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Yup, True Story – On the phone yesterday with John Denton of Business Ready For Sale. We’re both in the same BNI (Business Network International) chapter. Plus we’re good mates. I was doing my due diligence on BNI chapter websites and John Googled “BNI Australia”. We were both astounded at the results, check it out. […]

“How do I get my website to rank better in the Search Engines?” is a question I must get asked at least 3 times a week, every week. And this from both clients and prospects. Now this is a reflection on me, so for that I apologise straight up, I thought I’d educated my clients, […]

Time to update your website to the new WordPress 3.5 ‘Elvin’ What’s new? The most dramatic new change is a completely re-imagined flow for uploading photos and creating galleries. If you’re a Standard 110 Member with Smarter Websites we’ll be doing this update for you. If you’re a Basic 55 Member you will need to […]

Graphics & Design: No links in a main image, unless it’s your main web link and it’s obvious it is (Like Mark Fregnan’s in the video) Sharp images, not blurry graphics Size, not too big or small Mugshot, your photo for personalisation, and confidence, trust factor No links in the graphic, did I mention that […]

There are more mobile devices on the planet than there are humans, go figure! Mobile devices are all the rage – from iPhones, iPads, Androids, Smart Phones and Tablets all showing different views of YOUR website! So how is this affecting your online presence, how does your website stack up? Is it costing you business? […]

t’s a numbers game, and something has changed out there in the land of www. The rate of SPAM over the last few weeks has risen dramatically. Not sure whether they’ve started their own server farm but omg, email overload. Why do I say numbers game? Send enough SPAM and you’re bound to get some […]

When I talk to business owners, a lot of the time I find out that they sit down ready to set up a marketing campaign or sequence. Wrong… How would you like an easy way to capture your ideas to start to collate all the data, the information you need for the best online marketing […]

Does your site have a secure connection online? Really easy to find out if it does. Does it have a green lock? Open your site now and check up in the address bar Website with NO Green Padlock (No SSL) Website WITH a Green Padlock (Yes SSL) If your website is NOT showing the green […]

Google Chrome will start labeling websites as NOT SECURE if you don’t have an SSL Certificate! D Day for SSL Certificate labeling by Chrome is 24th October! The SSL Certificate encrypts the data between your website and your visitors. It ensures that malicious third-parties can’t get their hands on the sensitive data your customers may […]

Don’t you think you should? Shouldn’t this be a part of your online IP (Intellectual Property) strategy, and protection? To my mind it’s all a part of positioning yourself online, AND protecting the integrity of ‘you’ as the person behind your brand. When I started online 10 years ago trying to make a name for […]