Just a couple of quick SCUBA diving related news updates: In my article yesterday about PADI announcing professional renewal pricing and choosing to not send a CD-based SCUBA Instructor Manual (which I like), I mentioned that the auto-renewal pricing was higher than regular online renewal. Megan Denny at PADI emailed me to let me know…
I’m building a list. I’m checking it twice (for duplicates and spam). It’s a list of SCUBA blogs! Why I Want Your SCUBA Blog I’m not going to start scraping your site or publicly critiquing you (unless you want that), I just want to make sure I’ve found all of the best SCUBA blogs out…
I have always been a firm believer in setting realistic expectations. I want you to have realistic expectations for this site. Why I’m Doing This I’m doing this because I love SCUBA. I love SCUBA diving. I also know that to build the SCUBA diving industry, there need to be local dive centers and resorts…
This is just a minor thing, but SCUBA Marketing has been listed on Alltop. Alltop brings together the best content for specific topics so you can see what’s going on all in one place. So we are now nestled in there with some other excellent SCUBA blogs, getting the good word about SCUBA out there….
People who know me know that I’m not the chest-thumping, bold-statement-making kind of person, I’m just personally very happy about the accomplishments we’ve made as a community so far. I’ve had the domain name for roughly 4 weeks. Just some highlights: For my primary search term, in Google, the various properties surrounding this site rank…
Think I’m full of it? Want to let everyone know you think I’m full of it? Or maybe you actually like what I said about SCUBA Marketing, have an interesting story to share or just want to see your name on the interwebz, all you need to do is comment! How to Use Comments For…
A few people have inquired as to my background and what makes me a qualified individual to discuss the evolution of SCUBA Marketing. The Internet Came First I was sneaking onto the Internet back in the days of BBS’s, Prodigy and Compuserve. I started coding HTML the same year it was ratified. I almost failed…
I want to take a moment to introduce myself and further explain my goals for this new community. My name is Nick Bostic and I am a PADI Master Instructor. Before all of you NAUI, SSI, YMCA and any other certification agency instructors or dive shops hit your browser’s back button, stay with me for…
In case you hadn’t noticed, SCUBA Marketing is social! Take a look over at the right side of the page near the top and you should see the icons shown above. You now have a variety of ways to stay connected with the latest updates. Clicking on the email icon will allow you to subscribe…
If you’ve stumbled across New SCUBA Marketing, I want to thank you for stopping by. This site is very new, but I will be populating it with articles over the coming weeks and into the future. If you’re new here, I encourage you to take a look at the Site Policies and the About page…