Welcome to The Internet Series – A step-by-step guide to getting connected. The hardest part of writing this series is where to begin! So after thinking about what angle I should take, and where I should go from, email is where Part 1 begins. Gmail, Yahoo mail, Hotmail or your personalized email gets you connected to the world and actually using it, gives you the start to your internet presence. Read More
The Internet Series
Posted on 17 November 2005
Internet
The last couple of weeks have got me explaining “how does this web thing work?” and “I also want a website like yours, so that I can also write stuff.” to some of my friends and family. So I’ve decided to start The Internet Series – a step-by-step guide on getting connected. Read More
Google’s free web-stats tracking
Posted on 14 November 2005
Reviews
Google has just released their next “big thing” – Google Analytics. After buying out Urchin Software Corporation a while back, they obviously were planning something, and this is it. Read More
Marketing starts from the bottom
Posted on 10 November 2005
Marketing
Small business’s and entrepreneurs in South Africa have a tendency to never get past the “one man and his dog” type business, and if your business is still around after the initial capital outlay and recoupment of that capital (and you have some sort of Sustainable Competitive Advantage), then theres no reason for you not to start thinking about expanding, whether in staff or product lines, and marketing is probably one of the most important tools to get you there. Read More
Hosting company support
Posted on 4 November 2005
Rants
Try and explain to me how is it, that a hosting company here in South Africa takes 4 days to send(actually just a reply to a domain update request) an email? In today’s world, business is determined on how good your service and support is. Competition is fierce, so in order for a company to have a competitive advantage, they got to excel in all areas of there business. That includes support. Read More
