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Delicious: A designers best friend

Monday, April 14th, 2008

If you haven’t already heard of del.icio.us, where oh where have you been?! I recall discovering it about 2 and a half years ago and ever since its been my homepage - thats just how valuable it is to me. In this article we’ll look at how designers can really benefit from using del.icio.us over Google, and hopefully you’ll all make it your homepage today. I promise it will be worth it. (more…)

5 ways to develop great relationships with your clients.

Friday, August 31st, 2007

Develop great relationships with your clientsThe relationships that you forge with your clients are fundamental to your business. Its one thing getting the clients, but its another thing keeping them, and maintaining an excellent working relationship with them. In this little article Im going to share with you five ways in which you can really help to build strong bridges with your client base, and keep them coming back to their favourite designer — you! (more…)

10 ways Web Designers can improve productivity.

Wednesday, August 8th, 2007

10 ways web designers can improve productivityLets be honest, there are so many distractions online that sometimes it can be a real struggle to sit down and focus on the job or jobs at hand. Getting things done (GTD) is essential if you want to succeed in the workplace. Im going to share with you ten tips that I use, or that I have read about and am currently trying to implement into my working day, that will help you be much more productive - guaranteed! (more…)

How to use fonts effectively on the web.

Friday, July 20th, 2007

How to use fonts effectively on the webDo you find yourself sick of Arial, Verdana, Georgia and the other limited fonts you can use for actual text (not graphics) on your web pages? Only being able to use about six fonts (all of which are pretty boring) for actual text that can be read by search engines on your websites can be extremely limiting. Fear not my friend! Read on and I’ll show you how you can bring Arial and even Times New Roman to life with some nifty CSS styling. (more…)

5 Ways to Improve Your Public Speaking

Thursday, June 28th, 2007

Improve your public speakingBefore I launch into this, I just want to state that I am by no means an expert at public speaking! In fact, Im relatively new to it all, having only recently joined a local chapter of BNI. In this post, which is as much for my benefit as hopefully yours, Im going to outline five things you can do to dramatically improve your public speaking. I would love to hear your thoughts and experiences on presentations in the comments below. (more…)