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Marketing Recommendations Please! 7th November 2012 10:55 AM
“Hiya!

I have recently completed my website but am overwhelmed with which company to engage for marketing. No doubt all of you have experienced this at some stage.”

Welcome aboard automater and congrats on the new business.

It sounds like you have a marketing budget which is great (most people don't!) but sounds like you don't have much of a marketing plan.

Before you hand over your hard earned cash, everyone you talk to will promise you xyz. Sit down and first decide what it is exactly you want to achieve. Sounds obvious, but there's no point in spending a
Put me in charge . . .. 7th November 2012 10:33 AM
“..its spoken in the english, but with an afrikaans accent.”

See that's what us Brits do when we go abroad We talk slowly in English, but with a dodgy fake accent, normally French

"allo, 'ave you any baked beans and bread? Mercy very much"

Ok, I'm going to see how Afikaans and Google Translate handles StarTrek

Is dit waar jy harige Vulcan ore en een keer van 'n Klingon?
Put me in charge . . .. 6th November 2012 10:17 PM
“lol Nee, ek moes net eenvoudig nie opgestaan het nie. ”

I like this game

Het jy geweet daar is nie 'n Afrikaanse woord vir Babelfish?
Becoming a Non Smoker 6th November 2012 3:28 PM
“Dreamraven fell off the wagon and is now embarassed .”

Awww Nooooooooooo

A little PC stress is a poor excuse

Now dig out that YouTube video you saw that scared you in the first place and start again!

Maybe we need to fly Paul to South Africa to sort you out!
Becoming a Non Smoker 6th November 2012 10:29 AM
“You need a young priest and an old priest..”

oh my word, Pauls going to perform an exorcism!

Right, back to Dreamraven and news update of her non-smoking
Well after the directory in question wouldn't talk to us, this thread went live on the 25/10/12 and low and behold we get an apology from the director on the 05/11/12, accepting full responsibility and asking us to take the forum thread down.

I've now removed all references to the URL in question and will close this thread.

MLF strikes again
Becoming a Non Smoker 5th November 2012 8:05 PM
“Ok the cigs (for me) have been easy to quit, but can reducing the ammount of gum consumed be that hard?”

I like chewing gum! I need to get myself back down the gym after falling off the wagon which is higher up my priority queue than a few sticks of gum
Put me in charge . . .. 5th November 2012 7:58 PM
“and do I need to subscribe with my credit card? ”

Whose bright idea was it to call the forum MLF

You've all got a one track mind..... pervs...
google local question 5th November 2012 7:46 PM
“Every month you need to submit it to different online directories (free and paid ones to) to get back as many links as you can. This is what is called Citation.”

Interesting to hear that. Citations always used to be the trick with google places, is this still the case then with google local in this post panda/penguin world?
Stress or what 5th November 2012 1:37 PM
“To add insult to injury it took 3 weeks to get our internet up and running, but now we are on here agin we intend to make the most of it.”

Welcome back and best of luck

Fingers crossed for a busy winter!