Depression Destroys Lives. Today I heard that an associate here in QLD took his life following a long, unsuccessful battle against depression. Folks, let me make this clear - Depression is a real thing. It's not just 'being sad'. It's a long and deep darkness that...
One of the most frequent questions I am asked is: how long should my blog posts be, how many words, how many characters? There is no definitive answer for this. It all depends on what your blog is about, who your target market is, and what...
Today we're talking On-Page SEO. This is that wonderful stuff that you have control of, that Google is most interested in and yet, for some reason, most people don't get right. So today I want to give you a quick snapshot of what would be...
By Paul Barrs Google defines bounce rate as the “percentage of visits that go only to one page and then exit”; meaning they visit a page on your website… and then leave again without viewing any other pages. They bounce in, and they bounce back out again....
Far too often I see a huge mistake being made in the online business world. Not so much by people who do web development and design themselves, but certainly by those people who *hire* people like me to do their design and manage their websites. What...
Today I have a very quick tip for you, and it's about how to save time with your newsletters. As you read this right now I'm not actually writing it. I'm recording it. I'm recording it because I can speak much faster than I can...
Today I want to talk briefly about keeping things up to date. This past week I visited a website of one of my competitors. It was a nice looking website, but I was very pleased to notice that it was very much out of date....
I don't know how many times I've sat down to start writing, only to find my mind blank. To have no ideas and no clue where to go. It's not an uncommon problem. It's called writer's block, and many people who are not natural writers...
Mobile Marketing and Social Media: With the increase in the number of mobile users, it's no wonder marketing strategies are more and more often geared towards the mobile world. Another great strategy is the blending of social media. For example, an iPhone user will use...
