Two Years On
Happy birthday to us!
On 5 March 2009, we did our first two Small Business Owner blog posts.
That means we’ve been at this caper for two whole years!
Yay!
Reflections
In that time, our 200-odd posts have garnered 4650 comments.
Of all these responses, we’ve only had to modify two to keep things cordial.
Given the rabid tone of much [...]
Building Fences
You may think fence builders are too busy building fences to read blogs.
Having recently learned to challenge my assumptions, I’m not sure.
This post is designed to attract a fencing contractor.
Job
My two neighbours and I need new fences and gates.
We’re 3 km from the CBD, close to a freeway exit, and there are two wood yards [...]
Blog Me, Amadeus!
Content Beats SEO
Search engine optimisation (SEO) can improve your website traffic.
But each time Google changes its ‘secret recipe’ (algorithms), you may lose benefits.
Content which solves customer problems is emerging as a cheaper, more reliable alternative to SEO. And the best way to create such content is blogging.
Free Blogging Resource
I’ve spent years getting a grip on blogging.
By [...]
First, the Good News!
On snaring this blogging gig, my first instinct was to discredit every shonky supplier who’d ever crossed me. The question was, what to cover first:
The sturdy, black hair in my special fried rice?
The too-thin tin my builder used to gild my roof?
The gob of machine grease in my pack of sliced almonds?
On reflection, however, I [...]
