Are Your Internet Sales Recession Proof?
So there is talk about a recession and during the last one technology boomed until the infamous bust of 2000. So how will the economic slow down affect your business in the next year and how much has it affected it already? Has your business grown or slown as a result of the financial meltdown? Let me know by leaving a comment. Continue reading
How To Find Quality Cost Effective Content Writers
One of the biggest battles online is the battle to produce high quality content quickly and cheaply. Here is the process I have used from my own experience of trial and error hiring content writers. This process works and I have been successful using it in many different niches from travel, basketball and home improvements to the seo, marketing and dating niches. Here is the seven essential steps for hiring cost effective quality content writers. Continue reading
Importance of Planning Web Design
I wanted to talk about the importance of planning before you design or redesign a website. Many business owners rush into “just getting the website done” and fail to plan it’s purpose effectively. Planning can be as simple as spending 15-20 minutes figuring out what content needs to be created, how to add value to your prospects and customers and how to get them to take the end action you want them to take.
Many business owners end up unsatisfied with the results of their new website or have to spend additional money redesigning their website because they do not effectively plan. So I wanted to share a few of my tips on how to save money in web design costs and not leave additional money on the table by having an ineffective website you are not satisfied with. Continue reading
Guest Yaro Starak Post: Reporter vs Expert - Why Most Bloggers Are Stuck Reporting
Here is an article from Brisbane Professional Blogger and Online Entrepreneur Yaro Starak. Yaro is an authority of the subject of blogging and his website Entrepreneurs Journey is consistently ranked as one of Australia’s top 30 most visited blogs. Yaro lives in Brisbane and it is always a great experience to be able to get his thoughts and insides on writing, blogging and internet marketing. So without further ado here’s Yaro: Continue reading
List of Australian Web Directories
As Google and the other search engines move towards localized search rankings I thought I’d share with you some of the better Australian web directories. Directories are still a good source of links back to your page when you are looking to optimize your page. Links from local directories help Google identify the market your website is trying to target. So if your business is Australian based and targeting Australia customers then you might want to look at these web, blog, travel and business directories. Continue reading
Microsofts Google Adwords Strategy
The Google search engine and Google Adwords has transformed the way that businesses find customers. The Google Economy has created thousands of new businesses and jobs and billions of dollars in revenues each year. Now Microsoft is trying to get in on the search engine action with their own Search Engine Live.com. A month or so back I spotted an interesting and intelligent strategy Microsoft is adopting to try and take users away from Google. Continue reading
Free AVG Tool for Safe Search
So I decided to upgrade to the new AVG 8.0 security software this week and I was impressed by the new Google search engine security feature. I only which that they had came out with this tool when search engines were not as well protected from dangerous web pages. This is a cool little attention to my SERP results though although I am yet to see a page that scores worse than a ?. Continue reading
The weeks wrap up
There are no naked pictures in this weeks post but I do expose a few other things. For those of you who are not easily intrigued this post will have at least one thing that will make you laugh or smile or your get your money back… (I know you are smirking at that bad joke, I’m watching you or at least your IP!) Please visit this site often, or at least more than you visit Rob Kingston’s site so my Alexa rank goes higher than his.
This article is full of the highest standard of professionalism and corporate etiquette and is written as eloquently as you would expect from a 17th century poet. I will also reveal why the world is round and the exact date the world will end… You really are hard to convince aren’t you, can’t you just read the post instead of insisting on hanging on my every word like it was law. I wish you would stop reading so I could stop writing, I’m telling you this is really a very professional and well written post of the highest quality, it even has pretty pictures… Not naked ones but I’m sure I could convince Peter Newsome or Ben Wilks it would be good for link bait so stay tuned on that front. Look I give up I’m not going to write forever, unless you are a beautiful women who wants to call me 27 times a day, a rich lady look for a toy boy or a millionaire wanting to send me an anonymous check with no strings attached you should read this post, otherwise if you are the fore mentioned you should visit my “contact me” page. Alright I’ve given up on you, you’re beyond my help! Continue reading
Don’t Forget Yahoo & Live
I noticed around the web that everyone is focused on Google’s search engine. What about the other search engines, nobody talks about optimizing for them anymore, which leads me to believe their is an untapped goldmine of traffic there at the door step of anyone smart enough to take advantage of it.
In this short article I will talk about the sneaky trick search engines use to get their traffic and how you can take advantage of it. Continue reading
The Worst Google Development Ever
So Google has released as new development called Lively which is very close to Microsoft’s Live, in name anyway. This development is a futuristic virtual space that you can chat with your friends in. Personally I do not see the merit in this development unless it is big overseas say in Japan or somewhere like that. I’m not sure why Google spent a lot of money on something like this, I can only assume they are hoping people will nothing meaningful to do in their lives will find in and become regular users. Personally I think they would have been better putting the development money into a charity or at least giving it to me, go check it out and get me know what you think. Continue reading
