Warren Pattison - Blog of Various Ramblings

Search Engine Marketing Resume

2008-03-25T21:48:00.000-07:00

Just a quick update to let you know that I've updated my resume on my site.

Please checkout my Search Engine Marketing Manager Resume when you get a chance.

Also be sure to see upcoming pictures of the new baby at Warren Pattison

vanity update

2008-02-24T21:42:00.000-08:00

I've added a bit of content, the design is still very rough as I am working on the CSS parts of my site.

Here's what I have so far for the official site of Warren Pattison at www.WarrenPattison.com

Strengths Finder 2.0: My Strengths

2008-02-16T21:52:00.000-08:00

I was recently turned onto a book a colleague had recommended a few days ago: Strengths Finder 2.0, by Tom Rath

I had just completed my career objectives' summary for 2008 this past Friday.

With my weaknesses (aka "opportunities") clear in my mind for what I wanted to improve upon personally and professionally, I stopped by the local Barnes and Noble to pick up the book and jump right in.

The book is largely based on research by The Gallup Organization and Donald Clifton. This book, an easy read, is essentially just a brief to the online strengths' identifier test (version 2.0) in addition to a reference guide for your results. The book contains an access code that will allow the reader to take the strenghsfinder 2.0 assessment test.

The test itself takes about 15 - 30 minutes. After the test is completed, a list of 5 strengths are tabulated for you in about 10 seconds.

My strengths in order of appearance are:

1) Strategic
2) Competition
3) Learner
4) Achiever
5) Futuristic

Of course, there are details that summarize each identifier, but all of that information is in the book.

I highly recommend this book/ test to anyone interested in progressing by focusing on their strengths. I am now convinced that focusing on your weaknesses (opportunities) will only bring you to a balanced form of performance-mediocrity. Harnessing your strengths will allow you to excel. There's a good analogy in the book that refers to "Rudy," the famous undersized defensive football player from the Fighting Irish of Notre Dame.

See StrengthsFinder.com for more information

Cheers!
-Warren

Going Vanity and Catching up

2008-02-14T10:07:00.000-08:00

Happy Fourth of July, Labor Day, Thanksgiving, Merry Christmas, Happy New Year and Happy Valentine's Day. That's right, I haven't posted in quite sometime, nearly nine months.

Anyhow, a few updates: I've gone "vanity." I went ahead and purchased my name, warrenpattison.com (content appearing soon). Apparently more people are searching on their own name. So, I decided this would be a good time for me to get ahead of the trend and buy my name. Any Warren Pattison's out there looking for WarrenPattison.com can be the proud owner for a large sum of Euros (dollars are declining).

Although my name isn't very common, I noticed my Google SERP results are changing compared to when I "pimped out" my Linkedin profile for Warren Pattison.

I'll be updating my site soon, or in the next 9 months. Be sure to check it out if you ever want to waste your own time reading and looking at things that interest me.

Cheers!
Warren

Linkedin Optimization - Update

2007-06-17T15:06:00.000-07:00

What was done: my linkedin profile was nowehere to be found in the Google Search Results for the search term, "warren pattison." I optimized my linkedin profile by making the URL more search friendly and added a link to my profile from my blog.

Update 6/17/2007: My linkedin profile is now ranked #2 in Google, #1 in Yahoo and still in no-man's land in MSN.

Yahoo Weather Report

2007-06-06T12:38:00.000-07:00

Yahoo announced that they have made changes to their Organic Search algorithm which has changed their SERPs slightly. So far it looks as though authoritative sites have fallen and spammy/ scraper and "just another affiliate" type sites have gained ranking ground. The dust should settle in the next couple of days and bring an overall favorable relevancy experience.

LinkedIn Optimization

2007-06-04T08:17:00.000-07:00

My linked in profile for Warren Pattison has vanished from the Google SERPs for search phrases related to my name. I have put a lot of effort into my LinkedIn profile from tips offered from Guy Kawasaki's excellent post LinkedIn Profile Extreme Makeover

My link above to http://www.linkedin.com/in/warrenpattison should help boost my profile back into top 5 status.

I'll repost and let you know.