77 Resources to Simplify Your Life as a Web Designer
Published September 10th, 2007 in Design - 524 Comments
As a web designer, achieving efficiency in your workflow will have a significant impact on your success. Fortunately, there are a number of great resources that have been created with the intent of making your life easier and your work quicker and more effective. Color Tools Choosing the right color combination can be a difficult [...]
Driving Search Engine Traffic to a New Blog
Published September 9th, 2007 in SEO - 53 Comments
This week I am happy to be participating in a five-day series of posts about growing your blog. This post is the 1st and each of the next 4 days there will be posts by other bloggers on their own blogs. Each of the bloggers involved in this project has been experiencing growth and all [...]
Weekly Links
Published September 8th, 2007 in Links, Uncategorized - 19 Comments
What Length Should a Post Excerpt Be? from Pro Blog Design. Homepage Excerpts WordPress Plugin from Daily Blog Tips. An Interview with Aaron Wall of SEO Book from ProBlogger. Add Your URL to SEO Friendly Directories Free from Super Blogging. How to Stop Someone Hotlinking Your Images from Blogging Tips. Google Radar Spots Text-Link-Ads from [...]
Being a Proactive Blogger
Published September 6th, 2007 in Blogging - 20 Comments
With millions of blogs in the blogosphere, and more being added everyday, all of us face stiff competition for the attention of our readers. With so many choices available for readers it’s easy for them to overlook your blog (or anyone else’s for that matter). One of the best characteristics any blogger can have is [...]
How to Successfully Switch Your WordPress Theme Without Throwing Your Computer Through the Window
Published September 5th, 2007 in WordPress - 54 Comments
A few weeks ago I re-designed this website, which meant also re-designing the WordPress theme. I’m sure many of you have also gone through the process of changing themes, and it can be quite frustrating. Fortunately, I had some experience with this process on a smaller blog before, so I was prepared for the potential [...]
Social Media Marketing: Is it Worth Your Time?
Published September 4th, 2007 in Social Media - 16 Comments
Social Media Websites such as Digg, del.icio.us, StumbleUpon, and Reddit can bring thousands of visitors to your website or blog in a very short amount of time. However, it often seems like only a small percentage of the users of these sites actually see any results and the rest are just wasting their time. You [...]
89 Community Sites for Webmasters
Published September 3rd, 2007 in Design - 46 Comments
SOCIAL MEDIA SITES FOR WEB DESIGNERS Dzone – Provides links for developers that members can vote up or down. Pixel Groovy – A user-controlled tutorial directory. Sphinn – For search and internet marketing professionals. CSS Globe – Not a typical social media site where members vote, but rather a site that lets members provide links [...]
Weekly Links
Published September 2nd, 2007 in Links - 10 Comments
The Right Width for Your Blog was a guest post at ProBlogger written by Michael from Pro Blog Design. This article provides some great information, especially if you’re considering a re-design or a new theme. We All Love Free Stuff – Give Some Away and Get More Business from Freelance Folder. Jon has some really [...]
9 Essential Tools for Bloggers
Published August 29th, 2007 in Tools - 40 Comments
Here is a small collection of the most important tools to maximize your productivity and effectiveness. Feel free to leave comments with your opinions and other recommendations. 1 – FeedBurner FeedBurner is a free service that will publish the RSS feed from your blog and, most importantly, will provide you with subscriber counts and stats [...]
When is it Time for a Re-Design?
Published August 28th, 2007 in Design - 12 Comments
Many businesses face the challenge of knowing when they need to invest some money in a re-design of their website. If you’re in this situation, here are 9 ways to tell when it’s time. 1 – Outdated Look Websites are like anything else, certain styles come and go. If your site was designed several years [...]
