Using Social Media to Find a Job with Illustrator David Cousens

Using Social Media to Find a Job with Illustrator David Cousens

One of the very many benefits of interviewing various creative business people for the Design and Marketing podcast is that it takes me away from my small world. During the last few years on this website I have mostly written about what works for me. When I was starting out online in 2006-2008 I basically [...]

DMP009: From 10 Visits-a-Day to 2000 Visits-a-Day in One Year with Louise Myers

From 10 Visits-a-Day to 2000 Visits-a-Day in One Year with Louise Myers

I have been pestering my latest victim interviewee for the Design and Marketing Podcast (subscribe or leave a review, folks) for weeks and weeks before she gave in! Louise Myers is a fantastic example of a designer who has never stopped learning. You have to listen to this interview because there is so much to [...]

New YouTube Channel Art Free Download

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Just when you thought you were safe to leave home without worrying about a major new social network design change … another one happens! YouTube have just rolled out their new channel design to the masses. So, why should we care and what do we need to know about it? Well, we should care because [...]

Adding Social Media Share Buttons in WordPress – HTML and CSS

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We all want our web pages to be seen by as many people as possible. And while writing top quality content remains a great way to do this, enabling your visitors to share content through social media has become an excellent way to drive traffic. Just so that we’re all on the same page, there [...]

8 Types of Images That Work On Pinterest

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I know what you’re thinking – the last thing we all need is another social network. However, Pinterest, the latest kid on the block, has attracted my attention. The site has great design and UI. It’s responsive and looks great on desktops, laptops, tablets and phones. And, what I really like, it’s all about the [...]

Social Media Buttons – HTML and CSS

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If you are reading this on my blog you’ll notice 7 beautiful grayed out social media icons on the right side of the header which turn into color when hovered over. This article explains how to create them. However, if you’re looking for an article about how to create social media share buttons (Tweet, Like, [...]

How to Drive Traffic from LinkedIn

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LinkedIn is a professional social networking site and has just surpassed 100 million users. Nearly 60% of LinkedIn users hold executive-level or consultant positions therefore it has the highest percentage of decision-makers than any other social network. LinkedIn is growing at roughly one million new members every week, the equivalent of one joining every second. [...]

Marketing your business with a website and social media

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If investment banks can break the economy; small businesses can start the healing process. Now that start up costs are lower than ever, thousands of talented and skilled individuals who are frustrated by lack of corporate opportunity will do what they’ve always wanted and become their own boss. However, many small businesses are using old [...]

How to publicize your blog posts

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The job isn’t over when a blogger publishes a blog post. Indeed, for some it has only just begun. Many bloggers will try to maximize the exposure for each post through submitting the post to various social media sites. I will be talking about social media a lot but before that there are also a [...]

Designers’ Social Media Partnership

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We all know that after writing a great post and hitting the publish 
button we’re not even halfway finished! There can be a seemingly endless marketing job to do by submitting a 
blog article to various social bookmarking sites like Digg, 
StumbleUpon and Delicious. We can also choose to submit to social 
networking sites like [...]

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