Here’s my simple demo of the ease of use and abilities of ChatGPT. The prompt I provided was: “Design a 3 course menu with entree, main course and dessert using food commonly associated with Tasmania, Australia, that I can easily cook on a camping trip using just a gas cooktop.” This is the menu I […]
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Beware Instagram Emails offering Verification!
There have been many reports of people getting phishing emails that appear to be from Instagram, offering a tempting opportunity to be verified under a new Meta Verification system. Be careful if you see one, because these fake emails will cause you a lot of problems. What is a Phishing email? A phishing email is […]
For 24 years we’ve been running this business
That’s as long as Smokie lived next door to Alice! (Old guy cultural reference – see here for details.) Mel and I have now been in business for 24 years – last Friday was the anniversary date.. A nice dinner was had to celebrate with the team at Jimmy Wah’s on the Gold Coast. We’ve […]
Local electrician shout out
A quick shout out to Benn Bethune, a mate’s son who has flicked the switch and commenced his own electrical services business here on the Gold Coast. Vantage Point Electrical provides a large range of domestic and commercial electrical services. We assisted Benn with his initial website and wish him all the best!
GoDaddy breach
GoDaddy (a domain registrar and web hosting company) has been breached by hackers. Possible information stolen includes customer & employee login credentials – so anybody with GoDaddy (domains or hosting, etc) should change their passwords on all GoDaddy logins (and if they re-used the password elsewhere, change that too). We’re not sure what other data […]
Alltrades Excavator Hire launched
A big welcome to our clients Alltrades Excavator Hire and congrats on the launch of their new and very neat excavator hire website. Alltrades Excavator Hire has a complete range of excavators within the fleet for hire. Fully licenced and insured, we offer the best excavators available on the Gold Coast, Logan & Bay Area.
SEO ain’t dead
We do search engine optimisation for a range of clients and know our stuff. SEO done right can turn a business instantly profitable. The chart below shows a retail client (who also has a brick-and-mortar store and sells online). If you’d like to chat re boosting your business profile, get in touch here or call […]
The Right Answer To “What’s Your Budget?”
I was talking online marketing with a couple of people today. When you’re looking at doing marketing for anyone your basically need to know 2 things: 1. A goal. 2. A budget. 80% Don’t Mention Their Budget I always ask for both. What happens, in 80% of cases, is that people: don’t have a budget […]
Ouch! Don’t be so quick to get rid of the incumbent
One of our old clients had a hotel in a fairly remote location here in Australia – a small country town. We took care of their web site. As soon as he sold the business, the new owners had the web site taken down and a new one put up. All well and good, except […]
Welcome to Metwide – IT and communication solutions
Great to have the Metwide team onboard the Tailored train for a little assistance with their marketing. Metwide is a leading-edge IT and communication solutions business, with its head office in Sydney. They provide a full range of services from enterprise ethernet to cloud backup to remote monitoring solutions and the list goes on. Looking […]