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Maria Pantalone, Infinite Growth

Maria Pantalone, Infinite Growth

Infinite Growth works with individuals and businesses to improve their communication skills so that they can professionally present their products ... Read more

Fiona Johnston, Peach Business Management

Fiona Johnston, Peach Business Management

Fiona works with small business owners getting started or growing an existing business. Her services include creating business plans, tax planning ... Read more

Ann Nixon, Sydney Psych.

Ann Nixon, Sydney Psych.

Ann Nixon provides broad counselling and psychotherapy services to clients in the inner city and eastern suburbs of Sydney. Read more

Mark Rubiolo, Bubbling With Energy Entertainment

Mark Rubiolo, Bubbling With Energy Entertainment

Bubbling With Energy provides entertainment and amusements for corporate events and private parties including jumping castles, mechanical bulls, su... Read more

Roland Hanekroot, New Perspectives Small Business Bootcamp

Roland Hanekroot, New Perspectives Small Business Bootcamp

Roland Hanekroot is a small business coach in Sydney who works with small business owners who want to make a big shift in their business and turn i... Read more

Troy Dean, Tonto Digital

Troy Dean, Tonto Digital

Tonto Digital helps small businesses use the internet, in all its glory, to attract new customers and grow their business. Read more

Felicity Van Rysbergen, Well Versed Copywriting

Felicity Van Rysbergen, Well Versed Copywriting

Well Versed Copywriting specialises in creating corporate web content, information architecture and analysis, and marketing documentation for a bro... Read more

Emma Bannister, Presentation Studio

Emma Bannister, Presentation Studio

Presentation Studio offers a complete presentation design service, from PowerPoint Templates and Design, and Training to Public Speaker coaching. T... Read more

Jen Clark, Jen Clark Design

Jen Clark, Jen Clark Design

Jen Clark is an experienced freelance graphic and web designer specialising in the delivery of innovative logo and branding solutions and functiona... Read more

Emma Wilson, Upclose & Virtual

Emma Wilson, Upclose & Virtual

Upclose & Virtual provides professional, cost effective, secretarial services for businesses and individuals throughout Australia to reduce the bur... Read more

Peter Crocker, Sam Leader, Robert Gerrish - Flying Solo

Peter Crocker, Sam Leader, Robert Gerrish - Flying Solo

Peter Crocker, marketing head honcho, Sam Leader, editorial big cheese and Robert Gerrish, founder and general nuisance spill the beans. Read more

Paula Durrant, Durrant’s Accounting Services Pty Ltd

Paula Durrant, Durrant’s Accounting Services Pty Ltd

Paula Durrant is a tax accountant for small to medium businesses, and high income individuals. Read more

Bev Wilkinson, Golden Days Images

Bev Wilkinson, Golden Days Images

Golden Days Images preserves old photos and places them on DVD and CD. They are also branching out into capturing small events involving filming an... Read more

Deb Pilgrim

Deb Pilgrim

Deb Pilgrim helps small business owners start, grow and lead their business, so that they can create the life they want. Read more

Karen Churchill, The Churchill Consultancy

Karen Churchill, The Churchill Consultancy

Karen Churchill helps her clients achieve their goals by communicating as well as possible with the people who matter to them. This can be done by ... Read more

Gabriel Dukes, Shelcom Corporate Services

Gabriel Dukes, Shelcom Corporate Services

Shelcom Corporate Services help make the government registration process of starting up a company simple, fast and faultless for new business owners. Read more

Sean Sherlock, SAmedia Website Solutions

Sean Sherlock, SAmedia Website Solutions

From small start-ups to seasoned soloists, SAmedia Website Solutions designs websites that enhance online position and improve new leads and recurr... Read more

Hazel Theocharous, Assisting U Virtually

Hazel Theocharous, Assisting U Virtually

Hazel Theocharous is a virtual assistant who listens to her clients and then assesses their admin, assists with their admin and answers their admin... Read more

Banika Smee, Witjuti

Banika Smee, Witjuti

Witjuti has a range of bamboo clothing designed for yoga, travel, maternity or just lounging around. Read more

Tony Cosentino, The WordPress Guy

Tony Cosentino, The WordPress Guy

Tony Cosentino builds WordPress websites, trains businesses how to manage a WordPress site and provides long term fanatical support for WordPress s... Read more

Maria Pantalone, Infinite Growth
Fiona Johnston, Peach Business Management
Ann Nixon, Sydney Psych.
Mark Rubiolo, Bubbling With Energy Entertainment
Roland Hanekroot, New Perspectives Small Business Bootcamp
Troy Dean, Tonto Digital
Felicity Van Rysbergen, Well Versed Copywriting
Emma Bannister, Presentation Studio
Jen Clark, Jen Clark Design
Emma Wilson, Upclose & Virtual
Peter Crocker, Sam Leader, Robert Gerrish - Flying Solo
Paula Durrant, Durrant’s Accounting Services Pty Ltd
Bev Wilkinson, Golden Days Images
Deb Pilgrim
Karen Churchill, The Churchill Consultancy
Gabriel Dukes, Shelcom Corporate Services
Sean Sherlock, SAmedia Website Solutions
Hazel Theocharous, Assisting U Virtually
Banika Smee, Witjuti
Tony Cosentino, The WordPress Guy
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On your business website, having good content is crucial to attract visitors to your site. Here we provide you with tips for writing website content that works hard for your business. We outline the nine pages your small business website should have including a home page, an about us page and a why choose us page and show you how to use website content to pull visitors to your website and inspire them to stay.


Content marketing for small business

11 Jan 12 | Danielle MacInnis

In an environment that’s overloaded with marketing messages, content marketing could help you stand out from the crowd. So what is it and how might you use it? Read more

Comments: 1

Writing website content: How to write your ‘Why choose?’ page

28 Sep 11 | Lucinda Lions

Written effectively, a Why choose? page can be one of your website’s most persuasive pages, turning random clicks into excited clients who are ready to buy. Here are some helpful tips for writing website content. Read more

Comments: 6

Nine pages your small business website should have

27 Jul 11 | Lucinda Lions

Website visitors get frustrated if they don’t find the information they expect on certain pages. This article outlines nine pages your small business website should have, and why. Read more

Comments: 20

Powerful ways of writing web copy

01 Apr 11 | Lucinda Lions

Revamping your website copy can increase the number of enquiries you receive, and improve your conversion rate. Here are key things you need to consider when writing web copy. Read more

Comments: 8

The do’s and don’ts of website contact pages

14 Jan 11 | Amanda Gonzalez

Often overlooked, your website contact page plays an integral role in nurturing a successful relationship with a potential new client – or stopping it dead in its tracks. Read more

Comments: 15

The woes of web copy waffle

05 Jan 11 | Lucinda Lions

Web copy waffle can turn your website from a lead-generation tool into a lead-demolition tool. In this article find out what web copy waffle is, and why you urgently need to remove it from your website. Read more

Comments: 27

Uniqueness: Your website’s secret weapon

25 Oct 10 | Lucinda Lions

Your website has one weapon to rule them all. In this article, find out how you can use your uniqueness to wield it to achieve the most powerful results. Read more

Comments: 18

More tips for writing killer web content

17 Sep 10 | Gary Chow

To be effective, website copy needs to be engaging. In this article I’ll help you with writing web content in a way that really pulls readers in. Read more

Comments: 7

Website copy tips: Writing your About page

02 Aug 10 | Lucinda Lions

Your About page can be critical in encouraging customers to do business with you, but get it wrong, and it could make them do an about face! Here are some helpful website copy tips for writing your About page. Read more

Comments: 10

Tips for writing web content

31 Jul 10 | Gary Chow

On your website, content is king. Here are some tips for writing web content so it works hard for your business. Read more

Comments: 1

Why your website copy needs to get F’d!

05 Jul 10 | Lucinda Lions

If you want to convert more of your website visitors into paying customers, then your website copy may need to get F’d. Read more

Comments: 5

Improve your website homepage copy

28 Jun 10 | Amanda Gonzalez

Your homepage is arguably the most important element of your website. In just a few minutes each, these six quick steps will rejuvenate your website homepage copy and get it working harder. Read more

Comments: 7

Does your website suck?

22 Nov 09 | Lucinda Lions

Does your website instantly pull visitors in and inspire them to stay? Does your website entice people to return day after day? In other words, does your website have sucking power? If not, here are some helpful tips. Read more

Comments: 19

Writing for the web

29 Apr 09 | Robert Gerrish

Writing for the web is not the same as writing for a brochure or magazine. There are many essential differences that you need to consider. Here are 23 simple tips I’ve picked up over the years. Read more

Comments: 4

Making your website’s homepage work

05 Mar 09 | Amanda Gonzalez

Your website's homepage is Increasingly the first impression of your business, and this piece of prime real estate can make or break your cred. So what can you do to keep your visitors reading? Read more

Comments: 18

Writing websites: Do your words work?

25 Jul 06 | Sam Leader

How many of your customers come to you as a result of your website? If the answer’s not many, perhaps it’s time to put the spotlight on your site’s content and look at the best way of writing websites. Read more

Comments: 3

 

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