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Posted by Toby Jenkins on 30.07.2009

Human Resources in web design – QUT Creative Industries – Presentation to Work Placement Students

HR is a hot topic at Bluewire Media at the moment! We’ve chosen it as our theme for the quarter and everyone has committed to their own goals to contribute to improving this area of our business and making sure we’re having fun at the same time!
Yesterday, Adam, Angela and I went along to a [...]

Posted on 30.07.2009 at 3:28 pm. See other posts by Toby Jenkins   View Comments  
HR, Web Design Jobs.
Posted by Adam Franklin on 29.07.2009

SEM for beginners (Search Engine Marketing)

SEM expert, Craig Somerville, General Manger at Reload Media, discusses what SEM is, why it’s important in marketing and what to expect when you engage an SEM professional.
Craig answers the following questions:

What is SEM (search engine marketing)?
What are the benefits of SEM?
How does Google determine where you rank?
What can clients do themselves to improve their own [...]

Posted on 29.07.2009 at 11:15 am. See other posts by Adam Franklin   View Comments  
SEM, Search Engine Marketing.
Posted by Adam Franklin on 28.07.2009

Interview with SEO expert Llew Jury

Bluewire Media interviews search engine optimisation, SEO expert Llew Jury, of Reload Media.
In this interview, Llew addresses the following questions:

What’s the best thing about SEO?
What led you to become an expert in the field of SEO?
What are Top 3 things you need to know to be successful in SEO?
What’s the best way to get started?
How [...]

Posted on 28.07.2009 at 9:30 am. See other posts by Adam Franklin   View Comments  
SEO.
Posted by Sarah Hyne on 25.07.2009

Weekly round-up

Google Wave Developer Preview at Google I/O 2009 — You Tube
Google Wave is Coming: 100,000 Invites Go Out on September 30th — Mashable
7 Red Flags that Reveal to Google That You’re an SEO Criminal – Avoid These! — Winning The Web
Card.ly let’s you create cool online business cards in a matter of minutes — TechCrunch
Bank [...]

Posted on 25.07.2009 at 9:15 am. See other posts by Sarah Hyne   View Comments  
Fun, Innovation, Inspiring, Trends, google, social media, technology, twitter, web design.
Posted by Adam Franklin on 22.07.2009

SEO for Beginners (Search Engine Optimisation)

SEO expert Llew Jury of Reload Media shares some SEO tips in this interview with Bluewire Media.
Llew answers the following questions:

What is SEO?
What are the benefits of SEO?
How does Google determine your website’s ranking?
What can people do to improve their ranking?

SEO Brisbane:  For search engine optimisation that guarantees “Top 10″ results on Google, contact Bluewire Media [...]

Posted on 22.07.2009 at 10:08 am. See other posts by Adam Franklin   View Comments  
SEO, technology.
Posted by Sarah Hyne on 21.07.2009

Introducing…

Stefan Sagmeister is a bit of a god in the graphic design world. Born in Austria, and now based in NYC, he carved a name for himself working on album artwork for the likes of David Byrne, Lou Reed and the Rolling Stones. In 2005, Sagmeister’s Talking Heads box set artwork won him a Grammy. [...]

Posted on 21.07.2009 at 10:18 am. See other posts by Sarah Hyne   View Comments  
Design, Fun, Inspiring.
Posted by Sarah Hyne on 18.07.2009

Weekly round-up

Novel to be published one ‘Tweet’ at a time — News.com.au
Inside Twitter HQ — The Guardian
Ten Simple Guidelines for Choosing the Perfect CMS — Noupe
12 essential security tips and hacks for Wordpress — Six Revisions
25 high quality free fonts for professional designs — Six Revisions
Speed up your website with better image optimisation in Photoshop — [...]

Posted on 18.07.2009 at 9:34 am. See other posts by Sarah Hyne   View Comments  
Fun, Inspiring, Trends, Usability, social media, technology, web design.
Posted by Sarah Hyne on 11.07.2009

Weekly round-up

How to increase site performance through A/B split testing — UX Booth
MTVs brand new look — Creative Review
Clever billboard campaign for safe driving — Creativity Online
80 corporate website designs for design inspiration — Instant Shift
Introducing the Google OS — Google Blog
Time to invest in email — ClickZ
Perform better with Google Adsense: the ultimate round-up — [...]

Posted on 11.07.2009 at 9:15 am. See other posts by Sarah Hyne   View Comments  
Fun, Innovation, Inspiring, Trends, Usability, facebook, google, social media, technology, web design.
Posted by Adam Franklin on 10.07.2009

Brilliant real-life web design tips from Google

Matt Cutts from Google’s Search Quality Team gave this compelling workshop-style presentation on 28 May 2009 at the I/O conference in San Francisco.
He politely critiques actual websites that people in the audience have had the opportunity to submit for review.
He offers amazing web design tips covering:
- how to improve website usability
- tips for having search engine [...]

Posted on 10.07.2009 at 10:18 am. See other posts by Adam Franklin   View Comments  
Business, Design, Digital strategy, Trends, Usability, copywriting, google, technology, web design.
Posted by Adam Franklin on 9.07.2009

The Secret to Wow Factor is Invisible Design

This was also published on Digital Ministry on 10 July ‘09.
If you’re interested in designing great websites you should definitely read this article called Great Design Should Be Experienced Not Seen by Jared M. Spool on UIE.com.
It resonated with me because many prospective clients and agency partners regularly ask, “can you show me some web [...]

Posted on 9.07.2009 at 9:17 am. See other posts by Adam Franklin   View Comments  
Business, Design, Digital strategy, Usability, web design.