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Hi
It’s that time of year again and along with spring cleaning
your house and garden, we suggest taking some time out to tidy up
your website. This is easy to do and in this spring newsletter we’ve
included some tips on how best to achieve this.
We also look at inexpensive, easy ways to promote your website and
we provide tips on email newsletters and how to use them to grow your
business. And there's information on ways to jazz up your website
as well as our regular features. Don't forget, if you have any suggestions
or ideas about what you'd like to see in our newsletter, send us an
email!
Anna Hamilton
In this edition we feature
• Spring
cleaning
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12 ways to promote your website
• Email newsletters
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Visual bits and pieces
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Sites of interest
• Some random facts!
Spring
cleaning
Don’t we all cringe at the thought! However, when it comes to
your website it’s a lot easier. It’s a good idea at least
once a year to check that your website has the most up to date product
details and information. This includes your contact details, phone numbers,
address, email and so on.
Make sure that prices listed on your website are current and any competitions
or special offers you ran during the year have not expired.
Also check your images are relevant. New images are a very easy way
to freshen your website. Finally, look to see that all links on the
website are still working correctly.
If you need help spring cleaning your website, do get in touch with us. We're offering you a "spring clean consultation" for $245.00 plus GST between now and the end of November 2008. Email us or give us a call on 04 976 6982.
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Ways to Promote your Website
Your website is a powerful marketing tool, so it’s important to
get people to visit your site. There are a number of simple ways you can
get people to your site and hopefully increase business.
One of the easiest and least expensive ways to get your website noticed is to submit it to the major search engines, in particular Google and Yahoo. This is a relatively straightforward process and submission is free although to make sure you achieve a good position, optimisation is a key.
Never miss an opportunity to promote your
site. Remember to include your website address on all your business correspondence
including letters and emails, business cards, brochures and bumper stickers,
the list is endless.
View
the full article on 12 ways to promote your website here >>
If
you need help with getting your website noticed do get in touch with us>
Email
newsletters
In today’s economic climate, keeping in touch with your existing
customers is vital. It takes a lot less resource to build loyalty
and keep customers than to attract new ones!
One
very cost-effective way of keeping in touch with your customers
is by email newsletter. As well as being inexpensive, it’s
also a quick and effective marketing tool.
Of course, you need to make sure your newsletter is full of information
which is useful and interesting for your customers, otherwise they
just won’t read it. It’s also a great idea to use the
newsletter for promotions and giveaways.
Here are two suggestions for jazzing up your website and helping to promote your products and services.
A visual feast for customers!
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eye catching galleries - a great way to manage
the images on your website.
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Slide shows - When you want to showcase your business. A great idea for accommodation, tourist and outdoor recreation websites. Or if you are an artist, manufacturer or retailer........the list of possible uses is endless! Check out the slide shows below.
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Give us a call if you’d like to talk about these or add
one to your site.
Shoestyles |
Beauty
Zone |
Some
brain work and interesting bits and pieces
Brain work while helping end world hunger?
For every answer you get right, Free
Rice donates 20 grains of rice through the UN World Food Programme >>
Did you know?
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Google and Chrome
As you may know Google launched its new open source browser in September. This competes with Internet Explorer and Firefox, the world's most popular Web browsers and is meant to make the internet easier, safer and faster. For more information or to download it click here >>
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Cloud computing service
Microsoft has unveiled a cloud computing service, in which data and applications will not be stored on individuals' local computers. The new platform, Windows Azure, was announced at Microsoft's Professional Developers Conference in Los Angeles. Read more here >>
Bits and pieces
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Experience the Worldwide Telescope
WorldWide Telescope (WWT) enables your computer to function as a virtual telescope, bringing together imagery from the best ground and space-based telescopes in the world. You can experience guided tours featuring interesting places in the sky. For more info read here >>
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Inclined to green shopping and living?
- The Daily Green offers hundreds of living ideas including green gifts for Christmas! More here >>- Green Maven is a search engine which focuses on green and sustainable websites. More here >>