- Posted on 17 March, 2017 in News
Fig Tree Children – Bringing Community Spirit to Sierra Leone
17Mar
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 »
- Posted on 15 March, 2017 in Digital Marketing
Content Marketing: Adding Value & Maintaining Engagement
15MarIt’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 »
Wordfence Plugin: Saving the Internet One Security Flaw at a Time
02MarOn 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 »
Site Speed – Making or Breaking Your Website
03Feb
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 »
- Posted on 24 January, 2017 in Digital Marketing, Featured
Going the Distance for our Remote Clients
24Jan
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
- Posted on 21 December, 2016 in News
2016: A Slam Dunk of A Year
21Dec
Well, Excite Media followers, the end of the year is nigh. Nerf Gun wars have progressively started to dominate our lunch times (the arms race in the office is a serious threat) and Christmas Carols have slowly infiltrated the office playlist. 2016 has, arguably, been the biggest year for Excite to date! We’ve kicked goals,… Read more »
- Posted on 15 December, 2016 in News
Buy Now, Pay Later: Afterpay – The Future of e-commerce
15DecIf you haven’t already seen it while shopping online , in-store, or heard your friends and family raving about it, there is a new payment system on the scene: Afterpay. Experts are already claiming it’s the new and improved PayPal, with Apple possibly setting its eye on buying it in the near future, according to… Read more »
- Posted on 13 December, 2016 in Digital Marketing, Web Design
Top 8 Web Design Trends for 2017
13Dec
As 2016 quickly draws to a close (and what a year it was!), it’s time to turn our eye towards next year and what new and mysterious trends we’re going to expect moving into the new year. Web design is kind of like multi-tasking – you can do one job, do it well and end… Read more »
- Posted on 6 December, 2016 in Dream Blogs
Catching Fish & Talking Rubbish
06Dec
Ugh…blogging. This is new for me. I’m not much of a words man, insofar as putting them onto paper is concerned. Talking is my expertise. Having conversations. I could talk under wet cement with a mouthful of marbles. Perhaps that’s why I’m in sales, because having genuine chats with people is where I thrive. But,… Read more »
3 Tips for Surviving the Next Google Update
17Nov
Google updates – a blessing or a curse? Recently, Google has announced some pretty big shakeups to its algorithm. In the past few months it was the Penguin 4.0 update and local SEO improvements, but now there are a few more changes coming that are going to be critically important for all Webmasters. Mobile-First Google… Read more »
