Graphic, Web Design and Marketing, London | Rob Cubbon
Design, marketing, graphics, internet, print, London
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 [...]
Asian economies comprise more than 4 billion people (60% of the world population) and you would have to have been living under a stone for the last 15 years not to have noticed the growing economic weight of the region. I’m glad to see the rise of emerging markets and hope it restores some much [...]
In a world where 99% of business communication is done by phone, email or video/text messaging – there is no substitute for meeting clients face-to-face. A personal meeting will create a better bond and this can be useful with challenging projects. Do I really need to meet this client? Not all clients are created equal. [...]
The success of a graphic design business – or any online business – will not only be down to how to get clients but also how you keep and maintain them. This is why client communication is extremely important. There is a right and a wrong way to communicate with a client. Get it right [...]
WordPress is the best CMS (Content Management System) for business websites. There are many successful business websites that use WordPress, for example Ford, The Wall Street Journal and Sony. WordPress is usually chosen to power a company’s website because it creates websites that are well-structured for SEO and can rank highly in search engines it [...]
Download full version of How To Get Clients. Download free How To Get Clients chapters here! I am about to unleash my new premium eBook onto the world. I am very excited about this as it’s something I have always wanted to do. What’s the eBook about? The book will contain step-by-step tutorials on how [...]
Here are the first results from my graphic designer’s business survey. I am so grateful to everybody that participated. I surveyed designers that were mostly working from home and running their own businesses. Participants were from every continent and were spread over different design disciplines. They represented every level of experience – from people who [...]
Blindingly obvious opening statement: clients are very important to your business. Not only are they your number one source of income, but also more than half of your new business will come from existing clients and recommendations from them. I disagree with a lot of advice about client relationship management: “phone them up all the [...]
I swapped the office cubicle for the spare room two years ago and I’ve never looked back. However, working from home isn’t as simple or as easy as it sounds. It certainly helped that I’d spent two years “easing myself in” – working at home temporarily whilst freelancing at other offices part time. Exercise Dog-owners [...]
I wasn’t always a freelance graphic designer. I used to teach English to Brazilian businessmen but that’s another story. I started by working for newspapers and magazines so my background is in print. By a mixture of application and good fortune I taught myself how to create usable, aesthetic, standards-compliant websites and discovered how to [...]
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