As a small business owner, I know first hand how challenging it can be to keep up with the demands of running a successful company. Between managing projects, communicating with customers, and handling the day-to-day operations, it can feel like there’s never enough time in the day. That’s why I’m a big believer in the power […]

Boost Your Business: How Software and Automation Tools Can Revolutionise Your Operations

The guy in the video below is Mohammed Qahtani, a security engineer from Saudi Arabia and he recently won the Toastmasters International World Champion of Public Speaking. I found his speech motivational and I really like the message… we can change the world with words and by being kinder to people. I think we all […]

The Power of Words

Content marketer: “Sharing your knowledge is vitally important.  You need to tell people what you know.” Business owner: “What?! You want me to tell everyone everything I know.. and put in on the internet?  Are you crazy?”   … This is the reaction of many, many people.  But in reality sharing your knowledge builds trust […]

Why you should share to promote your business

So this post is created specifically for a friend of mine who has a local business and wants to get her web site listed higher up on Google, get more traffic and ultimately more customers. This won’t be particularly in-depth but instead will be step by step instructions on the principles involved. Step 1 – […]

How to get listed higher on Google

In this post I explain squeeze pages, what they are, why you need one, how you can create your own squeeze page and the best WP squeeze page plugins for making your own.   What is a squeeze page? A ‘squeeze page‘ is basically the name given to a specific type of web page, the […]

4 Best WP Plugins to create squeeze pages

As a business owner you need to constantly promote you business. In todays modern digital world it is vital to promote your business online. In this blog post I’m going to give you 22 top tips on how to create publicity online. How to turn your business’s news into publicity to attract more customers. Jane Russell, […]

23 Ideas for Creating Online Publicity for Your Business

Before the Internet life was so much easier with good old-fashioned phone books. Do you remember having to lookup company telephone numbers by flicking through a big yellow telephone directory? (yes, ok I’m showing my age!) Back in those days businesses were listed in alphabetical order so Aadvark A1 Services was always going to be […]

How to Make Google Love your Site

In this post I’m going to explain how you find out if you’ve been subject to a Google manual action. So lets imagine… you’ve a great web site and it’s doing really well in the search engines…. then BAM it’s gone from the first page! You regularly check where your website appears in the Google […]

How to tell if you’ve been hit with a Google penalty

Today I want to show you the best wordpress email optin plugins that will help you build a contact list of potential customers. Why do I need a list? It’s vital that you capture the email details of your customers or anyone who might become a customer. Building a list of prospects, sometimes called leads, […]

6 best WordPress subscription optin plugins on the planet

How to Increase Sales A week or so ago, I was in my local chinese restaurant. While waiting, I saw that the place was buzzing and the queue for a table was getting bigger and bigger. The restaurant was doing a roaring trade and the owner must have been delighted because he was so busy. […]

How to Double Your Sales