Archive for the ‘Email Marketing’ Category

If designing & developing great email marketing templates wasn’t already enough of a challenge, (one we take pride in here at Bluewire Media), Microsoft has decided to use Word to render HTML in the latest version of Outlook 2010. This means for the next 5 years your email designs will need tables for layout, have [...]

Conroy urged to ‘end net censorship farce’ — Sydney Morning Herald Adelaide commuters get free wireless entertainment platform — Anthill Online There’s no social media revolution — Paul Seaman’s Review Internet Explorer posts largest loss since ’08; Firefox, Chrome, Safari gain — ZD Net Google CEO Eric Schmidt on the future of search — Tech [...]

15 great free online file sharing alternatives — Hongkiat The case for content strategy: Motown style — A List Apart Free and commercial stock photography sites — Smashing Magazine 12 reputation management tools to track your name — The BINC Blog Panasonic gets savvy to social media — Digital Media Microsoft takes more steps towards [...]

Bluewire Media, the Brisbane based web design and strategy agency, has undertaken an extensive study of 16 leading property websites, evaluating them against 25 criteria covering web design, web development, useability, content quality, email marketing, business process use, Google search and social media use of websites such as Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter and Youtube. While the [...]

Another great stop motion video. 12 excellent free tools for monitoring your sites uptime — Six Revisions iPhone OS on a touchscreen monitor — CrunchGear Stop counting clicks — UX Booth Informative and useful footers — Smashing Magazine Secrets of a nimble giant — The Guardian Mobile phone flies plane — The Courier Mail Check [...]

After weeks of research, I’m getting closer to publishing my review of the web strategies and web designs of 15 leading Australian property companies. It’s been interesting so far. I have selected 25 criteria across different aspects of web design and strategy including: SEO, useability, design, content and social media. Against these 25 criteria I’ve [...]

This article, Write Interesting Emails & Avoid the Inbox Vortex was originally published on Digital Ministry on 2 June, 2009. By now most marketing decision makers know that Email Marketing campaigns can be a wonderfully effective way to communicate. But how do you avoid getting lost in the Inbox vortex? You probably get 100s of these [...]

Web design industry jargon glossary and resources — Smashing Magazine 20 Facebook tips you might not know — Hongkiat AudioBoo is new talk of the net — The Guardian 11 striking findings from an eye tracking study — Problogger Using Google Earth to visualise the toll of war — Google Lat Long Blog 50 excellent [...]

How to improve your branding with your content — Smashing Magazine Optimising conversion rates – it’s all about usability — Smashing Magazine Non-profit website design: examples and best practices — Smashing Magazine Complete beginners guide to information architecture — UX Booth Visual hierarchy in web design — Theme Forest Twitter surges past Digg, LinkedIn and [...]

The future of the computer desktop? In defense of eye candy — A List Apart How long will you continue support for Internet Explorer 6? — For the Lose 6 reasons to consider a microsite strategy — William Web Design Economy be damned: Apple posts its best second quarter earnings ever — TechCrunch CSS tip: [...]