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New Testimonial – Bulimba Psychology

James Quinn-Hawtin — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 03:09:07 +0000

“I needed a website that would be easy for me to self-manage, yet professional in presentation. I had spent a fortune before with another company for a website that was cumbersome to use, and was continually ‘falling over’. I was referred to James from Webnerd and he offered me a package to suit my needs. James came to my workplace and spent the day with me building my website. I was really amazed at the ease of the whole process and that by the end of the day I had exactly what I wanted. I have now been using my website for six months and have found it so easy to self-manage and the feedback on how it looks and feels to my clients has been very positive. Thanks James for a great product and service.”

James Brown, Bulimba Psychology

New Testimonial – Personalised Relocation Services

James Quinn-Hawtin — Mon, 24 May 2010 03:51:47 +0000

“Having a professional and effective website is an important part of any business wishing to reach out to clients online. Website-in-a-Day provided a fast and affordable service that turned my vision for Personalised Relocation Services into reality. The comments on my website have been very positive and people are impressed to hear that it was created in just one day. I would recommend James to anyone looking for a high quality service that is reliable, cost effective and offers that creative and competitive edge for your business.”

Belinda Hogarth

Personalised Relocation Services

Google Analytics and YOUR website

David Iwanow — Sat, 22 May 2010 01:43:30 +0000

In January 2009 WebNerd launched an industry-changing web design service called Website-in-a-Day, a service that allows small businesses and organisations a means to have a high-quality virtual brochure style website built within a day on a budget.

A website left unattended once it has been built, however, guarantees its owner no results. It’s really important that business owners measure, understand and improve upon the usage of their websites using a solution such as Google Analytics. There is no value in driving visitors to your website if you are not measuring the results of your online campaigns such as Google AdWords or Facebook.

There are still around 1/3 of websites that do not have a sufficient web analytics package in place to measure and understand their visitor’s behaviours, don’t let your business fall behind because you don’t have Google Analytics in place. Some older content management systems (websites) do not always work well with web analytics and sometimes it can be cheaper and easier to rebuild the site.

Google Analytics is a great solution for business as it is now the largest web analytics solution available to business and is designed to make it easier for marketing managers to understand the value of their websites. Google Analytics also fits great into Google AdWords campaigns and the team at WebNerd can talk to you more about how to develop and run a successful online marketing campaign.

The above chart shows some of the common web analytics solutions used by both small business and large corporate clients, each package is slightly different in cost and functionality. Google Analytics is beneficial to your website as it manages to offer much of the functionality with less of the setup and ongoing costs required by solutions such as Omniture or webtrends.

Google Analytics is added by most web developers such as WebNerd by default as they understand its value to your business intelligence. If you haven’t had a website refresh in several years, speak to James at WebNerd about how their Website in a Day package can give your business a boost and some better business intelligence.

New Testimonial – DouDouLe Latin Dance Camp

James Quinn-Hawtin — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 04:01:18 +0000

‘The DouDouLe Latin Dance camp website served its purpose in 2009 but for 2010 I needed something that looked more professional and that really got the prospective attendees excited. The Website-in-a-Day service was the ideal solution as I got a professional result, in a tight timeframe and on a budget. Not only that but James’ ten years of web design and business experience meant that he could give me valuable insight and direction as to how best to design and promote the website for maximum sales. The 2010 website is professional, easy for customers to use and easy for me to update via the Content Management System. It is exactly what I need to promote the camp and sell tickets.’

- Jean-Luc Lambs, DouDouLe Latin Dance Camp

For Website-in-a-Day inclusions, pricing, examples and testimonials, please click here.

New Testimonial – YouStandUp Consultation

James Quinn-Hawtin — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 08:37:40 +0000

‘At the beginning of the year my stand-up comedy workshops had “nail-biting” enrolments that were just above minimums. James spent one day with me in which he identified key problems in my business and in my personal focus. He then taught me the basics of Internet marketing and laid out a strategy to proceed. Six months later, my comedy workshops are booked solid (enrolments have doubled), I have expanded into Adelaide and Perth, and the vision of my business is now becoming reality.’

– Robert Grayson, YouStandUp.com(EDY)

The Latest Frontier #3

James Quinn-Hawtin — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 06:56:23 +0000

The Latest Frontier #2

James Quinn-Hawtin — Thu, 07 May 2009 23:00:37 +0000

Thanks to Megan Walker of Market Savvy and to Amy Bent of Mirador Creative for emailing me the idea for this one!

Megan’s Market Savvy website is an example of our new Website-in-a-Day package!

By the way, with over 100 million DAILY users, Facebook is potentially a great marketing resource for your small business. For example, it is great for promoting events. If you’re running a social event or a workshop or a seminar and you’re not promoting it using Facebook Events (a free service within the Facebook system), you ARE missing out on attendees…

Check out some interesting Facebook Statistics.

The Latest Frontier #1

James Quinn-Hawtin — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 06:39:23 +0000

A new front page for Smooth Latin Groove

James Quinn-Hawtin — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 05:41:27 +0000

Webnerd has enjoyed a long business relationship with Smooth Latin Groove, beginning when its owner Ian Corbett stumbled upon one of my business cards that had been left on a dance studio seat.

When Webnerd first designed and built the Smooth Latin Groove website more than two years ago, it was acknowledged by the Australian Web Designers Network who gave it their highest award.

Over the years the website has grown to include an online shop, an online enrolment system and a custom-made student management system that is now integral to the smooth running of the school.

More recently we have overhauled the front page to feature a chroma-keyed video (the background is transparent) and promotional boxes controlled by the Content Management System. Check it out

And the winner is…

James Quinn-Hawtin — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 08:00:52 +0000

Congratulations to Gary Walker of Southern Cross Financial Planning who has won $50 cash from Webnerd.

We cut up all the entries, squished them into little balls and put them into my motorcycle helmet. Anthony Gillespie from Best Practice Living was kind enough to do the honours.