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Ok - while I’m here at blogger’s corner I thought I’d share a quick bit of research I’ve recently read about…

Basically people who have their email software to check email more often than once every 15 minutes are actually LESS PRODUCTIVE and cost businesses time and money…

Email IS A DISCTRACTION from doing your daily tasks / other work… switching between tasks takes time. Reading and responding to email should be a scheduled event - unless your whole job is reading and responding to email of course… like some of us here in customer support!

Unless you absolutely have to check your email every 1-5 minutes (are you a stock broker / trader?) you will get more work done if you have your email checks around every 15-60 minutes…

To change this ask your IT Admin or go to Tools > Accounts in most email clients to set your “check email every X minutes” option…

If you have staff it would be a good idea to check their settings as well…

Here is a great article worth a read:

5 fast email productivity tips
http://www.43folders.com/2005/02/15/five-fast-email-productivity-tips

Hi all - just a quick note to say that while we haven’t written any new posts on our company blog in awhile (whoa - 2 years! - whooosh time flies) - rest assured that we are still very much alive and kicking here behind the scenes!

We’ve basically been busy building websites and maintaining our directories with new clients and updating existing client entries, as well as working hard to grow our network with online advertising and new partnerships.

At the moment we are looking at working directly with local web designers via The Australian Websdesigners Network to bring more business listing to our directories and improving user experiences with our site.

At the moment there are still many categories without members / website links and we are looking to fill those with direct marketing efforts early 2009.

After 8 years we’ve come a long way and are happy to say that many of our very first clients are STILL going strong! Getting in early before competitors has it’s advantage yes?

Hope your business is booming and we wish you all the best for the future!

Making sure your website is constructed properly is the most important aspect of your online business strategy.

While site appearance is important - site navigation and site content are paramount to a successful online business.

Do not use frames in your web pages if at all possible, and only use frames if you know how it will affect your search engine rankings.

Overall your site must remain easy to use and contain enough information and marketing to entice the user to take the desired action.

Your website must have adequate targeted text content and pages so the user finds what they are looking for.

Page content and page tiles must also be keyword targeted so the search engines can find what users are looking for and show your page in their search results.

You should have at least a couple of paragraphs of useful, informative and relevant text on each page.

The more quality targeted content your pages have - the higher your pages will rank in search results. Linking keyword text to targeted pages to help with navigation is a good idea.

Your website should have the right components visitors are looking for on your website. Would your users benefit from an online calendar display? a site search engine or a frequently asked questions page?

Business websites should generally be reviewed and adjustments made at least every 3 months to achieve optimum online marketing performance. Gather feedback from clients and people outside the business about your site and take action.

Do not let your website get “stale” - often a redesign and addition of new products / services will rekindle interest from past clients and generate more business.

If your website is not generating results then there is something wrong - and 9 times out of 10 site construction and content improvement is required.

Our free web page and site hosting service is now online!

www.streetflyers.com.au

We have a range of basic pre-generated flyer templates available - or you can create your own webpage from scratch.

You can edit and preview your website using a basic “What you see is what you get” page editor.

Development has begun on the StreetFlyers.com.au website… where we will be offering FREE ONLINE FLYER services!

Users will be able to fill out a form and have an online webpage / flyer generated for them with a url they can use to link to the flyer, such as www.streetflyers.com.au/192/

We will also offer upgrade packages to full self managed DIY basic websites with domain name and email for around $14.95 / month - these packages will also include a standard local directory listing on The Streets Network.

These services are designed to assist the local small / micro business get online and start building their online marketing presence themselves quickly, easily - and without putting pressure on tight budgets.

StreetFlyers will also be printing and delivering local Co-Op advertising flyers to suburbs around Perth ad discount prices to members.