Posts Tagged ‘Business’
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Quick Course On Effective Website Copywriting
- May 18th, 2012
- 27 Comments
Many dismiss copywriting as something that ad agency people do. Truthfully, all of us need to pay close attention to copywriting if we want to achieve our business objectives. The goal of a “regular” text is to inform or entertain. The goal of Web copy (and ideally your website in general) ...
Read more...The Art Of Content Marketing
- March 16th, 2012
- 23 Comments
Effective content marketing holds people’s attention. It gives you a distinctive brand, loyal fans and increased sales. You don’t need a big budget to succeed, which is why good content marketing is the single best way to beat bigger competitors online. Content marketing used to be about customer magazines and mailed ...
Read more...Eleven Ways To Manage Your Design Team More Effectively
- March 2nd, 2012
- 0 Comments
There’s no comprehensive solution to getting productivity from your design team, but certain techniques will benefit managers and designers during the course of a day. Managing a team at all can be tricky. Managing a team of designers can be even more challenging because designers have different strengths, weaknesses and ...
Read more...Stop Writing Project Proposals
- February 17th, 2012
- 149 Comments
After several grueling days I had finally finished the proposal. I sent it off and waited for a response. Nothing. After a few weeks, I discovered that they were “just looking”. Despite the urgency and aggressive timeline for the RFP (Request For Proposal) plus the fact that we had done ...
Read more...Upcoming Web Design And Development Conferences For 2012
- February 10th, 2012
- 55 Comments
We’re well into 2012, and many designers and developers around the world are planning their travels for the year, which may include attending one of the many Web design and development conferences that will be held in the upcoming months. To help you out with your plans, we’ve once again ...
Read more...How To Deliver Exceptional Client Service
- January 25th, 2012
- 27 Comments
We often hear companies, including Web agencies, boast about how they provide exceptional client service. But how do they define exceptional? Consider this scenario. You are hired to design and develop a new website for a retail client. The client loves the design, and the pages you develop use the ...
Read more...Guidelines For Outsourcing, Sub-Contracting and Hiring Out
- January 17th, 2012
- 1 Comment
From one artist to another, I know how satisfying it can be to achieve the perfect shade of a color or squeeze the most difficult font into the funkiest space. Having spent some time experimenting with these and other aspects of design, I also know how time-consuming and downright maddening ...
Read more...How Do You Deal With Overstressed, Irrational Clients? An Entrepreneur’s View
- December 23rd, 2011
- 34 Comments
As an entrepreneur who has been on the client’s side of the design and development process, I’d like to discuss the thought process of the client, as well as some effective ways to interact with them. For example, why do they ask for Shakira music on the home page? And ...
Read more...Turning Small Projects Into Big Profit, A Case Study
- December 19th, 2011
- 95 Comments
In the Web world, hearing businesses and freelancers alike complain about low-budget projects is not too uncommon. Let’s say that a local coffee shop needs to update its Web presence and contacts you for a redesign. It also requires a blog so that it can announce new coffees, events and ...
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