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Why you should care about responsive web design
Sure, web design and development might be a little over your head. Maybe you forked out for a designer to build your site, maybe you bought a premium theme or use a free one. Maybe you’ve heard this buzzword “responsive design” being bandied about here and there. But what has it got to do with
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Using Inspect Element or Firebug to peek behind the scenes of your WordPress website
Have you ever been frustrated by the way something appears on your website? Perhaps you thought some text was going to be green, but it actually looks red. Or perhaps you formatted text to be aligned to the left, but it’s actually centred. Maybe an image has an ugly-coloured border around it that you didn’t
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Video for Business: Using a Presenter vs. Mere Mortals
It’s understandable that many business people baulk at appearing on camera. Most of us believe that being in front of the lens is something best left to professionals; those who posses a magical element (and good looks!) that mere mortals lack. Yet, take a closer look – what is the key difference between these professionals and
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Top 7 Tips For Website Success
Having presented on the ‘Essential Elements of Website Success‘ in the Grassroots Website Boot Camp I thought it would be useful to share my top 7 tips for those who haven’t seen the webinar. My top tips of website success are things you can do yourself – you don’t necessarily need big budgets or a web
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What is a “Gravatar” and Why do you Need one?
Have you heard of the term “Gravatar”? What is it and do you need one? Well, okay. No, it’s not some character out of the successful Avatar movie, although perhaps in a way, it is kind of substantiated in its effect. Have you ever been reading a blog post and then gone to leave your
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Website help. How to get the experts to answer your questions… free!
As you might expect people want help with their websites, their marketing and their strategy. We often find people who are suffering with problems that are solved with a simple tip, application or plugin, and yes, that includes us! The web is a massive, ever changing and ever expanding beast, and the best way to
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How to kick your website promotion into gear with a Twitter Party – an Interview with Karl Staib
In late September we held the first Australasian Twitter party! It was a fun live event called Secret Web Business hosted by the Grassroots Gals Melinda and Serena with special guests Linda Coles and Lara Solomon In case you were wondering, a Twitter Party is a live 1 hour Twitter based event that can also
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Online Marketing: Why You Need to Think Globally and Price Locally
A packet of popcorn costs more in a cinema and less in the local market. Despite this difference – which people are aware of – people are willing to buy it from the cinema. This willingness is the reason for businesses to offer the same product and services at different locations and regions at different
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Website Navigation: Don’t Leave Me Lost
I’m on holidays in Queensland this week, taking a break from the Melbourne Winter. As I’m not familiar with the roads here, I am relying on the presence of clear, logical road signs to get straight to where I want to go. Website navigation* should be similar; simple, clear and logical, allowing your web visitors
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7 Ideas for Awesome Blog Content
So you have committed to writing a blog. Whether it is daily or weekly the question is always the same… what do I write about? What can I write that is different, useful, valuable or entertaining? What will make me stand out? If this is you, you are in luck because here are 7 ideas
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