Blogs are used to bring a sense of familiarity to a company’s face. They help build your brand as well as give you the opportunity to share thoughts, ideas and resources with a large audience without ever leaving your office. The only way this can be accomplished is by writing. So in an effort to [...]
When I first started my career as a freelance web and graphic designer I was not completely ignorant to the struggles that were to come at me in my quest. I knew there would be a certain level of mental toughness I would have to acquire in order to handle the day-to-day adventures of freelancing. [...]
Can you make my design pop? Can you add more umph?
What they are really saying: “I have seen other sites that have a lot of graphics and flash animation. I am not sure if I have paid you enough to do that to my sight but I will use words like “umph” and “pop” to [...]
This is not your typical social media 101 lesson from a so-called social media “expert”. I will not be instructing you how to retweet or how to promote your services on Facebook. These rules have nothing to do with how often you should send updates or how to gain more followers.
These rules are actually rules [...]
blog – (a contraction of the term “weblog“) a type of website, usually maintained by an individual with regular entries of commentary, descriptions of events, or other material such as graphics or video. Entries are commonly displayed in reverse-chronological order. “Blog” can also be used as a verb, meaning [...]
My blog is now a month old and in that short amount of time I have learned a lot about the world of blogging. I am still looking to learn so much more. I hope that you all have enjoyed my attempt at entertaining and informing.
What I want to do now is give quick round-up [...]
Start Early and Prepare Your Day
When you were not a freelancer working for someone you woke up at 6:30, bathed, ate breakfast and was at work bright and early by 8am. Now that you work for yourself you pull yourself out of bed at 9am, maybe 10, drag your self to your computer, bypassing the [...]
From free scripts to tutorials to informative articles, these are some of the best resources for web designers, graphic designers and web developers.
1. Flashkit.com
2. jquery.com
3. alltop.com
4. w3schools.com
5. smashingmagazine.com
6. design-newz.com
7. fontfreak.com
8. freelanceswitch.com
9. about.com
10. sitepoint.com
No less than 6 months ago the only things I had to really manage were my business and my business website. There wasn’t much to manage with my website. It was pretty much for informational purposes and to display my portfolio. (which before last week I had not changed in a year). I had a [...]
