14th December 9.30am-10.30am

"Youtube Explained - Creating your own channel, adding and optimising video"

RESERVE YOUR SEAT

Last week, Tim graduated from the Small Business Victoria’s “Masterclass For Growth” pilot program for
small business that had experienced Rapid Growth over the past 3 years. 40 businesses, made up of 20
metro and 20 regional were selected to participate.


Delivered by Pyksis, the course consisted of four full day sessions, several special interest sessions and follow up mentoring. Topics included, branding, systems and process, social media, HR, Intellectual Property, carbon tax and financial management.

Since the course Design Experts made some changes to how we do things, including introducing a new
slogan “Get informed, Get Online and Grow your business”, implemented Xero and Workflow Max,
have commenced recruitment for a non executive Board and we now use Fox Personal for all of our
recruitment.

We highly recommend that you consider applying for the course, it subsidised and only cost $950.

You can fill out the Masterclass for Growth application form HERE

Can you imagine what is possible if the internet is 100 times faster? A hospital could free up valuable beds by monitoring patients in their homes! You could “tele-commute” to your office job in the big smoke whilst never leaving your home in the country!

Design Experts are right behind the push to have Bendigo named in next February’s announcement to receive high speed broadband via the National Broadband Network rollout.

So much so that Tim is on the NBN4Bendigo committee, designed the logo, developed the website and has been involved in several PR initiatives – Check out our the article. Tim was also lucky enough to meet Paul Budde, an NBN Evangelist who recently presented at a business breakfast Echuca on how the NBN will benefit the local community.  In his speech he mentioned the example of Gabby driving a large file down from Echuca to Bendigo because it was faster to do that than send it via the web – all that will be a thing of the past!

EVERYONE BENEFITS - If Bendigo is announced to receive the NBN next February, then the vast majority of Design Experts customers will benefit. So please support the bid by registering on www.NBN4Bendigo.com.au and LIKING the NBN4Bendigo Facebook Page.

Having a poor performing PC is not only costing you money, but is actually quite easy to fix if you know the right people, and we do!

As part of our commitment to our customers and subscribers, we have organised a FREE PC Health Check for 1 computer and $95p/h to check subsequent computers and/or for travel time outside of Bendigo. 

It’s FREE for 1 PC, so don’t make excuses, just make a booking, this is what you get;

• Windows updates check
• Microsoft security updates
• System restore check
• Internet security check
• Useless program removal, eg. advertising toolbars
• Backup check
• Suggestions on what areas need to be addressed

To book your Free PC Health Check, call Lawrence a call on (03) 5444 5442 or 0417 033 229 or info@ecopc.com.au

You’ll need to mention “Design Experts” to get the FREE check!  Go on, what's stopping you.

We would like to thank our clients, team and the judges (who were not bribed by the way) on helping us to win the Small Business of the Year in the Rotary Bendigo Business Excellence Award.  Without your support, we would not have achieved this.

We’d also like to congratulate our Head of Design Gabrielle Quirk who was a finalist in Employee of the Year and Tim Gentle, our Managing Director, who was a finalist in the Young Entrepreneur category in the 2011 Campapse Murray Business Awards.

It has been a massive journey and learning curve for the Design Experts team and it was nice to be recognised for all the effort to date.

Check out some pictures of the night on our facebook page.

Technically speaking, a QR code (abbreviated from Quick Response code) is a type of matrix barcode (or two-dimensional code) created by Toyota in 1994 to track vehicles during the manufacturing process.

The QR code has now become mainstream as is being cleverly used to communicate with Smartphone owners, who make up 60% of the mobile phone market place.

QR codes can be inserted on business cards, printed on mugs, placed in newspaper ads, clothing and signage etc. 

Getting started…

(1)     You’ll need a SmartPhone

(2)     Download and install a “QR reader App” from the SmartPhone app store, eg. Redlaser, ShopSavvy (also a barcode reader)

(3)     Using the QR App, scan the QR code

(4)     You’ll then be prompted to take the next step.

If you’re a bit of a DIY-er and like to create your own QR code, we recommend using http://goqr.me/

QR Code Exercise

 

What website do I take you to?

Who do I help you call?

TIP: Barcode reading & price comparison Apps are also in the market place. To learn more on how you can use QR codes, contact Design Experts (03) 5442 6888