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Donna Garrett-Young, Home Building Made Easy

Donna Garrett-Young, Home Building Made Easy

Donna Garrett-Young has been a passionate renovator and builder for nearly 20 years, and is the author of the book 'Home Building Made Easy - Five ... Read more

Emma Wilson, Upclose & Virtual

Emma Wilson, Upclose & Virtual

Upclose & Virtual provides professional, cost effective, secretarial services for businesses and individuals throughout Australia to reduce the bur... Read more

Ben Jones, Hire a Hubby Ringwood

Ben Jones, Hire a Hubby Ringwood

Ben Jones provides property maintenance services within Ringwood, Ringwood North and Warranwood. Read more

Sharon Chim, Queen Bee Maternity

Sharon Chim, Queen Bee Maternity

Queen Bee Maternity provides stylish maternity and breastfeeding clothes for women worldwide. It helps them to feel great during their pregnancy. Read more

Dane Pymble, Small Business Wizardry

Dane Pymble, Small Business Wizardry

Small Business Wizardry gives small business owners the tools and resources they need to start and grow their business. Read more

Gabriel Dukes, Shelcom Corporate Services

Gabriel Dukes, Shelcom Corporate Services

Shelcom Corporate Services help make the government registration process of starting up a company simple, fast and faultless for new business owners. Read more

Bob Jones, an SEO Company

Bob Jones, an SEO Company

'an SEO Company' provides authentic SEO services for small businesses in Australia. Read more

Tania Shirgwin, BizEez Virtual Solutions

Tania Shirgwin, BizEez Virtual Solutions

BizEez Virtual Solutions specialises in assisting businesses with their online marketing needs through social media, email marketing and WordPress ... Read more

Sean Sherlock, SAmedia Website Solutions

Sean Sherlock, SAmedia Website Solutions

From small start-ups to seasoned soloists, SAmedia Website Solutions designs websites that enhance online position and improve new leads and recurr... Read more

Mark Rubiolo, Bubbling With Energy Entertainment

Mark Rubiolo, Bubbling With Energy Entertainment

Bubbling With Energy provides entertainment and amusements for corporate events and private parties including jumping castles, mechanical bulls, su... Read more

Jan Bell, Bell’s Outsourcing Administration

Jan Bell, Bell’s Outsourcing Administration

Jan Bell is a virtual secretary who does administration and back office work from secretarial to bookkeeping. Read more

Ann Nixon, Sydney Psych.

Ann Nixon, Sydney Psych.

Ann Nixon provides broad counselling and psychotherapy services to clients in the inner city and eastern suburbs of Sydney. Read more

Nicole Leedham, Black Coffee Communication

Nicole Leedham, Black Coffee Communication

Black Coffee Communication helps clients increase sales and improve brand recognition through compelling business writing. Read more

Karen Curran, Unicorn Graphics

Karen Curran, Unicorn Graphics

With Unicorn Graphics, you get agency quality graphic design solutions at a lower investment with a person who has the ability and knowledge to do ... Read more

Alex Levashov, Altima Interactive

Alex Levashov, Altima Interactive

Altima Interactive provides web business consulting, web design and web development to help people grow their business online. Read more

Stewart Marshall, Uncomplicating IT

Stewart Marshall, Uncomplicating IT

Uncomplicating IT provides impartial, independent IT advice in plain English. We help those who don't know that much about IT bridge the technology... Read more

Victoria Judge, Expert Agency

Victoria Judge, Expert Agency

Victoria Judge helps people build a successful business around their expertise, through a combination of one-on-one workshops and outsourced servic... Read more

Kalindi Chirmuley, Mulayam Products

Kalindi Chirmuley, Mulayam Products

Mulayam Products manufactures natural skin care products for all ages and all skin types. It helps to take care of the skin and enhance its beauty. Read more

Felicity Van Rysbergen, Well Versed Copywriting

Felicity Van Rysbergen, Well Versed Copywriting

Well Versed Copywriting specialises in creating corporate web content, information architecture and analysis, and marketing documentation for a bro... Read more

Keagan York, Compass Global Markets Pty Ltd

Keagan York, Compass Global Markets Pty Ltd

Compass Global Markets can help you with any aspect of the Foreign Currency transfers and Commodity markets from corporate hedging to wealth creation. Read more

Donna Garrett-Young, Home Building Made Easy
Emma Wilson, Upclose & Virtual
Ben Jones, Hire a Hubby Ringwood
Sharon Chim, Queen Bee Maternity
Dane Pymble, Small Business Wizardry
Gabriel Dukes, Shelcom Corporate Services
Bob Jones, an SEO Company
Tania Shirgwin, BizEez Virtual Solutions
Sean Sherlock, SAmedia Website Solutions
Mark Rubiolo, Bubbling With Energy Entertainment
Jan Bell, Bell’s Outsourcing Administration
Ann Nixon, Sydney Psych.
Nicole Leedham, Black Coffee Communication
Karen Curran, Unicorn Graphics
Alex Levashov, Altima Interactive
Stewart Marshall, Uncomplicating IT
Victoria Judge, Expert Agency
Kalindi Chirmuley, Mulayam Products
Felicity Van Rysbergen, Well Versed Copywriting
Keagan York, Compass Global Markets Pty Ltd
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Tech | Website design

Website design plays a very important role in determining how effective your business website is. In this section we cover the dos and don'ts of successful web design, some of the common website design mistakes, as well as topics such as creating compelling call-to-action buttons and the role of website photography.


Creating compelling call-to-action buttons

03 Nov 10 | Amanda Gonzalez

Buttons are one of the most effective ways to lead your reader to your page’s call-to-action. Here are seven ways to make your call-to-action buttons irresistible. Read more

Comments: 11

Business website mistakes: Ten things to avoid

11 Oct 10 | David Lawrence

The internet changes at a rapid pace, and many features that were once regarded as best practice have now fallen out of favour. Here are some common business website mistakes. Read more

Comments: 38

Ten dos and don'ts of successful web design

10 May 10 | Amanda Gonzalez

Successful web design is an involved and time-consuming process. These strategies will help you get the best from both your web designer and your budget. Read more

Comments: 7

Website basics: Good design wins!

21 May 09 | Robert Gerrish

In this video, Flying Solo contributor Tristan Boyd discusses the basics of setting up your first website. As you'll hear, succeeding online requires good planning and good design. Read more

Comments: 0

The role of great website photography

12 Aug 08 | Nicky Jurd

If you’re selling products or showcasing your services online, great website photography is an essential piece of the effective website puzzle. Read more

Comments: 17

Seven layout mistakes to avoid

22 Jul 08 | Zern Liew

Over the years, I have noticed common layout mistakes in documents, web pages and PowerPoint slides. Avoid these mistakes and you'll produce more professional documents. Read more

Comments: 20

Eight no-nos of web design

18 Jun 08 | Zern Liew

We all appreciate how a website’s design can help or hinder its effectiveness. Is your site guilty of one or more of these common web design no-nos? Read more

Comments: 34

 

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