Make Big Changes - Press Release
08/12/06
If you’re keen to make some positive changes to ANY area of your life and you need some help getting started, ‘Make Big Changes’ by Staines-based writer Hugh McClelland could well be the answer. Published last week, the book is aimed at anyone who wants to create positive, long-lasting change in their life but isn’t sure where, or how, to begin.
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Just Published – ‘Make Big Changes’
30/11/06
There’s a lot of self help / self improvement books out there, ranging from the traditional ‘Think & Grow Rich’ type through to the latest Paul McKenna offering. There’s 2 common criticisms levelled at this kind of material: it’s either too old-fashioned (with outdated examples) or simply too complicated to follow and apply on a consistent basis. At last – here’s a self-help book that really CAN make a difference if you follow the instructions...
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A Backyard Oasis
19/08/06
Working from home is fraught with pluses and minuses. Just a few days into the school holidays and already the children were getting listless and bored. I had a stack of work to get through before the weekend and to cap things off nicely, there was also a heatwave going on - with daily temperatures hotter than Barbados. What did I do? Stuck a swimming pool in my back garden of course…
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A Lesson in Market Research
05/09/06
Having a good idea is one thing, but if you don’t research the market first, you can soon come unstuck – as this story proves...
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The Importance of Being Honest
30/06/06
My cousin always tells this great story about the time he resorted to slightly dishonest means when trying to sell his old car. There’s a good lesson to be learned here...
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Business in Berkshire - Cost Effective SEO
19/06/06
Most of my web design customers tend to be small businesses and start ups. Whenever I’m asked ‘what’s the most cost-effective way to get my site noticed by the top search engines?’ I always suggest they sign up for a Business in Berkshire account.
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Virtual Webmaster
13/04/06
I’ve just finished working on a project which involved building an intranet site for a local organisation. Interestingly, as the project progressed I found myself being asked to take care of other web-related writing projects too – a newsletter that needed revamping, some internal product information sheets that needed revising and so on. That’s in addition to building the intranet site. This got me thinking... is there a need for a ‘Virtual Webmaster and Copywriter’ service?
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Want to Attract More Traffic?
09/03/06
Many of my recent projects have revolved around writing search-engine friendly website content for clients who are realising it’s a more cost-effective way of driving traffic than Pay-Per-Click or linking campaigns. Keyword-rich content can really make a difference to search engine traffic and it has the added benefit of allowing you to target a fairly broad sweep of keywords and phrases – something which can soon get expensive when using other SEO methods.
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