The Inaugural Great Excite Xmas Bake-Off! Whether you love or hate Christmas, there’s no denying that it’s the time of year where everyone loves to join together and feast on a variety of delicious and decadent treats (especially baked goods). For many busy parents (like me), baking generally isn’t a high priority on the weekly-to-do… Read more »
Here’s a recap of ‘7 Secrets to Digital Marketing Success’ from “The Buzz” event hosted by 96five at Cloudland last night. The first thing to remember is that Secrets aren’t locked in stone. They are only snippets of unrevealed information that you can either discover, stumble upon or have revealed. Last night we dove into… Read more »
In my day to day at Excite Media, a lot of my time is spent working with client accounts and administration but I’m also lucky enough to take on some hands-on project work when it pops up around the office. Whether it’s general maintenance around the place or special projects like building the hanging herb… Read more »
The glorious Mt Fuji is one the most iconic landmarks in Japan. Standing at over three and a half kilometres tall, it’s considered one of Japan’s three sacred mountains and is truly one of the most special locations on the planet. Looking down over Tokyo, the mountain seems to have an energy all of its… Read more »
For as long as I can remember, gaming has been a part of my life – and I don’t mean console gaming as most people would presume these days. I mean good old fashioned sitting around the kitchen table with a deck of cards or raiding the loft to dust off a classic old-school board… Read more »
The Fig Tree Children – an Excite Media partner The Fig Tree Children is a charity founded by an ex-Excite team member, Jane Shakespeare. Jane’s working with orphaned and vulnerable children in Sierra Leone, partnering them with carers to make sure they get the care, education and sense of family they need. Excite is partnering… Read more »
It’s not news that Facebook and Google are committed to changing their algorithms to provide users with the best experience possible. After all, that’s exactly what we do in our own businesses right? If you work with a contractor who’s performing poorly and not meeting yours or your customer’s expectations, then you make suggestions or… Read more »
On the second of September this year, without most of the world knowing, one of the most significant threats to internet security was discovered. While business continued as most for most, the good folks over at Wordfence uncovered a major security flaw that had the potential to throw a significant portion of the internet into… Read more »
It’s a very rare person who would tell you that a slow website doesn’t grind their gears. In fact, there is absolutely no one in the Excite Media Team who would happily twiddle their thumbs and watch wheels spin while a website loads. We live in a fast-paced world where we want things sooner rather than… Read more »
A couple of weeks ago I had the unique opportunity to steal away from my desk at Excite and head to the outback for one of my clients. I was invited by the Laynhapuy Homelands Aboriginal Corporation (Laynha) to visit a number of their remote sites in the Northern Territory. To say I jumped at the opportunity is a bit of an understatement!
The type of project Laynha had in mind posed some real challenges and understanding precisely how the group integrated with the local community was critical to fully comprehending what they were trying to achiev
