Jiffy Lube Live Tailgating Ban
I like to go to concerts for the most part. Once of my favorite parts of a concert is the tailgating (aka tailgate party). I typically go to about 2 concerts a year at Jiffy Lube Live (formerly known as Nissan Pavilion) in Bristow, Virginia. Even though the traffic is always bad, the fun would trump that minor drawback.
I purchased two very premium tickets to an upcoming concert at Jiffy Lube Live a few weeks ago. After I purchased these tickets I found out about a ban on tailgating by Jiffy Lube Live management, which I believe is Live Nation. They claim that the ban on tailgate partying is to cut down on driving under the influence of alcohol. Let’s be honest, its not that at all, its to drive the alcohol sales inside the venue.
I Don’t Care Who is Responsible for the Tailgating Ban at Jiffy Lube Live…
Due to the tailgating ban at Jiffy Lube Live, after the concert later this summer that I have already purchased tickets for, I WILL NEVER GO BACK. I hope that many from Live Nation, Jiffy Lube Live and Jiffy Lube Corporate read this. I will never go back to that place and, because there is naming rights relations here, I WILL NEVER TAKE MY CAR TO A JIFFY LUBE AGAIN.
Sorry guys, this is a major mistake and I am done with all of you. I will travel out of town for my concerts from now on. Congratulations on this fantastic corporate decision to “spike” venue alcohol sales.
SEO Lifecycle – When to Take Conversion Optimization Seriously
To be perfectly honest, I’ve never been a stickler for conversion optimization. A recent consultation I had tuned me in to it a bit more. I’ve been doing SEO since about late 2003 in a variety of verticals. I’ve always known that conversion optimization was an important piece of the lead gen pie, but I pretty much always felt like “getting more traffic” was where I wanted to put my time and monthly budgets.
I recently reached a point with one website where I wanted to make a more concerted effort to squeeze more leads from the traffic I was getting. This particular site has a heck of a lot of strength. An overall trusted site, many years old, grows every month significantly, we’ve always done things the right way (no questionable link building, lots of valued backlink growth etc.) and a ton of targeted, organic search traffic. The site converts (what I consider to be) pretty well. In the range of 2.5 – 3.5%.
I’ve sat through enough conversion opt webinars to know the basic best practices. But this month I sought the help of an expert to pick apart my site. The things I gained from this consultation were tremendous. Several points that I am looking to employ, some minor code changes and some dev work, that I think will gain me quite a bit.
My point here is that, as being a person with SEO as what I believe in for lead generation, I have too long neglected squeezing every last drop out of the fruit hanging on the tree. It always seemed to make more sense to just create more fruit (search traffic). As your site reaches a certain point, taking that time to dig really deep into your conversion practices is essential. I’ll share the results of my conversion improvement after I have the changes implemented and enough data to show the trends, but I am expecting a good uptick of at least .5%, maybe more. That’s a lot of leads, potentially.
St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital
The holiday season is about giving and there is no charitable organization that I admire more than St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. If you have a little extra money to give this year please remember the wonderful things that the people at St. Jude’s do for children battling cancer and other catastrophic diseases. So please donate now:
Ryan Corey has changed RyanCorey.com
Yes, its true. If you are a frequent visitor of the Ryan Corey driven website, RyanCorey.com, then you probably need some help, but yes I have changed from the ancient static html, css, dreamweaver, caveman website to something a little easier to manage. Sure, making manual html code changes is fun, but I wanted to move forward with something a little more capable.
Why?
I don’t know. I don’t have any real lofty plans for RyanCorey.com Its solely here so that you (whoever you are) can read the bare basics about me. It is somewhat essential in what I do that I maintain an online presence / reputation. So, spend a little time here if you would like. You can find some basic background information about me. If you would like to contact me, please do so through one of the Ryan Corey social media profiles or through Lead Storm Media.
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