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Our good friend Li Wang is running a personal branding workshop which is sure to be value packed with Ann Whitaker - Image Consultant & Trish Springsteen - Public Speaking Coach. Here are the details for those interested:
https://brandyoupersonalbranding.eventbrite.com.au/

Brand You - Personal Branding as Conceptional Cover Seth Godin once said a book is judged by its cover, you, your business and your brand is judged by your conceptual cover. Whether you are the CEO of a global giant or a one man band with a garage operation, your conceptural cover is equally as important. Join us for this one day live event with An...

Can you guess what favorite colour is preferred by both Men & Women...? Do a quick check to see if your website Calls to Action (CTA) stand out like a sore thumb? Contrast over color!

https://www.helpscout.net/blog/psychology-of-color/

The Psychology of Color in Marketing and Branding | Help Scout The psychology of color as it relates to persuasion is one of the most interesting—and most controversial—aspects of marketing.

Thanks Tech Company! "There are clear financial benefits for SMEs who embrace social media. MYOB found SMEs using social media were 56% more likely to see a revenue rise, with 28% reporting a rise in revenue and 18% reporting a fall."

Who else can relate to this? Creative content when the script is only 1 word, and it's just 40 seconds for a laugh! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HHEYtw4IMpY

The Paperless Future Emma Comedy: funny commercial

Happy Birthday Wordpress! 10 years old and in that time has gone from zero to hero running 65% of the top million websites on the internet. Would you like another slice of pie with that Wordpress? - http://trends.builtwith.com/cms.

CMS Technology Web Usage Statistics Usage Statistics for Content Management System

Interesting Tourism update from last nights budget feedback:

The number of Chinese visitors to Australia grew around 17%, the largest of any country, while the Chinese make up the second largest number of foreign tourists. China is outranked by New Zealand and the UK, US and Japan follow close behind.

http://www.smartcompany.com.au/business-travel/055553-tourism-joy-over-lower-dollar-but-industry-laments-no-new-money-in-budget.html

Tourism joy over lower dollar, but industry laments no new money in budget The Australian tourism industry is rebounding as more international visitors are making the voyage overseas and those figures are set to improve with the dollar now heading below parity.

Some great tips in this post, check out the difference in clicks the baby looking straight ahead vs. directly at the sales copy.

https://www.helpscout.net/blog/website-customers-love/

Building Websites: 10 Proven Ways to Build Websites that Customers will Love | Help Scout Good design keeps the user happy, the manufacturer in the black, and the aesthete unoffended.
 - Raymond Loewy While it can be a

The girls favourite E-Commerce site has just gone live this afternoon! Beautiful, unique, well priced, local jewellery - it was a "tough" project.... http://www.rubyvalesapphires.com.au/

Taylors Fine Sapphires - Michael & Jane Taylor's Jewellery Store Australian sapphire rings and birthstone jewellery make a beautiful gift for you, loved ones & friends. Stunning. Mined & cut onsite from Sapphire Fields

For anyone considering using Slideshare in your content marketing mix here is a peek at our stats on presentations we uploaded last year. They have generated 15,000 views, 380 downloads and counting! That's the beauty investing into content marketing - it keeps on giving :)

IMPORTANT FACEBOOK UPDATE: business owners need to spend 5 minutes to read this article (key points: images & mobile use): http://www.smartcompany.com.au/information-technology/054544-facebook-updates-the-news-feed-everything-businesses-need-to-know-and-you-really-need-to-know-it.html

Facebook updates the News Feed: Everything businesses need to know (and you really need to know it) The latest updates to Facebook’s News Feed are not only crucial progress from the company as it faces more competitors, but a call to action for SMEs, experts warn.

Sincere apologies to all our clients experiencing phone issues lately. Our phones are a VOIP system and all this rain has caused some disruption to our lines :( Telstra have informed us that maintenance may take till the end of the month (woohoo!).

Our emails have been working fine, so if you can't get through, or the line is too crackly, send us an email: [email protected]

Talk to you soon!!

Julia & The UMW Team

Beautiful morning here at Somerset dam for UMW's Xmas waterskiing party!!