Monica, CA. He is a partner with the firm Niche Technologies, and is currently helping businesses produce and manage videos and create video stores with Vidli. When not working (rarely), he's cycling up ... read more.
