I recently spent an exhilarating 10 minutes in the passenger seat of a new 997 Porsche Carrera S - WOW! The owner, a successful businessman, had a very interesting concept for a web idea.

The concept surrounds a website visitor's (customers) ability to personalise an item before purchase. This sent me scurrying to research what is hap...

Hearty congratulations to 4 Walls who was recently awarded the 'Small-Medium Professional Builder of the Year' in the 2009 HIA CSR Victorian Housing Awards.

Kelly Savvides, Business Manager at 4 Walls, said "the award is a result of a huge effort by the 4 Walls team, subcontractors and suppliers to improve o...

This lucky employee come blog writer has just returned from 3 months leave; destination Europe.

Via thorough research of visitor profiling and usability scenarios, certain businesses in the travel and accommodation industry have cornered their markets and are laughing all the way to the bank - helping travellers like me spend...

How well do you know your competitors? Do you know which products or services your competitors focus their marketing, intelligence and investment on. If so, do you know if this is this due to a competitive advantage, lower purchasing price from suppliers or have they simply 'fallen into' this area? Either way, your competitors are up against ...

I am currently speaking with a coffee company in Melbourne about their Online Strategy which aims to:
1. Develop an eCommerce solution which will provide a Return on Investment and allow future growth
2. Handover Control and Ownership to the business - Easily change and update content and products, increase knowledge b...

Welcome to my Business Blog Portal - Growing Business With The Web. I hope you enjoy the discussion and join in.

I set up this blog for all of my clients looking for real-life online examples and web ideas that can push new marketing initiatives and increase return on investment. Case Study examples will be presented throughout t...

LinkedIn is currently one of bwired's favourite social media sites. With our company profile and company network you can easily find...

This month YouTube joined a host of major web sites when it announced plans to withdraw support for Microsoft's Internet Explorer 6.

The news has received a mixed response. While web designers and developers the world over rejoiced, Microsoft responded with concerns over the businesses that still use the browser.

The logic beh...

Great Opportunities for SMEs

At bwired, we regularly receive contact requests off our web site. I followed up on one of these and the owner and his son visited our offices a few weeks back.

By way of background, the father runs a small business with a few employees in and around the furniture space. Without detailing, it's one...

Now, I must fess' up here before continuing. I was just about to submit my blog, only to find that bwired's MD, Sam Saltis, had written a very simila...