Why refresh your website for the new year?Great cause for excitement this week; clients have been asking us for help to refresh their websites at the start of the new year. What I find so exciting about that is that I didn't have to remind them!These smart business owners are focused on making sure all their marketing channels are set up to represent their business accurately and enticingly.Website updates - our top 7 tipsPut on your gloves and roll up your … [Read more...]
How To Reset Your WordPress Password
Lost or forgotten your WordPress website's password?Here's how to reset it: RoboForm has free and paid versions. We use RoboForm (paid) everywhere so our logins and passwords sync on all our devices.What if you can't even get to your login page?If you have good security software installed on your website and you have made lots of failed login attempts in a short period of time, the security software may lock you out.That's what it's designed to do!So then you … [Read more...]
Is Your Website Playing To The Right Audience?
Why matching your marketing content and style to your audience matters ...When I'm asked what style of music I like, I usually reply, "Pretty much everything from Bowie to Bach! But I'm not really into headbanging or what I call techno-funk, music that has no soul - in my humble opinion."As you can see, my musical tastes are fairly diverse and I confess to being shocked at a performance by the Australian Chamber Orchestra some years ago, when several people walked out the … [Read more...]
Blog Posts That Convert
Business blog posts - why bother?Neil Patel in Search Engine Journal wrote this article in 2012 and it's more relevant than ever! One of the 7 points he makes is that consistent website updates via useful and interesting content in your blog posts helps to build trust with your readers.Read Neil Patel's full article hereWhat does a perfect blog post look like?Derek Halpern, one of my favourite bloggers, from Social Triggers has devised and tested a fantastic guide for the perfect … [Read more...]
Business Blogging | How To Create Mouth-Watering Content
Valuable video presentation by Nathalie Lussier on blogging for businessThank you Nathalie for your entertaining video receipe that reveals the ingredients for cooking up a successful business blog:Here's To Getting YOUR Business Found On Google,The Hubsite Builder Team … [Read more...]
Weekend Wrap Up: 5 Top Tips For A Great Business Blog
Blogging for business: answers to some of your questions!For some reason it seems that almost every live and email business conversation I've had in the last two weeks has been about blogging, and the most common questions that people ask me include:Advance notice of Hubsite Builder's webinar series on blogging for businessBecause I've become aware of the huge number of business owners in the Baby Boomer age group who are struggling with both the reasons for and the … [Read more...]
Weekend Wrap Up: Business Blogs – Are They Still Relevant?
Why you want a blog for your business...Nina Hendry of Smart Company Australia writes about the rules and rewards of blogging as a strategy to build your business and uncovered these facts about blog readers:I can almost hear you saying, "But what if I can't write?"James Chartrand shares some great guidance to aspiring business blog writers in his Copy Blogger article, How to Turn Yourself Into a Damn Fine Writer.He reminds us that:Read the entire article by James … [Read more...]
Weekend Wrap Up With Hubsite Builder!
Welcome to the first weekend wrap up...Each Friday or Saturday I plan to publish a list of 3 to 5 articles, tips or resources that my clients or I have found useful for getting your business found online.Core topics will cover:This weekend's wrap up focuses on blogging for businessGoogle Panda: demanding quality content for your business blogThe success of your business blog depends on you creating great content for your readers. Not only do your readers expect quality … [Read more...]
How To B.O.O.S.T. Your Business With An Integrated Blog
Use the B.O.O.S.T. formula to get your business found onlineWhy you want to leverage the power of an integrated blogQuickly read this short post about why you want to integrate your blog with your website to B.O.O.S.T. your online presence and profits, then come back to the next section of this post to discover how to blog for presence and profits...How to blog for online presence and profitsTo save you the hassle of scouring the web for information about how to blog … [Read more...]