Using the Google Adwords Tool today, Google has kindly asked me to type the following characters into its HUMAN detection field…what do I do?  Thanks Google!

On the other note we still love the Google Keyword Tool to help us to the keyword research when we need.  There are so many tools available now, that are making life easier, so not sure how long we will all still be using our Google friendly tool.

Steve Job’s has had an impact in nearly all our lives in some way or another, through inspiration, passion, vision and most of all in his humble nature.  Our thoughts go to his close family and friends and we know that the world has lost a great person, but his legacy and contribution to the world will never be forgotten.

A great flashback on the life of Steve Jobs, only a snippet we know, but wow how he has changed the world we live in.

Thanks Steve Jobs and may you Rest In Peace.

Statement released by Apple’s Board of Directors

A great story on 60 mins last month, looking into the revolution in the retail market in Australia and overseas.

The story features Net-A-Porter (a few of my client’s favourite online shopping site, you know who you are) and a quick inside on the number of staff employed and how fulfillment works with online stores.

Australian retailers have to get smarter and not throw their hands up in the air.  It is not ‘too hard’, you need careful planning, an online strategy, a user friendly website (your online shopfront) and just a few other things and you are off and running.

It doesn’t matter if it takes you a bit of time to get there…but you need to start today!  As the story outlines shopping has not slowed down it is a $15 billion industry online.

Spend a few minutes, it is worth the watch.

This is the resignation letter Steve Jobs sent to the Apple board:

To the Apple Board of Directors and the Apple Community:

I have always said if there ever came a day when I could no longer meet my duties and expectations as Apple’s CEO, I would be the first to let you know. Unfortunately, that day has come.

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Joomla is a powerful content management system (CMS), which allows you to build websites and is a great foundation for your business to grow online. The number of pre-built applications and components that are available to configure and install in Joomla are endless and growing each day.  Oh yeah did I mention that Joomla is free?  That is the best bit, Joomla is an open source CMS, so it is free for you to use for your website.

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Twitter has been around for a while now and although there are 1001 ‘Social Networking’ and ‘Twitter’ seminars available on the internet, I still bump into at least one person a day who asks me ‘What should I do with Twitter?”  After speaking to them for just five minutes you can soon realise there are a few basic questions most people have:

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Google plays such a big part in our online life (yes I know that is scary), that these days whenever Google does anything, a buzz goes through the entire world wide web.  Everyone starts talking about it and all businesses start to think we need to be a part of it and/or we need to do something.

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Many of my clients ask me about why they should have a Company blog and following that, ‘what do we write in it’?

As a rule of thumb, yes most businesses will benefit from a Blog.  But like most things in life, the best rule is to keep it simple.  You will hear me say this about how we approach all aspects of communications on line.  Also refer to my hints on blogs at Internet Marketing.

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