Mid 2010 will see the City of Greater Bendigo launch their first Inventor of the Year Award.

$20,000 in prizes is the substantial incentive for the inventive and although Bendigo is not necessarily world renowned as a hotbed of innovation and invention, it should be pointed out that some great Aussie innovations were born here, such as Gillies Pies, Fernwood Ladies Health Clubs and the iconic Chiko Roll. Let us not forget the removable shirt cuff, the self-firing rifle and of course, the recent breast feeding sling!

Further information is available from City of Greater Bendigo Business Development Manager, Peter Jeffery (03) 5434 6241 or email p.jeffery@bendigo.vic.gov.au

The team from Bendigo Web Design would like to wish you all a very Merry Christmas and offer a huge “thankyou” for supporting us throughout 2009!

We sincerely hope you have a great New Year and that all your wishes be fulfilled in 2010. Having said that, please be careful what you wish for.

A few dedicated elves will be available for technical support over the holidays in the unlikely event that the Internet breaks or Santa’s mail is accidentally diverted to our servers and so we would like to advise all clients to either email us, post on the discussion forums or fill out a support ticket for a rapid response.

Before we leave you for this year we should mention some news.

1. Referrals – We will reward you with 10% commission for any referral that results in a new web site or redesign. For new hosting account referrals, we will credit you with a free month’s hosting. There are no limits to the amount you can earn so get talking to your friends, relatives, work colleagues and business contacts. All you need to do is point them in our direction and ask them to mention your name and email address. You then send us an email confirming who you referred. As soon as their project in completed and final payment received, we then credit you with your commission. We have made the referral program as simple as possible to understand and use but for further details, please contact us.
2. Do you know Joomla!? – Bendigo Web Design is looking for a Joomla! guru to join the team. If you have no idea what I am talking about, don’t feel embarrassed as not many do but you needn’t apply However,  if it’s as familiar to you as PHP, MySQL, CSS, XHTML, W3C standards and cross-browser compatability, then you are free to get in touch.

Merry Christmas,

Bill & The Team

The response to our first giveaway could be described as underwhelming at best and I’m not going to waste time analysing the whys and wherefores. Instead, we will be offering a fully featured web site and a year’s complimentary hosting to the one and only entry as a thankyou for making the effort.

Congratulations go to Liam of Not Half Bad Productions, who I’m sure will agree that it was neither difficult nor time-consuming.

Send us an email and we’ll get the ball rolling.