Yesterday saw the first launch of a new, significant US-based airline since Virgin America more than a decade ago. Though I didn’t take the flight, I did drive up to Burbank Airport so I could interview CEO Andrew Levy and observe the festivities from afar. Below you’ll find our “across the aisle” interview which was really across from each other sitting in airport waiting room chairs…
Brett Snyder, Cranky Flier: This is happening. It’s official. You have airplanes. You have passengers. You have government approval. You’re ready to go. Since I last talked to you right before the launch announcement, a couple of things have happened. The first thing I want to ask you about is just how have bookings been in general?
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Striking distance really gives you a sense of . . . the current visibility of our site,” Brett Snyder said during his session on configuring SEO measurement tools and identifying issues to resolve, “Rather than just looking at a ranking or traffic report, this is one of the areas where we can start looking at these things together.” I loved this because identifying small opportunities can eventually mean big gains overall.
“As a paid search marketer, you should know which competitors are always bidding on your terms, which competitors outbid you in each campaign, and which competitors have a better message/offer than you do,” Tamara Westman from Bounteous told us. She keeps these data points at the forefront of her mind to ensure she can answer client questions about competition at any time.
A group of South Texas ocelots is teetering on the edge of extinction and environmentalists asked the Fifth Circuit on Wednesday to force the government to redo its analysis of how the cats will be affected by two natural gas projects.
Female ocelot on the branch (Credit: Tambako the Jaguar, licensed under CC BY-ND 2.0)
HOUSTON (CN) Ocelots inhabiting scrubland at the tip of Texas loomed large in a Fifth Circuit hearing Wednesday, as environmental groups assailed the government’s approval of liquid natural gas projects they say will imperil the endangered cats.
Ocelots live throughout Central and South America. Texans are often surprised to learn the tropical cat is native to the state.