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| We want to save you money |
It’s fine when a Drop Bear drops down on a tourist, but we don’t like to see koalas falling out of trees!
Dehydrated koalas are dropping from trees at an alarming rate. It's thought that the koala's only source of water is through eucalyptus leaves, but rising temperatures and long periods of drought are drying out the trees. Drinking stations give koalas safe access to the water they desperately need to survive.
This year for the University of Sydney's annual giving day, Pave The Way, they're rallying behind Dr Valentina Mella to help install more drinking stations for our koalas. Please give and/or share our donation page where your family and friends can help – any donation over $2 is tax deductible.
The Drop Bear Collective was founded in mid-2017 in Newcastle, NSW Australia, by Paul to showcase his interactive Digital Business Cards (DBCs), which are now also fondly referred to as Drop Bear Cards (DBCs) or Drop Cards for short.
This was followed up by an initiative to build businesses Quality Websites that don’t cost the earth!
More recently an initiative to produce slick Videos on small budgets was launched.
It is thought by some that drop bears are not actually part of the bear family (Ursidae) but are in fact related to the koala (Phascolarctos cinereus - an arboreal, herbivorous marsupial native to Australia). koalas are also confusingly and inaccurately sometimes referred to as koala bears.
Just like humans and koalas, drop bears enjoy the company of other drop bears, living in overlapping areas, and under the right conditions can work together to achieve amazing results. Paul wanted to start an organisation to give like-minded individuals (or Bears if you will) the opportunity to join forces and showcase their great ideas, movements, etc. There is no collective noun for a group of koalas or drop bears as they don't move around in groups and tend to be fairly solitary. Hence, the term "collective" seemed a good fit and gave birth to the name: The Drop Bear Collective
Some of Paul's business heroes are Newcastle-based Nick Stabler of Encast Digital fame - who has given him much advice and motivation over the years, and Derek Trotter (a London-based business tycoon and the head of Trotters Independent Traders) - who often used the phrase "He Who Dares, Wins". We have adapted this slightly to "Who Bears, Wins". We enjoy a big win every now and then, but with that said, it isn't the be-all and end-all.
Apart from running his own business, Paul enjoys sporting activities (playing and watching), music, walking, movies, watching boxsets, cooking, eating lammos, travelling, exploring, spending time with friends and family, and of course scanning the trees for Phascolarctos cinereus and Thylarctos plummetus, which often results in what he calls koala neck.
Increasing Your Connections In A Digital World
Paper cards are great. This is an additional business tool to complement them.
| They are Unforgettable - use your phone or your personalised URL | ||
| They can Reduce Your Printing Costs - Financial / Environmental | ||
| They are Sharable & Updatable - text, email, etc & no more out-of-date cards | ||
| They are a great Icebreaker / Point Of Interest when you meet someone | ||
| Your info is Easy Info (can be Saved To Contacts, so no typing or typos) | ||
| Get Their Information when you share yours (Priceless) |
Designed for Safari on iPhone, Chrome on Android, and perform well outside of these e.g. laptops etc.
Arrived at a meeting, conference or convention and realised you've forgotten your paper business cards.
Met that contact you've always wanted but it's a weekend and you don't have your paper business card.
Given a card to someone and not got their card in return.
Got to the end of a conference or convention and realised you have no idea who you gave your business cards to - despite giving out hundreds of cards.
Not have to carry paper business cards with you all the time - home or abroad.
Enable your staff to give out your business card when needed without prior planning.
Access and share your information regularly and quickly, and enable others to do the same.
Easily update your existing business card - no more boxes of obsolete paper cards in the bin.
Get more from your business card - directions to your office etc.
Make it easy for the recipients of your card to contact you and/or save your details. Get a recipient's information when you give them your business card - priceless!
Do we make websites? Yes, you’re on one right now.
Our friendly team and trusted associates have a wide range of skills, so no project is too big or too small.
Drop us a line if you’d like a new website made, or an old one updated or maintained.
On occasion we get asked if we can produce videos. If you’d like to see what we can do take a look below.
These aren’t big budget shoots, but the results are still pretty good.
Drop us a line if you’d like to chat to us about a video clip.
I knew Paul from when The Drop Bear Collective made me a digital business card, so when we needed a new website I approached him about it. He clearly explained the advantages and disadvantages of HTML websites and WordPress ones. We got an HTML website and were very happy with it - good price and quick delivery too! That was around a year ago. We’re currently working on updating some of the content on the site, and they even shot a video for us - again for a very good price. Would highly recommend Paul and his team.
The Drop Bear Collective helped our team create a cost effective & environmentally friendly alternative from traditional business cards. We were so impressed with the quality of the product provided, we switched our entire team over to digital cards! The always friendly team at The Drop Bear Collective helped us out in a timely & professional manner, producing a product and service that we were exceptionally happy with. Go Kindy could not speak more highly of The Drop Bear Collective or recommend their product enough.
Thank you so much Paul for helping us with our new website. We are so happy and you have been very professional, patient and lovely to work with. We highly recommend your business to other businesses wanting help with their websites.
We are so happy with the amazing service and website created by The Drop Bear Collective. Paul is fantastic to deal with! He was able to produce a fantastic Digital Business Card (Drop Card) that we were so excited to share! Paul took the time to listen and understand the vision for our website, and has exceeded all expectations, by adding features and design elements that will set our business website apart from our competitors! The Drop Bear Collective is innovative and caring. Paul took the time to truly understand our business, and make recommendations so that our philosophy was present in the website design. It is incredible what The Drop Bear Collective can do!!! I cannot recommend this business enough. Every business should have the digital business card! It is a great point of difference for our company. Our client's are excited and amazed when they receive the card. It is so easy for them to keep our details and also share it with their friends!
The Drop Bear Collective has done an exceptional job of capturing the styling and branding essence of our business. Paul and the team produced our interactive Digital Business Card promptly after we sent them our artwork files and all with very little input from us - they just got our vibe and style. Such an original idea that solves many of the challenges brought about by traditional paper cards. It’s so easy to share our details with potential clients and for them to navigate to our website or social media content, all with a few clicks on their phone.
I thought the idea of a digital business card was one of the best ideas I'd heard in years.
When I got my card I loved showing it to people - still do.
Since receiving my Drop Card I hardly hand out physical cards any more. It's a unique way to display my brand and by saving the Drop Card on to their home screen, my referral network always has my details front of mind. This is clearly the way of the future.
I saw this new business card idea, that you carry on your mobile phone. No more having to remember to make sure you have your business cards when you change handbags etc!! A big bonus indeed!! A real "set and forget", it's very effective as the opportunity to share business details is always with you. It saves those embarrassing moments of having to say, “Oh no sorry I don’t have one with me”. All so efficient with modern technology!! And all so effortlessly prepared by Paul and his team, nothing was a trouble, all done with existing logos etc. He really has thought of a unique method, and business opportunities are never lost by not having your business card with you. Great idea and superb ongoing maintenance of the technology. And all Australian made and even local here in Newcastle.
We would like to congratulate you and The Drop Bear Collective for doing an excellent job creating our website and digital business card.
We have received a lot of business from the set up of our website, which speaks highly of your input; the creative way it has been structured suits our business and the customer base. The interactive Digital Business Card has worked well for reaching our current customer base and new clientele. It is a very handy tool to have at our disposal.
I would have no problem recommending The Drop Bear Collective to any business that is looking to get value for money and fantastic after-sales service for their business media interests.
We look forward to sharing a long lasting business relationship, and wish you and The Drop Bear Collective all the best with your future endeavours.
Paul and the Drop Bear team have brought to life only what technology-based smarts can provide. Done with such ease and professionalism, from start to finish, I couldn't be happier with what they have to offer. My business is better for my Digital Business Card, and I'm connected more efficiently because of it.
Thank you Drop Bear team.
team@
thedropbearcollective
.com
The Drop Bear Collective was founded in mid 2017 in Newcastle, NSW Australia, by Paul to showcase his interactive Digital Business cards (DBCs), which are now also fondly referred to as Drop Bear Cards (DBCs) or Drop Cards for short.
This was followed up by an initiative to build businesses Quality Websites that don’t cost the earth!
More recently an initiative to produce slick Videos on small budgets was launched.
It is thought by some that drop bears are not actually part of the bear family (Ursidae) but are in fact related to the koala (Phascolarctos cinereus - an arboreal, herbivorous marsupial native to Australia). koalas are also confusingly and inaccurately sometimes referred to as koala bears.
Paul wanted to start an organisation to give like-minded individuals (or Bears if you will) the opportunity to join forces and showcase their great ideas, movements, etc. There is no collective noun for a group of koalas or drop bears as they don't move around in groups and tend to be fairly solitary. Hence, the term "collective" seemed a good fit and gave birth to the name: The Drop Bear Collective
Increasing Your Connections In A Digital World
Paper cards are great. This is an additional business tool to complement them.
Designed for Safari on iPhone, Chrome on Android, and perform well outside of these e.g. laptops etc.
Arrived at a meeting, conference or convention and realised you've forgotten your paper business cards.
Met that contact you've always wanted but it's a weekend and you don't have your paper business card.
Given a card to someone and not got their card in return.
Got to the end of a conference or convention and realised you have no idea who you gave your business cards to - despite giving out hundreds of cards.
Not have to carry paper business cards with you all the time - home or abroad.
Enable your staff to give out your business card when needed without prior planning.
Access and share your information regularly and quickly, and enable others to do the same.
Easily update your existing business card - no more boxes of obsolete paper cards in the bin.
Get more from your business card - directions to your office etc.
Make it easy for the recipients of your card to contact you and/or save your details. Get a recipient's information when you give them your business card - priceless!
Do we make websites? Yes, you’re on one right now.
Our friendly team and trusted associates have a wide range of skills, so no project is too big or too small.
Drop us a line if you’d like a new website made, or an old one updated or maintained.
On occasion we get asked if we can produce videos. If you’d like to see what we can do take a look below.
These aren’t big budget shoots, but the results are still pretty good.
Drop us a line if you’d like to chat to us about a video clip.
I knew Paul from when The Drop Bear Collective made me a digital business card, so when we needed a new website I approached him about it. He clearly explained the advantages and disadvantages of HTML websites and WordPress ones. We got an HTML website and were very happy with it - good price and quick delivery too! That was around a year ago. We’re currently working on updating some of the content on the site, and they even shot a video for us - again for a very good price. Would highly recommend Paul and his team.
The Drop Bear Collective helped our team create a cost effective & environmentally friendly alternative from traditional business cards. We were so impressed with the quality of the product provided, we switched our entire team over to digital cards! The always friendly team at The Drop Bear Collective helped us out in a timely & professional manner, producing a product and service that we were exceptionally happy with. Go Kindy could not speak more highly of The Drop Bear Collective or recommend their product enough.
Thank you so much Paul for helping us with our new website. We are so happy and you have been very professional, patient and lovely to work with. We highly recommend your business to other businesses wanting help with their websites.
We are so happy with the amazing service and website created by The Drop Bear Collective. Paul is fantastic to deal with! He was able to produce a fantastic Digital Business Card (Drop Card) that we were so excited to share! Paul took the time to listen and understand the vision for our website, and has exceeded all expectations, by adding features and design elements that will set our business website apart from our competitors! The Drop Bear Collective is innovative and caring. Paul took the time to truly understand our business, and make recommendations so that our philosophy was present in the website design. It is incredible what The Drop Bear Collective can do!!! I cannot recommend this business enough. Every business should have the digital business card! It is a great point of difference for our company. Our client's are excited and amazed when they receive the card. It is so easy for them to keep our details and also share it with their friends!
The Drop Bear Collective has done an exceptional job of capturing the styling and branding essence of our business. Paul and the team produced our interactive Digital Business Card promptly after we sent them our artwork files and all with very little input from us - they just got our vibe and style. Such an original idea that solves many of the challenges brought about by traditional paper cards. It’s so easy to share our details with potential clients and for them to navigate to our website or social media content, all with a few clicks on their phone.
I thought the idea of a digital business card was one of the best ideas I'd heard in years.
When I got my card I loved showing it to people - still do.
Since receiving my Drop Card I hardly hand out physical cards any more. It's a unique way to display my brand and by saving the Drop Card on to their home screen, my referral network always has my details front of mind. This is clearly the way of the future.
I saw this new business card idea, that you carry on your mobile phone. No more having to remember to make sure you have your business cards when you change handbags etc!! A big bonus indeed!! A real "set and forget", it's very effective as the opportunity to share business details is always with you. It saves those embarrassing moments of having to say, “Oh no sorry I don’t have one with me”. All so efficient with modern technology!! And all so effortlessly prepared by Paul and his team, nothing was a trouble, all done with existing logos etc. He really has thought of a unique method, and business opportunities are never lost by not having your business card with you. Great idea and superb ongoing maintenance of the technology. And all Australian made and even local here in Newcastle.
We would like to congratulate you and The Drop Bear Collective for doing an excellent job creating our website and digital business card.
We have received a lot of business from the set up of our website, which speaks highly of your input; the creative way it has been structured suits our business and the customer base. The interactive Digital Business Card has worked well for reaching our current customer base and new clientele. It is a very handy tool to have at our disposal.
I would have no problem recommending The Drop Bear Collective to any business that is looking to get value for money and fantastic after-sales service for their business media interests.
We look forward to sharing a long lasting business relationship, and wish you and The Drop Bear Collective all the best with your future endeavours.
Paul and the Drop Bear team have brought to life only what technology-based smarts can provide. Done with such ease and professionalism, from start to finish, I couldn't be happier with what they have to offer. My business is better for my Digital Business Card, and I'm connected more efficiently because of it.
Thank you Drop Bear team.