A new website for photographer James Robertson

Brisbane photographer James Robertson had a website but wanted more control over the content and galleries.  His new eye-catching website by Webnerd is designed to impress his target market while encouraging them to take action and call him.

He now has full control over the content of his website, allowing him to update his photo galleries and restructure the whole website if and when he needs to without having to wait for a web designer to fit it into a busy schedule.

With a mix of photography and graphic design on the Home page, it is definitely one of my favourite Webnerd websites for the year.

New website for photographer Luisa Garcia

Queensland wedding and portrait photographer Luisa Garcia needed a minimalist folio website to showcase her work online.  Her old site was completely built in Flash and, thus, was impossible to update without the help of her web designer.  Also, being a Flash website, Google and the other search engines could not index it.

Luisa’s new search-engine-friendly website not only has a fresh, modern look that appeals to her target market, she also has a content management system so that she can, without any assistance, update her photo galleries, her Blog and the other pages on the website.  She can even publish private galleries for individual clients to view previews of their wedding and portraiture session photos.

As an experienced semi-professional photographer, designing websites for other photographers to showcase their work is a very enjoyable experience and I hope to do more of this in the future.

Webnerd Hosting Upgrade

Webnerd is pleased to announce that a major upgrade to its hosting services is underway. 

By mid-January, average download speeds will be approximately double what they currently are, meaning that the websites of Webnerd’s clients will enjoy the fastest download speeds currently available in Australia but at a fraction of the price charged by the big hosting brand names.

A 99.99% network uptime guarantee and automated daily backups also ensures maximum possible reliability of our hosting services.

Hosting is $27/month for a typical small business website.  Businesses with multiple websites can usually be accommodated for only $35/month.  Setup is free and everything is done for you by an experienced technician so that you don’t have to fill out complicated forms or undertake technical jobs like domain name redelegation and moving your existing website.  To discuss your hosting needs, please contact us today.

New Testimonial – Majer Tiles

“For any business looking for a creative and professional website solution, I highly recommend you speak with James of Webnerd. The Website-in-a-Day package from Webnerd achieved all that was promised, delivering exceptional results without the extraordinary fees. We value James’ expertise, creative thinking and his on going support and communication with Majer Tiles. We are delighted with the results and are only too happy to recommend Webnerd.”

Nathalie Pasterfield Marketing Coordinator Majer Tiles

Cake verses Pie: A Scientific Approach

One of the things I love about the web is the plethora of interesting, amusing, creative and random things that a lot of interesting, amusing, creative and random people, all around the world, have posted. Here’s one example. Ever wondered which of cake or pie would win if compared side by side? Me neither, but I enjoyed this anyway :)

New Testimonial – Bulimba Psychology

“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

“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

Google Analytics and YOUR website

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

‘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

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New Testimonial – YouStandUp Consultation

‘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)