What’s a Web-Friendly Font?
In this blog we'll answer what exactly a web-friendly - or web-safe - font is, what they mean for website designers and users, and which ones are OK to use.
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What is HTML anyway?
We understand that the world wide web is a big, scary thing for most people, so each month we'll try to take a word, acronym or phrase and explain to you in simple, 'non-techie' terms what it all means. This is DBG's Digital Definition of the Month!
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New Facebook Cover Image Guidelines
Facebook have recently released new guidelines for cover images on business pages. We'll tell you what they are, look at some examples, and give you some tips for creating the best cover images.
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Google Enhanced Campaigns – now targeting you wherever you are!
Just a few short weeks ago, Google announced Google AdWords “Enhanced Campaigns”. Enhanced Campaigns are a new way for AdWords advertisers to engage with the ever growing mobile consumer population. If you currently have Google AdWords running, read on as we explain what’s changing and what your business needs to do to prepare.
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Cross Channel Marketing Tips – TV Advertising & Mobile-Optimised Websites
As consumers, we've all been there - sitting in front of the television in the evening, an ad appears talking about "50% off our range of Product ABC, available at all of our stores nationally tomorrow only!" Not wanting to go and boot up the PC, or grab the laptop, you reach for your trusty smartphone. You look up the company, keen to know what time they'll be open tomorrow and where your closest branch is.....
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Responsive Website Design – Opportunities & Challenges
From mobile phones, to netbooks, and tablets, users are now visiting your website from an increasing range of devices and browsers. Are your websites adaptable to ensure the user experience enjoyable?
Thanks to Web Designer Depot, below is an outline on how you can learn to think beyond the desktop and craft beautiful designs that anticipate and respond to your users’ needs. Sabina Idler explains some of the opportunities and challenges that arise with responsive design for websites:
The Opportunities & Challenges of Responsive Web Design
So Many Social Media Outlets – You Need a Strategy!
With a new social media platform appearing nearly every few months – there’s Twitter, Facebook, Tunblr, Pinterest, LinkedIn, Google +, Instagram – just to name a few! Learning how to engage your audiences through all of these platforms is a challenge facing most business own
Responsive Web Design for SEO
A hot topic in web design the world over is ‘Responsive Design‘. But what does this mean?
Short answer is that it means that your website is designed and coded to intuitively flex and adapt to the resolution of the device it is being viewed on.
Given the growing popularity of responsive w
Ransomware Attacks on the Rise
As you may have noticed from recent coverage on all the major television news services, there has been hackers targeting businesses across Australia with some fairly serious consequences. We thought we'd get some insight into this from local company owner Adam Reeve of Crescent IT Services.
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Agile Planning
This week we received an email from Adam Basheer of Fit4Market that discussed ‘Agile Planning’.
At first it just sounds like another one of those buzz words that gets thrown around in the world of business – much like ‘synergy’ or ‘granulate’…
Pinterest – now with Business Accounts!
This week the boffins at Pinterest launched the long-awaited Business Profiles. While both personal and business accounts have the same features, Pinterest suggests that if you sign up or convert to a business account, you'll "receive updates on future products and services that will provide more powerful ways of reaching and understanding your audience on Pinterest".
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Google Remarketing – What Is It?
An innovative approach to advertising on Google’s display network, Remarketing allows an advertiser to display a series of adverts to ‘follow’ a user around the internet. This makes it an effective retention tool as it aims to keep your brand top of mind.
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