Website Marketing Basics – Getting Visitors to Your Website

Posted on November 28th, 2008 by Clare Lancaster

The article below outlines the basic website marketing principals and techniques that you should know about if you own or run a website/online business. It is based on over 8 years experience of website marketing on the Internet.
Information you’ll find in this article:

Attracting Quality Visitors
Website Marketing Secrets
Get to Know Your Target Audience
Website Marketing Techniques
Search Marketing [...]

Website Basics – What You Need to Get Your Business Online

Posted on November 26th, 2008 by Clare Lancaster

For people starting up an online business or wanting to take their bricks and mortar (or home office) business online.
If you’ve never had a website before this is a good starting point to walk you though what you’ll need, if you’re already developing your website use it as a checklist to see if you’re on [...]

Website & Website Marketing Basics

Posted on November 26th, 2008 by Clare Lancaster

Decided this morning over a banana smoothie that I should put a “basics” series together – with essential info for creating a good website that will attract good visitors that are easy to convert to customers (then how to keep their loyalty for repeat sales).
I figure I’ll do it in two parts – Website Basics [...]

How to start and run your business, your way

Posted on November 24th, 2008 by Clare Lancaster

A couple of exciting things happened today:
1. I can *hopefully* mark “find a lawyer who understands the Internet to help with contracts” off my to do list!
2. I managed to spend a bit of time reading this gem of a business book called “The Boss of You“. It’s written by two female entrepreneurs from Vancouver, [...]

Thanks for reading :)

Posted on November 23rd, 2008 by Clare Lancaster

It’s a beautiful cool morning here in Brisbane this morning and I was just thinking of all the support that I’ve received through my blog so far. This is my first personal blog and I’m so thankful that people are liking it!
There really is a buzz in the air. So many smart women going after [...]

Google to launch customised search – how it will affect your website

Posted on November 21st, 2008 by Clare Lancaster

Plenty of Google News at the moment. Google is set to launch new customised search results, users must be logged in to their Google Account to use it.
Why should you care?
Because 80% of research before purchase is done online. 88.14% of those searches are done using Google.  Source: July 08 Hitwise.
Google will soon [...]

New Gmail Themes

Posted on November 20th, 2008 by Clare Lancaster

Keep an eye out for new themes for your Gmail coming soon.  Google are rolling this out gradually but you’ll be able to choose “Themes” in your Settings.
“We wanted to go beyond simple color customization, so out of the 30 odd themes we’re launching today, there’s a shiny theme with chrome styling, another one that [...]

Bianca Kristallis – Pamper Hamper Gifts

Posted on November 19th, 2008 by Clare Lancaster

I’m so excited to bring you the first online businesswoman profile. Bianca Kristallis is the owner and director of Pamper Hamper Gifts, a successful Internet business founded in 2004.
Based on her own gift experiences, Bianca knew that there were many time poor consumers who she could help.  She created Pamper Hamper Gifts to counter the [...]

The Girl Effect

Posted on November 18th, 2008 by Clare Lancaster

You know when something just keeps jumping out at you?
I recently started reading Richard Branson’s Business Stripped Bare and in the intro there is a bit about a young woman who approached Richard in Africa, asking him for a loan to buy a sewing machine.
She needed $300.
She said to him that when he came back [...]

Naomi Simson wins Innovation Business Womens Award

Posted on November 17th, 2008 by Clare Lancaster

I think Naomi Simson is one of Australia’s great businesswomen – her online business Red Balloon Days is innovative and inspiring. She left a successful corporate career in marketing to creating a business based on fun, who wouldn’t find that inspiring?!

The idea of spending our hard earned money to buy experiences (not things) that will [...]