Just over half a year ago, I published statistics on the number of Kiwi’s signed up to the various social networks > New Zealand Social Media Statistics, March 2013. Given the amount of time that has gone by since then, it felt appropriate to revisit the numbers to see where things sit to date. The […]
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How to Share Feedly Content via HootSuite’s Hootlet Without Going Pro
Before the advent of Feedly as one of the more popular feed readers, there was Google reader. Google reader was a tool that I used on a daily basis to stay up to date with topics that I’m interested. It was also a tool that I used to find and share relevant content with via […]
Tips From Ricky Gervais On How To Create Better Content
In the world of marketing, content creation can sometimes prove to be a bit of a challenge and I’m sure you can think of a whole bunch of reasons why. More often than not, content creation is about telling stories that your audience would want to read and that they can connect with. Fast Company’s […]
My Problem With Dick Smith’s Scan To Buy Now QR Code Strategy
Junk mail is something that I’m not a fan of but for some reason I decided to look at all the junk in my mail box. They were all what you would expect from a typical junk mail dump but, the Dick Smith material caught my attention because it had QR codes plastered all over […]
Whats Your Business’ Excuse For Not Being Online?
We live in a day in age where information is literally at our fingertips! If i’m sitting at home and need to find out about something, all I need to do is pull out a laptop or tablet and search for ‘that’ information. If i’m out and about, that search is done on my phone. […]
A HootSuite Bulk Scheduling Error Message (dd/mm/yyyy hh:mm) Fix
HootSuite is my tool of choice for manage my social media properties. I recently took on a challenge to help a small non-profit with their social media presence. One of the tools that I recommended they use was HootSuite because of the various functionalities that it provides. One the things that this non-profit has is […]
Money Reader Saved My Blind Father-In-Law Money
My father-in-law is blind and amongst other things, he relies on people to help him handle his cash. Unfortunately, not everyone in this world is honest and this present him with a bit of a situation. One of the people who was tasked with assisting him and handling a number of his affairs was not […]
The Site, The Blog, The Income?
Over the last couple of days, my mind has been on websites, blogs and income! This is all thanks to day 13 & 14 of the Suitcase Entrepreneur 30 Day Blog Challenge. With websites and blogs, the thoughts have revolved around making them sticky because you apparently don’t have a lot of time to convince […]
Backup Your Data! Lessons Learned From A MacBook Hard Drive Failure
A little while ago, my MacBook froze on me and when I tried to restart it, I was greeted with a grey screen and flashing folder with a question mark. To add to that, there was a clicking sound coming from the machine. You can imagine what my response to that was, …….!!!! After getting […]