Send out newsletters painlessly with Mail Chimp
How many times have you had on your ‘to do’ list – WRITE A NEWSLETTER, and how many times have you simply delayed and delayed? If you have a WordPress blog site, you will never have to do this again – All you have to do is write one new post a month and you can have a newsletter go out automatically to your mailing list. Mail Chimp has arrived! [Read More...] Read More →
How to make money off your website
This is an often asked question and this article focuses on small businesses and what is in it for them to invest in a website. Small WordPress websites involve an initial investment of between can cost between $2,000 and $20,000, as well as ongoing costs. So it is good to do a Cost Benefit Analysis of whether it is a good thing for you. The focus of this article is about why a small NZ business should invest in a website. What are the Financial... [Read More...]
Tweet Deck makes twitter a breeze
Tweet Deck makes twitter a breeze - yes really! If you think Twitter is something you SHOULD do for your business, but don’t get around to it, Tweet Deck can help – yes really! [Read More...] Read More →
Using You Tube to add dynamic content to your website
I have had a You Tube account for some time, but only this week actually loaded an image of the Waipu Pipe Band parading at our regular street market. But even without loading up my own content there are ways you can use You Tube content to enhance the dynamic content of your websites. [Read More...] Read More →
Linkedin or Facebook for your business?
Social networking is now a very important part of our lives and our businesses. But do we really want business colleagues and networks to see our family snaps? Facebook and Linkedin – how to use them to make your life easier and more productive. [Read More...] Read More →
Sustainable business
I really like this definition of business – it goes along with my philosophy of Protect what we Value. Develop our Potential. Business can be a friend of the future and still make a profit. Business is the exchange of goods and services for the betterment of the common good, taking what the earth is creating and properly organising it and distributing it at a fair price so that people can have what they need… It is a divine calling... [Read More...]
Handling multiple tweets – using TweetDeck
I started to Twitter and soon discovered that that key was being focused on relevant subject matter. My reason for twittering was not that I wanted to jump on the latest bandwagon, but to see what its business uses could be, both for me and for people I work with. In my local Bream Bay community tweeting about the weather, local events, people all made perfect sense. But in my Women Travel the World Website that content made no sense, so I had to... [Read More...]
Tweet Tweet – are you twittering yet….
Every second newspaper article and news report seemed to be mentioning Twitter, Twittering was overheard in conversations in cafés, on the radio – I started to get nervous and to feel I was missing out on something – not just something new, but a new way to network and connect with people – passionate networker that I am. I wanted to try it and see if it was just a waste of time or whether there was something about Twitter that... [Read More...]
Use Your Blog as an E-Newsletter
When added to your WordPress website or blog, there is a WordPress plugin that turns your blog posts into email newsletters. How easy is that!!?? These are automatically sent out to your subscriber list when you publish your post. You can add subscribers yourself from a list you have compiled elsewhere, or when you get a new client, but you can also include a signup box on your website so people can automatically subscribe themselves to receive... [Read More...]