It’s been almost a month since I’ve returned from a 2 week motorbike trip through Bhutan, a tiny kingdom bordering China and India. This small country of just 685,000 people clings to a life from years again. A life that is simple, kind and decent. It’s a nice kind of life they have. I know […]
Wedding Planning Site Gets Excited (& Smart)
Here’s a cute thank you for your email page on a wedding planning Brisbane site. It’s critical to differentiate yourself with your marketing and simple things, like a cute “Thank You” page, can do just that. Check out your site and see what fun, quirky or different things you can do to help make your […]
How Facebook Is Going To Screw Your Life – And You Probably Won’t Even Know It
Note: I first published this 2 years ago – hugely popular article in terms of reads on this site and even more relevant today. Okay, right off the top I better tell you this article is loaded with profanity and offensive comment. If you’re not comfortable with that, then don’t read on. Let’s get straight […]
8 Business Lessons From A Hooker
I’m all for benchmarking my (and client’s) business against other industry – after all, McDonalds’ “Do you want fries with that?” has spawned not only a billion fat people, but also the upsell. As you might know, the Governor of New York (Eliot Spitzer) just resigned (12 March, 2008) after it came to light he […]
How Miss Spinks Taught Me Everything I Ever Needed To Know About Customer Service At 8 Years Of Age
It was 1974 and I was 8 years old. 1974 was a time, for me anyway, when you played all day with the neighbourhood kids – riding your bike, football, cricket, fishing, Cowboys & Indians, Cops & Robbers, trying to chat up the beautiful Catherine Beazetto….all these activities jammed into endless summer days. One of […]
2 Simple Steps To Make Your Web Site Work Better For You
The goal of the vast majority of web sites is to make the sale. Now the “sale” might be anything from: generating a lead selling a product signing up for a course downloading a report lots of other things Rich Page has an excellent article oh how to skyrocket your conversion and his simple suggestions […]
Major Email Change At Tailored ….And Why Emails Matter
As you know (yes, yes you do) Brendon is a snake wrestling hero of chickens across this fine nation. You might also know that Brendon’s email address here has been, for many years, admin@tailored.com.au. But that just doesn’t seem to fit the man anymore. It’s a like a guy wearing a sarong – you can […]
Being Found Isn’t Always About Search
I have a client at the moment launching a business with a new concept. That is, it’s a new product that hasn’t been available before. The client wants to be found in Google and, like many, sees this as the easy path to success (it can be for many businesses). But he won’t be found […]
Office Junior Job At Tailored
We’re looking for an Office Junior for the business (based on the Gold Coast) at the minute. The role will include: a bit of web content development and editing work, social media work, data entry, maintenance of client database, taking minutes of meetings, writing reports, general office admin and lots more. The Must Haves Loads […]
Brendon Gets Bitten Twice By 8 Foot Snake
(Must See Video Includes Snake Bites, Blood & Me Locked In A Chook Pen With An 8 Foot Python – The Ultimate Cage Fight) I was in Kempsey on the weekend visiting my wife’s brother and we ventured down to his chook shed. As we got down there he mentioned that something had been eating his […]