Danboard goes overseas
If there’s one thing about Danboard, aside from his mysterious way with the ladies, it’s that he loves to travel! And I know what you’re thinking, that it’s easy for Danboard to travel because he’s only a cardboard toy that could probably sneak on to any flight he likes for free. But that’s not true. In fact, Danboard faces the exact same challenges that you...
Read MoreOne important reason to have a business website
Posted by Jas on Jan 13, 2012 in Business Tips
We’ve all seen it. Driving home from work, stuck behind a work van with a bunch of contact numbers but no website. Or worse a hotmail email address. But still no website. Not only does it look cheap and unprofessional, but the chances of remembering an 11-digit number or lengthy email address are slim to none. That translates into lost business. So if you’re in business, even if you...
Read MoreMt Thomas – The new sandfly point
Posted by Jas on Jan 4, 2012 in Christchurch, Travel
Canterbury campers looking for a dog-friendly campground don’t have a whole lot of options – most commercial campgrounds won’t allow dogs and most national parks prohibit them. But DOC do have a few campgrounds around the country that do permit dogs (on a lead) and Mt Thomas (Wooded Gully Campground) northwest of Rangiora is one of them. We’d never camped there before this...
Read MoreDear Freeona…
I can’t believe it’s over. We’d only just begun. We seemed like the perfect match. You with your good looks, smooth ride, and generous spirit. And me with a keen appreciation for hitting the open road and free petrol. But after a brief seven days you were gone, driving someone else some other place, and I’m barely an afterthought, without so much as a saved GPS location or...
Read MoreSomeone who deserves to be made a fuss of…
Posted by Jas on Nov 30, 2011 in Christchurch
I’m not into waxing lyrical much but sometimes it just needs to be said and when you have your own blog, you have no excuse really. So let me clear about this, and let the record show that Jodie Gould (nee de Joux!) is one of the most awesome human beings I know. Plain and simple. No contest will be entered into, and the judges decision is final. You might not know Jodie but if you did I...
Read MoreThe danger of letting your domain lapse
Posted by Jas on Nov 22, 2011 in Business Tips, Technical Tips
A recent customer experience highlighted the danger of letting your domain name lapse. It resulted in additional costs and downtime for their website and email services, not to mention the hassle and time involved in fixing the problem. How did this happen, what’s involved when a domain URL lapses and what can you do to make sure this doesn’t impact negatively on your business. The...
Read MoreSave hundreds on your new website
Posted by Jas on Nov 9, 2011 in Business Tips, Words
A lot of businesses are beginning to realise that there is a huge variation in what you can pay for a website. It’s not unheard of for some outfits here in Christchurch to be charging upward of $10,000 for a business website. Then of course there are the value-priced websites (we could say cheap but some don’t like the connotation) you can get from PogoStick Web Services. Why do...
Read MoreRugby World Cup 2011 – All Blacks by 18
The RWC final is happening on Sunday and New Zealand is quietly, or not so quietly, confident of a win. I think most of us were more worried last week against the wallabies, and had a few of us contemplating what would happen if we lost. But it didn’t happen and the ABs happily marched on to the finals (which some friends of mine who bought tickets for the final back in February are...
Read MoreIt’s only a game
Posted by Jas on Oct 18, 2011 in Christchurch, Travel
It’s only a matter of days before the rubber hits the road, and the All Blacks take on France in the 2011 Rugby World Cup. For New Zealand this is bigger than the Olympics, a lot bigger. The tension is taking its toll and every time a ‘do or die’ game is played the nation holds its breath. Even those not previously enamoured by the sport of rugby are finding themselves restless,...
Read MoreThe best way to improve your search rankings
Posted by Jas on Oct 3, 2011 in Business Tips, Online Marketing
Looking for that miracle potion to rocket you up the rankings, that silver bullet that puts you on top of the search results? Funny so is everyone else. A few people thought they’d found it. They were cunning enough to realize it was phony and there was more money to be made in selling the “secret” to noobs who didn’t know better. This created a generation of online...
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