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AWN Latest News
Welcome to all the new members that have
sign up in the last few weeks, about 50
in total. Sorry about taking so long to
process you guys but we have been extremely
busy.
Firstly, let me start by welcoming our
new sponsors australia.internet.com
- Australia's Internet Industry Portal.
Their community, constituted of all the
key Australian professionals driving the
development of the Internet as a channel
for global business. They create value
for their members in three ways - daily
editorial, monthly networking events,
and quarterly executive training days.
Have a look through their site and join
in, there is allot of valuable information
that could benefit your business.
As you may have seen, our 'earn extra
income' section has changed and will now
be replaced with a membership card system.
We will be sending out cards in the next
few weeks (for FREE!) and you will be
entitled to some great discounts for just
being a part of the community.
We will be changing our newsletters to
weekly ones very soon. The main reason
for this is to introduce all the new businesses
that will be offering discounts to you.
After some ringing around to the people
that have ask for quotes and from the
emails we have received, it seems that
we would be close to the referring $200,000
in contracts during the last 8 months.
If you have received work that has been
referred from our site, please let us
know. We will keep the information confidential
and it help us know how our marketing
campaigns are going, as it's very hard
to track.
This week we are launching our new
web hosting resellers program. This
is set-up for our members only and provides
something the no-one else does. Support
your clients!! This enables you to
get on with web design rather than support
and add value to your business. To find
out more check out article one.
One last thing before I go. We have been
receiving allot of emails from people
that have lost their password and when
they use the link to retrieve it they
get nothing back. The reason for this
is because they have not used the email
address they signed up with, so if this
happens to you, use the keyword search
to find yourself and use the email address
that you gave us originally.
That's pretty much it from us. Til next
time. Have a good one.
Regards,
Paul Cotton
Business Manager - AWN
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Latest
Competition
Last
Competition Winner
1. New
Web Hosting Offer
2.
Australian Spam
3.
Dynamic Web Training Expanded Operations
4. Search
EngineOptimisation: The Benifits for your
Clients
Testimonials
Media
Releases
Sponsors
Strategic
Partners
IMPORTANT: It has come to our
attention from speaking to people that
are asking for quotes, some designers
have not been responding. Remember, these
are qualified leads and the people
asking for quotes have taken the time
to look through your details. Most of
them only selected 4-10 designers and
they are only getting a couple of responses.
So don't let these opportunities pass,
it's your foot in the front door and what
you do with it is up to you.
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to receive a position on our front page.
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Hosting Reseller Wanted!!!
Provide web hosting for you clients
and add value to your business.
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Macromedia
Training
Want training on Macromedia products
for you or your staff? Visit www.dynamicwebtraining.com.au
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A One Year Subscription to Australia's
leading Internet Magazine.
Here's your chance to win a one year subscription
to Internet.au magazine. Just answer this
simple question and email competition@webdesigners.net.au
**Conditions apply.
Q. How much does it
cost for an 18 issue subscription of Internet.au
Magazine?
Hint: Answer can be found
on page 57 of the May 2002 issue.
** Conditions
1. Only one entry per person
2. Winner announced 31 May2002
3. Entries close 30 May 2002
4. Only registered members of AWN can
enter.
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Rotating Banner on Australian WebDesigners.Net
The winner of our Rotating Banner competition
is Mark Bryant. Mark is from Digital
Art Web Design. Congratulations and
thank you to US
for providing this great prize.
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1. New Web Hosting
Offer
Australian WebDesigners.Net is now offering
web hosting reseller plans. These plans
are at some of the cheapest prices on
the Internet with all the features that
other hosts charge extra for. The servers
run on a Linux based platform with Chilli
Soft's ASP running as well to serve ASP
pages.
The web host manager allows resellers
to set-up and maintain accounts without
having to wait for a third party. With
an Anonymous support site set up, it allows
the clients to get any server issuse resolved
without having to bother the reseller
allowing them to get on with other things.
FEATURES: FTP access, MySQL databases,
sub-domains, SSH, email aliases, mail
fowarders, web based email, own SMTP mail,
downloadable back-ups, raw access logs,
custom error pages, CGI wrapper, secure
pages, SSI and 99.5% up time.
TOOLS: a control panel, redirect
URL's, fourms, search engine submission,
banner ad rotation, 2 shopping carts.
3 chat rooms, 2 guestbooks, site search,
hit counters, mailing lists, clock script,
countdown script, 2 form mail scripts,
random html script, password protected
directories, spam filters that you control,
MX record modifications and 3 web stat
programs.
SERVER: Perl 5.006001, PHP 4.1.2,
Apache 1.3.23, Macromedia Flash &
Shockwave, FrontPage 2002 Extentions,
ASP (active server pages), MySQL 3.23.45
and Real Audio/Video.
Act now and add value
to you business.
contact: admin@webdesigners.net.au
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2. Australian Spam
Have you ever received SPAM emails from
Business Seminars Australia? The one with
the kangaroo waving the Austalian flag?
Well, we have, about 10 a week to be
exact. While SPAM in itself is not illegal
(yet) a growing movement to expose Bulk
Email companies operating in Australia
is growing.
Thanks to some resourceful and attentive
AWN members, the Australian Company that
has been sending these (and other) bulk
emails has been identified. We just thought
we'd share: www.t3direct.com.au Their
web hosting provider is WebCentral.
Typical for bulk SPAMMERS, the T3 Group
Pty Ltd hides behind false outgoing email
addresses, relay servers and a return
drop boxes at China.com. Why - because
they know how much people HATE THEM and
wish to remain hidden... and it's businesses
like this that are putting a strain on
networks and managers
that have to pay for the bandwidth wasted
by SPAM on a daily basis.
Did you know that the Europe Union outlawed
spam in December 2001? Would you like
to see similar laws for Australia?
You can GET ACTIVE by writing an email
to you Local or Australian Government
official and express your views on what
types of changes and laws you would like
to see put in place. GET ACTIVE and have
your say - without it the government will
do nothing and the problem will only get
worse...
A good starting point for a push for
law reform regarding SPAM is www.caube.org.au
While it is important to differentiate
between Bulk Emailers who use "email
harvesting" software and those who
make legitimate marketing approaches through
"hand contacting" a business
via their web site, new legislation needs
to be introduced. It really is a "grey
area" - but with more involvement
from individuals,
business and marketing representatives
a distinct line can be drawn.
As long as Australian companies like
www.t3direct.com.au are allowed to use
"email harvesters" and "bulk
unsolicited email" the problem can
only get worse...
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3. Dynamic Web
Training Expanded Operations
Dynamic Web Training, Sydney's largest
Macromedia Training centre has recently
expanded it's operations into Melbourne,
Canberra and Brisbane. We are currently
offering the following fantastic deals
Melbourne Sign up for Fast Track to Dreamweaver
course and receive a Fast Track to FlashMX
course worth $880 for FREE. Brisbane and
Canberra Sign up for Fast Track to Dreamweaver
course and receive a Fast Track to FlashMX
course for $330. Please enroll online
by visiting our website at www.dynamicwebtraining.com.au
or by calling us on (02) 9221 9550.
Macromedia recently launched the much
awaited FlashMX. What is FlashMX? Well
it's really Flash 6. What does the MX
stand for? It doesn't really stand for
anything , it's just called MX. But the
product is certainly something to rave
about. We will shortly be co-hosting an
event with Macromedia to introduce FlashMX
and all it's new features. Dates for these
events (one in Sydney and one in Melbourne)
are currently been finalised. Should you
wish to receive an invitation please register
your name at www.dynamicwebtraining.com.au/registrations.asp.
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4. Search Engine
Optimisation: The Benifits for your Clients
Search Engine Optimisation: The Benefits
for your Clients
With Google the latest in a long line
of search engines and directories to expand
their "pay for placement" system,
how can you maximise the benefits for
your clients?
This seminar will focus on developments
in search methodology, and techniques
that can be used to improve site positioning.
With meta-tags and reciprocal links no
longer carrying much weight, a new breed
of tools and systems is now required to
take advantage of what is still a major
online marketing avenue.
Keynote speakers:
Paul McCarney, Director - Strategy, Decide
Media
Gavin Appel, General Manager, Sinewave
Interactive
Plus, learn how you can quantitatively
assess the customer experience your clients
are providing via their website. Global
Reviews uses its proprietary Online Customer
Experience Benchmark to help companies
including Fairfax, Air New Zealand, and
Spotlight enhance their internet customer
experience. Adam Goodvach, Founding Director
of Global Reviews, will demonstrate the
most important elements of customer experience,
and how these can be improved without
spending a dollar.
Date: Monday 22nd April, 2002
Time: 5pm - 6pm
Place: De Bono Centre for Innovation
Level 8, 257 Collins St.
Melbourne 3000
This event is free for web developers
and numbers are limited to 35 people.
To reserve your space urgently please
e-mail: adir@globalreviews.com.au
Light snacks and drinks will be provided.
Web developers only.
Proudly sponsored by Promise Web Hosting.
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Testimonials
"I used Webdesigners recently after
reading an article about them in the Sydney
Morning Herald. I wanted a small website
designed for my Sydney Harbour cruise
business. I found the webdesigners site
easy to navigate, the 'request for a quote'
area user friendly, and I had received
my first quote within 24 hours. Thanks
for the great service."
Alison Stevens
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Media Releases
THE AGE/SYDNEY MORNING HERALD- Tuesday,
November 20, 2001
NET RESOURCES by Jed Bowtell
For those with designs on a Web designer
WHETHER you're looking for somebody to
build you a completely new Internet site,
or simply give your existing site a facelift,
the Australian Web Designers Net is the
place to go. Using the database's powerful
search facility you can find the developer
to suit your individual requirements.
Search by the type of content you want
for your site, the technologies you prefer/require
and, of course keyword. Full contact details
are provided for each designer, along
with links to examples of sites they have
worked on. The site also provides a facility
for quickly and easily requesting quotes
from multiple designers.
www.webdesigners.net.au
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