By Dillon Boivin, on August 13th, 2010
Did I scam Simon Rickett!!!
It was Monday morning and Simon came bursting into my office with his usual hyper bravado and typical Simon Rickett self-belief.
“Come on then Mr SEO, let’s have a bet…”
To which I replied
“A bet on what?”
Simon starts to get animated now…
“Well, as you are our SEO expert, here is a challenge… I want to prove to you I can beat you at SEO and get a new website onto the first page of Google before you can!”
Hmm, an interesting challenge, getting a totally new website onto the first page of Google, I was up to the challenge and the rules were set…
First page of Google
For a search term with over 2 million (yes I know we both like a challenge) results returned by Google
With a BRAND NEW website on a BRAND NEW domain
… The scene was set
Now for the bet…
We agreed that the winner would get lunch bought by the other, the problem was we didn’t know how long it would take, it could be days, weeks or more likely months so we agreed that we would void the bet after a month!
Well get ready for this…
Simon Rickett doesn’t like losing, he rarely does… but face facts … continue reading article.
By Dillon Boivin, on October 24th, 2009
Worries about long term job security and the growing number of people opting for voluntary redundancy post-recession is making self employment an increasingly attractive choice for people of all ages.
Rising unemployment – coupled with the realisation that few jobs are ‘for life’ any more – is encouraging thousands to consider giving up the ‘nine to five’ in favour of becoming their own bosses.
And, as many successful entrepreneurs will testify, becoming the master – or mistress – of your own destiny can be the best move you will ever make.
However, starting out completely by yourself – especially if you’ve been used to working in a conventional employment setting for many years – can be daunting.
This says Dillon Boivin, director of growing franchise Activ Web Design, is where becoming a franchisee may be a better option.
He said: “In many instances people have the right skills se, contacts and business acumen to take the entrepreneurial route but are often put off because they’ve been used to the support structure conventional employment provides.
“If you’re used to having colleagues and managers to discuss work issues with, then the notion of going it alone can seem quite overwhelming.
“With a franchise like Activ though, people can still … continue reading article.
