He’s over 21… and he certainly isn’t retired.

But Dave Conklin, ProspectMX visionary and fearless leader, was recently interviewed by Michael Dunlop of RetireAt21.com.

RetireAt21 is a showcase for young entrepreneurs started by Michael Dunlop, an online entrepreneur himself who turns 20 on December 12. Word on whether Michael actually retires at 21 is forthcoming, but his site is a great place for young entrepreneurs to learn from others like them who have achieved success in online business.

Most of the interview focuses on Dave’s success with GetMyHomesValue, a 2008 INC 500 company he started with Rory Wilfong and Steve Young in 2004. For all the details about that, check out “Our Story.”

The holiday season is underway. Enjoy it. Don’t let your family drive you crazy.

Update:

So, you’ll notice that the Title Tag of this page contains the term Private, but the H1 tag above doesn’t. This is a result of doing what I exlpain below. If you have a solution to fix this, leave it in the comments, please.

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I love the fact that you can make pages private in wordpress. It’s the easiest way to make a page not appear in the navigation, but still exhist on the site.

My problem has been that when you do this the title of the page changes from:

“Title Goes Here”

to:

“Private:Title Goes Here”

Now, I don’t understand the logic behind why it does this without there being an option to change it in the admin area, but I finally figured out how to fix it.

Go into the theme directory of the theme you’re using and back up the functions.php file.

Now, add this:

function remove_private_prefix($title) {
$title = str_replace(
'Private:',
'',
$title);
return $title;
}
add_filter('the_title','remove_private_prefix');

If you’re lucky like I way, “Private:” will magically go away. No more worries!

We e-mail. We search. We blog, txt, & tweet.

For the first time, a person running for the most powerful position on earth did, too. Now that the race to the White House is complete, what happens to Barack Obama’s immense social media presence?

Most of those who follow @barackobama know that the information provided by his Twitter account was never earth shattering. There was never a tweet about how bad he needed some Starbucks or rants about how frustrating it is that his internet connection is slow.

That said, will the new President-elect continue to use the power of social media in his new role? His Twitter account continues to grow today at about 3 followers per minute.

I’m not the only person wondering this. Here’s a random sample of tweets from Twitter Search this AM.

DavidStewart: Do you think Obama will stay on Twitter as President?
erika_strange: @czdebel I think obama will be too busy when he’s president to update his twitter account.
Thracks: @czdebel I think that it would betray Obama’s message to let the twitter stream die.
bakapetro: Will Obama use twitter after inauguration? It would be cool, but, personally, I doubt it
topslakr: Since Obama was elected he has not posted to twitter. Does that mean he is done using it? I think a lot of people are hoping he stays active
minda31180: So now that he’s been elected president, is Barack Obama going to continue updating his twitter?

Here’s the deal. Most of his social profiles will only require a job status update and address change come January. His Twitter account really only receives one or two updates per day, telling you where he is and what’s he talking about. Does that sound like such a difficult project to maintain?

Most Twitter users already space their tweets with other daily tasks. Millions of the people who voted for him developed their trust and support because of his use of social media. Much like Thracks and topslakr above, I think something should be done to keep his use of social media presence alive. His campaign was never 100% transparent with the use of social media to begin with, although the way his campaign used the internet was extraordinary.

So… I ask…

117,000+ Twitterers want to know… and will be following.

For some more reading on Obama and social media, Jon Burg posted a thought-provoking post on the same topic – “Where Vision Meets Reality.”

Today. Is. Election Day. Because no one has told you yet… get out there and VOTE!

Now that I have encouraged you to stand in line at the polls, I guess I too need to step away from my desk and do my civic duty. Before I logout for the day and go stand in line with countless others getting their vote on, I thought it’d be nice to recap how the candidates used internet marketing in their campaigns.

I wasn’t THE first person to blog about this, but I did write a post here on the ProspectMX blog in September discussing 2008 Election Internet Marketing. If you’re into reading about election marketing, you might like to check it out.

Here’s some more reading on internet marketing and the election. Oh… and don’t try to decipher my vote by reading these posts. By no means should the links below be taken as an indicator of who I’m voting for. Thanks.

Now… onto the Link Love!

• Election Day Paid Search Comparison (Direct Online Marketing)
• Swing State Comparison for McCain and Obama (Hitwise)
• Obama McCain SEO – My 2008 Election Prediction (Portent Interactive)
• Obama McCain Keyphrases Used On Search Engines (Planet Chiropractic)
• Why Obama Kills It Online, McCain Not So Much (Stephen Espinosa)