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 download … [Read more...]
How To Be A Great Web Designer With Paul Jarvis
Download this podcast. 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? http://youtu.be/B1EqcGHbFkU I knew that Paul was great in interviews because I'd heard … [Read more...]
How Web Designers Can Offer Print Design Services
From the outside they seem as two completely different worlds: One is static, traditional, tangible. The other is mercurial, modern, temporary. And there's a certain amount of envy from both sides. Print designers, although despairing at times with the baffling technology, are in awe of … [Read more...]
DMP 002: Interview with Andy Sowards
Download this podcast The second show of my Design and Marketing Podcast has an interview with Andy Sowards, a web designer and blogger from Virginia, USA. Now, before we dive into the world of web design and Andy's journey, let me share a little secret with you. Lately, I've been doing some … [Read more...]
How To Build A Website For A Client
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 … [Read more...]
Designing Websites for the iPad
The iPad is implanted in our conscious as the high end tablet of choice for professionals. Remember: CEOs love their iPads. Who buys iPads? The majority of people who buy iPads already have desktop computers, laptop computers and smart phones. The iPad is a luxury purchase. And, with the cheapest … [Read more...]
How To Make A Favicon For Your Website
The "halo effect", as I mentioned in an article about why I'd never use cheap website builders, suggests the way we look, dress, speak and the sort of homes we live in influence other people,s impressions of us. This is why, when you're designing a website for yourself or a client, you should … [Read more...]
Why I’d Never Use “Easy-Build” Websites Like Intuit and 1&1
I got an email this week where I was asked how web designers can compete against the large "easy-build" website companies. Well, I don't think there's any competition. Web designers like me cater for a completely different market. The Halo Effect Psychologists have long known about the … [Read more...]
Why I Love Running My Own Web Design Business
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 2012 … [Read more...]
Create a Responsive WordPress Site with Streamline on Genesis
It is becoming more and more of a necessity to have a website that is responsive to smart phones and tablets. Here I'm going to explain about how I created the theme of RobCubbon.com using Streamline on the Genesis framework. The Genesis framework costs $60 and the Streamline theme costs $25 … [Read more...]