May 2010 - Bluewire Media

Posted on May 31, 2010 by Lesley Hays

Weekly Round-up

3 Online Tools to Backup Your Twitter Account – Madras Geek
On “Out of office” replies: The Difference Between “Not Here” and “Away” – Pow! Right between the eyes! (Why not take a quick holiday to test out your new techniques?) via @SmashingMag via Fast Company
How To (Further) Engage Your Readers – Noupe
7 Keys to a Successful Design Project – DesignM.ag
Funny Business and the Lack of Humor in Web Design – Design Shack
Bizarre Websites On Which You Can Kill Time With Style – Smashing Magazine

Contribute to Mozilla’s new Open Web Fund and get a T-shirt!…

Posted on May 19, 2010 by Adam Franklin

Verne Harnish’s #1 Tip for Business Growth

Verne Harnish’s business growth tips have helped shape the way we run Bluewire Media. Verne’s company Gazelles essentially helps businesses grow!

His business workshops & events are the best we’ve attended and at the recent Growth Summit in Sydney, we caught up with Verne for a quick interview.

We asked Verne, “What’s your #1 Tip for businesses looking to grow?”

Mastering the Rockefeller Habits

The first thing you’ve really got to implement out of these habits is a set of priorities. You’ve got to get clear, not the 75 things but the five things you want to get focused on.…

Posted on May 17, 2010 by Adam Franklin

Web marketing made easy

Rarely can anyone explain web marketing SIMPLY.

This is understandable because there are so many websites and online tactics and every one has an opinion.

To me, all this noise usually leads to overwhelm and confusion. I actually find some digital marketing companies aim for this so they sound smarter (and because they can charge more in fees!)

This prompted us to face up to that challenge: How can web marketing be explained so that it MAKES SENSE?

We’ve been attempted to do so with the following diagram and tested it on several audiences we’ve presented to. But you be the judge.…

Posted on May 14, 2010 by Sarah Hyne

Weekly round-up

Spotted: Facebook’s check-in functionality and new “Places” tab — TechCrunch
Fred Wilson’s 10 golden principles of successful web apps — Think Vitamin
Guidelines for writing a good ‘About’ page — Six Revisions
9 essential social news and bookmarking sites for designers — Mashable
Why is business writing so awful? — Inc.
5 ways to boost your Twitter following — s medio
Internet Explorer’s market share slips: the beginning of the end? — Fast Company
Foursquare at right time, right place to be next big thing — Times Online
Team of 200 to handle President Chavez’ tweets — Sydney Morning Herald

Google Chrome speed tests: Google shows us, in this funny and inventive video, just how fast Chrome is!…

Posted on May 12, 2010 by Sarah Hyne

iPhone app review: Analytics App

Price: $8.99 Get it from iTunes →

There’s an obsessive statistician in us all – just watch a game of cricket on television for proof – and Google Analytics is the bearer of charts, reports, metrics and percentages that will please even the most hardened of website owners.

The Google Analytics App gives you access to the information gathered by your website’s analytics robot (if you have it installed). View data on traffic sources, visitor trending and goals alongside all the usual great Analytics reports… each displayed neatly on your mobile phone.…

Posted on May 11, 2010 by Sarah McVeigh

What’s your social networking success story?

We’re passionate advocates of using social networking for business marketing and delight in sharing success stories that began at a tweet, a Facebook discussion, a YouTube clip or a blog post.

Remember our interview with David Meerman Scott? The one where he blogged about General Motors and ended up landing a meeting with the CEO?

Amazing right?

On a much smaller scale many of us are continually experiencing the benefits of social networking. A personal success story of mine unfolded a couple of weeks ago…

I’m currently enrolled in a music blogging course as part of my journalism degree at QUT (yep, blogging has hit the curriculum).…

Posted on May 10, 2010 by Adam Franklin

SEO & Blogging Secrets with Glenn Murray

Glenn Murray’s SEO secrets have been somewhat of a guiding light for Bluewire Media’s SEO efforts in recent times (along with the tips from our SEO friends at Reload Media of course).

Glenn was generous enough with his time to do this interview with us. Thanks Glenn!

If you stay all the way through the 17 minutes, you’re in for a treat, it’s a cracker!

In Part 1, Glenn answers:

In your SEO Secrets ebook, you talk about the importance of blogging – just how important is blogging for SEO?

Posted on May 8, 2010 by Toby Jenkins

Power to the people (Barack Obama)

I was blown away this morning when I opened my inbox. Here’s the first part of the email I received from Mitch Stewart at BarackObama.com that made me sit up:

Toby —
At hundreds of events across the country, everyday Americans are sending an urgent message to their senators: Pass strong Wall Street reform.
With a Senate vote on reform expected as early next week, the bank lobbyists are rallying — trying to water down the bill by sneaking in a wide array of loopholes.
But pressure from people like you is changing the equation.