http://www.rocketspark.com/blog/ The latest Blog feeds from www.rocketspark.com en-us Tue, 04 Aug 2026 11:33:38 +1200 Rocketspark http://www.rocketspark.com/blog/post/822/website-redesign-case-study-whaggy-whiskers/ Amanda from Harbrow Creations caught our eye on LinkedIn, where she'd written her own case study on her redesign of the Whaggy Whiskers website. It walks through what the new site actually does for the business: more online bookings, fewer phone calls, less admin for a busy team.... Mon, 20 Jul 2026 14:55:53 +1200 http://www.rocketspark.com/blog/#post822 http://www.rocketspark.com/blog/post/821/nz-domain-provider/ You've landed on a business name. The next thing you'll want is the .nz address to match, ideally before someone else grabs it. That domain becomes the place people find you online, the foundation for your website and usually the start of your business email too.For a lot of New Zealand businesses, .nz is the natural pick. It tells customers you're local, you're relevant to them and you're serious about being here for the long run.Registering and managing that domain with Rocketspark is simple a... Fri, 03 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +1200 http://www.rocketspark.com/blog/#post821 http://www.rocketspark.com/blog/post/819/designer-debrief-how-katrina-wilson-gave-faulkner-construction-a-website-as-bold-as-their-branding/ Designer Debrief is our behind-the-screen look at how Rocketspark designers build award-winning websites. Not just the finished pixels, but the choices that help a site win awards and do its job.... Tue, 16 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +1200 http://www.rocketspark.com/blog/#post819 http://www.rocketspark.com/blog/post/816/seo-for-small-business-nz/ You've probably been noticing more and more AI-generated answers at the top of Google search lately. They pull together information from across the web before you even see a list of websites.Maybe you've also been hearing words like "AI Overviews", "AEO", "AIO" or "GEO", and wondering if you need to rethink your whole approach to getting your business found online.Fortunately, SEO for small business in NZ still matters, and the techniques haven't fundamentally changed.Google published its own gu... Wed, 03 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +1200 http://www.rocketspark.com/blog/#post816 http://www.rocketspark.com/blog/post/818/creative-freedom-the-book-is-out/ Creative Freedom is (finally) out. A couple of weeks ago in Cambridge, we got a room full of designers, contributors, friends, and the Rocketspark team together to celebrate the launch. After a long stretch of writing, second-guessing, and rewriting, it still feels a bit surreal that people can actually buy a copy.... Mon, 25 May 2026 09:31:26 +1200 http://www.rocketspark.com/blog/#post818 http://www.rocketspark.com/blog/post/815/meet-side-by-side-design-your-desktop-and-mobile-at-the-same-time/ You know that feeling when you've spent ages getting the desktop version of a homepage just right, and then you flip over to mobile and have to start tweaking it all over again? Resizing text, adjusting spacing, nudging things until the phone version feels as good as the desktop one. Yeah, we've been thinking about that one.Designing for mobile has always felt like a second pass. You build the website on desktop, then go and "fix" it on mobile, which is essentially twice the work for one website... Thu, 07 May 2026 12:38:37 +1200 http://www.rocketspark.com/blog/#post815 http://www.rocketspark.com/blog/post/820/why-choose-nz-owned-domain-registrar/ According to InternetNZ, 71% of New Zealanders trust a .co.nz domain more than a .com. If you own a Kiwi business, having a website ending in .co.nz signals that you're legitimate and local before customers read a single word of your website.But who your registrar is can be just as important as what you register.There are dozens of domain registrars operating in New Zealand. Some are NZ-owned, some are Australian brands and some are US-listed corporations with offices in multiple countries.From ... Fri, 01 May 2026 00:00:00 +1200 http://www.rocketspark.com/blog/#post820 http://www.rocketspark.com/blog/post/814/designer-debrief-astute-education-knew-who-they-were-leah-helped-show-it-new-post/ Designer Debrief is our behind-the-screen look at how Rocketspark designers build award-winning websites. Not just the finished pixels, but the choices that help a site win awards and do its job.... Wed, 15 Apr 2026 11:26:14 +1200 http://www.rocketspark.com/blog/#post814 http://www.rocketspark.com/blog/post/813/three-updates-thatll-make-your-next-page-build-faster/ You know those little frustrations when you’re editing your website? The ones that aren’t deal-breakers, but slow you down just enough to be annoying? Yeah, we’ve been thinking about those too.There are three fresh updates in the Rocketspark editor that are all about one thing: speed. Getting your site looking great, faster. Less clicking around, less guesswork, less fiddly stuff. More time doing what you actually enjoy, whether that’s designing beautiful sites for your clients or gettin... Thu, 26 Mar 2026 09:45:18 +1300 http://www.rocketspark.com/blog/#post813 http://www.rocketspark.com/blog/post/812/from-good-to-gold-closing-the-gap-on-the-rocketspark-design-awards/ January and February came and went without a Rocketspark Design Award. No Silver, no Gold. We'd rather talk about why than leave you wondering."Most years we see more awards in Rocketspark's seasonally larger months. January and February are often lower as many of our designers are off for the holidays. That said though, to win an award in a quieter month means you don't have to share the exposure with other award winners, so it's a good time to try and get an award." — Jeremy, Co-FounderJanua... Wed, 25 Mar 2026 10:44:11 +1300 http://www.rocketspark.com/blog/#post812