The Latest Frontier #2
May 8, 2009 By Leave a Comment
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.
A new front page for Smooth Latin Groove
March 26, 2009 By Leave a Comment
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…
March 9, 2009 By 1 Comment
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.
Dancing in the rain
February 19, 2009 By 6 Comments
As an experienced photographer, as well as a web designer, I am usually the one behind the camera taking photos of other people. I decided, however, that I wanted to try a self-portrait – but something a little more interesting than the norm. I enlisted the help of friend and dancing instructor Chantal Huntley, from Smooth Latin Groove, as well as two assistants Caitlin Boag and Scott Walsh, to shoot a photo of us “dancing in the rain”.
Here’s the result!
Win $50 Cash from Webnerd
February 12, 2009 By 21 Comments
This competition is now closed. Click here to find out who won!
Imagine that I gave you $50 cash with the instruction to spend it on something fun. On what would you spend it?
Tell me and go into the draw to win $50 cash.
The winner will be announced here on Monday 9th March. The $50 is in Australian currency.
How to Enter: Leave a reply, telling me how you would spend $50 in a fun way, and go into the draw to win $50
“Within the first ten minutes James saved me $5,000/year”
February 12, 2009 By Leave a Comment
It’s been a while since I had a good brag session. The last client project that I wrote about was the Urban Office website and Jim Hardy’s tongue-in-cheek testimonial that “we shouldn’t be this excited about a website!”
Since then we’ve done some other great work and I feel it’s time to highlight some of it. Some of the work I can show you. Other work is more about consulting and/or behind-the-scenes programming, so I can only tell you about that.
How to live like a king
February 12, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Artistic, fashion and travel photographer Ben Heys lives like a king. Highly respected in photography circles for his artistic nude and fashion photography, Ben makes his entire income online by licensing his photography to designers.
This is called “stock” photography and he currently has 1300 images available in his Shutterstock.com library. Each photo is licensed for a lean amount of money – and his commission is even smaller – but the numbers add up to provide a consistent flow of passive income sufficient to live like a king while he travels Asia. Even when he doesn’t work for weeks at a time.