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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 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 Apr 14, 2010 by Sarah McVeigh

The Power Of The Web

Just a little perspective on a Wednesday afternoon…

Created by Online Education

Internet Strategy Sydney & Brisbane: Are you taking advantage of the opportunities these figures present?

Call Bluewire Media on 1300 258 394 to discuss how.…

Posted on Apr 9, 2010 by Sarah Hyne

Weekly round-up

6 ways brands are using social media for real-world action — Mashable
Consumers engaged via social marketing more likely to buy — Fashionably Marketing
Review: HTC HD2 on T Mobile — TechCrunch
New iPhone operating system to allow multitasking jobs — Sydney Morning Herald
iPad Peek — Check out how your website will look on the new iPad
2000-2010: A decade of technology — Times Online
Google Maps envelopes — Incredible Things
UX lessons learned from offline experiences — feedgrids
Where it’s @ – symbol time forgot becomes modern icon at a stroke — Times Online

Ad Age curated the YouTube home page with the best of viral advertising.…

Posted on Mar 26, 2010 by Bluewire Media

Weekly round-up

Writing for the web: tips and common mistakes we make — Hongkiat
Starting out organised: website content planning the right way — Smashing Magazine
17 guidelines for better information architecture from 1991 — Volkside
22 useful chart, graph and diagram generators — Hongkiat
Let social media help your SEO — Smart Blogs
How to keep readers coming back to your blog — Social Media Examiner
Tutorial: Using Garageband to create custom iPhone ringtones — CNET Reviews
Social media stats and anecdotes — Pamorama
10 best Twitter practices for brands — Mashable
How to find and remove broken links from your site — Six Revisions
When to respond to negative reviews (and not) — Small Biz Trends

Sneak Peak at a new Photoshop feature?…

Posted on Mar 19, 2010 by Sarah McVeigh

Tweet! Tweet! – A Little Bird Told Me…

Adam spoke on Social Media Marketing for Events at the ACEB conference on Wednesday & after presenting the benefits a delegate asked –

“But what if people at your event tweet criticisms? Wouldn’t that be reason to stay away from Twitter at events?”

As Adam answered, the challenge here is to do your utmost to give people an experience they want to say good things about!

And if, for whatever reason, they do have a gripe at least you as the organiser/business owner will know & can respond.

That’s the great thing about Twitter – transparency.…

Posted on Mar 15, 2010 by Adam Franklin

What Grade does your Twitter, Blog, Website & Copy get?

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, retweets and mentions. @Bluewire_Media got 94/100 so not bad. http://twitter.grader.com

Blog Grader: supposedly judges your blog according to length of posts, frequency of posts, reading time per post, but it was a bit difficult to make sense of the results. …

Posted on Mar 5, 2010 by Sarah Hyne

Weekly round-up

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 — Smart Blog
7 creative ways to introduce social media to your team — Learning Putty
Usability review of charity websites taking the lead — Smashing Magazine
How much are Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn worth? — Mashable

How to save $US148 on an iPod Touch

via Gizmodo Australia.…

Posted on Feb 12, 2010 by Bluewire Media

Weekly round-up

11 common web design blunders — Hongkiat
The art & science of the email signature — Smashing Magazine
Free vector social media icon set — Web Designer Wall
Colour theory for designers part 3 — Smashing Magazine
Why HTML5 isn’t going to save the internet — Gizmodo
Google to trial ultra high-speed broadband networks — Sydney Morning Herald
Imogen Heap’s ‘Twitdress’ takes her fans to the Grammys — Times Online
Overcoming creative block — ISO50 – The blog of Scott Hansen
Developing sites with AJAX: design challenges and common issues — Smashing Magazine

Delivered in Beta

Delivered in Beta from KS12 on Vimeo.…

Posted on Jan 19, 2010 by Sarah McVeigh

Designing Websites For Five Years!

It’s been five years since Adam & Toby set up shop on their parents’ back deck with a laptop & phone (& some overzealous crows for company!).

Since then, Bluewire Media has grown in leaps & bounds, becoming one of Brisbane’s leading web design agencies and servicing over 200 Queensland & interstate companies.

On Thursday evening we headed down to the Chalk Hotel & entertained by Luttsy, celebrated turning five in the company of our friends, clients & colleagues.

Thanks to everyone who came along & special thanks to those who donated such fantastic prizes for our raffle.…

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