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Get your own business email address
It is the small things that make a difference when running a small business. Most people miss this step, even if they have a website. If you have a domain…
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New Facebook Business Pages
This week, Facebook will begin rolling out a new streamlined look for Pages on desktop that will make it easier for people to find the information they want and help…
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3 Tips for Small Business Internet Marketing
Internet marketing (or online marketing) refers to advertising and marketing efforts that use the Web and email to drive traffic to your website and that will ultimately result in a…
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What is Responsive design?
Wikipedia says: Responsive web design is a web design approach aimed at crafting sites to provide an optimal viewing experience—easy reading and navigation with a minimum of resizing, panning, and…
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3 Quick SEO Tips for getting your Business found online Locally
Get Specific. Use keywords specific to your location and your niche. It is even better if some of these keywords are found in your domain but don’t make it too…
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5 Tips for your Small Business Website
Having a website as a small business is a must in this day and age. The design, layout, function, and content determines whether you will be successful or fail online. Here…
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A Domain Name?
What is a domain name? A domain name is your street address on the world wide web. Where does your business live? For Google, their domain is google.co.za. Choosing your…
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Make mistakes!
“Success seems to be connected with action. Successful people keep moving. They make mistakes, but they don’t quit.”
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Why Change is necessary for your Small Business to Grow
2013 has barely begun but has brought with it so much change. People selling their businesses, people starting new ones, friends quitting work, friends starting new ones. There seems to…
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Setting Business Goals
At the beginning of the new year, we often set new years resolutions and goals for ourselves as individuals but have you set goals for your business? Where do you…
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Editing an Image in WordPress
If you have added an image to a post and wish to edit it, this is what you will need to do: Go to Posts > All Posts Select the…
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Why you still need a Website and not just a Facebook Page
During these tough economic times, I often hear people say that they have a Facebook page (with a lot of fans). They then ask if they still need a Website?…
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WordPress Dashboard
Logging in to your website’s administration panel / back office. Once your website is complete, you will receive the login details to login to the “back end” of your website.…
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WordPress Schedule Tool
Publishing Information ahead of time You are going to launch a new product or make some changes that you would like your clients to know about (as it happens)…but you…
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What happens when emails ‘bounce’?
A bounce is when an email is rejected for delivery. The reason is usually apparent in the description of the bounce type. Bounces are broken down into two classifications: soft…
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Organic SEO (White Hat SEO)
One of the first things you may do when your new site goes live is search for it on Google. People are surprised, however, to find that immediately after their site’s launch the…
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Our QR Code
This is our QR code. What is a QR code? “A QR code (short for Quick Response) is a specific matrix barcode (or two-dimensional code), readable by dedicated QR barcode…
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How to get your business on the internet
Whether you are just starting out, have been in business for years or changing your line of business; getting your business online might seem like a daunting task. Every day…
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Why is my website not on the first page of search results?
This is the question that I get asked the most. Everyone wants their business right at the top of google, yahoo or whichever search engine they prefer and rightly so.…
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Why your business needs a website
As a small business you may think that a website is an unnecessary expense when in fact it is essential to the growth of your business. Think about it… In this…
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Free Web, Email and Blog Space
Here’s what they give you . . . free! Website space – 10mb Email space – 10mb Blog space – 10mb Visit http://www.webmania.co.za to claim your free space!
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Paypal is coming to South Africa…finally!
First National Bank has, apparently, confirmed that it is partnering with PayPal to allow South Africans to use the US company’s full suite of products for the first time. An invitation was…