Archive for May, 2012

Business Relationship Basics for Freelance Designers

Business Relationship Basics for Freelance Designers

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Business Relationship Basics for Freelance DesignersFreelance designers and other freelancers often miss the boat when it comes to finding new customers and building their freelancing business.

That’s because they don’t understand how building healthy long-term business relationships fits into their marketing plan. In the eyes of some freelance designers, a contact is either an immediate prospect or they are not worth pursuing. Often, this means they miss a lot of business opportunities.

In this post, I’ll discuss the importance of building relationships and what it can mean for a freelance designer. I’ll explain why long-term relationships are important and also provide you with five tips for meeting and building business relationships. If you like this post, you may also enjoy reading Why Online Friends are Important to Freelancers.

Business Relationship Basics for Freelance Designers

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Two Branches of Effective Phoenix SEO

Two Branches of Effective Phoenix SEO

Search results Optimization is a growing form of marketing which the vast majority of business owners at the moment are employing. Many company owners have turned their backs on television, radio and billboard advertisements and have put to use the most up-to-date and cost-efficient method of marketing – SEO.

Now as a business owner who is probably not knowledgeable about SEO (or you may be familiar but does not understand what the kinds of marketing they are using), this informative article could possibly be of great help for you to understand the marketing strategies that Phoenix SEO companies are employing.

 

Web Design – 6 Tips to Design a Functional Home Page

Web Design - 6 Tips to Design a Functional Home Page

The most significant page of your website is the homepage since it is the entry page of your site for online users. There are some designers who fail to take full advantage of this page. It is more important to make this page more functional to attract more visitors to your website. It is the home page that that makes your web design more user-friendly and useful.

It is the home page that creates the first impression in the minds of your visitors. Therefore, it is important that you choose an experienced web design company for designing an effective home page.

 

32 Examples of Usable Mobile Website Layouts

32 Examples of Usable Mobile Website Layouts

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The mobile web is clearly changing the way we think about layout design. Even back just 5 or 10 years ago there were barely any developers working on a solution for mobile. Now it seems everybody is doing their Internet surfing on some type of smartphone device. And because of this it’s a good idea to consider adapting your current layouts to fit a changing market.

This process can be difficult without a bit of inspiration. Thus I’ve put together this wonderful collection of 32 mobile websites. These are all live projects you can visit online either from your web browser or on your mobile phone. Many of the ideas aren’t revolutionary but have taken a long time to become adopted into mainstream. Let us know your thoughts or suggestions in the post discussion area below.

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32 Examples of Usable Mobile Website Layouts

32 Examples of Usable Mobile Website Layouts

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How Ribbons Can Enhance the Visual Appeal of a Web Design

How Ribbons Can Enhance the Visual Appeal of a Web Design

These days, web designers are using ribbons in their layout design to create an attractive website. A ribbon can be used in different ways to make a website design beautiful. It draws the visitors’ attention to some parts of your website design and helps you create a 3D effect in a 2D website. Here are some of the ways to use a ribbon in your website to give it an aesthetic appeal.

    1. Use Ribbons for Navigation Purpose- You can use a ribbon in your site as your navigation bar. It easily grabs your viewers’ attention and helps them navigate your site. Place the banner navigation just below your website header to make sure that your users never miss it.

 

4 Types of Tools to Save You Time & Earn You Money

4 Types of Tools to Save You Time & Earn You Money

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4 Types of Tools to Save You Time & Earn You MoneyFreelance designers and other freelancers should take advantage of time-saving business tools whenever they can. In this post, I’ll outline four different types of tools that you might find helpful in your freelancing design business. If you like this post, you might also enjoy reading 35+ of Your Favorite Software Tools.

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Things a Website Designer Should Explain to Clients before Accepting Projects

Things a Website Designer Should Explain to Clients before Accepting Projects

Clients often think that a website designer’s job is very simple. According to them, anyone can open Photoshop; design a layout and the write the backend codes using Dreamweaver. If a client undermines your creativity and hard work, then there is no point working for him. As a website designer, you must make it clear to your clients that your job is not as simple as they think.

Before you sign a project contract, make sure that you explain certain things to the client for better professional working relationship. Let him understand that you are a seasoned designer and won’t tolerate any unprofessional behavior.

 

Case Study on Building for Mobile First

Case Study on Building for Mobile First

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Designing for the web used to mean perfecting an HTML and CSS layout in all the popular browsers. Although this is still the case today, modern web browsers have shifted onto many alternative media platforms. No longer is your average web user sorting articles solely from their monitor screen.

Case Study on Building for Mobile First

I’d like to offer a few ideas on why you should consider designing websites for mobile first. This case study looks at a few simple ideas that are often glossed over – yet have a huge impact on the modern Internet. It’s important that your website can scale with all different forms of incoming traffic.

Case Study on Building for Mobile First

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Why Joomla CMS Is Ideal for Web Development Projects?

Why Joomla CMS Is Ideal for Web Development Projects?

Gone are the days when only conventional HTML was used to create web pages. Modern developers prefer to use Joomla CMS for building dynamic websites. Joomla website design professionals prefer it more than anything else simply because of its ease of use.

In this article, we will discuss why Joomla CMS is the most preferred option for web development professionals.

 

Tips for Web Graphic Design

Tips for Web Graphic Design

Due to increasing demand of websites for different firms, organizations, institutions and especially for business who want marketing promotions, many companies are now providing their services in this regard for less graphics maximum design, website design Perth is especially getting its height in this field. Due to increasing numbers of companies in this field now healthy competition is emerging which is leading toward creation of website with lower price. However, due to this competition many companies are using graphics with heavy colors and images, while many professional companies like web design Perth suggest that each company follow less graphics maximum design.

There are some important tips, which are helpful in this regard that less graphics maximum design, website design Perth. Whenever you are going to start web designing for your business or any purpose keep following tips in mind: