It has been slightly more than a month since I started on this intrepid journey to self-employment and sole proprietorship. Actually I am quite surprised it has only been about 40 days since I signed the option to take over the shop, because it does seem like I’ve done quiteContinue Reading

And so I hadn’t been active on my blog for quite some time. And when I finally found time to post one about my family’s recent field trip, I realised that my WordPress content management system was outdated and I needed to update it. But I had a lot ofContinue Reading

Remember when I started this blog? It was part of my marketing effort to improve visits to my website – Bring Me There. I read up loads of books on website design and marketing and I spent hours playing around with HTML and writing and rewriting articles for it. AndContinue Reading

I just finished reading or rather skimming through another book about writing on the Internet – Letting Go of the Words: Writing Web Content that Works by Janice (Ginny) Redish. I have to comment that this is a good book, with good recommendations presented in an easy to grab andContinue Reading

After the initial excitement of publishing my website and visiting it three times a day at the minimum, I pursued relentlessly to complete the initial framework. In addition to submitting my url on Google, The Missing Manual suggested registering my site on DMOZ – the Open Directory Project to increase my PageRank. HoweverContinue Reading

After fiddling with HTML for several days, I needed another book to help me expand my knowledge of website building. So it was another trip back to the library. While I pride myself on being able to pick up new knowledge quickly, there were certain limitations to it and theyContinue Reading

It is amazing how one person’s inspiration can make an impact in another person’s life. My colleague decided that he was going to start his own retail business, bought a ticket to China, brought back some merchandise, set up his online boutique and then his business starting taking off. IContinue Reading