Jill's Introduction

[Jill]

Hey everyone!

I'm excited to be a moderator for these new forums. It's great that Steve and Erin have found lots of people with forum experience to be mods as that should help this place get off on the right foot.

As to my experience, I own and administer the highly popular and well-trafficked High Rankings Search Engine Optimization forum which is over 2 years old. I have a great team there who share my particular philosophy of SEO (i.e., making your site be the best it can be for your site users as well as the search engines) so it runs fairly smoothly even when I can't be there 24/7 like I often am!

I love forums and they generally become my home away from home. (Well my home at home since I mostly work at home.)

I am fairly well-known in the SEO world as I have been in the biz since the beginning (over 12 years). I've been lucky enough to have been able to turn my hobby into a very lucrative business while also being able to have stayed at home while my kids were growing up. It doesn't get any better than that!

So what's my interest in this place?

I'm a bit of a late bloomer in the world of spirituality and all that other fun stuff Steve and Erin talk about. Most of my life was spent not thinking on that level. I grew up without any religion or spirituality, and never gave either of them any thought. As I got older (I'm 45 now) I finally started to think about that stuff. One of my first introductions to spirituality was when my husband had Dr. Wayne Dyer's PBS show on TV many, many years ago. At first I thought my husband was weird for watching something like that, and I probably even was making fun of it! But then I started listening to what Dr. Dyer was saying, and I realized that what he was talking about was exactly the way I thought and acted just by using my own common sense. Years later when his Power of Intention book and talks came about, I watched him intently and again knew in my heart what he was talking about was true, because it had always worked for me without me ever having given it a label.

I purchased that book and read it over and over again and even bought a copy for a few friends of mine. I started to think of it as my "bible" even. I probably need to brush up on it again as it's been awhile since I read it and I find that I forget some of it if I don't read it over now and then.

Anyway, I found Steve's site per chance one night hmmm...maybe a year ago? Maybe not quite that long, I forget exactly. But I found it just browsing the del.icio.us site one night. I believe it was an old article of Steve's on time management or something like that. I've been enjoying his articles ever since!

I've also been very interested in the recent posts on subjective reality. I had read The Disappearance of the Universe, and although I decided I didn't like it because it felt too negative to me, it did make me think a lot about how life could simply be like a dream that we actually have complete control over. Which seems very similar to the subjective reality model Steve talks about.

I've also been loving Erin's blog, and even had an email reading done by her a few months ago. (She told me I was only one of 2 readings she had done at the time where I didn't really have any major problems that needed solving.)

At any rate, suffice it to say that I'm very interested in the topics covered here and am on my computer way more than I should be (like 18 hours a day) so even with everything else I do, I am looking forward to helping out.

I wasn't sure which forum would be best for me to help with, and told Steve that I'd pretty much help where ever necessary. I'm kind of sick of always discussing SEO, which I do all day long, so this place is a nice retreat. I've ended up in the Psychic & Paranormal forum, which is fine with me. It's not something I have all that much experience with, but I took an interest in tarot cards a few years ago, and my sister and I used to fool around with the Oujia Board when we were younger! My 18 year old daughter (senior in h.s.) is actually much more interested in the paranormal than I am, and if I get stuck with anything, I'll just ask her. She is an avid fan of all those WB shows like Charmed, Angel, etc.

I also have a 19 year old daughter who is in college, and a 13 year old son who attends the Advanced Math and Science Academy charter school that recently opened up near us.

That's the quick summary of me!

Jill

[Dave Kaminski]

Originally Posted by Jill

As to my experience, I own and administer the highly popular and well-trafficked High Rankings Search Engine Optimization forum which is over 2 years old. I have a great team there who share my particular philosophy of SEO (i.e., making your site be the best it can be for your site users as well as the search engines) so it runs fairly smoothly even when I can't be there 24/7 like I often am!
Jill

I know you, not from your forum, more from inspired seo etc. You've got quite a bit of knowledge when it comes to SEO, but I imagine it can be boorish to talk about all the time. I try to schedule my clients for Monday through Thursday so I can keep in mind the things that don't have to do with work for an equal part of the week. Hope to chat frequently!

[Trina]

Hi Jill. It's nice to meet you!! I also run a forum, although I am not a moderator here but married to one, for military wives. It has been up and running for about 4 years now and is a nice cozy place for military wives to find support and friendship. I am completely addicted to forums now and I think it's so cool that you have made a career out of helping people make the most out of their own forums. I look forward to getting to know you!

[Erin Pavlina]

Hi Jill and welcome!

I'll be posting frequently in your forum and the other moderator has some great psi background, so in terms of knowledge of the arcane, you're well backed up.

[Jill]

Thanks, guys!

[Jim]

Hello Jill!

I've been doing a lot reading lately regarding SEO, trolling DigitalPoint etc. Maybe someday soon I will pick your brain on a few ideas that I have.

Nice introduction and I look forward to working with you!

[Jill]

Pick away, Jim! (Or better yet, visit my site as it's full of free info on SEO.)

[Jim Westergren]

Jill Whalen!!

I just joined this forum and I could never believe I would see such a familiar name here.

Do you recognize my name? I am not sure. Well, I'm also an SEO expert. But let's not discuss SEO here

[Jill]

Hi Jim!

Yes, your name is familiar. Have you emailed me in the past?

[Jim Westergren]

Yes, your name is familiar. Have you emailed me in the past?

No.

I was on the way to win the V7N contest, I have been posting on Cre8 and I post on DP regularly. Or you might have seen my name in connection to this article. Rand has also been mentioning me on his blog in regards to my Google RK article.

[Jill]

Ah, it must be cre8asite that I've seen your name!