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	In this issue
	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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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. Top

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. Top

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 Top

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... Top

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. Top

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. Top

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 Top

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 Top

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