Communication is key

Communication – what platform do you use??

Interesting thought of the day.  How does your business answer messages? There are so many platforms…Instagram Facebook Snapchat email phone calls! Do you find it hard to keep up with them all? When do you get time off as a small business. When do you not answer? It’s a thought that crosses my mind often, when do you say give me five? It’s not bad …

Continue Reading
Apps_Mobile

Need an App Developer?

So you want to get a Mobile App developed. This guide is aimed at beginners to mobile app design it will just get you started on what to expect. If you have an idea and you wish to take it further then talk to us about your Mobile App aspirations. If its a new idea you want to protect we …

Continue Reading
cdn

What is a CDN?

Whats the CDN? So firstly CDN stands for Content Delivery Network. In lamens terms a CDN delivers the content of your website more quickly and efficiently to your visitors based on their location. A CDN is made up of a network of servers, we often refer to these sorts of hosting as Cloud based. They are all over the world …

Continue Reading
contracts

Contracts are GOLD!

I have noticed that quite a few businesses that come to me have had a bad experience before I came into their lives… mostly due to mis communication, goals not achieved or just bad design… This is for both sides of the fence, whether you are a business looking to hire a creative or a creative pitching…. GET A FLIPPING CONTRACT!!!!!!! Yes its …

Continue Reading
secure

Are you secure?

Its been a while since I have posted a tip…. were you guys waiting? I just thought I would mention about getting your website changed over from a HTTP to HTTPS. Most clients have completed this task by now and have made sure that there hosting package has either a stand alone SSL Certificate or a shared one. This gives you the …

Continue Reading
youtube

YouTube channels and copyright.

Did you know that YouTube as of today can now warn creators and posters about copyright issues. For those of you that have You Tube channels or are thinking about it as a way to make money then this is going to make the process of uploading video that complies with Google guidelines priceless. YouTube is rolling out a new tool called …

Continue Reading
domain

Register your domain name…

Domain names need to reflect the business, easy to remember so once you have a business name and have checked that the domain is available (see previous post) then what next… I suggest that you keep your domain names all together, and if possible keep them with the hosting provider you use. Buy your domains for the future… ie get .com.au but …

Continue Reading
what_name

What’s in a Name?

BUSINESS NAMES…I often see people on groups asking about names for their businesses. Want to save some time? If this is a new business I strongly suggest you take these steps first…- Choose a unique name for your business then.- use a business name search through the Australian Securities and Investments Commission’s (ASIC) website, ASIC Connect, which lists all Australian registered company …

Continue Reading

Under the surface…SEO

You are aware of website ranking I’m sure. You want to be page 1 .. this part of web design takes time .. sometimes up to a year to get exactly right. This great graphic shows some of the work that has to be done in order to get a site google or in fact any search engine ready. It can take …

Continue Reading
compression_of_images_blog

Under Compression….

Here’s a quick tip … compress your images and call them by a name that makes sense… gshstv.jpg is not going to help you..product_use_position.jpg will.. Compress using tinypng.com and keep under 2000pixels wide as screen sizes on most computers will be max 1920 across.. Here is a couple of examples of the same image with the same settings.. The above image is name …

Continue Reading