Posts Tagged ‘Business’
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Guidelines for Successful Communication With Clients
- January 24th, 2011
- 42 Comments
OK, so this is a yet another article about dealing with clients. But let’s face it — it doesn’t matter how well you can design or code; as a freelancer or if you’re running a digital agency, if you don’t get the client management right, it can spell disaster for ...
Read more...How To Identify Good Clients (and Avoid Bad Ones)
- January 14th, 2011
- 76 Comments
Peter Drucker is one of the most influential business writers of the last century. His ideas have shaped the ways we conduct business today. One of Drucker’s main ideas was the notion that without a customer, there is no business. Furthermore, customer satisfaction is the key to the success of ...
Read more...How to Maintain Your Personal Brand as a Corporate Employee
- December 28th, 2010
- 56 Comments
A strong personal brand is beneficial on many levels. At the core it differentiates the designer, developer, marketer, etc, from the rest of the pack within crowded disciplines. It functions as a self-promotion agent that works for the practitioner 24/7/365 ultimately ensuring this person becomes a magnet for new and ...
Read more...E-Commerce Copywriting: The Guide to Selling More
- December 20th, 2010
- 37 Comments
Quality product descriptions can transform e-commerce conversion rates — it’s common to see increases of 30-100%. As well as converting more visitors, search traffic increases drastically when unique copy is written for each product. Most online retailers use manufacturers’ copy or rely solely on images to sell products. They then ...
Read more...How To Use the “Seven Deadly Sins” to Turn Visitors into Customers
- November 18th, 2010
- 58 Comments
Since the beginning of time people have exploited the human desire to sin, to achieve their goals. Finding out what causes people to sin helps us understand the triggers which prompt people to take an action. The Web has made it even easier to exploit these tendencies to sin, in ...
Read more...When 24/7/365 Fails: Turning Off Work On Weekends
- November 5th, 2010
- 66 Comments
The Web has continued evolving since its inception, as have those who have devoted their professional lives to working in and around this massive communication tool. We have had to roll with the changes, and like with any major environmental shifts, we have had to adapt. During this shifting of ...
Read more...Take The Initiative and Create Your Own Projects
- October 29th, 2010
- 89 Comments
During my last job with a large corporation, people started to get laid off. Many fellow creatives came to me, as they had no idea what they would do if they were let go. I had come to that small city from New York and my experience was varied and ...
Read more...Organization Tips For Web Designers
- October 14th, 2010
- 47 Comments
As a web designer, you’re often forced to wear many different hats every day. You’re the CEO, creative director, office manager, coffee fetcher and sometimes even janitor. That’s a lot for anyone, and it certainly makes it difficult to find any time for quality creative thinking. Organization in any operation ...
Read more...How To Convince The Client That Your Design Is Perfect
- October 6th, 2010
- 96 Comments
As designers who deal with clients, we all have to face one situation, no matter how difficult and uncomfortable, and that is guiding the client to accept that your design is perfect. Now, you already have the project, so this is not a matter of convincing them to pick you ...
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