In the next few weeks Design Experts  are on the road...on the 29th and 30th of July we will be exhibiting at the forth annual Australian Business IT Expo (ABITE) in Melbourne and then following it up a week later at The Brew Biz Fest - Central Victoria 2010 in Bendigo.

Here's the media release about Tim's seminar at ABITE.  Drop by our stand and say Hi...

Media Release - Regional design experts lead the way

The fourth annual Australia Business & IT Expo (ABITE) opens Thursday 29 July at the Melbourne Convention Centre.  A feature of the two day event is the comprehensive seminar program with nine presenters from across Australia, all leaders in their field.  Tim Gentle, Managing Director of regional Victoria’s Design Experts will present ‘Email Marketing - Doing it legally, doing it smart’ at 2.30pm on Friday 30 July.
 
A marketer for 15 plus years and a specialist in effective on-line solutions, Tim Gentle has delivered 200 plus workshops, many in country Victoria, to help small businesses maximize their potential online. Tim’s Australia Business & IT Expo (ABITE) seminar will focus on creating, sending, tracking and managing email marketing to powerfully communicate with existing clients and generate new ones. 
 
Two years ago, Tim and his wife Kylie, who both have rural backgrounds, established Design Experts in Echuca and are proud to be based in Regional Victoria.   Their original tiny team has grown to include 9 full-time staff and a network of consultants and partners. This week they opened a second studio in Bendigo. Design Experts don’t just measure their success on their size or the sheer volume of websites they have built, but also on the diversity of their clients from right across Australia.
 
Despite their regional address, or maybe because of it, Design Experts find themselves building web solutions for many big city based businesses.  "It must be the country air that provides my team with the creative space required to develop our clients’ online marketing solutions" Tim Gentle, Design Experts Managing Director said.  “Or it could be that we don’t need to deal with train delays, road tolls, elevators and car parks in the morning, so we are calm and relaxed from the get go” Tim continued.
 
Tim Gentle has a Masters in Multimedia, Bachelor of Business, Trainers and Assessment Certificate and is also Workshop Leader for Small Business Victoria.  Tim and the members of the Design Experts team will also be at their exhibition stand throughout the entire Australia Business & IT Expo.  
 

Design Experts were thrilled to launch one of our most innovative website projects yet when we unvailed www.viewstreetbendigo.com to a captive room of 70 people at the Capital Theatre on Monday 2nd November 2009.

The website brings together a showcase of all the services we can deliver our clients into one location!

A virtual tour of the street has hotspots which allow browsers to "step inside" the shops and restaurants and take a look around. We produced a promotional video that is available online to view or use in other media like TV or DVD. It has a directory of traders, a BLOG, an employment page and history of the street, just to name a few.

I'd suggest you all pop on and check it out and then visit View Street Bendigo in person!

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More than 60 people from around the district turned out for a successful MilkinglT technology day held at the Kyabram DPI.

The session was run by the Young Dairy Development Program and covered Internet banking,water trading, herd management, tools, computer buying, emails and website designs. According to committee member Tim Gentle"there obviously was a need".

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As part of our commitment to the YDDP - Young Dairy Development Program www.yddp.org.au, Design Experts produced the 

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Dairy farmers might one day find themselves clicking their computer mouse on a satellite image of their herd to move them from the paddock to the milking shed.

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When Tim Gentle hoses down the dairy post-milking, his mind is buzzing with plans.

In between milking twice a day, the Lancaster farmer has put his multi-media skills to use, developing websites for businesses in rural and regional areas.


So successful has it been that today will see the launch of The Web Experts - a new business run by him and wife Kylie that will cater primarily to small-to-medium businesses in country areas.

It's a specialist market - "people like someone who can speak their language and know the difference between a Holstein and a Jersey" - but one he said few had tapped into.

The Gentles have set the sights on finishing 50 websites by June and are well on their way, with 37 already to their name including that for Mulbryn Poll Hereford stud - the stud market being one they believe has a lot of potential for further website development.

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