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Unlimited Webpages: Is It Good For Me?

  Just yesterday I was speaking to someone who wanted a quotation for website design and she asked me this question: “I see that some designers offer unlimited webpages in their packages. How does this work and is it good for my company?” Most people are usually taken up by

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Watch This Level Up Video featuring Russell Stedman

One of the things that we started a couple of months ago is a monthly networking event called Level Up. (We’re organizing another this month at yet another cafe in George Town so come along for some fun this 29 October. ) In the August edition at Secawan & Such Cafe,

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Win Redbox Easyweb Pro In Our 16th Anniversary Contest

October has always been a special month for us as it is our anniversary month. Today, 10 October marks our 16 years in the web design business. It has been quite a journey! When we first started, the Internet in Malaysia was still in its babyhood. We started in the

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Going One Level Up at Monkey Cup

Our Level Up Hangout at Monkey Cup Cafe two weeks ago included a session by Jeanette Hee. She runs and owns Human Nature Malaysia, a personal skincare business. We invited her because we wanted her to share about the actual experience of running an online store. She has been doing

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Doumugong, Taoism & Vegetarianism in Penang

Yesterday was the start of the 9 days of vegetarianism for Taoists in Penang who observe the Nine Emperor God Festival. Culturally, it is a rich display of traditions. For local people, this is the time to “cleanse” oneself  and be a vegetarian for the next 9 days. We thought

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Congratulations, Yeong Kien Choong!

Congratulations Yeong Kien Choong! You have won yourself the 32 GB pen drive in our Hari Malaysia Contest. While we had many all-correct entries (after all the quiz was drop-dead easy, right?), the winner was eventually picked using an app to make sure it was totally fair and square. So

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E-commerce, Thai Delights & Coffee on 25 Sept

We’re back again with this month’s Level Up Hangout on 25 September (this will be Level Up #4) with even better networking and learning and cafe hopping! (Here are last month’s Level Up photos – we were at Secawan & Such Cafe. If you are ever there, try their scrumptious

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Meet Me At This Women’s Development Forum

This year’s turning out to be quite the year for me. I’ve been approached to do things outside of my business but they’re really close to my heart. Besides being on the Lean In @ Penang Planning Committee, I’ve also facilitated the second Lean In workshop held at Hard Rock

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Win This 32GB Pen Drive But Hurry Contest Ends 16 Sept

In case you didn’t know, we’re running a Malaysia Day Contest right now until 16 September (yes, that’s like next Tuesday). Just answer a few simple questions and you could win yourself a 32GB pen drive in the shape of our robot mascot, Robbie.   There’s nothing to buy, no

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Got A Shovel or Lamp for Your Pirates?

How do we market to prospects? Do you think prospects buy the first time they meet you? Not really. The problem is, most entrepreneurs assume prospects are always “hot” – they’re ready to buy. This is certainly not true. But if you lose a prospect just because he is not hot

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Why Cheap Is Harmful To Your Business

We’ve been in this website design industry long enough (actually 16 19 years) to have seen and heard them all. The horror stories. The crazy stories. We’re The 911 For Website Issues But every other day, we still get SOS calls from people, usually business owners, who are desperate to get

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Do You Maintain Websites?

Here’s a question we got a few days ago via email. “If I already have a website, could I get you guys at Redbox Studio to maintain it for me?”   Here’s what we say. Every web designer has their own way of creating a website so in all honesty,

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