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Facebook Timeline – story of your life!

What an idea! It is one of those things: you won’t know what you were missing until you see it.

In September, Mark Zuckerberg launched ‘Timeline’ along with social app for music and videos, new facebook profile layout and a bunch of other features.

Take the time to be inspired!

I love Canberra. I moved here about 13 years ago and believe Canberra businesses have a lot of potential. I would love to share something that inspired me recently.

As business owners, we all get busy with our day to day running of the business and lose focus from the bigger picture.

iPad for businesses

Apple calls it ‘a new way to work’, personal feelings aside, just because something is irresistibly cool, that doesn’t necessarily make it a good investment for your business.

$50 billion online – are you up for it?

There’s a lot of money to be made in the world of e-commerce. But don’t forget that you can also save your business a lot of money by using simple web technologies.

Google + You – will it click?

In an effort to get a bigger piece of the Social Media pie, Google announced a new service called Google Plus. Apparently, popularity of facebook has now started to hurt Google a little and with the failure of Google Buzz which was launched in early 2010, it seems that Google is now getting desperate.

Apple vs Mango – take your pick!

Microsoft has decided to bring the fight out into the open by ‘codenaming’ its new mobile phone ‘Mango’. I think this is the first time any phone will give some head-to-head competition to Apple’s iPhone. It has some mpressive features and frankly, it shook my loyalty with iPhone a little. Let’s take a look:

10 tips to make your website more visible

The process of tweaking a website to help attain better ranking is known as ‘Search Engine Optimisation’ and is commonly referred as ‘SEO’. Here is a quick checklist to help you with SEO:

Is your business on Facebook?

If you don’t already have a Facebook page for your business, I’m sure you would have thought about it at some point. Nearly half of Australia’s population has a Facebook account. With over 500 million users worldwide, it is one of the best social media platforms you can use for your business.

Riding the wave of social media

No matter where you go, people are all talking about social media whether it’s Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin— the list goes on! Business and government are integrating social media strategies as part of their day-to-day business and small business needs to ensure that they are exploring and embracing these new avenues.

Keeping pace with WWW in 2011

Let me introduce the elephant in the room. Last year Australia’s internet users grew to more than 17 million and approximately 9.5 million Facebook users. Eighty per cent of Australians are now using the Internet. More often than not, customers will check out your website before they do any business with you. But, when it comes to improving websites, we don’t always know where to start or what to fix. So, let me share my three golden rules for websites.

Sneak peek into the future of technology

When computers and the Internet initially came into our lives, they changed how we thought and did business. The next exciting phase of technology will better fuse the digital and physical worlds. Here are some inventions you might want to get your head around.

Internet addresses. Will this be the next Y2K?

Within a year, the internet will run out of IP addresses according to the American Registry of Internet Numbers. That means, there will be no new addresses available in the world for any new device wanting to connect to internet, which may include your computer, mobile phone,

Online selling to under 18s

At times I think that the new generation GenZ will even breathe online if it was possible. With this in mind, there is a new payment method for online shopping which you need to know about if your target market is under 18.

Don't miss out on $18.6 billion in eCommerce

Yes, online spending in Australia was approximately $18.6 billion last year! If you weren’t at the receiving end of eCommerce, it’s time to get your business geared up to reap the benefits.

Twitter: business watch this space!

At last Twitter is seriously thinking about business through commercial accounts and what’s called ‘Promoted Tweets’. More lingo, I hear you say. But with Twitter recently reaching 50 million tweets a day, it's time for business to start taking Twitter seriously as a social media strategy.

New WiDi technology for HD Web experience

Say goodbye to those messy cables in the lounge room and hello to a new way of driving customers to your business! Intel recently launched its Core i5 and i7 processors with WiDi, which stands for wireless display technology.

Are you ready for Google Buzz?

Okay, I know what you are thinking. Just when you thought you were finally getting your head around all these social networking sites such as Facebook, Twitter, and MySpace, you are now hit with the a new tool in the online arena:

iPod, iPhone and now iPad – Is Apple up for a hat-trick?

Mid-last year, I switched my long-lasting loyalty with Nokia to iPhone 3GS and have never looked back. Except for the battery life, so far I love almost everything about the iPhone. If you have an iPhone, I bet you love it too.

Boost efficiency through your website

You can increase business efficiency, save costs and improve customer and employee satisfaction through business process automation which can be integrated with your website.

Gain a high search engine ranking

Gaining a high search engine ranking is one of the constant challenges faced by business. Especially how do you ensure that your business appears before your competitors on search engines such as Google?
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Website basics – where to start?

If you don’t have a website and would like to know where to start, here’s how to start a website.
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How to have a high performing website

I hope you had a wonderful Christmas and may the new year bring prosperity to you. It is also a good time to reflect on what makes a successful website.
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Your website and times ahead

Economic growth is slowing and consumers’ spending has declined. So, it’s time to re-adjust business strategies to suit the current times. How can your website help you to achieve this?
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Let’s talk about SEO!

If you have a website and are wondering how to better capitalise on your online presence, then you may need to optimise your website for various search engines.
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Achieve your online goals

You’re nearly there – the last step in achieving your online goals is through e-Marketing and continuous improvement
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Achieve your online goals

The fourth step towards achieving your online goals is evaluation and fine-tuning. Know what you are evaluating. Many people calculate the ‘number of hits’ when evaluating websites.
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Achieve your online goals

Step three in achieving your online goals is to execute your e-Strategy. By now, you will have a clear picture of what your online goals are and it’s time to start implementing your plans
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Achieve your online goals

It’s now time to take step two in achieving your online goals – planning and achieving the e-Strategy.
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Achieve your online goals

Last month, I wrote about the five steps to achieving your online goals. I’ll now look at the steps in detail.
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