Month: October 2008
Is Crowdsourcing the Answer?
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I just read an article on Sitepoint about Crowdsourcing for Freelancers. For those who are unfamiliar with the term, crowdsourcing is when you put your project up on a site (99designs, Crowdspring…) and get multiple options for the design. You then pick one and pay for that. I feel that it basically amounts to spec…
The Daily News: Google custom search and getting more clients
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How many of us have used the built in search for a site and found it to be horrid? I know that a site I am currently working on has what I feel is an unusable search function. In fact the results are so bad I think it’s better if they aren’t even there. So…
What Services should a Web Designer Provide?
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It can be hard for small business owners to know exactly what services they should receive from a web designer. Of course they will design a site for you and publish it to the web but what exactly does that mean? Prep Work The first thing a good web designer should provide you with is…
The Daily News: Keeping clients, javascript and an interview
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Keeping Clients Around Once you do the hard work of landing a client you always want to keep them. Repeat work for good clients is always a bit easier. If you want some tips on those little things that keep clients around check out this article on Freelance Switch. It lists 3 easy ways to…
The Daily News: Stolen designs, site conversion, and usability
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Let’s start today with an article from Freelance Switch (FSW) on Intellectual Property Resources. All of us designers get worried about our design work getting stolen. It seems that when this happens it’s hard to do much about it. The list provided by FSW gives you places to find your legal rights. Second up is…
The Daily News: GIMP, usability, and WordPress
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I decided that I would start rounding up interesting links each day and pass them along to my readers. I will still be publishing my own articles, but find that I don’t have as much time to get them out as often as I would like. So expect a semi-daily round up of cool links…
Contest @ Just Creative Design
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Jacob Cass over at Just Creative Design is offering a contest for his one year anniversary. Currently there are no details on how to join the contest but he is calling for sponsors. I will be donating a 10 pack of Photoshop brushes to the competition and through that competition is the only way you…
Bit of a Dog’s Breakfast: News Round up
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Today the news seemed to range all over the place, a bit of a dog’s breakfast follows. All of us freelancers (at least I would hope) do some sort of follow up with our clients at the end of a project. For me it is usually just a ‘thanks keep me in mind’ email but…
Onsite or Offsite: Which type of freelancer works for you?
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Lots of small business need continuing maintenance on their websites. For some it makes sense to have your employees or yourself do the edits and updates that need to be done. Sometimes though it takes someone that has more technical knowledge in web design to do the edits for you. When you are at the…