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I’m normally not one stealing other peoples blog posts, and reposting it, but I found this on a blog I read, and it really makes you think, from a running-a-business-point-of-view

Do you have a market with a sufficiently unmet need?
(Can you articulate what that need is??)
Is the target market big enough to sustain your business and [...]

I was just writing my last post, and looked through my source code on my website.. and I looked at the footer… and what did I find??? SPAM!!!
Outbound links to http://www.loyno.edu/~voigt/n1/………
Hundreds of them.. straight into the wordpress admin, and in the footer.php file, there we have it all.
Wow, that is an odd one…
How it got [...]

Well channel seven have been pumping the advertising of the new series of Gladiators, being screened tonight on Channel 7.  Initially from the ads I saw, nothing really enticed me into watching the show. If I wanted to look and work out where on a man his shoulders and head end and meet, I could [...]

I love seeing people who claim to be “all that and a bag of potato chips” be it in any field.

Australia Post, yes, it’s where we get our mail from. It’s also where you can buy some technologies. I remember years ago I went to pic up a NEC N412i mobile phone from the post office once, and while I was waiting to collect my phone, I saw them for sale brand new, [...]

On my last post, I got a comment from Pink, who had started up a public forum system for locals to get on and talk. Being what I’m like, I offered Pink a domain name and hosting for a proper forum system!
So today, we worked on getting the new forum system up and running. [...]

As most know, South East Queensland is being blessed with tonnes of rain, with up to 3 more weeks expected of it. Most people are grateful for the rain, however, also being the Christmas holidays the roads are twice as busy it makes driving on the road more dangerous.
Last week I was looking at Super [...]

It’s been a busy week - and I haven’t had any time to blog about some important things happening.

John Laws and his last show was on Friday
The New Ploy Episode
The Prime minister Rudd is now in office,
A new Hervey Bay Accommodation Website
And So on,

However, I’ve been very busy finishing work off before I go away [...]

Australia has voted and we’ve elected a new Prime Minster and Governing Party. All hail the new Prime minister of Australia.

I’m a Liberal / National supporter, however, in the closing weeks of the Election Howard did let himself, and the party down with the lack of Positive marketing, he did over use the scare [...]

Its that time of year again, all the Qld students (And Australia Wide) have now completed year 12, and transform from the well, or good, or ok behaved young adults to feral, loud mouthed hooligans. Schoolies, for international readers is where Australian year 12 (last grade of High school) go to popular coastal areas, [...]