Improving your Website SEO Sundowner

Everybody wants to get on page one of Google, but it’s incredibly competitive these days.

The good news is that there are plenty of things you can do yourself to improve your ranking on Google search.

Tailored for those at the beginner/intermediate level in website planning, online content writing and SEO, this workshop will help you better understand how you can plan and write content for your website so that your customers can find you more easily.  

Specific topics include:

  • Planning and setting up your website to help your customers find you on Google
  • Tips for writing great online content
  • Keyword research to understand how people search for your business
  • SEO tips to improve your website traffic
  • The importance of blogs, links and listings.

Expert guidance from:
Jane Seman
Jane has over 20 years of marketing and strategy experience, with several years working directly within the creative industries.

Date: Tuesday, 20 February 2018 - 4pm to 6.30pm
Venue: City of Armadale Function Room, 7 Orchard Avenue, Armadale, WA 6112
Cost: $20 incl. GST/person (includes food and drinks)
Event contact: Phone (08) 9336 8000 or visit www.businessfoundations.com.au

Free Connecting Community and Business Sundowner

Are you wanting to work with and give back to the community? Want to connect with other businesses, local community groups and non-profits? Then join us for a sundowner event hosted by the City of Armadale at 5.30pm at The Dale on Wednesday 14 March.

The event will provide a chance for groups to network and discuss potential partnerships and feature a panel of community minded businesses who will share why they get involved in helping community groups.

To book your ticket visit: www.armadale.wa.gov.au/events/connecting-community-and-business-sundowner.

Looking for something different for your next group outing

How about an experience in your own backyard?

We are ready to welcome your group to the Perth Hills Armadale Visitor Centre, we can showcase:

  • The Bert Tyler Vintage Machinery Museum
  • The Armadale Replica First Post office and Morse Code Demonstration.

Your members will receive:

  • Free entry including a light morning tea
  • Free find yourself in Armadale information packs
  • Local products and souvenirs can be purchased with 10% discount on selected items.

Facilities include:

  • Public toilet (including disabled facilities)
  • Coach parking
  • Rest areas
  • Pop into the History House – just down the road.

Check out our regional wineries, cheese factories, koalas, wildlife centre, Araluen Botanic Park, fresh fruit orchards, events and festivals. Customised itineraries available.

For group bookings contact Perth Hills Armadale Visitor Centre phone 9394 5410 or email visitorcentre@armadale.wa.gov.au.

Business Grants

There are a number of grants and awards currently open to businesses across a range of industries.

More details are available via the links below:

» Australian Small Business Champion Awards

» Australian Small Business Advisory Services Digital Solutions

» Youth Jobs Path

NBN Update

Residents and businesses in Armadale and Kelmscott are reminded that if they haven’t already, now is the time to switch to an nbn powered plan.

Several suburbs will be disconnected at some stage in 2018 as nbn™ broadband access network is replacing parts of the existing phone and internet infrastructure. Letters from nbn will be sent out three months and five weeks out from their disconnection date.

Residents and businesses are also reminded that they now have a choice of speeds. When switching to a new plan you want to make sure you choose a speed that suits your specific needs. 

The nbn’s guide to Australia’s new broadband is available at: https://www.nbnco.com.au/nbn-guide.html#next.

A guide for businesses on how to make the switch and a business readiness checklist is available at www.nbn.com.au/business.

The commencement of fixed wireless to service residents and businesses in parts of Forrestdale, Roleystone South and Karragullen has begun through the design and construction phases. For those residents falling outside of the fixed wireless footprint, the Sky Muster satellite service has been available since 2016.

To find the technology services available for your premises and to get the latest information including the Retail Service Providers offering services head to the Check Your Address function on nbn’s website at www.nbnco.com.au/switch.

Local Business Register

The Economic Development team are compiling an internal business register, to improve on how we communicate with local businesses in the area.

To add your name and up-to-date contact details to the business register, please complete the form via www.armadale.wa.gov.au/local-business-register.

Armadale Visitor Centre Membership Drive

Are you a business that is passionate about driving tourism and attracting visitors to the Armadale region?

If this is you, we invite you to join the Armadale Visitor Centre as a member. Together, we can work to promote your business to visitors and boost our local tourism economy.

Our membership program entitles you to a variety of benefits depending on your preferred level, but all memberships include brochure display, e-news updates, business referral, and website promotion. Members also enjoy the benefit of online bookings, invites to industry networking events and social media promotions.

The Armadale Visitor Centre is dedicated to growing tourism within the Perth Hills Armadale region.

The full prospectus can be viewed here.

To find out how to join or learn more, contact Barb or Laura on visitorcentre@armadale.wa.gov.au or call 9394 5463.

Plastic Bag Consultation

From 1 July, lightweight single-use plastic bags will be banned statewide in Western Australia. Western Australians are being asked to provide input into the plastic bag ban.

A Discussion Paper Implementing a lightweight single-use plastic bag ban in Western Australia was released on 20 December 2017 and is open for comment until 9 March 2018. To read the discussion paper and to make a submission via survey monkey or in writing visit www.dwer.wa.gov.au/plastic_bag_ban.

For any questions about the Ban, please contact:

Joanne O’Connor- Senior Environmental Officer, Programs
Department of Water and Environmental Regulation
T: (08) 6364 6575
E: joanne.o’connor@dwer.wa.gov.au

Rebecca Prince-Ruiz - WA Plastic Bag Ban Community Partner Consultant
Boomerang Alliance
M: 0435 084 890

Sharing Economy Education Campaign: Make Sharing Fair

There’s a good chance you’ve heard of platforms like Uber and Airbnb. These platforms and many others are a part of the sharing economy.

If consumers hire or buy goods and services through an online marketplace or sharing economy platform, they are protected by the Australian Consumer Law if things go wrong, in the same way as they would be if they were to buy in store.

Traders are also protected by the Australian Consumer Law and have all the same rights and obligations to consumers, like guaranteeing the services and goods they provide comply with consumer law.

The national Sharing Economy campaign aims to educate consumers and traders on their rights and responsibilities when using sharing economy platforms like Uber and Airbnb.

More information on the Sharing Economy for traders and consumers can be found here:
https://www.commerce.wa.gov.au/consumer-protection/sharing-economy-traders
https://www.commerce.wa.gov.au/consumer-protection/sharing-economy-consumers

Grand Cinemas - Membership Business Sponsorship

Grand Cinemas are offering local business the opportunity to participate in their 2018 Member Loyalty Card Program.

To join the Program, businesses just need to provide a special offer to anyone who presents their Member Loyalty Card to them, and in return will receive promotional support from Grand Cinema, online and in store.

Any enquiries about the Program can be forwarded to: Armadale@grandcinemas.com.au.

Stat Attack

Of the total population in Armadale, 18.8% of our residents spoke a language other than English at home in 2016.

A total of 65 different languages were spoken, which indicates how culturally diverse our population is.

Top languages included:

Mandarin: 1.7%
Filipino/Tagalog: 1.4%
Punjabi: 1.3%
Malayalam: 1.1%

Page Last Reviewed 12 August 2019