Tim King Named Sitecore MVP

Cucumber’s CTO, Tim King, Named as Sitecore MVP We are very excited this morning in the Sitecore camp with the announcement that Tim King, Cucumber’s

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• 29/01/2015

The Cucumber Car Park App

Late last year we were set the challenge to come up with a concept for an internal project. We would be given three days to complete it and any necess

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• 27/01/2015

Email Marketing – Are you using it?

Did you know that email marketing is one of the most cost effective marketing tools available? With it getting harder to get your Tweets, Facebook Pos

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• 16/01/2015

Ghost Referrals

UPDATE 9 FEBRUARY 2016: There is a strong rumour that Google has now put in place a method to exclude ghost referrals from Google Analytics. I have no

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• 14/01/2015

The Hour of Code

The Hour of Code is a global movement reaching tens of millions of students in 180+ countries. Hour of Code is a 60 minute event happening worldwide d

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• 19/12/2014

Presentation to BOP ACC Forum

Brian Bullas and I presented to the BOP ACC forum around Cucumber’s experience employing someone with a disability and Brian’s experience working at C

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• 17/12/2014

Tauranga Startup Weekend – They say things come in Threes

After taking out the Melbourne Cup sweepstake at Cucumber and another business I consult for, it was inevitable a third win was on its way. When regis

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• 14/11/2014

Trustpower and Cucumber bring home two Sitecore ANZ awards

Last week Wayne Ramshaw (Online Channel Manager at Trustpower) and I attended the 2014 Australia / New Zealand Sitecore Experience Awards. Amongst the

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• 07/11/2014

App, Mobile Site or Responsive?

More and more people are using mobile devices to access the internet - in fact some people are only ever using a mobile device. If your website was de

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• 10/10/2014

Women of Influence Awards

Tonight I attended the Westpac Women of Influence awards after being awarded one of the 5 Millennial Women of Influence awards as voted by you. Here a

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• 08/10/2014

The new .nz domain name space

You may have heard about the new .nz domains being launched today at 1pm. This means that domains such as cucumber.nz can now be purchased. The first

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• 30/09/2014

Welcome Home!

What started out as a throw away comment in a meeting turned into reality with the help of social media recently when we ‘bag-piped’ some of our devel

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• 16/09/2014

5 Simple SEO Tips - Website Checks

Search online for tips on Search Engine Optimisation and you'll immediately be struck by the huge volume of information available. However most of thi

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• 11/09/2014

Key Messages from the 2014 Innovation Forum

The innovation forum is an annual event where New Zealand innovators that have 'made it' share their story on how innovation has shaped their lives an

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• 22/08/2014

What is Bounce Rate?

People always stop me on the street and say "Nick, what's a good bounce rate for my website?" Actually that's not true, people usually stop me on the

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• 23/07/2014

Cucumber Family News

There have been a number of people-related changes here at Cucumber over the last month or two. Firstly we are pleased to welcome Sarah Elliott to the

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• 16/06/2014

Cucumber’s Digital Analytics Service Has Arrived!

Last week Cucumber took part in the Tauranga Technology expo and used this as a chance to launch our new Digital Analytics Service. This is the first

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• 03/06/2014

Campaign Tagging with Google Analytics

Today we look at Google Analytics Campaigns and how you can tag visits to your website and gain extra insight into your visitors. Google Analytics oft

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• 28/04/2014

Repeat Visitors and Mobile Traffic in Google Analytics

In this article, we meet your biggest fan Bob and then show how your Google Analytics statistics must always be treated with caution. Say hello to Bob

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• 31/03/2014

Some Exciting News from the Cucumber Camp

This year has definitely started with a hiss and a roar for us. First up there was our 10th birthday on January 24th. Ten years in business is a long

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• 22/03/2014