Why Managed Hosting? When it comes to Hosting, there are a lot of providers out there. While it can seem like they are all offering the same thing, albeit in technical ...

Last week Google held their annual I/O conference. I/O is the flagship event on the Google calendar in which Internet nerds worldwide gather to see what goodies Google ...

100% Unit Test Coverage with Sitecore 7 & MVC So I’m one of the lucky MVP’s who get early access to Sitecore 7 and I decided that for my proof of ...

Earlier this week I was having a chat to one of the strategists here at Next and he asked the following question “so how much of SEO do you reckon is now ...

Mark Zuckerberg recently unveiled Facebook’s newest innovation called Graph Search. As a new way to find people, photos, places and interests, Facebook Graph ...

Time.com recently published some interesting and very cool stats that highlight the merits of making your site responsive: Some key insights include: Mobile ...

Peter Bray of Followerwonk recently wrote an interesting piece on a tweet’s prime of life. He states that in the absence of access logs for Twitter, we can ...

This year I once again had the pleasure of presenting at the annual Sitecore conference, this year named Sitecore Symposium. I presented a topic which was near and ...

Good news for Android owners and developers. A recent report has shown that Android’s market share in Australia has grown from 32.2% in 2011 to 52% in 2012. The ...

Fresh from winning the Sitecore Best State Government Website award 2012, Next Digital recently launched the Chinese language version of Tourism Victoria’s ...

What is SEO? SEO or search engine optimisation is a crucial part of marketing online. It focuses on the optimisation of website content to ensure high rankings for ...

Next Digital is a proud supporter of a great initiative from the team at YGAP called 5cent, a campaign which aims to harness Australian’s small change to make a ...

At Next Digital we pride ourselves on having the best talent in the industry. Talent, however, can be short lived if you do not provide an ongoing training and skills ...

In this video style blog, our Senior Strategist Ash McVey discusses trends in the retail space, including where retailers should be focusing in 2012 as well as next ...

What Is SEM? Search Engine Marketing or SEM is typically the phrase used when referring to paid search, or PPC (pay-per-click) marketing. SEM/PPC ads can come in ...

It’s one thing to launch or refresh a brand, but it’s another to keep that passion and momentum for the brand going long after it’s part of the ...

Like the saying goes “A picture is worth a thousand words” so envisage how important an icon can be. Icons are such versatile and useful visuals that a well ...

With a brand look and feel as well as a unified voice created, it was now time to focus on the day-to-day elements of business and how to convert them into the new look ...

Next Digital needed help. It needed a strong voice, one that wasn’t aggressive and one that was proud, fun and engaging. It was essential that this voice was ...

Sketches for the design process Having explored and developed the core idea through sketches give us a very solid base to start the actual design. The fundamental ...

Design challenges The most obvious difference from designing for desktop to mobile is screen size. With todays’ screens seemingly getting bigger and wider ...

At Next Digital, we believe in the progressive web and strive to push the boundaries and build engaging websites. The following is a summary of the technologies ...

Sketches for the project process Starting a project with hand drawn sketches can, not only benefit us designers, but it can also help our clients understand better ...

Good user experience is not only about accentuating important areas but also getting the user from A to B as easily and quickly as possible and making sure that your ...

The path to the new look and feel of Next Digital was one that the Creative Team treated with all the love and care that we would have given to a client. Combine this ...

Sketches for the creative process The use of sketches during preliminary phases of the creative process can be very beneficial to the overall outcome of a ...

The web presents an expandingworld of possibilities. At its core lies endless opportunities to fuse togetherboth youronline and offline business objectives. It's ...

Web or Digital Analytics gives greater insight into how visitors interact with your website, mobile application, social engagement or video consumption. It is the ...

Welcome to Next Digital! We're a group of people who love all things digital and here is our showreel to let you know what we do and how we do it!

Effectively fusing Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) and Search Engine Marketing (SEM) will get you great results. Our SEO and SEM talents will get you the best. We have ...

Conversion Design is the art of optimising your website in order to effectively draw in, engage and ensure that your customers convert. Depending on your business and ...

Email marketing in conjunction with customer intelligence derived from tracking and collecting user behavioural data, is a great way to tailor your product, brand your ...

If you don't know where you're going, any road will get you there..." Alice in Wonderland But of course, the key to effective strategy is knowing precisely where you ...

I attended the X.commerce Summit: Magento session in Sydney held on 16th Februray 2012 and met Scott Dahlgren, Head of Channel Sales for Magento. The focus was on ...

A successful campaign can be remembered for years to come, cementing your brand in the minds of viewers. This kind of instant brand recognition is the most valuable ...

Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Google+, Instagram, YouTube… Social Media seems to be a ‘must have’ for those conducting business online these days, and ...

Sitecore is the leading .NET CMS on the market today. It’s robust enough to handle the biggest of enterprise web businesses, yet customizable enough to cater for ...

Next Digital works in many technology platforms including Microsoft .NET, PHP and Java. Each technology team uses appropriate frameworks and standards to ensure the ...

We know here at Next Digital that User Experience Design defines the series of interactions that your audience group will undertake. We make sites intuitive where your ...

Next Digital understands the importance of web applications to our clients and the need to have a trusted partner that is able to provide reliable and quality ...

Sitecore Sitecore is an award winning .net enterprise level Content Management System (CMS). It has a user oriented focus making it a pleasure to use. Sitecore is ...

Thinking just print or just digital? Combined with our brand activation and idea-based campaigns, we can bring the idea that has its life online to the offline. A great ...

Your brand is the most precious thing you have. Clients will trust you if you have that same level of trust in your brand. At Next Digital, your brand is the most ...

Social media has redefined our lives. The person we create online can be a different person than the ones that we are in our day to day lives, but what is ...

This year started off with SEO being shaken up in a big way with Google kicking off the social media war with Facebook & Twitter by further extending its focus ...

Creative ideas and campaigns are in our DNA at Next Digital. We want to ignite your brand around the world and create an awareness through a campaign that people will ...

If you truly love your brand, you must think of your user. User experience is the most important thing to consider in online design, be it mobile or web. Creative ...

Creative is a connection between ideas and knowledge. At Next Digital, we’re leaders in both. Our Creative Team works throughout the business, combining ...

To non-technical blog enthusiasts, WordPress (WP) is the common man’s dragon. Much like your friendly neighbourhood fire-breathing beast, it is ferociously ...

Next Digital is proud to be the lead sponsor for Tom’s Next Step. Starting on New Year's Eve 2011, Tom Denniss from Sydney, Australia, set out on his quest to ...

In this inspiring video interview, Next Digital’s Technical Director, Karl Kopp, describes how the decision was first made for the agency to use the Umbraco content ...

It was cold stepping onto the platform at Københavns Lufthavn, Kastrup Station train station at Copenhagen international airport. I’d just spent 20 hours ...

We're proud to announce that our recent development partnership with CSIRO took out "Sitecore Intranet Site Of The Year". The creation of an innovative new intranet, ...

Jim Sterne is known as the “godfather” of web analytics and one of the pioneers of the industry. He has dedicated more than 13 years to online marketing, ...

eMetrics Sydneywas held on the 13th and 14th April for two consecutive days, with insightful presentations as we learnt more about improving the way we tackle web ...

Maritimo is Australia’s premier luxury boat manufacturer, with a niche in the Australian and global luxury cruiser market and a reputation for engineering excellence, ...

The global online retail landscape is fiercer than ever. Retailers are competing for the attention of time-poor consumers wading through the barrage of cluttered ...

When designing an ecommerce platform there are hundreds of different variables to consider in terms of layout and design. The most important part of any commercial site ...

SYDNEY, 10 February 2011 – Next Digital has appointed creative director Hayden Peters to oversee its creative team, as it continues to ramp up its strategic ...

SYDNEY, 31 January 2011 – ROI digital agency Next Digital has been appointed to design and develop a new consumer website for Wine Australia, giving consumers fast, ...

Cox Architecture is a one of Australia’s leading architectural firms servicing national and international clients. As a firm of over 40 years with a long list of ...

Paid Search, or Pay Per Click (PPC) marketing entails targeting users via search engines such as Google, Yahoo & Bing. Paid search ads are displayed at the top and ...

For a long time a major component of any SEO strategy was to increase the volume of link backs to your website. A link back to your website is counted as a vote by the ...

At the end of last month Microsoft held its premier conference, Tech Ed. So what is Tech Ed? Tech Ed is the official annual Microsoft event for IT professionals. I ...

Often, our adventure with web analytics starts with a web analytics tool such as WebTrends, Adobe Site Catalyst, or Google Analytics. Sometimes, we blindly select an ...

One of the challenges we face in the digital world is determining how to pull various digital channels together and leverage results that are ‘greater than the ...

What is a Smart Phone? A smart phone is a mobile phone offering internet capabilities and personal computer type functionality. Smart phones have become increasingly ...

Given how remarkable the return on investment is when email marketing is done well, it is astonishing how little time many marketers devote to optimising the channel. ...