I'll start off by saying I was privileged enough to visit the 2009 Victorian Tourism Conference last Wednesday and Thursday.

Hearing Jeff Kennett speak was one highlight, and by that I mean the way in which one person (in a way) contradicted 2 days of the conferences thought patterns, by shedding some obvious light on three fundamenta...

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...

For those of you who are aware of the importance of the online realm, what I am about to highlight, may not shock or surprise you however it may reiterate the true need for an online strategy within your organization starting from the ground up. For those that doubt or question the need for an online presence, brace yourself for some enlighte...

The environment over the last couple of years has received a serious plug in our media, both in Australia and around the world. Globally, mother nature and her ever increasingly fragile behavior has become not only a social, but political hot potato. Up until recently I have been a little na? in my understanding of the true predicament our en...

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...

I am now getting close to my first full year with year with bwired.

My views on website development are constantly evolving and my approach to prospective customers is far removed from my early days.

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Web development is at a stage where business creativity dictates the direction of future website functionality. Developers around the world only continue to push the limits of the virtual world with some sense of a vested interest, and fair enough, because there is a lot to gain for everyone in the industry. My blog Business through multifoca...

As the online community continues to seep into the common household, the magic of becoming part of the community is a skill increasingly being acquired by anyone that has a bit of spare time. What I m talking about is making websites and recognising the level of technical professionalism behind the effort. WYSIWYG (What you see is what you get...

Web development has taken me many places and along that journey I kept hearing clients asking "how can I compare my website with my competitors?" So I thought, how I can use this feedback to provide a solution. The tool we have written asks a number of simple questions about your website, it then compares it to a database with over 5000 websites...

Integration of Web with everything else is finally here

having recently upgraded my PDA, looked for a new amplifier and considered the purchase of a Games Console. I was struck by the amount of web integration now being offered in everything. Application developers will need to consider all the potential cha...

Social Networks will continue to grow into verticals Social Networks in 2007 did explode. We saw the rise and rise of Facebook.com as one of the most popular social networks in the world. The impact of social networks changed some of the existing communities as they scrambled to add social aspects to their offerings. Social networks also star...