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10 must-do tips for writing website content
Every webpage should have its own message to tell. Here’s how to write good copy for every webpage on your website.
Write the headline (title of page) that says what the page is about. Don’t get cute or fancy or try to write ‘newspaper smart’ headlines.
Put the most important information at the top of the page …
New Facebook Timeline for Business Fan Pages
On 30 March 2012, that’s two days from now, all business fan pages will automatically change to the new Facebook Timeline format.
What must businesses do to keep their Facebook page looking good?
The first thing to do is to create a cover image that can tell the story in an image or images about what your …
7 ways to turn web visitors into customers
Lots of factors are involved in converting visitors to your website into customers. Here’s some factors to consider.
Design your website for your visitors
Your site needs to look professional and give your visitor confidence that you know what you’re doing.
That’s why good website design is essential – not just how pretty it is but getting the …
10 ways to make the most of Facebook for your business
According to some IT gurus, one in eight minutes spent on the Internet is spent on Facebook. It’s the second highest ranked website after Google with 750 million active users.
That’s why businesses can’t afford to ignore Facebook as part of their marketing strategy. Facebook allows businesses to connect directly to their potential and active client …
What can we learn from Steve Jobs?
It was sad to hear about the death of Steve Jobs. I’m one of millions who admired his work. I’m an Apple girl – have been since first buying my Mac Classic some time last century.
So, with his passing, what can we learn from the man, Steve Jobs?
There is no doubt, the man was inspiring. …
Six things I learned at the Internet Show at Darling Harbour today
It’s worthwhile making the effort to go to conferences particularly if the speakers are giving you the latest, greatest information and not just selling their wares.
The Internet Show today had some very good speakers willing to part with their knowledge. We’re all learning just some are at different stages of the learning curve – nothing …
SEO – be seen on the Internet
It’s all about SEO – search engine optimization for your website. And it’s not rocket science. It does however require knowledge about how SEO works, how to maximize keywords on webpages, metatagging of pages and so forth.
It also helps if small to medium businesses set up their websites so that they can manage their own …
How to improve your website ranking on Google
Google isn’t the only web browser but if you have a good ranking on Google, chances are your website will be getting good traffic flow.
What is search engine ranking?
Search engine ranking is the value that the big search engines, Google, Yahoo and Bing, ascribe to a website.
Search engines constantly index websites on the Internet so …
Incoming links are great for SEO
As the process of continually adding new content to your website is vital for improving your search engine optimisation (SEO), so too is having quality links from websites related to your industry – preferably websites that rank highly themselves.
One of the ways to encourage incoming links is to add a ‘Link to us’ page on …
How easy is it to move a website from one CMS to another?
The latest website built by the Bold Type team was in fact taking an existing website from one content management system (CMS) to another. We moved Linda Magson Counselling from Joomla to WordPress.
In effect, it was a rebuild. Moving files across was not an option as Linda wanted to improve her search engine optimization, add …
