Website of the Week
Interesting hapenings on the World Wide Web.
Does brokepacker.com deserve to be our website-of-the-week?
According to the brokepacker.com founder Kevin Lippy, backpackers are only interested in three things: “Beer, sex and cheap deals.” And he should know. Last month, we quoted another of Kevin’s ‘off-the-cuff’ remarks as a Tequila Shot when he described his recent achievement moving into a youth hostel as a form of career advancement. (Of course, his goal was to gain a better understanding of his audience.)
If the shoe fits: the precarious world of the online custom cobbler [WEBSITE OF THE WEEK]
It’s not every day that a blokey developer quits his day job to sell custom-designed shoes online. In fact, such a move might seem like entrepreneurial madness, especially when you consider the sea of demanding Carrie Bradshaws such a business is likely to attract. Matthew da Silva talks to Mike Knapp, co-founder of Shoes of Prey, to see what made him quit Google and dip his toe into the foot business.
Website of the Week: What would you do for a Fiverr?
After learning of Fiverr’s existence, I figured it was going to be jokey. And, indeed, there are some humorous “gigs” (see examples). However, Fiverr is a serious commercial site — it’s brimming with legitimate postings by service providers who are deadly serious about completing the jobs they offer (the site facilitates the transaction). It’s quite remarkable how much work some people will do for US$5.
Website of the Week: The Loop helps creative people sell themselves
Creative industries have changed dramatically over the past decade, but unfortunately the options for creative professionals to showcase their talent to peers and prospective employers hasn’t. Until now.
Here’s a retail website that actually gets it right
From time to time a slick retail business’s website grabs our attention. Take www.redshedcafe.com.au, the digital window to the real Red Shed Cafe located at Medhurst Wines in Victoria’s Yarra Valley.
New website helps ‘buy Australian’
The website www.buyaustralianmade.com.au is not much fancier than a listing business – a directory. But it is being launched at a time when many manufacturers, especially in regional areas, are finding it tougher to sell their products through traditional retail outlets as the major chains cull their product lines.
Website of the Week: HelpMeChoose.com.au
Last year, the continued emergence of online consumer voice and choice collided with the global economic downturn, delivering consumers both the will and tools to demand a greater level of accountability from their financial service purchases. Enter HelpMeChoose.com.au…
Anthill dropped its knickers last week. With your help, we’re hoping to get a rise.
Thanks to your passion for Anthill, your hard work spruiking the virtues of Anthill to your personal networks, we debuted as one of the Top 50 Business & Finance sites in Australia, according to Nielsen’s Business & Finance Index. This is very pleasing news indeed.
Customer convenience makes a comeback – Foodies lead the charge
Bucking the trend of customer inconvenience, some savvy entrepreneurs have carved out a lucrative niche for themselves in the online food industry by reinstating consumer convenience as King.
Website of the Week: Toxel – the inspiration station
Repetition is the enemy of creativity. How often have you begun the day with a grand vision for progress and change, only to end it with the nagging feeling that you’ve done much but achieved little?
Time to get inspired.
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