December 2009 – Nico Baird
Month: December 2009	Backup Time, Mistletoe and Wine
Another tip I have to give you is not only to make one copy of all your data, rather make two copies. Keep one copy in your house but at least a few meters from your computer. The other copy you keep at work or maybe at a friend or a family member’s house. You should make backups on a regular basis. Before you leave for the coast, first make the backups. You will thank me if something happens. Posted via email from nico’s posterous Posted in Internet	Webbemarking
Posted on December 12, 2009 by nicobaird	Na nog ‘n aantal eposse oor die bemarking van besighede op die Internet dink ek dat ek weer ‘n paar konsepte moet deel. Om op die web te bemark kan ‘n goedkoop oefening wees, maar dit kan ook ‘n baie duur oefening wees as jy dit nie reg bestuur nie. Die mees bekende bemarkingsenjin op die Internet is verseker Google se Adsense. Jy registreer daarvoor by http://adsense.google.com. Jy skep dan basies vir jouself ‘n advertensie en deur ‘n paar keuses te maak begin jou advertensieveldtog sommer vinnig op die Internet. Wees net seker dat jy ‘n realistiese begroting kies en nie jou bemarking te outomaties maak nie. Jy kies die bedrag (in Dollars) wat jy per dag wil spandeer en indien jy nie mooi ‘n ogie hou nie begin die Dollars bymekaar tel en voor jy dit weet moet jy betaal. Dit is egter ‘n baie effektiewe bemarkingsplatform.
Die ander bemarkingsenjin wat ek baie hoog aanbeveel is Facebook se eie advertensies. Hierdie advertensies word op lede van Facebook se bladsye vertoon en met die ongelooflike groei van Facebook reg oor die wereld kan jy maar seker wees dat jou advertensies gesien sal word. Die opstel van hierdie advertensies is ook geweldig maklik om te doen. Jy moet self ‘n Facebook profiel he om op Facebook te bemark, maar jy sal die skakel onderaan die bladsy sien (ads and pages). Jy kan internasionaal bemark of selfs net in Suid-Afrika, jy het selfs die keuse of jy net wil he mans moet jou advertensies sien of dalk net vroue. As jy ‘n paar rand het om te spandeer op bemarking is hierdie beslis jou belangrikste bemarkings veldtog tans. Dit is geweldig maklik om hierdie twee bemarkingsenjins te gebruik en indien jy ‘n maatskappy gaan huur om dit namens jou te doen gaan jy jou geld in die water gooi. Jy kan dit maklik self doen. Posted via email from nico’s posterous Posted in Internet	Christmas Shopping Online
Posted in Internet	Afrihost – my new ISP
Posted on December 2, 2009 by nicobaird	I have owned my own ISP for a few years. Even though I have the full company which offers all the services other ISP’s offer, I have not done the marketing and brand building. I have owned ClickSA for about three years now and if ever I find the energy and the prices whole-sale prices of bandwidth decrease to such an extent that I feel I will be able to make a profit without ripping off customers I am sure I will build the company. (if you want to build the brand, just contact me and we can work something out, as I believe prices will start to fall soon)
I then felt obliged to try the service from www.afrihost.com just to see if there is an affordable option! I am very happy to announce that they are the one and only affordable option at this stage. I do not know how prices will decrease in the near future, but I must state that the service I received has been quite brilliant. I have asked questions and even after joining my questions were answered, often by Gian who is the CEO of the company. The client interface is also quite easy to understand and I do believe that they have thought hard about making it as easy as possible for their customers.
Nico Baird Posted via email from nico’s posterous Posted in Internet	Pages	About