The Secret to One-Page Designs
One-page websites, or “one-pagers” as I like to call them have proven to be a very simple and effective way of relaying all needed information effectively. Want to learn how to create the perfect one-pager?
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Fixed vs. Hourly – The Rate Faceoff
There are many advantages and disadvantages to the two established billing methods of freelancing: fixed and hourly. If you want to know how each one will affect your freelancing career, and information to help you choose the best mode, read on.
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3 Ways to Skyrocket Your Income as a Freelancer
It’s becoming harder and harder for clients to pay up on time as we’re head-first into an economic recession – so at times, income can seem very low. Here’s 3 ways you can combat the situation, and maximize your income as a freelancer.
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Display Google Friend Connect Members Count
Display Google friend connect members count with simple and short code.
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The Four Laws of Business Card Design
For many customers and clients, your business card is their first point of reference when looking at your services. These four design elements are essential for ensuring that your business card achieves what it should.
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8 Brilliant Freelance Job Boards to Help You Get More Clients
If you’re a freelancer and you’re not participating on job boards to get a bit of extra freelance work, then you’re potentially missing out on a lot. Get started with 8 brilliant job boards that we recommend. Read on.
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15 Twitter Netiquette Rules You Must Know
15 tips on how to tweet politely and avoid getting unfollowed.
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101 Helpful Tips and Tricks for Freelancers
Freelancing can be hard at times, so to help you make the most out of your experience as a freelancer we’ve put together ’101 Helpful Tips and Tricks for Freelancers’. Read ahead.
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15 Ways to Optimize CSS and Reduce CSS File Size
I have gathered a long list of CSS optimization and file size reduction techniques that have been using by most designers/developers. Depend on the complexity of your CSS code, these techniques might greatly reduce your CSS file size, or maybe just a few kilobytes.
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Outsourcing: The Path to Efficiency and Greater Income
It’s quite common for a potential client to approach you asking for a service that you may not offer, so how do you go about dealing with that, whilst still getting the most from your client?
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14 Tips To Make A Better Portfolio Website
I have used dozens if not 100’s of designers & found some designers get their portfolio very wrong! You got to expect your websites visitors and clients to completely uneducated in how to use websites, there for make it idiot proof! Here a list of 14 tips and suggestions for your online portfolio.
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10 Ways to Generate Ideas for Web Development Articles & Tutorials
Although this article is specifically geared towards generating ideas for web developers, the methods discussed could also be a basis for other fields of writing
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18 Factors that will Increase the (cash) Value of Your Website
How can you increase the cash value of your website? I have put together 18 factors to increase the value of your site.
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What to Do When your Design is Stolen?
Even though imitation can be taken as a form of flattery for a designer, let’s take a look at what you can do to when it happens to you.
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What is RSS and The Subscribe to My RSS Experiment
With this experiment you will learn what is a RSS feed and how to subscribe to your favorite blogs, including this one of course and find some oncoming news of this blog as well.
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8 Simple Tips to Boost Productivity, Health and Work Etiquette
Whilst working away on their latest project, freelancers tend to forget about the simple little things that make all the difference to their experience whilst working…
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5 Tips and Tricks For An Effective eCommerce Site With 10 Brilliant Examples
Customers appreciate the convenience of ordering online, but if a site is cumbersome, is veiled about its pricing and polices, or does not seem to provide personal benefit, they leave.
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The Pomodoro Technique
The Pomodoro Technique was developed in the late 80s and early 90s to help improve productivity and time management and consequently reducing stress levels in your life.
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Web Design Trends: Font Replacement – Examples, Techniques and Resources
Hey, I am going to be posting a series of articles of the trends which have emerged in web design in recent times. I will be covering one trend in each article. This is the first part of the series, and in this part, I will be covering font replacement.
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The Customer is Not Always Right
I have worked in many roles in the service industry, from supermarket cashier, and computer salesman, to freelancer developer, and I can tell you that the customer is usually wrong, but in most cases it’s okay for them to be wrong, or at the very least we tolerate it.
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