One of the biggest mistakes we as web designers can make is thinking that our creative work will sell itself. It,s an easy mistake to make. After all, when a client chooses me out of all of the other web designers around, I feel like they made the choice because they implicitly trust what I will do … [Read more...]
Download Free Web Design Proposal
It's great when new client calls up. Sometimes I really fall in love with the potential site. :) But, as always in business, it's important not to get too emotional and to back up your enthusiasm with cold hard figures and a professional-looking web design proposal. Please feel free to … [Read more...]
How To Set Up and Organize a Meetup Group
Human beings are social animals. If you work online, it's really great to get away from the computer and meet people (we're talking real life here). Meetup.com is the world's largest website that facilitates face-to-face meetings. Amazingly, while you're reading this there'll be 5,000 Meetups … [Read more...]
Dealing With A Traffic Drop – Business Report
Summertime in London. People are sitting outside the cafes and pubs enjoying the sun and watching the world go by. And me, I'm sitting inside writing a quarterly report with a cloud over my head because my traffic's halved in the last three months. Well, not exactly – but I had you fooled! … [Read more...]
5 Website Essentials (You Probably Aren’t Doing Right)
A website is essential to a business in today's economy. OK, scrub that. A website is essential to everyone in today's economy. What are you going to do, whether you're 18 years old, 28, 38, or 48 years old and looking for a job? Are you going to be shuffling round town armed with a business … [Read more...]
Web Design Business Owner, Matt Shuey
Download this podcast The latest in my oh-so remarkable series of interviews with design business owners is a great one. OK, I know I keep saying that but this one is great, believe me. http://youtu.be/1H6N22DHVyE The fantastic thing about this interview was that I didn't … [Read more...]
Passive Income and Business Report
So, spring is here (ahem, it's freezing outside) and it's time for me to look back on the last quarter to see how I've done plus set some goals for the next 3 months. Last year, I made $8,553 passive income. And the year before (I wasn't really counting) I made around $1000. So I'm really … [Read more...]
DMP008: Travelling Graphic Designer Karen Mares
Download this podcast This is my 8th podcast and interview with an independent graphic designer. In this episode I talk to Karen Mares, Karen McDade, about travelling, Photoshop, design, clients, websites and life! Click here to subscribe to my "Design and Marketing Podcast" on … [Read more...]
SEO For A Small Web Design Business
Web design business owners may be required to do many things. Selling, accounting, marketing ... yes. Designing? Sometimes. But, master the dark arts of SEO? Surely not! You should, of course, be concentrating on providing the best services. That's a "given." But there is a reliable way of … [Read more...]
Freelance Designer or Design Business?
Are you a freelancer or an entrepreneur? This question occurred to me while talking to Alex Mathers from the RedLemonClub a site that offers advice for the freelance creative. There was a time when I called myself a "freelance graphic designer" and had that as the title of this site. I … [Read more...]
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