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Fred Schebesta - Director
Fred Schebesta is Director of innovative online direct marketing company, Freestyle Media.
Fred works with Australia's leading brands offering insight into the world of online direct marketing. He is recognised industry-wide for his skills in combining proven and traditional approaches with new thinking and ideas.
Fred was acknowledged as one of Australia's leading entrepreneurial minds under the age of 30 when he was listed in the 2008 Australian Anthill's 30under30. He was awarded ADMA's 2006 Young Australian Direct Marketer of the Year for his pioneering work combining the traditional direct marketing with online marketing techniques.
He is committed to sharing his techniques and educating the industry about online direct marketing. He is a regularly quoted in the media, is a public speaker and holds seminar events that are designed to grow the marketing industry.
He started Freestyle Media while he was studying at Univeristy in 2001. He built it into a fast growing online marketing agency and in 2007 listed company Q Limited acquired Freestyle Media.
Freestyle Media major clients include 3 Mobile, Hutchinson, Sanitarium, Virgin Mobile, NRMA, Constellation Hotel Group, University of Newcastle, McDonalds Australia, Acer Computers, and Robobank across Australia and New Zealand
What's great about the Web?
Everyone can see it from anywhere in the world 24 hours a day which means you can be famous globally overnight!
Tell me something I didn't know.
Control H in Microsoft Word takes you directly to 'find and replace'.
What's your favourite site and why?
In business I can't go past Amazon.com: it converts and makes sales, it's the biggest internet retailer, it fulfils its orders like clockwork and it's the greatest .com dream ever actualised. Personally I also get a kick out of Planet Tribes.
What is the future of online?
Faster information, richer media, more mobile connections, more free stuff, more global access to services and more efficient local markets.
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Frank Restuccia - Director
What's great about the Web?
The web is open for business 24 hours a day. It is limitless and 3 dimensional. You can build and create until your imagination ceases to explore.
Tell me something I didn't know.
Sergey Brin and Lawrence Page chose Google as their name, because it is a common spelling of googol, or 10100 and fits with their goal of building very large-scale search engine applications.
What's your favourite site and why?
Favourite site would have to be ATP Tour. I always find what I want and can happily spend time on the site without getting irritated.
What is the future of online?
I see the future of online in consumer intelligence. The market is moving towards analytics and site conversion analysis as a way to get an advantage over a competitor. The web is a natural and efficient accumulator of information so it lends itself well to this type of intelligent marketing.
James Ward - Chief Executive Officer
What's great about the Web?
Immediate access to large amounts of information and if you are wise to some search techniques you can get exactly what you need in a very short space of time.
Tell me something I didn't know.
The number plate of the car that Archduke Franz Ferdinand was riding in when assassinated and thus beginning WWI was 111118 - the date the war ended.
What's your favourite site and why?
PGA Tour. This site has all the necessary information concerning my passion – golf. Videos, results, historical records….. the lot. Nothing more is required.
What is the future of online?
Less original content on each site, more syndication of content, more interactive content, more targeted advertising, more profiled serving of content.
Sanson Lowe - Chief Operating Officer
What's great about the Web?
The internet is the greatest tool for transmitting information and performing an action. The web has allowed for the first time, the ability to listen, read or view information about a product or service, and then ordering it straight away without using 2 or 3 different sets of tools.
Tell me something I didn't know.
Nokia mobile phones have their default Short Messaging Service ringtone set to Dit-Dit-Dit-Dah-Dah-Dit-Dit-Dit, which is Morse Code for S-M-S
What's your favourite site and why?
Google is my favourite. A clean, simple and effective website that hides an extremely complex system within.
What is the future of online?
More and more devices will be web-enabled, not just electronic devices like mobiles, PDAs and computers. Imagine your car as an IP address on wheels. Like any other network device, your car can communicate with other cars on the road and drive themselves.
