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TRAINING PURPOSES FOR 420 TRAINEES

April 20, 2026 by David Gillaspie Leave a Comment

Call a customer service number for anything and you could hear, “This conversation may be recorded for training purposes.” I’ve asked about that before getting into the reason I called, and end with, “I’m doing the same thing, recording our conversation for training purposes.” Am I really? Nooooo. If I were, what would I be […]

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WEBSITE REVIEW: NEW DEVELOPMENTS

September 14, 2025 by David Gillaspie

A website review usually involves an outside analysis, an external look from an expert. An expert in the field would evaluate speed, design, ways to fix what’s broken. New developments on boomerpdx means one thing: blog traffic. My traffic is the same as that on a country road, my readers are literate, and that’s good […]

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BEST BUSINESS PRACTICE? MIND YOUR OWN BUSINESS

September 12, 2025 by David Gillaspie

The best business practice is managing cash flow. Ordinarily, a bad cash flow is the way a business dies, drowning little by little, month by month, in unpaid bills. Am I business man? Noooo. But I do pay attention. For example:

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THE UNITED FEELING FROM HERE

September 10, 2025 by David Gillaspie

I get that united feeling when I think about how much we all have in common. It’s a growing feeling, but still elusive when differences are strong. Fortunately, being different is a good thing, not a shame thing. We have that in common. But, still . . .

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BLOG TRAFFIC INTERPRETED 2025: HAVE A SCHTICK

April 18, 2025 by David Gillaspie

More blog traffic is the goal of most every blogger. Some call it an obsession. Figuring out how to draw more readers is an industry onto itself. Writers write the posts and hope for the best, then quit. But where is the help for better traffic goals?

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BLOG TRAFFIC: THE LINE STARTS OVER THERE

March 10, 2024 by David Gillaspie

Blog traffic is easy, so expect instant results. Start a blog, write a post, and stand back. The clouds part, the rain stops. You stand in the warming sunshine, not the blazing warm that melts asphalt in parking lot, but the cuddly warm of wearing strap t-shirts and cargo shorts. Let’s warm it up.

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FIXING BLOG THINGS AND COMPLAINING AT THE SAME TIME

December 24, 2022 by David Gillaspie

Fixing blog things is part of joining the blogger world circus. I update boomerpdx and lose my subscribers? Twitter takes a dump and I lose my blog traffic? Facebook is unreliable? These are examples of fixing things online AND complaining. Waaaa. But, first . . .

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LATE BLOOMERS CROWD THE STAGE

December 4, 2022 by David Gillaspie

Who loves late bloomers? Not the people they crowd out. It’s hard enough getting any traction and gains without someone new showing up and taking all of the attention. To make it even worse, they might be Baby Boomers.

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BLOG WRITER EXPLAINS TRAFFIC BUMP

September 16, 2022 by David Gillaspie

This blog writer never stops to ask, ‘Why bother,’ when it comes to writing anything. Whether I draw one reader in, or four thousand, the work is the same: Find something worth writing about, then do it in a way worth reading. Some days come in hot.

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2021 REVIEW: MOST READ POSTS ON BOOMERPDX

December 31, 2021 by David Gillaspie

The 2021 review shows 14,941 readers visited here for 19,549 ‘views.’ It’s the second highest number of visitors after a decade of writing on BoomerPDX. While big-time bloggers see these numbers as a good afternoon of traffic instead of a year, I’m still tickled to reach anyone anywhere. The only disappointment in the 2021 review […]

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