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The key to a successful blog is TRAFFIC!!

Have you wondered how some ugly, badly designed and aesthetically displeasing websites are sometimes so much more successful than other much better designed ones? Something which I do in my part time is to build websites for new small businesses. Frequently, these people have never had an online presence and they are completely focused on the visuals and want me to spend all my time to ensure that everything looks perfect. I tell them that so long as a website looks good and has all the infor

January 6, 2008 No Comments Full Story

Blog update – end 2007

A measure of how your blog is growing is determined by the average number of visitors, Google Pagerank, blog worth etc. I am seeing steady growth in user numbers which is great but it does involve myself building backlinks to other sites, contacting other blog site members and exchanging links. I am also registering the site to blog directories on a consistent basis so there's certainly a lot of work involved. Of course, for a site to grow, you need to update the site consistently. Each ti

December 27, 2007 No Comments Full Story

Reflections on Trading and Blogging in 2007…

I hope everyone is well, it's Boxing day in the UK and I've some time since everyone is out right now. I thought I'd take the time to reflect on the blog and trading in 2007 (even though I started the blog around July/Aug time so it hasn't been a complete year). Firstly, for those that have noticed, I have a new logo and banner.. it just makes the blog look a bit more tidy and professional. I have also removed the Poll and replaced it with a Shoutbox (which is essentially a live chat program

December 26, 2007 No Comments Full Story

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