Category Archive: Business

August 26, 2014   /   by Marco   /   , , , , ,

Am I a lifestyle entrepreneur?

Am I a lifestyle entrepreneur?

This question never crossed my mind until recently and I realised that maybe… I might be one. If not, it’s maybe something I will aspire to become in the near future! Basically, a lifestyle entrepreneur is someone who starts a business venture with the intention of changing their lifestyle (the way they live their life) […]

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June 23, 2014   /   by Marco   /   ,

Top 5 WordPress Article Sponsorship Plugins

Top 5 WordPress Article Sponsorship Plugins

Here’s a list of my Top 5 WordPress Article Sponsorship Plugins. The one that I’m actually using for this site is called Sponsor My Articles 1. Sponsor My Articles ($17.00) This WordPress Plugin was released in April 2014 and seems to be the most powerful plugin available. It has the following features: Ability to set […]

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June 4, 2014   /   by Marco   /   , ,

How I doubled website traffic and increased SEO rankings

How I doubled website traffic and increased SEO rankings

This is a continuation of a post I wrote last year called SEO tips and tricks proven to work. I decided to spend some time to look at a company’s website which use to ranked very high in Google (1st Page) and had lots of traffic but over the past year it dramatically dropped. I believe […]

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June 3, 2014   /   by Marco   /   , ,

LinkedIn Issue not displaying description and image from WordPress

LinkedIn Issue not displaying description and image from WordPress

So I tried sharing a WordPress blog post on LinkedIn and discovered that LinkedIn wasn’t displaying the description and thumbnail image from the Open Graph meta tags. I thought it could have been the actual post, so I tried different posts and received the same results. WAS THE ISSUE WITH LINKEDIN? No, but firstly let […]

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June 1, 2014   /   by Marco   /   ,

How to test your website speeds

How to test your website speeds

Here’s a few websites to use to test the speed of your website: GOOGLE PAGESPEED The PageSpeed family of tools is designed to help you optimize the performance of your website. PageSpeed Insights products will help you identify performance best practices that can be applied to your site, and PageSpeed optimization tools can help you […]

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March 11, 2014   /   by Marco   /   , , , ,

Websites with Free Images

Websites with Free Images

So you landed on this website because you’re looking for free images. You’ve probably been to a few websites already claiming that they provide free images but then when you try to download the image there is some sort of licensing which prevents you from using them. Argggh… yes the frustration!!! I and many others […]

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March 6, 2014   /   by Marco   /  

Top Online Accounting Software Comparison

Top Online Accounting Software Comparison

A few years ago I compared several Accounting Software packages, Xero, MYOB, Saasu, Quickbooks. I won’t include it here because some of the information is out of date and it is constantly changing. There are so many other sites that provide a comprehensive comparison so I just wanted to let my readers know which one […]

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March 1, 2014   /   by Marco   /   , , ,

Getting more views for your Facebook Page post

Getting more views for your Facebook Page post

  I’m no expert in this area but I’ve recently reliased there’s a few simple ways to increase the number of views for your Facebook post. I have analysed my own Facebook pages analytics information and noticed a pattern, so I thought I’d share a few points with you: 1. Best time to write and […]

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January 13, 2014   /   by Marco   /  

WordPress Bulk Delete Comments

WordPress Bulk Delete Comments

The easiest way I have found to bulk delete comments in WordPress is to use a plugin called Bulk Comments Management. I receive approximately 10-20 spam comments a day and over time this adds up. All you have to do once you install the plugin is to click on Tools then Bulk Comments Management. Then […]

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January 3, 2014   /   by Marco   /   , , , , ,

Recovery of the Optus ZTE V9 after failing pattern and gmail

Recovery of the Optus ZTE V9 after failing pattern and gmail

So my brother had his Optus ZTE V9 tablet tucked away in the cupboard for over a year. When he decided to use the tablet he couldn’t remember what the unlock pattern was. Android has a cool feature to perform a reset after you incorrectly enter the pattern more than 5 times.  If you tried […]

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December 20, 2013   /   by Marco   /  

I love the Christmas hats popping up on logos

I love the Christmas hats popping up on logos

Yes it’s Christmas time but what I like most is seeing Christmas hats popping up on logos. The one I just saw recently is the VLC logo (the hat on the cone):   Then you have your facebook logo:     The awesome Angry Birds:     The less angry but cute twitter bird:   […]

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July 27, 2013   /   by Marco   /   , , , , ,

How to fix a loose rear latch on a Honda CRV Boot Door

How to fix a loose rear latch on a Honda CRV Boot Door

I discovered the boot door of my Honda CRV (2009 model) wouldn’t close properly. Upon close inspection, the rear latch was loose and hence the reason why it didn’t close. This is the latch I’m talking about. So I thought I’d remove the plastic mold cover so I could see why it was loose. That’s […]

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