A former employee who worked for me at BIRKEY.COM came to visit with Benjamin and me today. Kyle W’s first task at BIRKEY.COM in 2000, was the production of the Scholle Corporation website. Ironically, Scholle was a customer who eventually hired Benjamin. We talked together about search engine optimization (SEO) as it related to the new Headstand Media business, our web design business, and customer websites. We also discussed the latest trends in Web 2.0 technologies, and how it is affecting the corporate marketplace that we are serving.

I remember Kyle as a very enthusiastic young guy about all of this cutting edge search engine technology. Back in the day it was Google, Yahoo, MSN, PageRank, backward links, sandboxing, domains, etc. He branched out on his own in 2003, managing Survive Outdoors for his father, as well as a number of his own website ventures. Even though Kyle has grown and matured as a person in the remaining years (including marriage!), the “Internet” passion hasn’t changed. Everyone needs to be passionate about something positive… and this is definitely Kyle’s “thing.” It was good to see it still alive and well!

We had lunch at Giordano’s, ate good pizza, reconnected, and told Benjamin stories about the “golden years” with Corey, Daniel, Nicko, and the rest of the team at BIRKEY.COM. It was also fun to dream about the future together, not as “boss – employee” – but more as friends and peers. I prefer it that way.

Thanks for the visit Kyle! I look forward to working with you more again!