aimClear Search Marketing Blog

Google is planning to test ultra-high speed broadband networks and is considering Duluth as a trial location, among others across the country.

Google Fiber, so you’re considering a move to Duluth…? Join the club. In 1982 I first came to visit. Then after a decade-long love affair with the Boundary Waters Canoe Area (BWCA) to the North, I finally made it here in 95’ and never left. Our office to this day is in famed Canal Park. Many of us here have similar stories of falling in love with Duluth and moving here.

Google, over the coming days, we’ll be sharing aspects of our community and why aimClear, an internationally known search marketing agency & many other tech’ companies, thrive here.  57% of aimClear’s employees were either born in the Duluth/Superior area and/or are a product of University of Minnesota, Duluth or University if Wisconsin, Superior.  Today’s Part 1 shares some background, pictures from our friend Dennis O’Hara & a free music download of one of my songs-deeply inspired by Lake Superior. Read the rest of this entry »

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All good things get better! aimClear has exited  those architecturally picturesque halls of Duluth’s historic Carnegie Building and “moved on up” to  loft-style grandeur, third floor corner suite offices in the iconic Paulucci Building.  We’re pleased to announce that we’ve relocated to Duluth’s famed Canal Park.  This space doubles the ol’ dig’s square footage, along with an immeasurable upgrade in scenery. Read the rest of this entry »

Happy Thanksgiving morning from snowy Duluth, Minnesota.  Greetings to our search marketing friends.

The sun is barely risen, looming golden on the distant Lake Superior horizon. Steam wafts off the harbor, for temperature differential between warm water and frigid air. The contrast is stark and representative of our world, terribly conflicted in awesome beauty and terror. Read the rest of this entry »

What is projected to be a massive 3-day spring blizzard is now affecting Internet access and power to the City of Duluth, Minnesota (aimClear’s home). At least one large regional ISP has been taken down by the outage which is city and region-wide.

Over 10,000 electric customers and thousands of Internet users (including websites) are without service at this time. Weather conditions are so serious that one ISP, with over 20,000 customers, was down for over an hour in the pre-dawn light whilst crews hacked accumulated ice from an outdoor generator enclosure for proper exhausting. Read the rest of this entry »

[Now moved to the Paulucci Building 7/1/09]  Originally the Duluth Public Library, The Carnegie Building is monumental in it’s grand neo-classic design and venerable Presence on the Duluth, MN skyline. Constructed in 1901 & 1902, after a generous gift to the city by Andrew Carnegie, the 5 story high 40′ diameter rotunda has been meticulously restored to it’s stunning gold-leaf & oak grace by a consortium of personally-invested family owners.

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As their primary mission, The University of Minnesota Duluth Center for Economic Development nurtures northern Minnesota’s businesses and entrepreneurs. Their vision is to strengthen the “viability of the region as a recognized leader in small business and entrepreneurial development”

There’s a tremendous amount of buzz about search marketing in the hallowed halls of academia. Today aimClear will speak to students who are engaged, as part of their business education, in consulting with seven different regional businesses (CED clients) in the area of marketing-communications campaign development. Read the rest of this entry »

Our founding office is in Duluth, Minnesota’s Canal Park. Duluth is a wonderful place to live and work. Biking trails, boutique restaurant offerings, Lake Superior kayaking, rock climbing and (oh yes) we’re just steps away from Lake Superior. Duluth is a world class city gateway to the Northwoods and a sparkling jewel.

DuluthGuide reports that Outside Magazine has ranked Duluth Minnesota (aimClear’s hometown) as one of the Best Towns in America to live in for “fitness, and fun packed adventure. “ Also making this prestigious index are Santa Cruz, California, Jackson, Wyoming, Read the rest of this entry »

Search marketing has a lot of important initials like SEM, SEO, SES, SMX, ROI, KPI, etc… However it’s that time of year when, on insistence from our families:), aimClear takes a few days off to indulge in other favorite initials, R&R.

A favorite summer holiday pastime in Duluth, Minnesota is watching grand fireworks over Lake Superior. We’re out of the office until Thursday morning, intent on trading analytics for corn on the cob and conference calls for the sandy beaches of Duluth’s Park Point. Tomorrow is the day when each year we celebrate America. We keep in mind those who are and who have sacrificed to keep this country free. God bless America.