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Welcome to Gecko Gully What We Do

Wordpress Website Design

Christine Abela has been building websites for clients since the early 1990s, using a variety of systems. She now almost exclusively uses WordPress, which is the most widely used Content Management System on the internet today.

Over the last 35 years, she has built thousands of websites, including simple information sites, blogs, and eCommerce (shopping cart) sites. Having been a programmer since the early 1980s, Christine can also develop additional software if required, such as plugins.

Content Creation and SEO (Search Engine Optimisation)

Christine Abela is a strong believer in content marketing, also known as inbound marketing. This approach involves using the content on a website to position the business owner as an authority in their field, and attract visitors to the website from search engines such as Google. It is one form of Search Engine Optimisation, or SEO, which aims to get a website to rank higher on Google.

Christine employs a combination of old-fashioned research, AI, and human writing to create a great deal of content for her clients’ websites. They approve all content before it appears on their site as a blog post.

Content Syndication

Once a blog post has been published, Christine uses software that she helped create to select sentences from the blog post, and schedules multiple posts to appear on social media over the next 12 months. The main social media sites she uses are Facebook, LinkedIn, and Google Business Profile. Christine can also help to set up and optimise these platforms if they are not already being used.

Video Creation and SEO

Christine Abela can create and voice (if desired) a video of the blog post, and upload it to YouTube. As a trained voiceover artist, she has produced many videos for clients. Christine is highly skilled at getting videos to rank on Google. Additionally, these videos can be added to the social media platforms.

GeckoChat

GeckoChat

GeckoChat.ai is a series of Marketing Machines designed to simplify online marketing for your industry. Each toolkit includes a professional website, automated email and social media marketing, plus ready-made content and templates. Each toolkit is tailored to help you build connections and manage marketing tasks with less effort so you can focus more on your clients. See how a Marketing Machine can support your business.

Business Consulting - Business Success Programme

This is Oxygen8’s flagship business consulting programme, designed to help small business owners grow their businesses.

Before working together, Christine Abela offers two meetings, each about an hour in length.  By Zoom anywhere in the world, or in person in South Canterbury, New Zealand.. In the first meeting, she discusses the challenges the business owner is facing, to determine whether there is scope for them to work together.

In the second meeting, Christine asks the business owner 66 questions about their business. They rate themselves from 1 to 5, depending on how they feel their business is doing compared with an ideal business. The answers are entered into a spreadsheet, along with the annual turnover, cost of goods sold, expenses, and wages. The spreadsheet calculates a “profit leakage” figure which shows, theoretically, how much more profit the business owner could make if they improved all the 1, 2, 3, and 4 answers up to 5. All 66 of these questions cover areas that Christine can assist with through the Business Success Programme.

Gecko Gully Courses

Gecko Gully Courses

Gecko Gully Courses are designed for small business owners who want to grow, improve, and thrive. Covering essential topics such as marketing, AI, business operations, social media, and self-development, each course provides practical tools and insights tailored for busy entrepreneurs. Whether you’re looking to enhance your marketing skills, streamline your business with automation, or develop your leadership and time management abilities, Gecko Gully Courses offer accessible, actionable knowledge to help you succeed.

Why Choose Gecko Gully With over 20 years of international experience and a deep technical background, Christine Abela and the team offer solutions that go beyond ordinary.

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Experienced and Innovative: Draw on our over 20 years of global expertise as you navigate the complexities of the digital world. Our approach combines tried-and-true methods with innovative solutions tailored to fit your business’s unique challenges and opportunities.

 

Tech Savvy and Creative Insight: Benefit from a leader who is not only a seasoned programmer but also a creative thinker. This allows for solutions that are both technically sound and imaginatively rich, ensuring your business stands out in the digital landscape.

 

Business Acumen: As a business consultant, Christine doesn’t just examine the technical aspects; she understands your business as a whole. This means developing strategies that improve your online presence and align perfectly with your business goals, fostering growth and customer connection.

 

Personalised Attention: At Gecko Gully, you’re not just another client. Christine’s commitment to personal service means your business receives focused attention and bespoke solutions that large agencies can’t match.

 

Cheryl, Glendon Place

A Gecko Gully website is like having the best of both worlds; it gives you 100% of the control and allows you to post and remove things instantly, yet at the same time you have a master behind the scenes who can fix your problems and makes sure your site continues to operate at peak performance. By far, the best choice I ever made. The service is superb and it gives me such peace of mind to know that when I scream “HELP” that Christine is there to make it right again.

Cheryl
Glendon Place

Leesa

Christine has been a Godsend for me, She has always helped me out when websites are  having problems and in such a way that I do not feel stupid in asking naive questions. I have learnt a great deal over the years from her vast knowledge of the internet and her extreme patience with this little old biddy.

Leesa
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