New Train Store & Blog

I finally created my own store, check out SPTrains.com for the best prices on model railroading anywhere. I've worked really hard on being able to offer the lowest prices on trains, scenery and accessories. Please take a look and let me know what you think!

Also if you're looking for instructions on how to build a train layout please check out my new train guy blog.

Tried out a new deer repellent

The deer have been attacking my landscape so I tried out a new deer repellent from Liquid Fence. Wow, this stuff really works!

StonePlow.com launches

StonePlow America's favorite lawn & garden center has expanded to the internet. We just launched a huge 30,000 product store from them that's absolutely killer.

Finally a DEET free Insect repellent that works

I have been looking for a DEET free insect repellent that actually works to combat the biting insects and mosquitoes. Most of the products were ineffective, but I finally found one that works and wanted to share it with you. The product is called LiquidNet from The LiquidFence Company. It works fantastic and I highly recommend it. Here's a link to this mosquito repellent.

Google Adwords + Analytics is a Winning Combination

I have recently become a Google Adwords Professional, going through their certification program and meeting the requirements. The benefits to my clients is already well worth the effort. Through this program I am able to offer new advertisers credits to jump start their ad buys and track everything in a central area. Pretty slick.

What continues to really excite me though is Google Analytics (formerly Urchin). This free, invitation only product is amazing. I have been using it to track drop offs throughout the shopping experience for my clients, and using this data, I've made significant improvements in conversion rates. It all goes back to the idea of continual improvement and testing different methods and techniques over and over again optimizing sites until they are money making machines. This is by far my favorite part of my work, and something that I'll be doing more and more.

If you're interested in learning more, and would like to start increasing sales with Adwords, drop me a line and I will help you out.