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Explore the Netplanet Digital Blog, a hub designed for small to medium business owners and industry professionals across Sydney and Australia. Whether you're a marketer, developer, designer, or content writer, find practical insights, expert advice, and the latest strategies in Website Development, SEO, Google Ads, Social Media, Graphic Design, Branding, Content Marketing and more to elevate your digital efforts.
Sydney Summer Sales: Why Start Your Holiday Marketing Now

Sydney Summer Sales: Why Start Your Holiday Marketing Now

Summer doesn’t wait - and neither do Sydney shoppers. They start browsing earlier, buying faster, and choosing the businesses that show up first. Most Sydney business owners already know summer gets busy. What they often miss is when it starts. By the time you’re launching campaigns in November, your early competitors have...

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How to Create a Facebook Business Page and Portfolio

How to Create a Facebook Business Page and Portfolio

If you're still managing your business from a personal Facebook profile, you're missing out. Big time. You can't run ads properly, you can't track insights worth a damn, and frankly, you look unprofessional to anyone checking you out on socials.  A Facebook Business Page with a proper

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A marketing team gathered around a conference table reviewing campaign data and discussing the profitability of Facebook (Meta) Ads versus Google Ads, with a Google search page displayed on a monitor in the background.

Which is More Profitable: Facebook (Meta) Ads or Google Ads?

If you’ve been trying to figure out whether to put your marketing budget into Google Ads or Meta Ads (Facebook and Instagram), you’re really asking a deeper question: Are you talking to people who are already searching, or showing your offer to people who didn’t know they needed it yet? Neither...

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Everything You Need to Know About Performance Max Campaigns

Everything You Need to Know About Performance Max Campaigns

Performance Max is a campaign type inside Google Ads that automatically places your ads across all of Google’s networks. Instead of choosing just Search or Shopping, your ads can appear across all of Google’s channels, including YouTube, Gmail, Discover, Display, and even Google Maps when linked with location assets. Here’s how...

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Showing your own photos builds a stronger online presence and attracts more attention

Showing Your Own Photos Builds a Stronger Digital Presence and Attracts More Attention

If someone lands on your website, your Google Business Profile, or your Instagram grid today, what do they feel first - connection or caution? It's a split-second judgment, and images do most of the talking. When your brand is represented by the same handful of stock models and glossy illustrations everyone...

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Your brand deserves more than random hashtags

Graphic Design for Social Media: How to Optimise for Better Engagement

So, one thing you should know is this: graphic design for social media is not the same as designing for print. It just isn’t. You might be the best at magazine layouts or poster design, but if you apply the same techniques to a Facebook post or an Instagram story,...

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The Best Content Types for Service-Based Businesses

The Best Content Types for Service-Based Businesses

If you’re running a service-based business, creating content is the one thing that helps people find you, trust you, and eventually patronise you. People don’t buy services the way they buy products. You can’t just hold up a picture of your service and say, “Here’s what you’ll get.” Services are...

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How August Boosts Retail Sales in Australia Compared to July

Is August Better for Retail Sales Than July in Australia? Here’s the Data!

It’s no surprise that winter is generally a tough season for shopping. There are no major public holidays like Christmas or Black Friday during July and August in Australia. Also, between June and August, most people tend to spend less, stay indoors, and hold off on buying things they consider non-essentials....

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Mood, Sales, and Business in Sydney's Winter

Mood, Sales, and Business in Sydney’s Winter

If you've ever felt a bit flat when the skies are grey and the wind's howling outside, you’re not imagining it. Cold, gloomy weather really does mess with how we feel and what we do. There’s even a name for it: Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD). It’s a...

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How Keyword Stuffing Affects SEO Performance

How Keyword Stuffing Affects SEO Performance

If you’ve just started learning about SEO for your local Sydney business, you’ve probably heard the phrase keyword stuffing tossed around like it’s some kind of forbidden spell. Maybe you were told keywords are important, but no one really explained how much is too much, or what too much...

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