Recently I have been discussing the different values between free and paid content.

Free brings traffic, more traffic means more for advertising on your site/conversions versus less traffic and a harder time to convert sales (more work). Less work (giving away free content) is better as you can focus on making better free content. Long term free over the charge model in my mind is a better business model. Mainly because there is no added complexity for chasing your earnings. The earnings on a free model come from advertising and similar rather than having to qualify and convert sales through the paid content method.

A month ago I received a thankyou gift from a client for the completion of a large project. This gave me the idea that I should write a post covering it. This is something that people forget, that whether giving or receiving a thankyou gift, it helps reinforce the client/supplier relationship. As an added bonus you can give your branded products to the client (like an iPod with your company name laser etched on the back, and preloaded with some free music/corporate ads) helping keep your name in front of them that much longer.

VistaBella.com.au is now online and is seeing some great traffic coming in. Although it is in its final BETA phase, the amount of positive feedback is just great.

Check out the website at http://www.vistabella.com.au especially if you are looking for a luxury holiday rental on the central coast of New South Wales.

I recently discovered the command shift three website for rating websites. After adding the bittenbydesign.com website to the list, I have seen a serious positive response to the website and its style.

Check out the page on command shift three at http://commandshift3.com/site/bittenbydesign.com 

As of writing the website has won 63% of its battles on the site against other sites in similar categories.