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April 1, 2021
The design Mary wanted a natural and welcoming website that reflected her love of nature and her openness to other...
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Rob Jennings
March 24, 2021
Artist, Jack Rowland is painting a mural for We Push Buttons As part of your participation in the 2021 Castlemaine...
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Debon Dwyer
March 22, 2021
Numerous benefits of eCommerce Online shoppers can browse products, read reviews and compare prices without leaving home. eCommerce is the...
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Debon Dwyer
March 3, 2021
An accessible website is vital for all website owners. People of all abilities use the web for access to resources...
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Rob Jennings
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Email Safety Precautions and Best Practices Some people are very cautious about the sites they visit and the files they...
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Debon Dwyer
October 27, 2020
Responsive A website needs to be responsive on all devices, which means it has to look good and be easy...
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Live Stream Open Mic at the Office
Debon Dwyer
October 14, 2020
Open Mic Castlemaine stays alive with Scott Sanders & Robbie Nokes Musicians have been unable to play together during the...
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Rob Jennings
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Most of our clients have never heard of prototyping, UX or UI, however, once they begin a new website development...
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Debon Dwyer
April 29, 2020
eCommerce Web Development for the Food, Beverage & Wholesale food industries The website design of your eCommerce food industry site...
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Rob Jennings
April 25, 2020
Key findings from this initial analysis are: Capital 41% of startups globally are threatened in what we call “red zone”:...
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Rob Jennings
April 24, 2020
What's the difference between Page Authority & Domain Authority? Your Domain Authority measures the ranking strength of your whole website...
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Debon Dwyer
April 7, 2020
Working from home for the first time? Working from home, who doesn’t love it? If you rely on the internet...
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Iben Blom Hansen
April 4, 2020
Fight Corona with Art We wanted to let you know about a new website called Minty which offers collections of...
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Rob Jennings
March 19, 2020
As the situation is changing by the hour, we wanted to provide you with an update about the plans we...
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Processing Payments & your eCommerce store: Processing payment programs are the least understood part of running an eCommerce store- solely because...
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QR Codes: Are they suitable for your business?
Rob Jennings
March 13, 2020
What is a QR Code? QR Codes, in a nut shell, are bar codes that link to a web page....
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What Makes a Good Community Directory?
Debon Dwyer
March 10, 2020
Community Directories A lot of local councils are taking up the building community directories as part of their strategy to...
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Learning Management Systems
Debon Dwyer
March 6, 2020
What is a learning management system (LMS)? If you have a course, you would like to deliver online then you...
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Rob Jennings
February 18, 2020
Why we recommend BigCommerce: BigCommerce is a reliable hosted platform You’ve probably heard the terms “open-source platform” and...
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Rob Jennings
February 10, 2020
Put away your Power Point presentations and forget about Publisher as tools for delivering education and check out these interactive...
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Using Your Blog for Marketing Purposes
Debon Dwyer
February 10, 2020
Have you thought about using your blog for Marketing purposes? If your business has an online presence, it's vital...
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Optimise User Behaviour: Keep your Website Clicking
Debon Dwyer
February 10, 2020
Optimise User Behaviour Anyone visiting your site and interacting with your content is a website user, and understanding user behaviour...
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The Paddock Eco Village – Stage 2
Debon Dwyer
February 7, 2020
Castlemaine’s new eco-village The Paddock, is the brain child of Neil and Heather Barrett from the Hub Foundation. The village offers...
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What is UX Design?
Rob Jennings
January 20, 2020
UX Design is User Interface Development Providing a successful user experience requires a balanced approach throughout the development life cycle....
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Social Media and the Busy Business
Rob Jennings
January 9, 2020
Including business social media into your schedule Personally, as a small business owner, I do not work the usual nine-to-five...
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Social Media and your business Social media is one of those things we promise ourselves to schedule in at the...
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YouTube for Business
Rob Jennings
December 16, 2019
What other benefits are there to a YouTube channel for your business? The benefits of a professionally produced video cannot...
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Logos and Brand Recognition
Rob Jennings
December 11, 2019
Branding Recognition & Logo Design It’s a competitive world out there for a growing business. In today’s climate of endless...
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Charging the Regions – CVGA
Debon Dwyer
December 11, 2019
The Central Victoria Greenhouse Alliance (CVGA) have received two grants totalling $100,000 for Charging the Regions. The funding is for...
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Debon Dwyer
December 10, 2019
We write a lot of business to business articles which is good for CEOs and business owners who know their...
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Get Your Small Business Website Design Right the First Time
Rob Jennings
December 2, 2019
Small business website design If you want to push the right buttons with your customers, read about the eight essential...
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Finding Events Close to You Via Geolocation
Rob Jennings
November 28, 2019
Geolocation: Using an events calendar program to highlight events close to the user As part of the development of the...
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A Social Media Campaign is Good for Business
Debon Dwyer
November 25, 2019
You can't be in business these days without a Social Media presence. If you’re dragging your feet about getting onto...
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Rob Jennings
November 18, 2019
What do Web Developers do? Web Developers (also called Web Content Developers and Webmasters) design, maintain and update websites. It...
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Debon Dwyer
November 11, 2019
What is Black Friday? Black Friday is the name given to the Friday immediately after the Thanksgiving celebration in the...
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A Treasure Trove of Logo Designs
Iben Blom Hansen
September 28, 2019
A Treasure Trove of Logo Designs We have just discovered this inspiring website, packed with some of the best logo designs...
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Hepburn Solar Bulk Buy Gives the Gift of Solar
Debon Dwyer
September 11, 2019
Doxa camp receives solar panels Hepburn Solar Bulk Buy is the sister bulk buy of our client MASH. Both MASH...
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Two New Websites Launched
Debon Dwyer
September 9, 2019
We've been busy! Last week we launched two new websites. Kluwell Kluwell are long term clients who have been...
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A Web Design for a Picture Framer
Debon Dwyer
August 21, 2019
We have another happy customer. We have launched another website this week and it's for a local picture framer. Campbell...
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Our We Push Buttons banner is up!
Debon Dwyer
August 13, 2019
We have designed our logo into an impressive three metre long banner which we have hung from our court yard...
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Education Website for Castlemaine Secondary College
Debon Dwyer
August 13, 2019
Education websites for secondary colleges We have launched a new website for Castlemaine Secondary College which appeals to our core...
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Eddy’s Garage
Debon Dwyer
June 17, 2019
Our central Victoria series Central Victoria has been undergoing a small town revival transformation in the last decade. Many city...
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Why We Love WordPress
Debon Dwyer
May 14, 2019
WordPress makes sense User friendly | Open source | Content management system We love WordPress because it is a user friendly,...
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Airlie and Farmtable in the Land News
Debon Dwyer
March 18, 2019
You can read more about Airlie’s achievements in this article in the Land news.
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Fred’s Tiny House Council Regulations Airtable Database
Debon Dwyer
March 18, 2019
Fred’s Tiny Houses are making it easier for tiny house dwellers to navigate council regulations in their shire with...
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Online Booking System for Clients
Debon Dwyer
January 23, 2019
What is an online booking system? An online booking system is a software that allows you to manage reservations through...
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MASH Wins Environment Victoria Award
Debon Dwyer
November 5, 2018
MASH Wins environmental award We Push Buttons is the digital partner of MASH (the campaign for More Australian Solar Homes)...
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Small Business – Get Your Website Right First Time
Debon Dwyer
October 17, 2018
Getting Your Website Right First Time Your website is the first place many potential customers go when they are researching...
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Periscope – Live Video Streaming Platform
Debon Dwyer
October 8, 2018
Purchased by Twitter for a reported $100m, Periscope is a live streaming app that at first glance, appears quite...
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What is a Heat Map and why do we need one?
Debon Dwyer
October 8, 2018
A heat map is a data visualisation tool that uses colour to highlight the areas of your web page that...
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Tips for Writing a Case Study
Debon Dwyer
October 3, 2018
Tips for Writing a Case Study Why do you need Case Studies on your site? Assume the client does not...
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What is a Content Management System (CMS)?
Rob Jennings
September 30, 2018
A CMS is basically a software system that facilitates administration, authoring and collaborative content creation for web users who are...
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Effective Content Writing: Converting Words into Action
Debon Dwyer
September 26, 2018
Content Writing The common application among all websites is content writing. It takes less than five minutes browsing the net...
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MASH Gets a Spot on Channel Nine News!
Debon Dwyer
June 13, 2018
MASH on Channel Nine News! Our client, More Australian Solar Homes (MASH) have gone from strength to strength over the...
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Farmer Exchange
Debon Dwyer
March 14, 2018
Farmer Exchange App Development We Push Buttons is proud to be the developer of Farmer Exchange, an exciting new App...
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Arts Open 2018: Meet the Makers
Debon Dwyer
March 7, 2018
Arts Open 2018 Its on again! Arts Open is a biennial event held in Castlemaine and the surrounding towns and...
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Proud to Win a Business Award!
Debon Dwyer
December 11, 2017
Proud to Win a Business Award! Mount Alexander Business Awards 2017 We Push Buttons is pretty chuffed that we are joint...
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Debon Dwyer
September 12, 2017
Matterport is a great 3D walk through feature on your website We have been approached by clients to embed Matterport...
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Interview with Jonathon Hanks
Debon Dwyer
July 31, 2017
Jonathon Hanks explains shared value We Push Buttons interviewed Jonathon Hanks, founder and Director of Incite, a South African company that provides...
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Debon Dwyer
July 5, 2017
Silver K at Oz Comic Con Melbourne This first weekend of July I took my kids to Oz Comic Con...
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The Paddock Eco Village Castlemaine
Debon Dwyer
June 28, 2017
Site visit event We Push Buttons was proud support the launch and site visit of Stage 1 of an exciting new property...
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Debon Dwyer
June 20, 2017
The Paddock Eco Village Castlemaine We Push Buttons was proud support the launch event in Castlemaine for an exciting new...
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Why You Need a Professional Photographer
Debon Dwyer
May 22, 2017
Three good reasons a professional photographer will add value to your website: A professional photographer will help you stand out...
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Debon Dwyer
May 18, 2017
Examples of our favourite web designs from the health care sector We have done some digging and found five health...
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Debon Dwyer
May 11, 2017
Backup your server Storm season – time to get a backup server The recent autumn storms that lashed the east...
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Iben Blom Hansen
April 17, 2017
Logos, Branding and Web Design As a visual communication and design professional, I particularly love the way that the internet...
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Beautiful repeatable pattern designs for your website
Iben Blom Hansen
April 14, 2017
Beautiful Patterns for your Website Repeatable pattern design: Introducing one of our favourite overseas pattern designers, Matthias Hennig. Mr Hennig...
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Hosting and Maintaining WordPress
Rob Jennings
February 21, 2017
Hosting and Maintaining Wordpress One of the great things about Wordpress, the world's most popular content management system, is the ease...
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How to use Pozible, Australia’s Crowdfunding Platform
Rob Jennings
January 28, 2017
Getting it right is Pozible! Pop onto Pozible and scroll through past successes, and you’ll find projects spanning everything from...
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What is a Landing Page?
Rob Jennings
January 19, 2017
If you are using a home page as your landing page you are most likely losing valuable sales leads. The...
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Your Small Business & the Web Design Process
Rob Jennings
January 18, 2017
The Web Design Process What you need to know before contacting a web designer Your website is the first place...
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What is the Ultimate Content Marketing Team?
Rob Jennings
January 4, 2017
What is the ultimate content marketing team? A content marketing team functions within a framework that has a content...
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The Castlemaine State Festival 2017
Debon Dwyer
November 9, 2016
The Castlemaine State Festival 2017 The staff at We Push Buttons are the managing the publicity for the Castlemaine State...
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A Podcast Might be What You’re Looking for
Rob Jennings
October 27, 2016
Have you thought about Podcasting? A Podcast can transform your static web page and turn it into so much more....
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Rob Jennings
October 22, 2016
Goodreads vs. Booktopia: What’s the difference? Goodreads and Booktopia are all about books and reading, but that’s where the similarity...
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Rob Jennings
October 19, 2016
The language of search engine optimisation (SEO) is confusing if you don't use it everyday. To help you understand we've...
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WordPress Training Manual
Rob Jennings
August 3, 2016
Updating your Wordpress website eBook If you are one of our clients you would have received training on managing and...
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Internet Marketing for Creatives: The eBook
Rob Jennings
July 15, 2016
Marketing for Creatives: The eBook Being a creative often means you need to wear many different hats on different...
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Rob Jennings
November 10, 2015
Other web developers often ask why we chose to develop most of our sites in Wordpress. Often it is with...
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What is Canva?
Rob Jennings
November 10, 2015
Getting Creative with Canva What is Canva? There’s no question that Adobe Photoshop is the premiere photo editing app, but...
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Small Business Guide to Internet Marketing
Rob Jennings
November 4, 2015
Small Business Guide to Internet Marketing- eBook As many of you know we contribute articles every month or so to...
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Rob Jennings
October 29, 2015
Volunteers for Refugees”, Denmark We have just had the privilege to design this Flyer/ Brochure for "Volunteers for Refugees" in...
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Rob Jennings
October 18, 2015
Choosing a Self-publishing Platform Any writer who has made it to the end of a manuscript (and through the various...
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An Evening with Tim Flannery
Rob Jennings
October 18, 2015
We had the privilege of assisting Mash2 and the Hub Foundation in arranging and marketing a wonderful evening with Professor Tim Flannery, one...
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Why We Love Vimeo
Rob Jennings
September 23, 2015
Online videos are an important part of any marketing strategy. Its not as simple as producing a video, post it...
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Photographing the work of artist Ben Laycock
Rob Jennings
September 23, 2015
Artist Ben Laycock's Artwork This week one of our favourite artists asked us to photograph some of his wonderful new...
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5 of the Best Websites Dedicated to Art and Museums
5 of the Best Websites Dedicated to Art and Museums We’ve compiled a list of the best museum and art...
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Disqus: the only commenting system worth contemplating
Rob Jennings
August 27, 2015
Why we recommend Disqus as our preferred commenting system: If you are running a blog or website and want your...
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Tim Flannery Event
Rob Jennings
August 22, 2015
An Evening with Tim Flannery The team at MASH have exceeded themselves yet again by organising Australian of the Year,...
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Rob Jennings
August 22, 2015
Kluwell Education Publications We've recently finished designing a new International website for Kluwell Publications based in Bendigo. Kluwell publications...
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Crowd Funding for not-for-profits
Rob Jennings
August 5, 2015
Crowd Funding for Art Galleries and Museums Working with a diverse range of not-for-profits and cultural institutions we are...
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Why redesign your website?
Rob Jennings
July 22, 2015
Why redesign your website? Your website is not mobile responsive: More than half the web searches last year were done...
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Crowdfunding for the Arts and Charity Industry
Rob Jennings
July 22, 2015
How to Stand Out in the Crowdfunding Arts and Charity Community We’ve all heard stories about the crowdfunding idea that...
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Rob Jennings
July 22, 2015
Release for Print template Client: Project Title: Size and Number of Pages: We have the pleasure of providing you with...
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Free Business plan for Freelancers
Rob Jennings
July 22, 2015
Free Business Plan for Small Businesses Looking around the internet a few years ago I was struck by the shear...
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Free email program for your desktop
Rob Jennings
July 16, 2015
Free Email Program These days most of us are so overrun by email that often it is all too overwhelming....
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Rob Jennings
July 16, 2015
Clicky Analytics: As a web designer that specialises in small business I find client most of my clients don’t understand...
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Rob Jennings
July 16, 2015
Collaboration Resources for Business One of the biggest problems facing creatives today is often just how many people need to...
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Free Alternative to Word
Rob Jennings
July 16, 2015
Free Document & Spreadsheet software: 10 years ago when writing documents and spreadsheets it was Microsoft Office Word or Excel...
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Rob Jennings
July 15, 2015
Focusing on productive creativity “I sit down at the computer with the intention of getting that next article/chapter/story done. The...
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Dave O’Neil & Denise Scott Comedy Tour
Rob Jennings
June 24, 2015
Denise Scott and Dave O’Neil head for the NSW coast. Two of Australia’s most loved comics are teaming up for...
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Rob Jennings
June 16, 2015
We've had the great pleasure in helping launch the new Lightcase Pro Kickstarter campaign as well as design their new...
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Who’s Afraid of the Marketing Man?
Rob Jennings
June 15, 2015
Marketing for Writers If you’re like me you probably think heaven is being left alone in a room where you...
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Art Exhibition in Sofia, Bulgaria
Rob Jennings
June 6, 2015
Jan Palethorpe is a leading artist based in Chewton who we've been working with for a number of years. It's...
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Savvy Social Media Marketing for Artistic Types
Rob Jennings
January 27, 2015
If you’re like a lot of creatives out there, you probably dread the thought of wasting hours on twitter or...
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Why the Charlie Hebdo Massacre Doesn’t Surprise Me
Karthika
January 22, 2015
When I first heard the news about the massacre of cartoonists at Charlie Hebdo, naturally I was shocked and appalled...
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HTML5 v Flash
Rob Jennings
December 15, 2014
The Great Debate Which is the superior medium – HTML5 or Flash? There seems no end to the debate. Some...
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The Creative Online website launches today!
Rob Jennings
December 4, 2014
The launch of the Creative Registry of Mt. Alexander & Pop-Up Art is happening this Thursday at the Public Inn...
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Cal Wilson & Dave O’Neil
Rob Jennings
November 28, 2014
We love putting on small comedy gigs with Dave O'Neill every few months. Maximum crowd size of 100, tickets are...
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Ronnie Woods Art Exhibition
Rob Jennings
November 17, 2014
Unless you have been living under a rock or ruminating on the meaning of life in a cave for the...
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Why your website needs a Landing Page
Rob Jennings
November 16, 2014
We've been privileged enough to have written an article on one of the web's best resources for web designers and...
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How to set up Mac Mail
Rob Jennings
November 12, 2014
Using a personal email address is by far the most professional option to present your organisation in the best light....
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Managed Web Hosting: Smart Start-Up
Rob Jennings
October 24, 2014
We're constantly asked by businesses as to why they need to consider paying extra for a managed hosting package. Most...
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Rob Jennings
October 18, 2014
It may sound like spin, but when you create a website, blog, Facebook page or any other medium that is...
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Five of our favourite eCommerce web designs
The best eCommerce web designs double as online showcases for the business they represent, but they should, first and foremost,...
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The Five Main Types of Software Licenses
Rob Jennings
August 19, 2014
Software Licenses What they are and how you can use them: Traditionally Software Licenses were commercial in use - you...
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How many different image sizes should my logo be?
Rob Jennings
July 31, 2014
This is a really important question to ask yourself. In this digital world you need your company logos in a...
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Why you need multiple CVs
Rob Jennings
June 29, 2014
There are many different reasons why you need a CV. The most obvious is when you go for a job...
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Is Semantic UI the next Bootstrap?
Introducing Semantic UI, an easy to understand responsive front-end framework. If you have been a web designer for a long time,...
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Thinking of an Online eCommerce Store? Part #1: Freight Costs
Rob Jennings
August 12, 2013
Freight Costs & your eCommerce store: As with everything in business you need to make sure you have planned properly...
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Rob Jennings
July 26, 2013
Since Twitter began there has been 163 billion tweets all up, 63 billion from Joe Hildebrand Social Media has overtaken...
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Everyone is a Brand
Personal Branding Whether you like it or not these days everyone is a brand I had a senior moment the...
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Broad Match, Exact Match & Phrase: What’s the Difference?
Rob Jennings
June 13, 2013
If you've ever conducted keyword research using Google Keyword research tool you'll be familiar with the different terms Broad Match,...
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Rob Jennings
June 9, 2013
11 things to consider when developing an E-commerce site E-commerce. It’s been a buzz-word of the retail industry for the...
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Using PPC: How it Affects your Business
Rob Jennings
April 23, 2013
Using PPC in your small business I’m asked quite frequently how to use programs such as AdWords, in particular,...
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Can a newspaper redesign increase sales?
Rob Jennings
April 21, 2013
Newspaper Design: Why has it barely changed in 200 years? We continuously hear about the death of the newspaper due...
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Punishment: Google Style
Rob Jennings
January 4, 2013
Crime and Punishment - Google Style This is nothing more than a commentary on selecting the optimisation tactics for a...
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Shared Web Hosting vs Dedicated Hosting vs VPS Hosting We can often become overwhelmed with the number of options available...
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Rob Jennings
October 9, 2012
Thinking of using JQuery for your next Web Design? JavaScript is a programming language that enables web pages to be...
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Rob Jennings
October 5, 2012
Stop Press! I'm sure you've read the headlines- great headline, but slightly mistaken. The world is running out of IP...
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Rob Jennings
October 1, 2012
Cloud computing for your business Cloud computing is one of the latest IT technology marketing buzzwords. Is it something you...
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What is HTML5?
Is HTML5 worth your while? HTML is the code used to program what you see on the screen when you...
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Open Source Software for Self-Publishers
The Benefits of Open Source Software for Self-Publishers Having a publisher prepare one’s manuscript is often fraught with difficulties and...
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What is Responsive Web Design?
Mobile Responsive Web Design Designing sites for various screen resolutions used to be based on the most popular screen sizes....
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What is CSS?
Rob Jennings
August 7, 2012
CSS Explained CSS was officially launched in 1996 as part of the W3C standardisation of HTML and web languages. With...
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Internet Security
Rob Jennings
July 28, 2012
Wordpress & Internet Security Internet Security for your Wordpress website With Malware and Hacker attacks making the news every second...
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Rob Jennings
July 27, 2012
WordPress Wordcamp 2012 Last week I had the great privilege of attending a WordCamp meet up at Sydney University. The...
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Rob Jennings
July 18, 2012
Converting traffic into sales Your site is up, you’ve promoted it and are getting a reasonable amount of traffic visiting...
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Are you Pinterested? Today’s post is a goldmine for those that either use a lot of visual items on their...
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Rob Jennings
June 30, 2012
Open Source Software for Small Business Computers offer the small business owner such amazing tools to create, publish and promote...
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What is a Creative Commons License?
Which Creative Commons License is right for you? Creative Commons is a licensing scheme which encourages the sharing of intellectual...
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Living in a Post-Penguin World It’s been a while since I posted here, but it seems to me that I...
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We’re all familiar with the standard conventions in website design these days – you know: banner, menu, maybe a couple...
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Arts Open 2012
Rob Jennings
April 25, 2012
Visual Arts Festival: Arts Open 2012 Well it’s been a busy few months for the We Push Buttons team, with...
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Acronyms as Logos Acronyms are everywhere in today’s society. The global use of emails and text messaging has heralded a...
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Why use an RSS Feed Reader?
What's an RSS Feed Reader used for? RSS is a tool for getting information from people without having to keep...
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How to use Excel in your art business
Using Excel in your arts administration: Arts Administration - for many artists it’s the side of their practice they’d rather...
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Rob Jennings
March 19, 2012
Castlemaine Artist: Ben Laycock Think infamous artists in Castlemaine and immediately Ben Laycock comes to mind. Born with a paintbrush...
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Can your Business Name be Used as a Logo?
Using your business name as a logo: Not all logos have to have a pretty picture or a mascot animal....
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Four Big Digital Marketing Tips
Rob Jennings
March 5, 2012
Digital marketing tips and how they can work for you: What should I use to communicate with my clients, RSS, Emails,...
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Rob Jennings
February 22, 2012
I promised to try to share some information that might be useful to those of you that already have a website,...
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Great Logo Designs
Nine Examples of Great Logo Designs Designing a logo, or having one designed for you can be a mammoth task....
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Rob Jennings
February 13, 2012
I'm Just Passing Through First, I suppose I ought to introduce myself. Everyone calls me Doc. I’ve tried a few...
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Colour Psychology
Colour psychology & using it in your business: Colour is an incredibly large aspect of our world. Could you imagine...
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Rob Jennings
February 6, 2012
What is Podcasting? This is the first in a three part series on Audio Podcasting: A podcast is simply a...
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Is an online store your best option to sell your art?
Is the Internet the best option to Sell your Art? People seem to have a love-hate relationship with online...
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Overcoming A Creative Block
8 Tips to Overcome a Creative Block Being creative is easy when it’s a recreational process, it is something you...
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Choosing which image file type to use can be tricky... Here's Scott Sanders in depth explanation of image file extensions...
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Rob Jennings
January 16, 2012
Using New Media to Promote your Photography: How can you use social media to promote your photography work? Before the...
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7 Great examples of Artist Business Cards Everybody needs a business card these days. With the price of printing...
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Tips for working with kids I’m a Museum Educator. I’ve seen kids sleeping under display cases, jumping in lifts, making...
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Keyword Research: What keywords and how they can benefit your business? Ever wondered why you've typed in “Victoria” a state...
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Scoopshot: Potentially another revenue stream for Photographers When it comes to copyright issues, photographers and other visual artists often have...
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Rob Jennings
December 27, 2011
Branding & the use of colour: Logos have for a long time been the foremost tool for brand recognition. Every...
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GIMP Review- Open Source Software
GIMP Review Image Manipulation Program GIMP is a GNU image manipulation program similar to Photoshop or Paint Shop Pro. GNU...
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Let Kindness and Gratitude Come this Christmas time:
Kindness and Gratitude In this busy Christmas season many voices speak of peace and joy in word and in song....
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The Present Moment
Rob Jennings
December 8, 2011
The Present Moment The digital age thrusts countless offerings of serious and trivial communication at us in our work and...
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How virtual offices help small businesses seem big
Rob Jennings
December 7, 2011
Virtual Offices can help your business The term virtual office might not be known to everyone involved in the small...
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A Brief History of Logos
History of Logos Logos are so embedded in our society that we recognise them unconsciously. No one wonders what a...
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The Logo Design Process
Rob Jennings
November 26, 2011
An insight into the Logo Design Process The creation and design of a logo is a process equally shared between...
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Thunderbird Email Review
Rob Jennings
November 24, 2011
Thunderbird Email Review While much of the world is transfixed by the Cloud, life as a desktop based email is...
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Free Book Copyright Template
Rob Jennings
November 12, 2011
Book Copyright These days due to the huge e-book movement people are self publishing more than ever, but that doesn't...
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Creating today’s leader
Creating Today's Leader: Leadership and all that jazz! Today’s leaders are under extreme pressure; financial, political, ethical, technological, environmental. Survival...
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The Beauty In Business
When business and art collide If there is one thing we have learned from the late great titan Steve Jobs,...
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Artist Raghava KK discusses the five lives of an artist
Rob Jennings
November 1, 2011
Artist Raghava KK Raghava KK discusses the five lives of an Artist: Raghava KK's paints and draws in a cartoonish...
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Lyrical Poems- Creating A Great Title
Creating A Great Title for my Lyrical Poems When it comes to choosing a title for any of my Ranthems,...
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Book Contract Clauses
Essential book publishing clauses you need to think about before signing a contract 1. Definition of "Publisher:" You may wish...
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Tips to Protect your IP Intellectual Property
IP Intellectual Property Protection Artists need to be very conscious that works of art can be forged very easily in...
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Ideas Galore!
Ideas Galore! Ideas are like ants, they’re everywhere. Why don’t we trip over them? A: Because we don’t see them....
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8 Tips for Publishing Images – The Business of Art
Sending Images to your book publisher This is the first in a series of articles by Julie McGregor owner of...
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Copyright Letter- Cease & Desist
Rob Jennings
September 19, 2011
Small business can't afford a lawyer, creatives can't afford a lawyer, even lawyers can't afford lawyers. Here are a few...
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Rise of the Micro Niche Retailer
Rob Jennings
August 19, 2011
Why Australian Retail Sales is in the doldrums The rise of the Micro-Niche Retailer In today’s current climate talk about...
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A Short History of Business Cards
A History of Business Cards These days we take for granted that business cards are cheap to produce and every...
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What is Malware?
Rob Jennings
July 28, 2011
Why is malware so bad? It seems every second day another big company gets struck down by malware yet it...
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Be A Business Of Personality
"I'm A Real Boy!" Do you ever find yourself feeling like a walking target for ads and sales pitches? It...
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What is Cloud Computing?
What is Cloud Computing? The term Cloud Computing is everywhere these days. Trains, buses, TV advertisements and newspapers. But what...
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MyOws Review
Myows Review- My Original Work Protecting your Intellectual Property- Myows As someone that works directly on and with designers, artists...
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The Latest Social Media Initiative- Google +1
Rob Jennings
July 4, 2011
Google +1 The juggernaut that is Google keeps rolling on... with the launch of their new “Google +1” Social Media...
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What Is Flash?
How to use Flash in your Web Design These days we hear a lot about Flash- mainly getting reminders to...
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Productivity Software
5 Awesome Free Productivity Software Once you have organised your studio in the way you like there are many tools...
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Contact Us Pages
Why Contact pages are so important. You need every available way to contact you on your contact us page. Contact...
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A Great Safe Browsing Tool
Rob Jennings
May 22, 2011
WOT- Web of Trust A User Generated Safe Browsing Tool It is a user generated add-on to your browser (Firefox,...
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Great online collaboration example
Rob Jennings
May 11, 2011
Stop Press: mathematicians being social? People forget that the internet was invented in the early 1960s as a tool for...
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Australian Businesses on the Web
Rob Jennings
April 19, 2011
Australian Businesses on the Web According to the MYOB Business Monitor survey from early 2011 two-thirds of all businesses in...
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How to Reduce Costs in the Office
Rob Jennings
April 7, 2011
Reduce costs on printing Reduce costs in your office by saving money on your printing When printing pages with...
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Tips on Choosing the Right Printer
Rob Jennings
March 28, 2011
Choosing the right printer is not as simple as it first appears. Taking your time to research the right printer...
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Say No to a Messy Office
Rob Jennings
January 16, 2011
Organising your office Making sure your studio space is organised will not only save time wasted looking for that piece...
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Before signing a lease #1
Rob Jennings
December 8, 2010
When signing a lease, whether it be for an office, retail shop or studio space, there are always a few...
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Professional Presentation
Rob Jennings
November 22, 2010
Professional Presentation Just because you’re not in the corporate world, doesn’t mean you should be anything less than professional. Every...
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Outsourcing Staff
Rob Jennings
November 22, 2010
Generally speaking, the office is part of the business most proprietors struggle with. The more time spent doing bookkeeping and general office...
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