Monthly Archives: December 2009

2010 New Year’s Resolutions: Getting a Website

We are once again at that time of year where we all promise to lose weight, stop smoking and to be more positive. Along with all of these personal New Year’s resolutions often comes a raft of business resolutions, goals or targets.
“I really need a website”.
“I must get that shopping cart so I can sell [...]

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Sydney Ballet School Tiny Toes Ballet

We have just completed a new website for MWC Media (Melbourne advertising agency) called Tiny Toes Ballet.
Tiny Toes Ballet is a Sydney ballet school specialising in Children’s ballet and Dance for Kids. Due to being a children’s dance school and wanting to position themselves in the ‘ballet for kids’ market, Tiny Toes Ballet and MWC [...]

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Specs For Less Website Launch

The latest Spike WebDesign website to be launched is the new discount online store for glasses and frames, Specs For Less.
Specs For Less required a website that would allow them to showcase their huge range of Designer Frames, Fashion Frames, Standard Frames and Budget Frames as well as allow customers to customise their purchases and [...]

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Ray White – North West Homes Website

Spike WebDesign has launched their first independent foray into New Zealand with their website for Ray White: North West Homes.
The agents at North West Homes, James Abell and Angela Denny, wanted a web presence that would allow them to communicate with the clientele and provide easy access to their information.
Two important briefs for their website [...]

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Ensuring you get the best website quote

Many people live in fear of getting ripped off by a dodgy web design company or paying more than they should for a website. While there are quite a number of overpriced, underperforming operators out there, there are also many great web design business’ whose main goal is to make you happy.
We have written previously [...]

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The Admin Site – Origins

Yes you guessed it, I just saw X-Men Origins – Wolverine. Unlike that, this article has no special effects or mutants, however, The Admin Site does have rippling apps and razor sharp functionality… Ok I promise not to make any other Wolverine fuelled nerd jokes.
There are so many Content Management Systems out there, many of [...]

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Is Someone Stealing My Business Name?

Recently a lot of our clients (and us too) have been receiving curious emails from Asian countries, mainly China. These emails are from seemingly legitimate companies who are stating that they have blocked another company’s attempt to register a domain name similar to yours. For example, they told us that someone was trying to register [...]

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Search Engine Optimisation

Search Engine Optimisation or SEO is possibly the greatest buzzword on the internet at the moment. Everyone who has a website or wants a website is concerned with how well their site performs in Google (sorry Yahoo and the rest, but you just aren’t brought up in conversation).
Over the last year or two it is [...]

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Choosing A Website Design Company

There are literally hundreds of great website designers and companies out there and choosing the right one for you can be like a game of ‘pin the tail on the donkey’. Website design companies range from one person part-time operations to large studios with hundreds of employees.
The first thing a lot of people would do [...]

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I Need A Website. Where Do I Start?

This is a question facing many people when they decide to launch their business onto the internet. It doesn’t matter if you are a one person operation working from home or a large company who has multiple offices, there are a number of key questions you should ask yourself before approaching a website design company.
The [...]

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