Being a freelance web designer is great: You can set your own hours, choose which projects to work on, and even work from anywhere in the world with an internet connection. But, despite all this freedom, freelance web designers all secretly crave one thing: Monthly Recurring Revenue. The almost … [Read more...]
How To Build Your Own Website: Simple Tutorial For Beginners
People often ask me how to get started online. I always say the same thing: Build your own website and immediately publish valuable content. And, you know what's amazing? You can do that – I mean all of that – in just 5 minutes and for less than $4 a month. This is an incredibly important … [Read more...]
Create the Website You Want with WordPress: A how-to guide for building a branded business asset
My new book is now available on Amazon! Get the book (and review it, please) now! It's called Create the Website You Want with WordPress: A how-to guide for building a branded business asset. You need to change the country extension of the book's address so you can download it with an Amazon … [Read more...]
8 Questions To Ask Before The First Website Design
It's an enormous privilege to create a client's first website. They have chosen you from millions of other web designers/developers and companies out there – and they could have tried to do it themselves. But now you have secured a new bit of business, it's not the time to congratulate … [Read more...]
Comparing Photoshop and GIMP for Web Design
The financial barriers to entry to most online pursuits are extremely low. It should never cost more than a few dollars to set up and maintain a website. Web design is the same – you can edit code, HTML and CSS using free text editors. However, there is one expense that stands head and … [Read more...]
My Biggest Web Design Mistakes And How To Avoid Them
I first designed websites back in 2005. I think I've made every possible mistake along the way. "If I could do it all again I wouldn't change a thing." Scratch that! That's rubbish! If I could do it all again I would cut out the bit when I was banging my head against a brick wall because I … [Read more...]
Using Developer Tools To Change Your Website Design
There is a simple tool that exists on most computers that will help you understand web design. It's called Developer Tools. What I am about to explain will give you important insight into how your website works. Knowledge is power! What are Developer Tools? Every browser comes with … [Read more...]
Web Design Questionnaire (FREE Document Download Available)
The secret of running a successful web design business is communication. You could be the best web designer in the world but, if you can't easily find out what your clients want, then you won't go very far in this business so, here, to help you I have a web design questionnaire. Sample of a web … [Read more...]
Ideas into Pixels: Designing Websites For Clients
As web designers, we are regularly engaged in one of the most challenging practices: transforming ideas into pixels. The process starts with a conversation and ends up with a website but, how do we get there? Is it always via the same route? How can we avoid some of the pitfalls? The initial … [Read more...]
Justify Your Web Design Work To Your Clients
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...]
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