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Important Note
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Recent Articles
The Story Of the ‘Buy Now’ ButtonPosted on October 7, 2010
The Four Easiest Ways to Improve Your Website’s SalesPosted on July 19, 2010
WordPress Plugin Tip – MySQL Transactions with $wpdbPosted on June 1, 2010
16 Ideas for Promoting your Website in the Real WorldPosted on May 24, 2010
Top 7 Things I Learnt at Think Visibility IIIPosted on March 15, 2010
How to Quickly Triple your Click-Thru-Rate (CTR)Posted on September 30, 2009
10 great benefits of Guest BloggingPosted on September 17, 2009
Why I use Artisteer for creating WordPress ThemesPosted on July 23, 2009
24Jun2009
Google wants to help you get laid, get pregnant and grow weed!
Every once in a while, Google does something a little odd. I was looking up information on "How to grow strawberries" as I have some in the garden that are almost ripe. I wanted tips on insect and bird control so that I get to eat them rather than allowing nature's creatures to beat me to it. As I was typing into Google, I got the following suggestions when I got as far as typing "How to g". These are the results I got:
Read More23Jun2009
15+ Reasons why you will fail with Social Media and Marketing
Here are my collection of ideas and reasons why Social Media is so damn hard to master.
Read More23Jun2009
Recommended Articles: Email Tutorials, Entrepreneurs, WordPress Performance, SEO Best Practice and Blogging Tips
I read a great deal about SEO, blogging and small businesses every day. Here's a compilation of great articles that I've found recently that I encourage you to read. Topics include Email Tutorials, Entrepreneurs, Wordpress Performance, SEO Best Practice and Blogging Tips.
Read More15Jun2009
Getting the best from your Web Hosting Company
If you've got a website that you rely on for your business, having reliable uptime is pretty important. The vast majority of hosting companies are not proactive about ensuring their servers are in tip-top condition. That's understandable as being proactive is expensive. If a hosting company's costs are higher, they need to charge the customer more. Given that many customers choose hosting based on price, you can understand why a hosting company would decide not to invest in being proactive. The hosting company might therefore just react to problems instead. However, just because your hosting company is more reactive than proactive, it doesn't mean you need to go elsewhere.
Read More12Jun2009
Running a website – All full up!
On 21st May, I ran a presentation on how to run a website. I only had space for an audience of 20, but I had over 45 people interested in attending! I filled up the 20 spaces I had available in just 3 days of advertising the event. Therefore I'm running the presentation again on 18th June. However, much to my surprise, the 2nd presentation was filled to capacity in just 12 hours of advertising it!
Read More09Jun2009
My Presentation on “Running a Website” – 18th June 2009
I shall be presenting on the topic of "Running a website (for business or pleasure)" at the IBM Hursley Clubhouse on 18th June 2009 (which is a repeat of the previous event on 21st May 2009). The event is sponsored by the British Computer Society (BCS), and so tickets are free to BCS and non-BCS members. Please note that this is a booking only event. Sorry, but the event is now fully booked!
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