Because you are young and new to this trade we call web design, chances are you’re going to make many mistakes. Some of these mistakes are about you making bad decisions and doing reckless actions. In some other cases, however, the mistake is not what you did, but what you did NOT do. With a lot going on even with the simplest web design project, some important details may have been completely left out from…
Choosing the right business card can make the different between potential customers remembering your company name (leading to sales), and those individuals seeking the products or services you offer elsewhere. As such, would-be entrepreneurs tend to put a lot of effort into the design of their business cards, in relation to logos, graphics, colours and fonts, and the positioning of these elements. Fewer businessmen and women however, consider the material selected for their cards however…
If you’re a freelance graphic designer you know what a circus act it can be to juggle your marketing, sales, accounting and other business operations – all the while finding the necessary time to actually design things for clients. It can be easy to get comfortable with just a handful of clients and to stop actively promoting your services, but to do so can be the death of your business. This is especially true if…
There are so many custom effects out there: embossing, foil stamping, UV coating, etc. The fact is, none of these will get your business card noticed quite as much as Die Cutting. Die Cutting is the process of forming the edges of your business card to actually look like unique shape. This simply knocks it out of the park on getting attention – as the card literally feels different in a stack of cards after…
Android and controversies are synonymous and why shouldn’t it be? After all, Android has captured 47% of the Smartphone market according to Q4 of 2011 as revealed by ABI research. The open platform makes room for innovation and as such a number of free apps are available on a number of niches. The end result: Android is one of the most vulnerable platforms targeted by cyber-criminals. There has been a spike in the Malware growth…
Most web designers don’t feel that SEO (Search Engine Optimization) is important for their projects or client websites. A recent poll of over 19,000 designers shows that 7% of designers don’t feel that SEO is important and 9% of designers don’t even know what SEO stands for, let alone what it is. If you are a designer and are amongst the group that doesn’t know what SEO is or how it can benefit you, you…
The much awaited version for Joomla CMS – Joomla 3.0 was scheduled to be released in September. Now a date has been set. According to Joomla.org the new version will be released on 27th September, 2012, while the beta version has already been made available. It is however interesting to go through the feature preview of Joomla 3.0. They are quite promising and take Joomla website design and development further. To greater extend the awesomeness…
A lot of people claim that nowadays children spend too much time using the Internet or the computer while neglecting physical activities. I am addicted to the Internet and, quite probably, I am subjective but it is for the best to educate our children and prepare for the future. I think anyone can imagine the future being pretty much the same as described in Star Trek and not a new primitive era… therefore teaching youngsters…
When it comes to resume design, it can be hard to stand out from the crowd while remaining succinct and clear. A set of bold and attractive visuals can take you to the next level, but they also take the space that should probably be devoted to information. So why not combine the two? Infographic resumes can be a sophisticated way to show off your abilities and give yourself an edge over the competition. Infographics…
More often than not, it has been observed that people fail to plan and implement a good call to action strategy. Now this may not sound too much of a drawback but actually an improper call to action plan might decrease the possible number of conversion a website can achieve. Therefore, it is of paramount importance to plan a good and effective call to action strategy. At the same time, it is also important to…