If Tablet computers are included a little over 50% of visits to BiB are made on mobile devices which is why the research into a more mobile friendly Bonkers continues.
BiB’s Lightbox (which allows images to expand when clicked)) makes no concessions to mobiles whatsoever and maybe expanding a picture to fit a device with a screen not much bigger than the original image is arguably a waste of effort. Nevertheless Lightboxes remain popular so something needs to be done.
Switching to a newer system is difficult because the trigger mechanism for the image expansion is different, retrospective application would involve tens of thousands of changes across the site.
Adopting the new system from ‘today’ only proved difficult too because the new system interfered with the old.
A compromise might be a variant on the old system, not perfect but better than what is in use now. While the changes are made there will be no Lightbox image expansion on BiB and maybe it will misbehave at times.
Concrete grinding is for removing unwanted coatings or concrete features. Grinding is almost always a step you take prior to another process. Example: Removing old adhesives in order to get down to the surface before polishing, installing Epoxy Coatings, Paint, Tile, or other floor coverings. The primary purpose of grinding is to get the concrete surface back to its original condition after pouring and troweling.
Concrete Polishing is the process of making concrete “shine”, i.e. the process of beautifying concrete. It is achieved by using finer and finer diamond polishers until the desired look is achieved, then “locking it in” with densifiers and sealants. Polishing is often followed up with staining in order to achieve patterns, artwork, company logos etc.
The ownership of Beyond Concrete has an extensive background in the construction industry. They have created the environment at our company that quality is number “1” and with quality, excellence follows. This is demonstrated daily by constantly visiting job sights and physically reviewing the quality of work being performed. They believe in the Thomas Pertes “In Search Of Excellence” principle of MBWA (Management By Walking Around). Our project supervisors are given feedback on how they are performing and if any action is necessary to increase performance.
Our project supervisors visit regularly with your site management to receive progress reports which help create a team environment. We also have customer support assistants assigned to each supervisor. They act as service liaisons and can be reached any time during the day. We have a quality and safety inspector whose sole purpose is to visit each project and independently evaluate performance and seek feedback from your team. This is reviewed by management and our supervisor teams.
Management has a monthly operational meeting where all departments report on their performance followed by an open discussion on how we can continue to improve on our overall company mission. The company has regular safety meetings which are an open forum that permits all employees to discuss/suggest any topic that will enhance both quality and team effort.
Everyone at Beyond Concrete takes an active roll in each project. Our Managers, Estimators and other key management personnel are kept up to date on phases of your project. They will be there to answer any questions you may have before, during and after completion of your project. All of our tradesmen are highly skilled and take pride in their workmanship.
7 September 2013 BEYOND THE BALE OFF-FARM Renowned American fashion photo- blogger Scott Schuman was a guest of AWI in Sydney in July as a judge of the Australia regional final of the International Woolmark Prize. Scott is famous for creating The Sartorialist fashion photo-blog in 2005 with the idea of creating a two-way dialogue with its readers about the world of style and its relationship to daily life. Scott photographs people he sees “on the street” whose style he finds striking and then posts the photos to the blog. He has redefined street-style fashion, photo blogging and the use of mixing social media with a savvy sense of business acumen. Beyond the Bale caught up with Scott who was looking forward to the judging of the International Woolmark Prize regional final. “I always really love working with young designers, young talented people, and seeing how they take something as basic as wool to life and figuring out how to use their creativity, whether it’s their artistic creativity or technology, to reimagine wool in a new way,” Scott told us. “So the thing I’m looking forward to the most is seeing creative minds at work when they’re given as much freedom as Woolmark has given them in this contest.” Scott said he thinks social media is influencing fashion, and society, in new, positive ways. “I think that social media has given people a chance to see the fashion from the runway on real people, not just models in a magazine. It gives them a chance to imagine fashion on more than a size two 18-year-old model. “Social media has totally changed the way people live their life both locally and globally. People now feel more connected to global tribes of like-minded people, than necessarily being chained to their physical space in which they live. “I think it’s had a chance to bring people together and, depending on what their likes and loves are, to not feel so alone on the planet.”  More information: www.thesartorialist.com AWI continues to boost its use of social media to help reconnect a new generation of consumers with the natural wonders of wool. The company is helping drive the agenda for wool on Facebook and other social platforms such as Twitter and YouTube to generate positive online conversation about wool. Of note, AWI’s “We Love Wool” page on Facebook more than doubled its fan base over the past year to more than 386,000 fans. The Woolmark pages on Facebook had similar results, increasing the number of fans on Facebook to 205,000 fans. In total, our “social community” on Facebook increased by 80 per cent from the start of the 2012/13 financial year to 591,000 by the end of the year. The content we released through our communities reached over 150 million people online. This reach is created when our audience interacts with our content and it is seen by their friends. AWI also uploads videos – on subjects across the whole of the wool pipeline – onto the company’s YouTube video sharing channel which has received more than one million views. Our social media presence also includes Twitter and has recently extended to Instagram and Pinterest (online photo-sharing services). Social media extends wool’s reach Scott Schuman (right) with Editor-in-Chief of Vogue Australia, Edwina McCann (left) and AWI Fashion Communications Manager, Melissa Grace (centre), examining a design of Christopher Esber during the judging of the Australia regional final of the International Woolmark Prize. FAST FACTS l Scott Schuman, aka The Sartorialist, who pioneered fashion photography in blog form, was one of the judges of the Australia regional final of the International Woolmark Prize. l Scott says social media has given people a chance to see fashion from the catwalk on “real people”, not just models in a magazine. l AWI continues to boost its use of social media to help reconnect a new generation of consumers with the natural wonders of wool.
In PPC, we have almost unlimited choices in how we structure our accounts. The flexibility is one of the reasons why I love PPC: every account is different, and we can tailor the structure and settings to meet each advertiser’s needs.
One such customization is keyword-level destination URLs. Both Adwords and adCenter, as well as nearly every 2nd tier PPC engine, provides the option to specify destination URLs at the keyword level, as opposed to the ad level (the default for most engines).
Astute readers may be wondering why keyword-level destination URLs are even necessary. After all, if you’ve structured your account properly, with small, tightly-themed ad groups, you shouldn’t need to use distinct URLs on your keywords, right?
In general, that’s true. However, there are situations even with small ad groups where keyword destination URLs make sense.
This was the subject of a recent impromptu discussion on the PPC Chat hashtag on Twitter. John Lavin (@Johnnyjetfan) asked why anyone would use keyword destination URLs if the account is structured well. The answers were, as usual, informative. Here is some of the feedback, and my commentary.
I have one client who uses them for their internal tracking (non-GA). So I have special URLs for each keyword.
Melissa’s comment: Some clients use proprietary tracking systems other than Google Analytics (GA). In many of these systems, parameters must be assigned to each keyword in order to pass that data to the analytics system. Therefore, individual keyword destination URLs are necessary to get keyword-level data.
Sometimes we have keywords that don't fit the mold of the landing page and don't get enough volume to warrant a complete ad group.
Melissa’s comment: While I’d probably still put those keywords in a separate ad group, this is yet another valid reason to use keyword destination URLs.
Happens often w/ Ecommerce where descriptive/feature words are better off sending customer to a point closer to the cart.
Another advantage is you can amend your destination URLs anytime without having your ad trigger a review.
Melissa’s comment: I hadn’t thought of this – and I like it! Lately I’ve found that the editorial review process for ad copy is taking far too long, so anything I can do to avoid getting stuck in that purgatory is worth it!
As you can see, there are several instances where keyword destination URLs make a lot of sense, even when account structure is sound. Many thanks to the PPC Chatters who made this post possible:
Editor's Note: I inadvertently left off one of the comment contributors, Andrew Baker. I apologize for the oversight! You're on the list now.
Great post Melissa. Sorry I missed this #ppccchat discussion. If you are using a third party bid tool, like Marin, Kenshoo,Acquisio, Adobe, kw dest urls are a must. It's some heavy lifting when you have really large accounts, but the long term efficiency in bid optimization and then what you can get from analytics, makes it well worth it.
Great debate, but you left me out of the contributors :( - mine was the last suggestion > https://twitter.com/AndrewBaker72/status/213309454152761348
If the Australian public's demands for a Royal Commission into the Australian banking sector are going to be ignored, the power to demand the truth will be felt at the coming election. As the old saying goes, give them enough rope....
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