I was absolutely sure that this Design and Marketing Podcast interview with Paul Jarvis was going to be excellent. And, I was right – don’t you just love it when a plan comes together? I knew that Paul was great in interviews because I’d heard him on Blogcast FM interviewed by Srini Rao. And, if [...]
I’m really excited to welcome Alex Mathers to the Design and Marketing Podcast. Alex is a freelance illustrator who has been on my radar for many years primarily because of his excellent RedLemonClub site for freelance creatives. I joined his mailing list back in 2009 (I don’t think I’ve been on any other list for [...]
Wait … did someone say nightmare clients? Well, they do exist. To some they’re known as “late payers”, others refer to them as “time wasters”, I like to call them “ex-clients”. But here’s our definition of a nightmare client: a client who either wastes time or money (which is, essentially, the same thing: time = [...]
Here is our third Design and Marketing Podcast where we welcome back Tara Roskell, who we featured on our first podcast, to talk about designing logos. Tara and I have been “blogging buddies” for a long time, by the way. Tara, a highly experienced graphic designer, has a hit course on Udemy called How to [...]
I have been designing and developing websites for my graphic design clients for over 7 years. It’s not always been easy and every client is different. But I have learned some “best practices” which I would like to share here. Anyone can create a website… It’s never been easier to create a website. Anyone can [...]
Drumroll please! Yes, this (above) is my first podcast. The first of the imaginatively titled Design and Marketing Podcast. What the first episode is about … The subject of my first interview is the very wonderful Tara Roskell. Tara is a graphic designer with many years experience who is based in Northamptonshire in the United [...]
I didn’t know it at the time, but setting up WordPress on RobCubbon.com in 2005 was a life changing moment. I know people are going to think that: ‘This guy’s lying. “Life changing” – what is this guy on about?’ I’m not lying. It was life changing! ‘This guy did it in 2005 – it’s [...]
It may be easy to find programmers or coders online but hiring a graphic designer is ten times more difficult. So what questions do you ask potential graphic designers in order to find the perfect person for your new project? But wait! Before you reach for your phone, look at the designer’s website to see [...]
I always think a web design business should expand the services it offers. One obvious way to do this is to resell web hosting services to clients. So, what do you do? Purchase a Hostgator Reseller Account (affiliate link), charge your clients, sit back and watch the money come in? Right? Wrong! I’ve been offering [...]
I’ve posted a few articles recently about making a child theme in Genesis for WordPress as I “filmed” almost the entire process of a client website creation. Here I’m going to put all the videos together and run through the process from beginning to end. I start off with a mock-up of the home page [...]
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