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Developing a Domain Name For Your New Business

By Michael Dorausch, D.C. Someone was asking me recently for some suggestions on naming a business they were planning on opening this fall. The business is a Day Spa and the person was undecided on what name to use. Today, this is a question that is more important than ever, especially if you intend to

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Timely On-Topic Content Can Bump Your Traffic

By Michael Dorausch, D.C. Writing articles and blog posts on timely topics can increase traffic to your blog or web site. The advantage here is that if you’re getting information out in a timely fashion, you will increase your odds of having your content sourced, by other blogs and news media web sites, thus increasing

Read More »

John DeMartini Speaking at Parker Chiropractic Las Vegas

By Michael Dorausch, D.C. I’ve had these audio files stored in an MP3 directory on planetchiropractic.com for 6 1/2 years. I realized I never did a blog post to the audio section, so many of you who are new to the web site, didn’t have access to the files. This is a six part audio

Read More »

X-Ray Equipment For Sale Attempted Fraud

By Michael Dorausch, D.C. Received this via email today… I have an ad in the “Equipment for sale: Private Party; X-Ray Equipment” section for a Kodak M6 Film Processor. Someone using the name “[name removed since scammer is using name of a Chief Financial Officer of a publicly traded company]“ has attempted to defraud me

Read More »

You Give Search Engine Marketing a Bad Name

By Michael Dorausch, D.C. Cold calling telemarketers hoping to attract new clients from small-business owners are advised to do more research before making those sales calls. Owning a small business in a major metro US area, I could easily be perceived as your average local small business owner. I receive faxes, e-mails, direct mailings, and

Read More »

Chiropractic Career Nights in September

September 18, 2007 will mark 112 years since the first chiropractic adjustment was made by DD Palmer, the world’s first chiropractor, at the Ryan building in Davenport, Iowa. The profession of chiropractic has helped millions live healthier lives, without the use of dangerous drugs and surgeries. After more than a century of success, what the world needs now, is more chiropractors.

Read More »

Chiropractors Can Lead Drive for Drug-Free Athletics

Chiropractors are the leading drug-free health care professional in the world. With the recent focus placed on performance enhancing drugs and sports, chiropractors have a great opportunity to become leaders in the push towards the advancement of drug-free athletics.

Read More »

Free Open-Source Virus Software For Windows

By Michael Dorausch, D.C. Many chiropractic offices, and other small businesses, continue to rely on Windows operating systems (mostly XP), for their office and business computing needs. If you are running Windows, chances are you’re running some sort of virus protection and/or anti-spy software. I wanted to introduce you to a FREE open-source antivirus software

Read More »

Google News Begins Embedding YouTube Video

By Michael Dorausch, D.C. Google News has began embedding YouTube video into news results appearing on the homepage. Just in time for the YouTube 10 second video advertising overlay announced earlier this week. See screenshots with news of California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger. There was news posted to Planet Chiropractic last week about an introduction of

Read More »

Schwarzenegger California Budget Signing Video in Google News

Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger signed a California state budget on Friday that was nearly 2 months overdue. Video news coverage of the event appearing on Google owned YouTube has been embedded to the Google News homepage, allowing visitors to Google News to view video coverage without leaving the news page.

Read More »

Chiropractic Letters I Get Monthly

By Michael Dorausch, D.C. I invite you non chiropractic business people to read this post, as I feel a lot of this stuff crosses into many types of small businesses. About once a month I get a handwritten letter from some chiropractic practice management firm in Tustin, California. I believe they always include the same

Read More »

Chiropractic for Healthy Blood Pressure

By Michael Dorausch, D.C. There’s been plenty of articles circulating the Internet and appearing in numerous healthcare publications, since a recent research study regarding chiropractic adjustments and the lowering of blood pressure, began appearing in the news media. Someone brought a June 2007 magazine article to my office, bringing this particular topic to my attention

Read More »

12 Thousand a Week in Cash for Chiropractic

A chiropractor in Northern California sent me some mail the other day that included a few reports from California Chiropractors (and one Washington office) and their recent cash incomes. I thought this would provide some good information for those asking questions about chiropractic salaries, as this is an area of chiropractic practice that I find

Read More »

Google Introducing 10 Second Advertising in YouTube Videos

Google’s video sharing site, YouTube, has been more popular than ever, and the company is looking to profit from that. Online advertising, thanks to platforms like AdWords, has been at the center of Google’s massive success. Google has announced they will begin testing a new advertising platform, using videos appearing on YouTube, to carry advertiser content.

Read More »

Chiropractic Care and Wellness

The term wellness is becoming common and being used by many holistic care groups to describe the type of care they are offering. In an effort to better understand its definition, I looked it up in various dictionaries. Merriam Webster defines wellness as “the quality or state of being in good health especially as an actively sought goal.” From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia I read, “Wellness is generally used to mean a healthy balance of the mind-body and spirit that results in an overall feeling of well-being… In other words, wellness is a view of health that emphasizes the state of the entire being and its ongoing development.”

Read More »

Chiropractic Site Received Some National Press Today

By Michael Dorausch, D.C. The Planet Chiropractic website received some national press today, being the featured story in the “Managing for Success” section of Investors Business Daily (their Monday Special print edition). I was notified about the online version of the article late Friday night, and since the weekend, I’ve seen it appearing on major

Read More »

Domain Name Expiration Notice

By Michael Dorausch, D.C. If you own an Internet domain name, chances are you’ve received a letter like the one that came in my mail today. It was a domain name expiration notice sent by some company I’ve never done business with before. The letter appears official with pictures of the American flag, barcodes, and

Read More »

The answer to these questions shapes your life

By Sharon Gorman, D.C. Get quiet for a second. What do you hear? That voice keeps on talking. Feelings keep on coming up. For the flash of a second that you hear that or feel that you don’t get to choose it. It is there. Now what do you do with it. . . the

Read More »

New York Times Keeps Links to Themselves

By Michael Dorausch, D.C. What’s the deal with colossal websites, like the New York Times, keeping all their links to themselves? Not that there’s any law that says they can’t do so, I just think it goes against what most other websites and blogs are doing. I noticed a story today in the Times related

Read More »

Top 5 Yellow Pages Local Directory Websites

Whether you’re an investor, a local business owner, or both, this article on yellow page directories will help you to better understand who’s engaging the consumer, and who’s left their online phonebook on a virtual doorstep, still waiting for it to be picked up.

Read More »

Elizabeth Hurley does a GOD Whammy!

By Michael Dorausch, D.C. Elizabeth Hurley is getting some press this week and having her name appear in Google Hot Trends. I’m not yet quite sure why but I just noticed a dailystab blogpost of Hurley in a t-shirt she was photographed wearing, earlier last week. Elizabeth is my favorite Chirodelic Chiropractor, appearing as Dr.

Read More »

Medical Doctor Comments Appear in Google News

Google News began a new feature earlier this month that allows people and organizations mentioned in news articles to post comments about the news they were mentioned in. Google posted a “heads-up” on this new, experimental feature, on their Google News blog page, on August 7th.

Read More »

WikiSleuth using WikiScanner to uncover Wikipedia edits on your IP address

By Michael Dorausch, D.C. In the past two days, you’ve likely seen the news regarding the mad scientist creation of Virgil Griffith, his ultra wicked WikiScanner. We posted a Wikipedia manipulation article regarding Virgil and his IP matching, corporate chaos creating, wikipedia anonymous user, can opener type tool. The second article was more about Virgil

Read More »

What You Think About, You Bring About

By Michael Dorausch, D.C. A photo of a saying that has been on the walls inside my chiropractic office for a long time. What you think about, you bring about. Amazing to hear how many people each day read that out loud while in the adjusting rooms. It’s also amazing how many people momentarily resonate

Read More »

No Human Bones in AP News Photos

By Michael Dorausch, D.C. There was a photographer from the Associated Press (AP) at my Los Angeles chiropractic office earlier today who was taking photos for an article that is going to appear somewhere in the news in the next couple of weeks. I had to get to the office early and move some items

Read More »

7 Topics Driving Traffic to Website

By Michael Dorausch, D.C. On Sunday, I did a different kind of news article on Planet Chiropractic. It was the result of a bunch of friends asking me questions over the weekend about search traffic, keywords, and delivering timely content. I thought it would be a good idea to answer their questions by way of

Read More »

Van Halen Tour Dates Include Toronto, Chicago & LA

By Michael Dorausch, D.C. We knew the announcement was coming, and now it is official, Van Halen is back on tour in 2007 with Diamond David Lee Roth back at the helm of frontman! Tickets for tour dates are going on sale this Saturday via LiveNation.com. Tour dates are… 9/27 – Charlotte, NC – Charlotte

Read More »

Vaccine Law Changing in California

Big Vaccine (son of Big Pharma) has been busy in Sacramento helping lawmakers come up with a scheme to do away with the annoying problem of public opposition to new vaccine mandates. After all, if it weren’t for pesky parental opposition during legislative review, the controversial HPV (human papillomavirus) vaccine for young girls would already be on the long list of “mandatory” vaccines for California school children.

Read More »

Top 10 Search Keyphrases and Website Success

What do Candace Michelle, Beyoncé, the X Games, and Van Halen have in common? Two are related to music, two are related to sports (if you consider WWE wrestling a sport), two are female, all are somewhat entertaining, and all have appeared recently in the news.

Read More »

Developing a Domain Name For Your New Business

By Michael Dorausch, D.C. Someone was asking me recently for some suggestions on naming a business they were planning on opening this fall. The business is a Day Spa and the person was undecided on what name to use. Today, this is a question that is more important than ever, especially if you intend to

Read More »

Timely On-Topic Content Can Bump Your Traffic

By Michael Dorausch, D.C. Writing articles and blog posts on timely topics can increase traffic to your blog or web site. The advantage here is that if you’re getting information out in a timely fashion, you will increase your odds of having your content sourced, by other blogs and news media web sites, thus increasing

Read More »

John DeMartini Speaking at Parker Chiropractic Las Vegas

By Michael Dorausch, D.C. I’ve had these audio files stored in an MP3 directory on planetchiropractic.com for 6 1/2 years. I realized I never did a blog post to the audio section, so many of you who are new to the web site, didn’t have access to the files. This is a six part audio

Read More »

X-Ray Equipment For Sale Attempted Fraud

By Michael Dorausch, D.C. Received this via email today… I have an ad in the “Equipment for sale: Private Party; X-Ray Equipment” section for a Kodak M6 Film Processor. Someone using the name “[name removed since scammer is using name of a Chief Financial Officer of a publicly traded company]“ has attempted to defraud me

Read More »

You Give Search Engine Marketing a Bad Name

By Michael Dorausch, D.C. Cold calling telemarketers hoping to attract new clients from small-business owners are advised to do more research before making those sales calls. Owning a small business in a major metro US area, I could easily be perceived as your average local small business owner. I receive faxes, e-mails, direct mailings, and

Read More »

Chiropractic Career Nights in September

September 18, 2007 will mark 112 years since the first chiropractic adjustment was made by DD Palmer, the world’s first chiropractor, at the Ryan building in Davenport, Iowa. The profession of chiropractic has helped millions live healthier lives, without the use of dangerous drugs and surgeries. After more than a century of success, what the world needs now, is more chiropractors.

Read More »

Chiropractors Can Lead Drive for Drug-Free Athletics

Chiropractors are the leading drug-free health care professional in the world. With the recent focus placed on performance enhancing drugs and sports, chiropractors have a great opportunity to become leaders in the push towards the advancement of drug-free athletics.

Read More »

Free Open-Source Virus Software For Windows

By Michael Dorausch, D.C. Many chiropractic offices, and other small businesses, continue to rely on Windows operating systems (mostly XP), for their office and business computing needs. If you are running Windows, chances are you’re running some sort of virus protection and/or anti-spy software. I wanted to introduce you to a FREE open-source antivirus software

Read More »

Google News Begins Embedding YouTube Video

By Michael Dorausch, D.C. Google News has began embedding YouTube video into news results appearing on the homepage. Just in time for the YouTube 10 second video advertising overlay announced earlier this week. See screenshots with news of California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger. There was news posted to Planet Chiropractic last week about an introduction of

Read More »

Schwarzenegger California Budget Signing Video in Google News

Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger signed a California state budget on Friday that was nearly 2 months overdue. Video news coverage of the event appearing on Google owned YouTube has been embedded to the Google News homepage, allowing visitors to Google News to view video coverage without leaving the news page.

Read More »

Chiropractic Letters I Get Monthly

By Michael Dorausch, D.C. I invite you non chiropractic business people to read this post, as I feel a lot of this stuff crosses into many types of small businesses. About once a month I get a handwritten letter from some chiropractic practice management firm in Tustin, California. I believe they always include the same

Read More »

Chiropractic for Healthy Blood Pressure

By Michael Dorausch, D.C. There’s been plenty of articles circulating the Internet and appearing in numerous healthcare publications, since a recent research study regarding chiropractic adjustments and the lowering of blood pressure, began appearing in the news media. Someone brought a June 2007 magazine article to my office, bringing this particular topic to my attention

Read More »

12 Thousand a Week in Cash for Chiropractic

A chiropractor in Northern California sent me some mail the other day that included a few reports from California Chiropractors (and one Washington office) and their recent cash incomes. I thought this would provide some good information for those asking questions about chiropractic salaries, as this is an area of chiropractic practice that I find

Read More »

Google Introducing 10 Second Advertising in YouTube Videos

Google’s video sharing site, YouTube, has been more popular than ever, and the company is looking to profit from that. Online advertising, thanks to platforms like AdWords, has been at the center of Google’s massive success. Google has announced they will begin testing a new advertising platform, using videos appearing on YouTube, to carry advertiser content.

Read More »

Chiropractic Care and Wellness

The term wellness is becoming common and being used by many holistic care groups to describe the type of care they are offering. In an effort to better understand its definition, I looked it up in various dictionaries. Merriam Webster defines wellness as “the quality or state of being in good health especially as an actively sought goal.” From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia I read, “Wellness is generally used to mean a healthy balance of the mind-body and spirit that results in an overall feeling of well-being… In other words, wellness is a view of health that emphasizes the state of the entire being and its ongoing development.”

Read More »

Chiropractic Site Received Some National Press Today

By Michael Dorausch, D.C. The Planet Chiropractic website received some national press today, being the featured story in the “Managing for Success” section of Investors Business Daily (their Monday Special print edition). I was notified about the online version of the article late Friday night, and since the weekend, I’ve seen it appearing on major

Read More »

Domain Name Expiration Notice

By Michael Dorausch, D.C. If you own an Internet domain name, chances are you’ve received a letter like the one that came in my mail today. It was a domain name expiration notice sent by some company I’ve never done business with before. The letter appears official with pictures of the American flag, barcodes, and

Read More »

The answer to these questions shapes your life

By Sharon Gorman, D.C. Get quiet for a second. What do you hear? That voice keeps on talking. Feelings keep on coming up. For the flash of a second that you hear that or feel that you don’t get to choose it. It is there. Now what do you do with it. . . the

Read More »

New York Times Keeps Links to Themselves

By Michael Dorausch, D.C. What’s the deal with colossal websites, like the New York Times, keeping all their links to themselves? Not that there’s any law that says they can’t do so, I just think it goes against what most other websites and blogs are doing. I noticed a story today in the Times related

Read More »

Top 5 Yellow Pages Local Directory Websites

Whether you’re an investor, a local business owner, or both, this article on yellow page directories will help you to better understand who’s engaging the consumer, and who’s left their online phonebook on a virtual doorstep, still waiting for it to be picked up.

Read More »

Elizabeth Hurley does a GOD Whammy!

By Michael Dorausch, D.C. Elizabeth Hurley is getting some press this week and having her name appear in Google Hot Trends. I’m not yet quite sure why but I just noticed a dailystab blogpost of Hurley in a t-shirt she was photographed wearing, earlier last week. Elizabeth is my favorite Chirodelic Chiropractor, appearing as Dr.

Read More »

Medical Doctor Comments Appear in Google News

Google News began a new feature earlier this month that allows people and organizations mentioned in news articles to post comments about the news they were mentioned in. Google posted a “heads-up” on this new, experimental feature, on their Google News blog page, on August 7th.

Read More »

WikiSleuth using WikiScanner to uncover Wikipedia edits on your IP address

By Michael Dorausch, D.C. In the past two days, you’ve likely seen the news regarding the mad scientist creation of Virgil Griffith, his ultra wicked WikiScanner. We posted a Wikipedia manipulation article regarding Virgil and his IP matching, corporate chaos creating, wikipedia anonymous user, can opener type tool. The second article was more about Virgil

Read More »

What You Think About, You Bring About

By Michael Dorausch, D.C. A photo of a saying that has been on the walls inside my chiropractic office for a long time. What you think about, you bring about. Amazing to hear how many people each day read that out loud while in the adjusting rooms. It’s also amazing how many people momentarily resonate

Read More »

No Human Bones in AP News Photos

By Michael Dorausch, D.C. There was a photographer from the Associated Press (AP) at my Los Angeles chiropractic office earlier today who was taking photos for an article that is going to appear somewhere in the news in the next couple of weeks. I had to get to the office early and move some items

Read More »

7 Topics Driving Traffic to Website

By Michael Dorausch, D.C. On Sunday, I did a different kind of news article on Planet Chiropractic. It was the result of a bunch of friends asking me questions over the weekend about search traffic, keywords, and delivering timely content. I thought it would be a good idea to answer their questions by way of

Read More »

Van Halen Tour Dates Include Toronto, Chicago & LA

By Michael Dorausch, D.C. We knew the announcement was coming, and now it is official, Van Halen is back on tour in 2007 with Diamond David Lee Roth back at the helm of frontman! Tickets for tour dates are going on sale this Saturday via LiveNation.com. Tour dates are… 9/27 – Charlotte, NC – Charlotte

Read More »

Vaccine Law Changing in California

Big Vaccine (son of Big Pharma) has been busy in Sacramento helping lawmakers come up with a scheme to do away with the annoying problem of public opposition to new vaccine mandates. After all, if it weren’t for pesky parental opposition during legislative review, the controversial HPV (human papillomavirus) vaccine for young girls would already be on the long list of “mandatory” vaccines for California school children.

Read More »

Top 10 Search Keyphrases and Website Success

What do Candace Michelle, Beyoncé, the X Games, and Van Halen have in common? Two are related to music, two are related to sports (if you consider WWE wrestling a sport), two are female, all are somewhat entertaining, and all have appeared recently in the news.

Read More »