Archive for March 2010

Facebook visits finally surpass Google — Min Online The top 100 Internet sites — BBC News Design better websites by thinking about your kitchen cabinets — Brian Cray “Calls to action” buttons: guidelines, best practices and examples — Hongkiat 15 desktop and online wireframing tools — UX Booth OpenHallway: unmoderated remote usability testing with screen [...]

Have you ever done a presentation, or written a post, or simply had a conversation and had that feeling that you’ve just managed to confuse your audience? I have! A few weeks ago I gave a presentation to a business group on web strategy. I was pretty excited by the opportunity and it was a [...]

I went to a seminar recently (The Growth Summit in Sydney) and had the fortune of listening to and meeting Guy Parsons from the LEAN Enterprise Institute in the US. He’s a guru on LEAN enterprise thinking which is all about continuous improvement by removing waste from business processes. The Lean philosophy was founded on [...]

I haven’t had a report card since school days, but I came across these ‘Grader’ tools which essentially rate your marketing effectiveness.  I was curious to see how we fared… Twitter Grader: Helps you determine how influential you are on Twitter.  You simply enter your Twitter handle & it analyses your followers, number of tweets, [...]

Typography joke (go on! Click the link!) — Design You Trust Logorama — The Oscar-winning animated short film made up of iconic logos! Words that zing — A List Apart 10 geekiest decorations for your home or office — Mashable 15 must-have free apps for your Mac — Make Use Of 10 amazing lessons you [...]

As a marketer and especially one that loves using the web, I can safely say the best purchase I’ve made lately is the Flip Cam. What’s the big deal? The Flip Cam fits in your pocket & can record 2 hours of HD video footage.   Perfect for video testimonials, impromtu (or planned) interviews, product [...]

Have you ever felt daunted by the number of communication options available to you on the web? I know I have. There’s my website, Facebook page, YouTube channel, iPhone app, email, Flickr, Twitter, articles, blog posts… The list seems endless sometimes! Now, though I feel like I am starting to get a better understanding. Back [...]

If you want to get to(wards) the top of Google, I’d like to share my story. I’ll confess, 12 months ago SEO wasn’t part of our marketing strategy.  Yet in one year, we’ve climbed from unfindable to #3 for competitive search phrases like: ‘website design brisbane‘ (#3) ‘web designers brisbane‘ (#3) ‘website designers brisbane‘ (#3) [...]

Have you ever sat down to write blog post and just gone blank? Have you ever sat down and wondered where on earth you’re going to start? Have you ever sat down and wondered what on earth you’re going to write about? I know I have and so I figure there might be a few [...]

The top 5 web design debates that cause the most riots — Line 25 How to make remote team collaboration work — Six Revisions All about web accessibility — Konigi “Mad Libs” style form increases conversion 25-40% — Luke W Ideation & Design 5 reasons to be on Twitter, even if your audience isn’t — [...]