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Member Spotlight

Hazel Theocharous, Assisting U Virtually

Hazel Theocharous, Assisting U Virtually

Hazel Theocharous is a virtual assistant who listens to her clients and then assesses their admin, assists with their admin and answers their admin... Read more

Maria Pantalone, Infinite Growth

Maria Pantalone, Infinite Growth

Infinite Growth works with individuals and businesses to improve their communication skills so that they can professionally present their products ... Read more

Nick Humphries, Akitso Web Design

Nick Humphries, Akitso Web Design

Akitso Web Design is a web design company that sells fully-featured professional websites to small businesses. They make getting a website for your... Read more

Sandy Naidu, OzKidsActivities Pty Ltd

Sandy Naidu, OzKidsActivities Pty Ltd

OzKidsActivities is an online directory for kids activities, classes, entertainment, events and birthday party venues. Read more

Simon Paxton

Simon Paxton

Simon Paxton helps people make their events exciting and memorable with performances of the mysteries of the mind. Read more

Sarah Jenkins, SignaturePhoto Photography Courses

Sarah Jenkins, SignaturePhoto Photography Courses

Sarah Jenkins teaches half-day and 1-day photography courses in Sydney to beginners who have just bought their first DSLR camera as well as more in... 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

Karen Churchill, The Churchill Consultancy

Karen Churchill, The Churchill Consultancy

Karen Churchill helps her clients achieve their goals by communicating as well as possible with the people who matter to them. This can be done by ... 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

Tony Cosentino, The WordPress Guy

Tony Cosentino, The WordPress Guy

Tony Cosentino builds WordPress websites, trains businesses how to manage a WordPress site and provides long term fanatical support for WordPress s... Read more

Michael Vincent, Sports Partners

Michael Vincent, Sports Partners

Sports Partners is a free, fun site where people can find other people, clubs, or businesses for sports and hobbies. Read more

Tom Mewing, Aussie

Tom Mewing, Aussie

Tom Mewing assists people in purchasing their dream home by finding them the best home loan. 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

Richard Jenner, The Type Shed

Richard Jenner, The Type Shed

Richard Jenner does graphic design, for any application - print, web, packaging, shop fronts, signs... anything that requires text / images arrange... Read more

Roland Hanekroot, New Perspectives Small Business Bootcamp

Roland Hanekroot, New Perspectives Small Business Bootcamp

Roland Hanekroot is a small business coach in Sydney who works with small business owners who want to make a big shift in their business and turn i... Read more

Paul Coelho, Slidemaster – Professional PowerPoint Design

Paul Coelho, Slidemaster – Professional PowerPoint Design

Slidemaster is a PowerPoint specialist company offering comprehensive PowerPoint Presentation designs and solutions, which leave lasting impression... 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

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

Monika Mundell, Copywriter

Monika Mundell, Copywriter

Monika Mundell, along with her husband John, provides a comprehensive suite of sizzling copywriting services to entrepreneurs, Internet marketers, ... Read more

Alison Taylor, Cloverlea Designs

Alison Taylor, Cloverlea Designs

We are a small online retailer that sells gorgeous babies and children’s bed linen and homewares to Australian mums. Read more

Hazel Theocharous, Assisting U Virtually
Maria Pantalone, Infinite Growth
Nick Humphries, Akitso Web Design
Sandy Naidu, OzKidsActivities Pty Ltd
Simon Paxton
Sarah Jenkins, SignaturePhoto Photography Courses
Ben Jones, Hire a Hubby Ringwood
Karen Churchill, The Churchill Consultancy
Felicity Van Rysbergen, Well Versed Copywriting
Tony Cosentino, The WordPress Guy
Michael Vincent, Sports Partners
Tom Mewing, Aussie
Emma Wilson, Upclose & Virtual
Richard Jenner, The Type Shed
Roland Hanekroot, New Perspectives Small Business Bootcamp
Paul Coelho, Slidemaster – Professional PowerPoint Design
Karen Curran, Unicorn Graphics
Ann Nixon, Sydney Psych.
Monika Mundell, Copywriter
Alison Taylor, Cloverlea Designs
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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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