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11/08/2016

Do you need a new website? Using WordPress or my CMS, you can have a new website up and running within a few days. If you need a shopping cart, add on a WordPress plugin create an ecommerce website. Prices start at $2,000 for a complete, published website including hosting and personalised service. Contact me to find out more ...

19/10/2015

Web developer / website design on Sydney's northern beaches.
Small, boutique web studio specialising in responsive websites for small businesses. Fantastic customer support and personalised service at very reasonable prices.

14/08/2015

View my July 2015 newsletter on MailChimp here - http://us2.campaign-archive2.com/?u=d12232ce6cecae43be34c1f73&id=3892e768ca&e=4e829d7779

24/07/2015

MailChimp is an online newsletter service which is perfect for small businesses. Over the last couple of years I've been helping customers with their MailChimp newsletters. It is free (for less than 12,000 emails sent to less than 2,000 subscribers), so is the perfect vehicle to contact your customers on a regular basis.

If you'd like to start using MailChimp, I can help you setup an account, create a template, add your contacts and send out a newsletter.

24/07/2015

We've all seen the unsolicited emails in our inbox and you might be tempted to contact the sender to find out more. But beware - before you know it you will have signed up for a year's worth of search engine optimisation (SEO) services that are overpriced and not very useful. In some cases it can actually harm your current ranking.

There is no magical way that you can zoom to the top of the Google rankings and appear on the first page (other than running a Google ad on the right hand side of the page). Google rankings are based on popularity, good quality websites, unique content and compliance with Google's guidelines.

There are no guarantees that your ranking will actually improve significantly but there are additional steps that can be taken to help comply with Google's recommendations. I provide built in SEO in all my websites and take the time to make sure that the website is ranking adequately for your selected keywords. Any additional SEO changes will be in the form of fine tuning rather than a huge overhaul.

If you are interested in how to improve your website SEO to improve your ranking, I can provide the same service without having to go offshore. I have an associate who works in the SEO industry in Sydney on many large corporate websites,

For a limited time, he's offering an SEO audit report which gives a comprehensive overview of your website. Included in this will be suggestions on how to improve your ranking, tips on improving your content, recommendations on HTML changes and other useful suggestions. This professional report will cost $250 per domain name and is well worth it.

After the report is done, I can then apply those recommendations to your website.
Let me know if you're interested.

24/07/2015

Google keeps changing the rules in relation to search engine optimisation (SEO) and you've probably heard about their latest release. It checks whether your website is mobile friendly and if it fails the test, your website could be demoted in the Google ranking.

Many websites aren't mobile friendly and merely condense in size when viewed on a mobile device. This works to a certain extent, but the text can be hard to read, the menu might be difficult to use because the text is too small and you may need to scroll horizontally across the screen to read the text. This is what Google doesn't like and your ranking could suffer.

There are some simple changes that can be made to your existing website design to address this problem (note that some websites are more difficult to make mobile friendly because of their design, so layout modifications may be needed).

You might be thinking of redesigning your website anyway, so this could be a good time to smarten up your website and make it mobile friendly at the same time.

Call me on 0425 252 180 to discuss what is required for your website to become mobile friendly and comply with Google's new rules.

24/07/2015

Facebook is also a popular way to keep in touch with your customers. This is fast becoming the new way of blogging and interacting with your audience.

As a business, you create a business page and invite customers to like your page. When they have joined you and become your friend, your news feeds (posts) will show up on their wall (their page). Most people find Facebook easy to use and even fun. You can share other people's articles that might be relevant, create your own posts, feature new products, publish testimonials, add pictures and videos, instruct and teach, and a whole lot more.

Could your business benefit from being on Facebook?

24/07/2015

Our current email provider has now transferred all email accounts to another email server, which would explain some of disruptions you may have experienced over the last few weeks. I'm very sorry for any inconvenience and hope that your email service has settled back to normal.

The webmail user interface now looks a little different but should provide the same functionality as the previous version. If you have an iphone and can't send emails, make sure that you have the authentication for smtp set to 'password'.

14/10/2013

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Pictorial guide of web design services and customer service offered by micropulse