Business Gold Coast Promotional Video
Hive is proud to be featuring in an upcoming Business Gold Coast promotional video, intended to encourage high school students to choose a career in a Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) industry.
Posted by on 4 May 2012 | Comments | Read the full post
I cheated on my industry! (just once)
This is an open story about the lessons we have learnt from overseas outsourcing and the effects it had on our business and local industry economy. The story is inspired by the growing number of people in my industry I have met at networking events outsourcing overseas.
Posted by Adam Stead on 30 March 2012 | Comments | Read the full post
Design The Perfect URL Article
I recently read an awesome article on the importance of the URL (Uniform Resource Locator). This was a great refresher for me to really back up the importance with some solid points that are often overlooked.
Posted by Flynn on 8 February 2012 | Comments | Read the full post
Web Directions South 2011
Last week we were lucky enough to attend the Web Directions South conference in Darling Harbor, Sydney (what a location!). WDS is a trade show about everything in the web environment, with 4 main sections - Design, Development, W3C and BigPicture. The conference consisted of trade booths, networking events and concurrent workshops and lectures running all day.
Posted by on 21 October 2011 | Comments | Read the full post
The Tools We Use To Streamline Our Business
Over the years I have been asked a number of times how and what we use to manage our business. Some may think this question is a little invasive especially in a completive industry such as web development. However, transparency is one of Hive Web Studio’s core values and we are passionate about community and the sharing of ideas to evolve. Majority of our business practices involve some kind of openness, from our weekly staff meetings, what we share with our staff through and our pricing and product delivery to clients.
Posted by Adam on 7 October 2011 | Comments | Read the full post
FREE websites!
A recent discussion on the Sky Business Channel sparked and interesting conversation in the Hive.net.au office. The discussion was based around research released by MYOB finding that two-thirds of SMBs don't currently have their own website. This seems quite strange when we know online consumer purchases are increasing.
Posted by Flynn on 3 March 2011 | Comments | Read the full post
The Smashing Book #2
The Hive.net.au team were very excited about the arrival of the new Smashing Book (Smashing Book #2). Published by the popular web design and development blog, Smashing Magazine, the book provides interesting insights into design, usability and coding. The book covers tried and tested principles from industry professionals, making for an excellent reference point when working on web and design projects.
Posted by Flynn on 16 February 2011 | Comments | Read the full post
New changes to Facebook
You may have noticed there have been some changes to Facebook lately, most notably the 'new look' fan/business pages now with closer resemblance to the personal profile pages. Some people will like the new changes and others won't. Either way, the changes have been made so it's important to use them to your advantage to keep your fans interested!
Posted by Flynn on 16 February 2011 | Comments | Read the full post
Social Media Postive Return on Investment
Interested in what kind of ROI other companies are getting from social media. This is another informative video from the guys at SocialNomics. If you want to learn more about how social media can work for your business, have a chat to us.
Posted by Adam Stead on 13 March 2010 | Comments | Read the full post
Social Media Revolution
Social Media, is it just a fad? Well if the stats in this video are anything to go by it is no passing fad. The following video by Socialnomics author Erik Qualman, lets you know all the facts on why its not, and is here for the long term. If you want to learn more about how social media can work for your business, have a chat to us.
Posted by Adam Stead on 13 March 2010 | Comments | Read the full post