An absolute beauty built for and with a beautiful lady, Astrid - Integrative Counselling & Mediation Services. It is a pleasure to do our bit for a new business that brings much-needed services to Broome & the Kimberley.
Scam alert: "We have attempted to deliver your package..." Be careful folks! We just received a text message seemingly from UPS but of course, it isn't. Read more about it here: https://thespinoff.co.nz/business/19-11-2020/did-you-get-a-weird-text-about-a-ups-package-its-probably-a-scam/
Do you like minimalist designs? This page is simple, elegant, and to the point. We thoroughly enjoyed working with the business owners on the website design and the branding. Kudos to Franyart for the logo refresh.
Plant a tree by searching the internet Meet Ecosia, the search engine that plants trees: - the company is energy neutral and is using its own solar plants to power their systems - Ecosia reports its income and how it spends its money monthly in a super-transparent way - the company promises total user privacy. Check them out at https://www.ecosia.org/
Broome Harvest is ON! We love the event and would like to thank Incredibleedible Broome for the opportunity to create the website. See you there on 20/9!
Long time no post... We have been too busy with all the projects we are working on. Here is one that is already up and running (although a lot more content is coming). https://www.broomesoccer.com/ This website boasts a full suite of systems to help the sports club: membership management, event management, online payments, donation system, and even a webshop. Even better, it comes with a handy mobile app, so members and managers can stay up-to-date anytime, anywhere.
A great little article by Services Australia clarifying JobSeeker questions for sole traders.
New tender opportunity Tyre Supply, Fitting & Associated Services Submissions close 3:00pm, Tuesday 02/06/2020. For more information, visit the Shire of Broome’s electronic tendering portal at www.tenderlink.com/broome.
Had enough of Facebook spying on you? Get the monkey off your back - easily. Facebook now lets you switch off its 'Off-Facebook activity' with only a few clicks. How to do it? This is different on various platforms and devices, but you will need to start looking under 'Settings' and look for 'Off-Facebook activity' where you can 'Clear your history' and 'Manage' you activity tracking.
Accounting just got simpler Waaaaay simpler that is. This is brilliant news if you are a Xero user - invoices and receipts from your suppliers can simply get uploaded or emailed into Xero and the data will be automatically converted and coded. This saves your business time and bookkeeping costs. To get the lowdown, talk to your accountant or get in touch with the free consulting service at Kimberley Small Business Support or visit https://www.xero.com/blog/2019/12/hubdoc-and-xero-get-ready-for-march-2020/
Very proud of this one. Working with a professional team and a dedicated project manager, it has been a breeze in spite of the complexity. Morrgul asked us to refresh their existing design while building a completely new page from scratch and adding in heaps of functionality, including 'members only' content. Check it out at https://morrgul.com.au/
Is TikTok Chinese spyware? The chances are it is. But don't trust us (we might be anti-Chinese spies), do your own research. And here is one way to look at it 🙂 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_qDLxqfLHsQ
New community grants Regional Development Australia - Kimberley has a newsletter summarising community grant information: https://mailchi.mp/8f37f835e19d/kimberley-grants-update-21-04-20 https://www.rdakimberley.com.au/
Options, options... Groceries vs video games: How women and men spend their stimulus payments differently.
Great stuff The Shire of Broome just announced a community support package. Read the announcement here: https://www.broome.wa.gov.au/Home/Tabs/Latest-news/Shire-of-Broome-announces-COVID-19-community-support-package Details: https://broome.infocouncil.biz/Open/2020/04/CO_09042020_MIN_1684_AT_EXTRA_WEB.htm
How is quarantine going for you? Not that good? Check this out for a little break 🙂 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=39xq5AATMp4
Business Support We would like to offer our help to all Broome businesses: - we set up a page with useful business info here https://www.cbbc.com.au/support - we have made our FB for Business Training available online for free: https://www.cbbc.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Facebook-business-training-1.7.pdf - we offer free consulting on online presence for businesses - we offer individual pricing with the biggest discounts we can provide for websites and e-commerce solutions. Give us a buzz on 0428 092 571 to see how we can help your business.
As schools are closing in a few days, this article is more relevant than ever: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-02-19/should-we-trust-chinese-owned-tiktok-personal-data/11962086
With the challenging times ahead of us we will try our very best to support fellow Broome businesses. We listed a few ideas related to business support, productivity, working from home, the basics of online marketing and more. If you have a question or would like to add information, please get in touch with us. https://www.cbbc.com.au/support
A handy and safe little tool to check your passwords' strength. No, no, Broome6725 is not safe enough, neither is your dog's name, except if it is AuzD,Q!t4;a1"5:IYo#o1Wn9n+k3WmTv&L'W~:;|^I, but that is a little hard to call out 🙂 https://howsecureismypassword.net/
Starting and building your own business is probably a major challenge for you and your family. Maintaining a balance between work and private life can be hard and the boundaries are pretty blurry. Check out this page for some handy tools to manage your business while you take care of yourself! https://www.asbfeo.gov.au/my-business-health/home
Privacy vs mobile phones Scary & dreadful or useful & the way to go? One thing is sure: it is worth contemplating on how we use are smartphones. https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/12/19/opinion/location-tracking-cell-phone.html
A really cool feature is just rolling out in the Google Chrome browser: the built-in password checker will warn users if any of their passwords might have been exposed. Click below for more info
The bigger the better? Hearing it lots means it is true? Well, not for Trivago... ...“Trivago’s hotel room rate rankings were based primarily on which online hotel booking sites were willing to pay Trivago the most”... Nasty...
Our most complex project so far in the website design space - a lovely client and an awesome business. Check it out @ www.topnotchteaching.com!
