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A look at links

Increasing the number of incoming links to your website is one of the most important parts of any Internet Marketing Campaign. But it's not just about the number of links, the "quality" of these links...

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BCMS 2.7 is ready

Last week we ran the final tests on BCMS 2.7 and it's ready to go!

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Succeed online with good design

Owner and founder of Boyd Design, Tristan Boyd interviewed about website design basics.

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My Marketing Mentor

Yeşim Soyak's new business, My Marketing Mentor needed a fresh clean design to inspire the sort of energy and professionalism that Yeşim brings to her customers.

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June 2009 Newsletter

This months newsletter contains: Monkey & the Brown Man, Search Engine Optimisation tools, a new website for My Marketing Mentor, and more...

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Evolution evolves

The latest design upgrade for the Evolution Hospitality is punchy, modern and gives this training company fantastic new image.

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Microsoft Exchange Servers

Over the last 12 months, we have seen a lot of our customers upgrade their internal servers to Microsoft Exchange. In some cases this has been an easy transition, in other cases, there have been a lot...

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Promoting your blog

Recently I have been doing a bit of research into the local marketing scene, in particular in the area of blogs and the related network. One great site that I have found is Loaded Web.

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KPI for your website

One of the best things about a website is that almost every aspect of it's performance is measurable. With a little preparation, it is quite easy to set up and track a list of Key Performance...

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A new architect in Sydney

This month we very very pleased to launch the new Saki Archiutecture website. Saki is a Sydney architect specialising in modern style of architecture.

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Harbord Beach Hotel upgrades their website

Harbord Beach Hotel is a long standing business located in Freshwater, the Hotel has been around since 1928. The aim of this project was to create an online presence and community for the hotel that...

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Local T-shirt Company Launches website

  Local T-shirt company NarraSurf launches thier online store. NarraSurf is a narrabeen based company that specialises in surf T-shirts for the long boarder generation. After selling shirts at local...

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Custom made books for your child, about your child

Innovative, new and fun! These are the words used to describe the idea behind Tiny Tales. Tiny Tales idea was simple, create a website that allows people to create a custom books for their children. To...

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The VCFS and 22q11 Foundation

We were very proud to help the The VCFS and 22q11 Foundation launch a new website last month. It's always a pleasure to support a genuine cause like this.

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Pay per click Vs search engine optimisation

The debate between the PPC and SEO camps continues, with strong arguments on both side of the fence. But is there an answer, or is it more down to personal preference, or more importantly, personality?

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Twilight Sailing in Sydney Harbour

Sydney Sail Charters needed a website that not only looked good, but ranks high in google as well. Our client was starting a new business in the highly competitive industry of sail charters in Sydney...

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Internet Explorer's slow demise

Usage Internet Explorer has dropped below 60% of the Internet community.

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UK company chooses Boyd Design

Last week we were very pleased to launch a new promotional products website into the highly competitive United Kingdom market.

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Google updates search engine results page - SERPs

Google changed their search engine results page last month. (That's SERP in techno bable). The new page they are showing seems to be basically the same, but has the addition of a navigation bar to the...

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5 Ways your website could save you time

More and more businesses are realising that the web is a lot more than just a marketing medium. It's a completely new way to do business, and there are thousands of ways that it can save you time and...

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Pilates website design

Slim, beautiful, attractive. The Pure Moves website needed to reflect the results that they deliver to their customers. Our use of feminine colours, elegant and modern design combined with a reliable...

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Ooohhh Yeeeaaahhh!!!!

The rev heads in our office had a field day building the new website for Uber Motor sports. This racy, technically savvy design reflects Uber's unique speciality in the manufacturing of custom...

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National Solar Power

National Solar Power needed a punchy sales website with bold call to actions to show potential customers their credentials and capabilities in their field of expertise; solar panel installations and the

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Cha Cha Bag Shopping Cart

Cha Cha Bag is an innovative new product for women who are sick of worrying about where they can put their hand bags while they are dancing.

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Websites for shop-a-holics

Our latest website launch is a fun site for girls who love shopping on the web.

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5 SEO tips to increase your website rankings with YouTube videos

Did you know that most YouTube videos and channels are not properly optimised, even by big brands? By This is your opportunity to get higher up in the rankings of search engines.

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Google upgrades itself again!

Just when we got our heads around “Google Caffeine”, Google has released another major upgrade to it’s giant search engine. “Google Instant”.

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iPhone running slowly?

If you have just upgraded your iPhone to the new 4.0 operating system, you might be finding that it's running reeeaaallllyy slowly. Here's the fix.

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Triathlon website design

Have you ever woken up one morning and thought to yourself, “today I'm going to swim 76 laps, then go for a 180 km bike ride and then finish off by running marathon before dinner time? Well if you ever...

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5 free directories that your website should be in!

The internet is full of free directories where you can list your website for free. Some of these directories are better than others. Here is a list of 5 directories with good page rank and a free...

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How to choose a domain name

One of the most difficult decisions when setting up a website is choosing a domain name. The decision has been made even more complicated by the fact that your search engine rankings can be greatly...

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List your business on Facebook Places

Facebook Places offers you yet another free way to promote your business using social media. Most popular with mobile devices, such as iPhones with the Facebook application, Facebook Places allows a...

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Web design for racing bikes

MCD is run by Ross McWatters who has been tuning racing bikes for over 20 years. The website needed to reflect the sport. Fast, edgy, and aggressive, while creating an easy to use website for visitors...

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Multi Language Websites

English Editor Asia needed a website that could sell their message in three Asian languages as well as English. Our content management system provided a perfect multi language website solution.

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Avoid email scams

A friend of mine stung by an email scam last week. I thought it was worth writing about it to illustrate how easily you can be ripped off if you aren't very careful.

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Jewelery Website Design

Frunique.com.au is an intricate shopping cart with a number of additional functions and customised features.

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SPF records for major ISPs

Finding the SPF records from the major IP's can be difficult. Part of the problem is that not all ISPs seem to be embracing the Sender Policy Framework.

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Imagine make up design

Imagine makeup design required a website to reflect the standard of work that she delivers. The images in her portfolio are beautiful so our designers let the images do most of the work in this design,...

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Reverse vending machines

Reverse vending machines are about to hit Australia, and we were lucky enough to have a chance to build the website for Verde Australia, the exclusive distributor for one of Europe's largest reverse...

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Yellow pages book Vs Google

One of the most common dilemmas facing our clients this year is whether or not to finally give up on the Yellow pages book. I decided to do some homework so I could answer this question with a little...

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Email marketing in the New Year

You may have noticed in the news that Virgin Mobile has been fined $22,000 for allegedly spamming customers who had opted out of getting marketing messages. This is a great reminder that if you are...

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Do you know when you are in the news?

Whether it's good news or bad news, if you or your business make news, you need to know about it. Now there is a way to monitor the internet in real time and be notified when someone writes something...

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Maintaining your website

As the internet becomes more and more focussed on social media, the need to keep your website up to date is getting more and more important. Visitors expect to see up to date content, latest news or at...

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Create Tables for your BCMS system

Ever wonder how you can easily cut and paste tables from Excel into your Content Managed Website without creating a formatting nightmare? Here is the solution!

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Is your business a “Money making machine”?

It's the dream of every small business owner. A perfect system that feeds customers and orders into one end, and delivers products and services at the other.

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Boyd Design is Google Certified

Google has recently launched a new program to provide direct support to companies like us, so that we can better serve companies like yours.

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Google Exchange

We had a great morning with Google last Friday. It was good to discuss the finer points of Adwords with the people that run the system.

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Google Plus for small business?

Google's latest social media project is up and running, and it looks like it is going to be big. Maybe bigger than Facebook. Maybe bigger than Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn combined!

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Sailing Charters in Pittwater

Dream catcher offer a very well priced sailing charter service with an experience skipper. They required a simple website to encourage visitors to make an initial enquiry.

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Website performance check

When was the last time you took a good look at your website? We are offering a FREE website assessment to give you a clear picture of where your websites strengths and weaknesses lie. Email:...

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