Author Archives: Sweet Place

Step one: Planning

Step one: Planning

So you can have the most effective web presence ever, we would consider your market, determining who you want to communicate with and what you want to tell them or sell to them and can involve consideration of such issues as your domain name where choosing an effective website address may or may not include your business name; feedback, inquiry forms or methods of contact which suit your customers’ needs best; careful planning of the content and layout of each web page for maximum impact; and ongoing internet marketing or networking to reach and/or engage with your people wherever they may be in the world. Continue Reading

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Step Two: Building

Step Two: Building

There are still a few things to do before beginning your site. For example, keyword research is important before writing the copy for your pages, if this has not been contracted out to an SEO specialist. (Or you may have completed this research in the planning stages.) This step alone is a good reason to pay a web designer to create your site as it may result in your site being found and read, rather than being like a billboard in a forest. Continue Reading

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Why you should read my blog

I read a lot I keep up to date with online stuff so that you don’t have to. The internet is a fast moving place, trends come and go, and it is difficult to know what to bother learning about. Our brains have other more important things to know about, why waste time investigating things… Continue Reading

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But wait, there’s more!

But wait, there’s more!

Field Work. Sweet Place is one of the original New Zealand-based web development companies (originally nzwebs.com founded in 1999) which has rebranded in April 2017 to take into consideration and utilise the many new tools which are available for use with e-commerce, internet marketing and online networking, with the intention of really making our clients’… Continue Reading

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Learning = saving money + more freedom

Learning = saving money + more freedom

I’ll take you there. When you design and maintain your own website you could be saving thousands of dollars. If you’ve approached web designers for a quote and found that it is beyond your budget, there is another option. With one-on-one tuition, it need not be expensive to make your entrance into the sweet place… Continue Reading

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Research online to get ideas for your website

Research online to get ideas for your website

Keep Looking. In the ideas brainstorming tool, we have a question which invites you to provide results from any “Online Research” you may have done. Keep looking for inspiration from other sites to get clear on what you like about – this can be one of the most useful things you can do for your… Continue Reading

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How to do facebook and melt your clients’ hearts

How to do facebook and melt your clients’ hearts

Love Cats. Imagine having a community of your clients that have so much respect for your business that they regularly login to your facebook page and respectfully communicate with each other all the while leaving you the most grateful and honest reviews you could ever hope to read! It is possible with some effort and… Continue Reading

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Affiliates and Resources

Affiliates and Resources

With a little help from my friends. Sweet Place is proud to be affiliated with the following online business leaders: Hostgator is the leading provider of hosting in the world.  Prices are affordable, security is world-class and service is exceptional.  I recommend Hostgator for the important reasons above PLUS they often have great specials.  Like this one: Shopify is… Continue Reading

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What to do when you stuff up

What to do when you stuff up

Sorry seems to be the hardest word. Imagine it, your almost-client spends almost $1000 to take a ferry and petrol costs to drive for hundreds of miles to attend a workshop they booked and paid for online at your well-known eco institute. The irony of the petrol use is not lost on them, but your… Continue Reading

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