On the weekend I went camping with my son Jack (that’s him and I – I’m the tall one! – prior to doing the Noosa Triathlon last year as Team Sinclair). Just before we started cooking the evening meal a ferocious storm hit and put our plans for a sausages in bread for dinner onto […]
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What To Do With Reg?
This is an easy one. Reg is one of our regular customers of Calendulis Plus Cream we sell from Eczema.com.au. We’ve had huge orders lately and sold out. Some chemists stock our products. Reg’s cheque was $9 short. Short Changed By Reg! One of the guys here was entering Reg’s order and saw the problems. […]
Managing Your Crisis Or Reputation – The Web Side Story
It’s a fact that people search the web for information. It’s a fact that when disaster strikes a company or individual, the number of searches related to that company or individual will skyrocket. And this is where a search engine optimization expert can provide some very positive benefits for the company or individual. Pushing Down […]
Pretty Woman – Or An Ugly Bloke In Overalls
I was talking to good friend of mine last week who told me his “Pretty Woman” story (the scene where she gets laughed out of the store). My mate walked into a boot store that sells only Red Wing boots. Red Wing boots are very famous top quality boots that sell for about $300-400 Australian […]
How To Make $1,000 Per Day For Less Than An Hour’s Work A Day
Here’s how one of clients has grown his web site to $1,000 in sales per day after 12 months. Some things to know: His product is available in lots of stores He doesn’t sell at a discount (he does have regular specials) He works from home He has almost zero Internet/web skills Some Other Things […]
Web Graphics Guru – This Always Happens!
If you’re looking for web graphics for your web site I always recommend the brilliant Ryan of Design Guru Ryan (he’s about as modest as me!). Visitors to Ryan’s web graphics site sometimes get this graphic: I’ve found with some online business previously that if you put up the “SOLD OUT” sign, it increases the […]
Don’t Be A Horse’s Ass – Keep Your Eye On The Big Picture
Yesterday I took off from the office at 3 pm and went for a 50 km bike ride with my 14 year old son Jack (that’s him on the right running the final 10km at last year’s Noosa Triathlon). We left suburbia and rode out into a nearby country valley – Tallebudgera Valley. 25 km […]
Turf Suppliers on Gold Coast Getting It Right
One of our clients are the guys at Coastal Turf – Turf suppliers on the Gold Coast and Tweed Coast. Robbie and Sarah run the business and came in for a meeting yesterday. One aspect on their site we touched upon was whether to display prices of the turf. Prices range from $3.55 to $10 […]
A Cunning Marketing Plan From Mel
Mel, the fundraising queen for the Palm Beach Scouts, had a cunning plan I alluded to in a post a couple of weeks ago. You see, the drinks station judged to be the best at the Gold Coast Airport Marathon wins $1,000 – and the Palm Beach Scouts had the responsibility for one of the […]
Why Headlines Matter – Title Changed
I just changed the title tag of this site to “Web and Marketing Tips To Make You Money.” The title tag used to be “Tailored Info – Web & Marketing Info.” What this does is changes the feed title this site displays for all those people who read this blog through RSS feeds. I was […]