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Monday, October 31, 2011
Effective Ways to Promote Your Online Business
Freelancing is on a high, and more and more professionals are taking this route. Executive-level full-time professionals are not the only ones contemplating it; personnel at all levels and from various industries want a taste of freelancing. The lure of ?becoming one?s own boss? and deciding one?s own schedule is too hard to resist by [...]
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Coffee Visualized in 27 Strong Infographics
No matter what you do, or where you’re from: if you’re reading this chances are you’re as much fun of coffee as we are. This energizing drink has been helping us to start our working days for a long time. According to the Wikipedia Article, the earliest credible evidence of coffee drinking appears in the [...]
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Twitter Marketing: Why You Don?t Need to Mass Follow Users
A few days ago Twitter�announced on their status blog�that all Twitter users are only allowed to follow a maximum of 1000�people a day.�This�rule was designed to cut�down on ‘follow spam’, the act of following many Twitter users in order to get them to follow you back or click on your links.
When combined with�the already [...]
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Inspired Bricks
This is a guest post from Antonina of�OpenBuildings�- a community-driven and openly editable encyclopaedia of buildings from around the world.� Do you think brick is trivial and a thing of the past? Think twice! It is true up until a century ago brick was predominantly associated with the vernacular architecture of England’s industrial north. With [...]
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Sunday, October 30, 2011
Ask FreelanceSwitch: Starting a Bigger Business
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pIn this issue of Ask FreelanceSwitch, we look at starting a bigger business. Ask FreelanceSwitch is a regular column here that allows us to help beginners get a grip on freelancing. If you have a question about freelancing that you want answered, send an email to askfreelanceswitch@gmail.com.span id="more-19324"/span/p
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blockquotepI am a bit fed up with 6 years of freelancing. Is it time to start a real business with a team of like-minded persons?/p/blockquote
pIt may very well be time for you to grow your business. It?s going to really depend on what parts of freelancing you?re fed up with. /p
pBuilding a business with other freelancers can be great ? that?s how many great agencies start out. But it does take more work than freelancing on your own can. There?s more project management to be done, along with plenty of administrative work. You had better believe that someone is going to find themselves doing the bookkeeping for the whole group and it?s going to be a lot more work than handling the details of one person?s work hours. /p
pIf you?re serious about teaming up for a bigger business, you have to sort out who is responsible for what immediately. The way you work together will certainly evolve, but you need ground rules in place to make it possible. /p
pIf you?re burnt out on the management side of freelancing and you just want to do creative work, teaming up probably isn?t going to be your best solution. This may be outright heresy, but going and getting a job is probably a better bet. It?s rare that you?ll find a partner who is happy to run things while you just focus on your creative work./p
pThere are plenty of benefits that go along with building a bigger business though. With a good team, you can take on big projects (with correspondingly larger fees). You can also focus on just the types of work you?re good at, handing off other parts of projects to your team members. And a lot of clients prefer to work with larger organizations than just a single freelancer. You can definitely do well, provided you?re willing to take on the responsibilities of working with a team./p
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pIn this issue of Ask FreelanceSwitch, we look at starting a bigger business. Ask FreelanceSwitch is a regular column here that allows us to help beginners get a grip on freelancing. If you have a question about freelancing that you want answered, send an email to askfreelanceswitch@gmail.com.span id="more-19324"/span/p
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blockquotepI am a bit fed up with 6 years of freelancing. Is it time to start a real business with a team of like-minded persons?/p/blockquote
pIt may very well be time for you to grow your business. It?s going to really depend on what parts of freelancing you?re fed up with. /p
pBuilding a business with other freelancers can be great ? that?s how many great agencies start out. But it does take more work than freelancing on your own can. There?s more project management to be done, along with plenty of administrative work. You had better believe that someone is going to find themselves doing the bookkeeping for the whole group and it?s going to be a lot more work than handling the details of one person?s work hours. /p
pIf you?re serious about teaming up for a bigger business, you have to sort out who is responsible for what immediately. The way you work together will certainly evolve, but you need ground rules in place to make it possible. /p
pIf you?re burnt out on the management side of freelancing and you just want to do creative work, teaming up probably isn?t going to be your best solution. This may be outright heresy, but going and getting a job is probably a better bet. It?s rare that you?ll find a partner who is happy to run things while you just focus on your creative work./p
pThere are plenty of benefits that go along with building a bigger business though. With a good team, you can take on big projects (with correspondingly larger fees). You can also focus on just the types of work you?re good at, handing off other parts of projects to your team members. And a lot of clients prefer to work with larger organizations than just a single freelancer. You can definitely do well, provided you?re willing to take on the responsibilities of working with a team./p
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6 Fool-Proof Steps to Make More Money With Your Website
Every website has a bunch of web pages which get more search traffic than others. These pages are constantly visited daily by�new visitors, people who have never seen the site in question before.�I call these ‘money pages’ because they are a reliable source of immediate and future income.
But they’re not just ‘money’ because they bring [...]
But they’re not just ‘money’ because they bring [...]
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Knowing The Ways Of The Google Panda Update
When one hears about Google Panda, its a wild and angry Panda’s picture that comes to everyone’s mind. One that kicks webmaster’s butt and is doing the damage world across, hitting websites on websites with Google Penalty. Unfortunately, this isn’t true. And Google Panda is not really inspired from the “Panda” you know. Learn more. [...]
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4 Reasons You Should Add Photos or Illustrations to Every Blog Post
Humor me for a moment and go dig out a copy of the White Pages ? you remember, it’s that 10-pound behemoth gathering dust under the sink. Now, flip it open to any page and tell me the truth? Are you pulled into the content? Do you have any desire to continue reading or have [...]
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11 Ways to Influence People Online and Make Them Take Action
Influence can be defined as�the�power exerted over the minds and behavior of others. A power that can�affect, persuade and cause changes to someone or something. In order to influence people, you first need to discover what is already influencing�them. What makes them tick? What do they care about?�We need�some leverage to work with when�we’re trying [...]
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Saturday, October 29, 2011
How to create a movie poster
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Freelance Freedom #230: Backseat Designer
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Effective Ways to Promote Your Online Business
Freelancing is on a high, and more and more professionals are taking this route. Executive-level full-time professionals are not the only ones contemplating it; personnel at all levels and from various industries want a taste of freelancing. The lure of ?becoming one?s own boss? and deciding one?s own schedule is too hard to resist by [...]
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pIf you#8217;ve ever needed to a href="http://www.squarespace.com/"build a website/a on a quick deadline, then you know how difficult it is to make one from scratch. If you#8217;re anything like me and don#8217;t keep your web design skills sharp, or you don#8217;t have a web design background at all, then you#8217;ll be scrambling for help./p
pFortunately, there are systems that take much of the workload off your hands. Every content management system (CMS) has a different feel. Some features work great for a particular audience, while those same features aren#8217;t the right fit for other users./p
pIf you#8217;re a developer, then you might work with Ruby on Rails, WordPress, or custom roll your own CMS, but for those of us that are less code savvy Squarespace offers a solution that allows us to create a website without having to fiddle with CSS or databases. You can get your website launched in a hurry with Squarespace, with professional results, and a quality design. For those with web design chops, you can customize Squarespace quite a bit. Let#8217;s take a closer look./p
pemJump down to the bottom of this post for the Squarespace giveaway. One of three winners will grab a full year of their Business class service for free (a $432 value for each winner)./em/p
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h3Using Squarespace to Build a Presentation Site/h3
pUsing Squarespace I built a small site to promote a recent presentation I did for International Freelancers Day called #8220;a href="http://freelanceswitch.squarespace.com/"How to Profitably Grow Beyond a Business of One/a#8220;. It was originally released as only a video presentation. I thought it would be nice to present the original video, but also put up the notes from the talk as linked pages. Each page flows through the presentation giving another view into the content./p
pemI got to know Squarspace#8217;s system well while making this site./em/p
pimg src="http://freelanceswitch.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/presentation-site.png" alt="" title="presentation-site" width="550" height="418" class="aligncenter imageborder size-full wp-image-20187" //p
h3So How Does Squarespace Work?/h3
pa href="http://www.squarespace.com/"Squarespace/a is made of easy to use components. Let#8217;s take a look at how to build a simple site, which will give us a good feel for this content management system./p
pIt#8217;s good to plan your site before getting started. You might want to sketch a wireframe. For a simple site like the one I built, I didn#8217;t bother with opening up Photoshop. Ideally, your content is ready to go before you start building as well./p
h4Getting Familiar with Squarespace amp; Basic Settings/h4
pIf you#8217;re the type of person that just wants to jump into a new system, then Squarespace is really made for you. It#8217;s easy to just dive in and play with it to get a feel for how the main features work./p
pI#8217;m one of those people who actually pulls out the manual when I get a new technology toy though. When I got my Wii I actually read the manual before firing it up. If you#8217;re like me, then it#8217;s worthwhile to watch a few of the a href="http://help.squarespace.com/customer/portal/articles/14410-squarespace-platform-overview-video-"beginner videos/a Squarespace has to offer, which I did as preparation before I dug in./p
pOne of the first areas to get familiar with is Squarespace#8217;s backend. Under Structure click on Website Settings. Here you can set the site#8217;s Title, Site Subtitle, and the Footer info./p
pimg src="http://freelanceswitch.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/website-settings.png" alt="" title="website-settings" width="550" height="492" class="aligncenter imageborder size-full wp-image-20190" //p
h4Using Squarespace Templates/h4
pAt this point I was really excited to start working with Squarespace. A big feature of this system is how easily you can get a well designed site set up. So it was time to check out their templates./p
pWhen logged into Squarespace, you#8217;ll see that the user interface runs along the top. You can click on Style to open up the Appearance Editor. It#8217;s super easy to scroll through themes, click on them, and test out how they look. I settled on Blueprint for the template to use for this site./p
pimg src="http://freelanceswitch.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/themes.png" alt="" title="themes" width="550" height="384" class="aligncenter imageborder size-full wp-image-20191" //p
pThere are multiple options in the Appearance Editor. One option is to copy a template, so that you can have your own template to customize. I named mine #8220;switch.#8221;/p
pNow jump over to the Banner amp; Navigation tab. Here you can set the column option that fits this template, as well as the navigation style. For this site I set it up as two columns, with the sidebar on the right side. I kept the navigation to one level, as this is a small site. I placed the navigation in the sidebar./p
pemNote: One option I didn#8217;t use for this site was adding a Banner image, but you can do this here./em/p
pimg src="http://freelanceswitch.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/columns.png" alt="" title="columns" width="550" height="203" class="aligncenter imageborder size-full wp-image-20192" //p
pNow jump over to the Fonts, Colors amp; Sizes tab. Here you can easily adjust numerous parameters of various elements without needing to know any CSS. I made some changes to the Heading color, font, and style, as well as a few other minor adjustments here. It#8217;s as simple as clicking a few buttons./p
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pThere is quite a bit you can do without needing to know CSS, but if you are a web designer, then you can make use of the Custom CSS tab. I used it to make a few minor style adjustments to add a bold look to emphasized text, as well as change the horizontal rule style./p
pemNote: While I made minor use of the Custom CSS tab, there really is no limit to using this./em/p
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pNow let#8217;s look at how to structure your site and add content into Squarespace./p
h4Site Architecture/h4
pClick on Website Management in the top left of the Squarespace nav. This will bring up the configuration options. Now choose Architecture, which is where you can plan the structure of your site./p
pI added the various pages of the presentation here. It#8217;s as simple as clicking on Add Page and then choosing the HTML component. These settings are really straightforward to set up./p
pimg src="http://freelanceswitch.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/architecture.png" alt="" title="architecture" width="550" height="399" class="aligncenter imageborder size-full wp-image-20196" //p
pWith the main pages set up, we can now add in content. Let#8217;s take a look at how easy it is to do that./p
h4Adding Content/h4
pFrom the Architecture section you can click Sidebar 1 gt; Presentation Links gt; strongBeam Up Your Crew/strong, to go to that page. Once there click on the Edit Page link (located at the top of your content)./p
pThis brings up a content editor. You can use the WYSIWYG editor (shown below), RAW HTML (which I prefer), as well as a couple more options./p
pYou can enter text as you would in any document editor (like Microsoft Word)./p
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pIt#8217;s easy to add images here as well, just by clicking on the little icon that looks like an image. From there you can easily upload, resize, set alignment, add links, and place the image into your page./p
pLet#8217;s take a look at adding video. A main feature of our Home page is a video. Let#8217;s jump over there and hit the Edit Page button, bringing up that page#8217;s Content Editor./p
pFirst grab the Embed code from the video you want to place there. If you#8217;re using a YouTube video, you can find the Embed code after clicking Share, which is located below the video on YouTube. With this code copied, jump into the page you want to insert the video./p
pNow click Edit Page to open up the WYSIWYG editor. Click the place where you want to insert the video, then click the video icon, and paste the code into the Insert Video field (as shown below). Click Save amp; Close and your all set. It#8217;s that simple./p
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h4Using the HTML Widget/h4
pWe#8217;ve covered most of the basics of this site build. You can of course customize a site much further with Squarespace. I found it helpful to use the HTML Widget./p
pYou can use it to insert code into any section of your site. I used it to insert a branded image for FreelanceSwitch into the sidebar. You can control what pages it shows up on easily. I set it to show up on all pages. I also turned on the Powered by Squarespace widget as well. Both of these are controlled in the Architecture section./p
pTo add content to this go to any page you want it to show on, make sure you#8217;ve selected Content in the top right Squarespace Navigation panel, and hit Edit Widget HTML. You can add HTML here as shown. It#8217;s the same window that we use for editing content./p
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h3Squarespace Features/h3
pI only touched on a few of the possibilities you can use Squarespace to build a site with. Here are a some additional features:/p
ul
liMany more widgets. You can use widgets to add features to your site, such as: social buttons, site search, blogging, and more building blocks./li
liThere is an advanced Code Injection feature to further customize your site./li
liForm Building amp; Data Collection features./li
liCloud Hosting of your site./li
liSquarespace Mobile, a href="http://iphone.appstorm.net/reviews/internet-reviews/squarespace-the-easy-way-to-blog/"iPhone/a and iPad Apps./li
liAbility to add a custom domain name./li
liAdvanced Statistic Tracking./li
liGalleries and Slideshows to a href="http://www.squarespace.com/photography"create a photography website/a or design portfolio./li
/ul
h3My Experience with Squarespace/h3
pMy experience with using Squarespace was great. It#8217;s really easy to use and ideal for building a site like the one I set up. I found the interface intuitive and the system got the job done quickly./p
pI do have a couple small gripes, and of course I didn#8217;t have the chance to use every feature of Squarespace./p
pAs Editor of FreelanceSwitch, I work in the backend of WordPress everyday. The Content Editor in Squarespace has similar functionality, but I like the size of the text in the backend of WordPress a bit better./p
pAnother small issue was found in the Blueprint theme. The strongSTRONG/strong HTML tag didn#8217;t have a font weight of bold in that default theme. So it#8217;s something that I had to add in the Custom CSS area. I#8217;m sure they#8217;ll fix this minor issue with that theme in the near future. I didn#8217;t notice any other small CSS issues though./p
pemOverall, Squarespace is a fun system to work with, which is rare to say about a CMS./em/p
h3What are the Downsides?/h3
pAs with anything, there are some drawbacks to using Squarespace. The two main things that I could see are that:/p
ul
listrongYou#8217;ll need to find some other email solution/strong #8211; While most web hosts will create an email and hosting package for you, when you are setting the site up with Squarespace, you are going to have to sort out email some other way. Gmail is a great solution for email though. It#8217;s what we use here at Envato./li
listrongThere#8217;s no FTP/strong #8211; The lack of FTP isn#8217;t horrible. Their browser file uploader works well. But for those times when you want to upload multiple files at once FTP would be nice to have./li
/ul
h3Is Squarespace Right for You?/h3
pIf you#8217;re setting up your freelance business site, putting together a client presentation, or a similar site, then I can confidently recommend Squarespace to you. If you have little coding skills, then it#8217;s a very helpful system for building a site./p
pIf you#8217;re an experienced developer, then Squarespace isn#8217;t aimed at you. While it does have the ability to tap into its structure and CSS, it doesn#8217;t have its database open to developers. It#8217;s a tradeoff really. Every CMS has a different focus and market. Squarespace is made to be easy to work with. Removing complicated options makes it easier for non-code savvy users to get up and running with the system./p
pIf you#8217;re more of a designer with some web chops like me, but don#8217;t have the time to spend ages customizing a site, then Squarespace is a good option to have in your arsenal for building client sites, or to use on your own promotional site. The time you#8217;ll save working in Squarespace is well worth its cost./p
pYou can try the system yourself with a a href="http://www.squarespace.com/pricing/"14 day free trial/a. Also, be sure to see the giveaway below, which gives you a chance to win a full year of Squarespace for free./p
h3Squarespace Giveaway Details/h3
pNow for the details of the a href="http://www.squarespace.com/"Squarespace/a giveaway. One of three winners will grab a full year of their Business class service for free (a $432 value for each winner)./p
h4How to Enter/h4
ul
liTo enter sign up for a free 14 day trial./li
liCreate a website with Sqaurespace./li
liPlace a link to your site in the comments below./li
/ul
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pemWe#8217;ll be choosing winners based on merit. There is no limit to the type of site you can create. If you haven#8217;t built a site for your freelance business yet, this is an excellent time to do that. Wow us with your creativity! strongThe deadline to enter is Tuesday, November 8th 2011 before Midnight EST/strong. We#8217;ll update this post with the three winners#8217; information the week after the deadline./em/p
h4Terms and Conditions/h4
ul
liThis competition is not open to Envato or Squarespace employees./li
liEntries are accepted worldwide./li
liIf you do not respond within 7 days to a notification that you have won a prize, we reserve the right to select another winner./li
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pIf you#8217;ve ever needed to a href="http://www.squarespace.com/"build a website/a on a quick deadline, then you know how difficult it is to make one from scratch. If you#8217;re anything like me and don#8217;t keep your web design skills sharp, or you don#8217;t have a web design background at all, then you#8217;ll be scrambling for help./p
pFortunately, there are systems that take much of the workload off your hands. Every content management system (CMS) has a different feel. Some features work great for a particular audience, while those same features aren#8217;t the right fit for other users./p
pIf you#8217;re a developer, then you might work with Ruby on Rails, WordPress, or custom roll your own CMS, but for those of us that are less code savvy Squarespace offers a solution that allows us to create a website without having to fiddle with CSS or databases. You can get your website launched in a hurry with Squarespace, with professional results, and a quality design. For those with web design chops, you can customize Squarespace quite a bit. Let#8217;s take a closer look./p
pemJump down to the bottom of this post for the Squarespace giveaway. One of three winners will grab a full year of their Business class service for free (a $432 value for each winner)./em/p
pspan id="more-20181"/span/p
h3Using Squarespace to Build a Presentation Site/h3
pUsing Squarespace I built a small site to promote a recent presentation I did for International Freelancers Day called #8220;a href="http://freelanceswitch.squarespace.com/"How to Profitably Grow Beyond a Business of One/a#8220;. It was originally released as only a video presentation. I thought it would be nice to present the original video, but also put up the notes from the talk as linked pages. Each page flows through the presentation giving another view into the content./p
pemI got to know Squarspace#8217;s system well while making this site./em/p
pimg src="http://freelanceswitch.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/presentation-site.png" alt="" title="presentation-site" width="550" height="418" class="aligncenter imageborder size-full wp-image-20187" //p
h3So How Does Squarespace Work?/h3
pa href="http://www.squarespace.com/"Squarespace/a is made of easy to use components. Let#8217;s take a look at how to build a simple site, which will give us a good feel for this content management system./p
pIt#8217;s good to plan your site before getting started. You might want to sketch a wireframe. For a simple site like the one I built, I didn#8217;t bother with opening up Photoshop. Ideally, your content is ready to go before you start building as well./p
h4Getting Familiar with Squarespace amp; Basic Settings/h4
pIf you#8217;re the type of person that just wants to jump into a new system, then Squarespace is really made for you. It#8217;s easy to just dive in and play with it to get a feel for how the main features work./p
pI#8217;m one of those people who actually pulls out the manual when I get a new technology toy though. When I got my Wii I actually read the manual before firing it up. If you#8217;re like me, then it#8217;s worthwhile to watch a few of the a href="http://help.squarespace.com/customer/portal/articles/14410-squarespace-platform-overview-video-"beginner videos/a Squarespace has to offer, which I did as preparation before I dug in./p
pOne of the first areas to get familiar with is Squarespace#8217;s backend. Under Structure click on Website Settings. Here you can set the site#8217;s Title, Site Subtitle, and the Footer info./p
pimg src="http://freelanceswitch.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/website-settings.png" alt="" title="website-settings" width="550" height="492" class="aligncenter imageborder size-full wp-image-20190" //p
h4Using Squarespace Templates/h4
pAt this point I was really excited to start working with Squarespace. A big feature of this system is how easily you can get a well designed site set up. So it was time to check out their templates./p
pWhen logged into Squarespace, you#8217;ll see that the user interface runs along the top. You can click on Style to open up the Appearance Editor. It#8217;s super easy to scroll through themes, click on them, and test out how they look. I settled on Blueprint for the template to use for this site./p
pimg src="http://freelanceswitch.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/themes.png" alt="" title="themes" width="550" height="384" class="aligncenter imageborder size-full wp-image-20191" //p
pThere are multiple options in the Appearance Editor. One option is to copy a template, so that you can have your own template to customize. I named mine #8220;switch.#8221;/p
pNow jump over to the Banner amp; Navigation tab. Here you can set the column option that fits this template, as well as the navigation style. For this site I set it up as two columns, with the sidebar on the right side. I kept the navigation to one level, as this is a small site. I placed the navigation in the sidebar./p
pemNote: One option I didn#8217;t use for this site was adding a Banner image, but you can do this here./em/p
pimg src="http://freelanceswitch.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/columns.png" alt="" title="columns" width="550" height="203" class="aligncenter imageborder size-full wp-image-20192" //p
pNow jump over to the Fonts, Colors amp; Sizes tab. Here you can easily adjust numerous parameters of various elements without needing to know any CSS. I made some changes to the Heading color, font, and style, as well as a few other minor adjustments here. It#8217;s as simple as clicking a few buttons./p
pimg src="http://freelanceswitch.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/fonts.png" alt="" title="fonts" width="550" height="203" class="aligncenter imageborder size-full wp-image-20193" //p
pThere is quite a bit you can do without needing to know CSS, but if you are a web designer, then you can make use of the Custom CSS tab. I used it to make a few minor style adjustments to add a bold look to emphasized text, as well as change the horizontal rule style./p
pemNote: While I made minor use of the Custom CSS tab, there really is no limit to using this./em/p
pimg src="http://freelanceswitch.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/custom-css.png" alt="" title="custom-css" width="550" height="240" class="aligncenter imageborder size-full wp-image-20194" //p
pNow let#8217;s look at how to structure your site and add content into Squarespace./p
h4Site Architecture/h4
pClick on Website Management in the top left of the Squarespace nav. This will bring up the configuration options. Now choose Architecture, which is where you can plan the structure of your site./p
pI added the various pages of the presentation here. It#8217;s as simple as clicking on Add Page and then choosing the HTML component. These settings are really straightforward to set up./p
pimg src="http://freelanceswitch.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/architecture.png" alt="" title="architecture" width="550" height="399" class="aligncenter imageborder size-full wp-image-20196" //p
pWith the main pages set up, we can now add in content. Let#8217;s take a look at how easy it is to do that./p
h4Adding Content/h4
pFrom the Architecture section you can click Sidebar 1 gt; Presentation Links gt; strongBeam Up Your Crew/strong, to go to that page. Once there click on the Edit Page link (located at the top of your content)./p
pThis brings up a content editor. You can use the WYSIWYG editor (shown below), RAW HTML (which I prefer), as well as a couple more options./p
pYou can enter text as you would in any document editor (like Microsoft Word)./p
pimg src="http://freelanceswitch.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/wysiwyg.png" alt="" title="wysiwyg" width="550" height="367" class="aligncenter imageborder size-full wp-image-20197" //p
pIt#8217;s easy to add images here as well, just by clicking on the little icon that looks like an image. From there you can easily upload, resize, set alignment, add links, and place the image into your page./p
pLet#8217;s take a look at adding video. A main feature of our Home page is a video. Let#8217;s jump over there and hit the Edit Page button, bringing up that page#8217;s Content Editor./p
pFirst grab the Embed code from the video you want to place there. If you#8217;re using a YouTube video, you can find the Embed code after clicking Share, which is located below the video on YouTube. With this code copied, jump into the page you want to insert the video./p
pNow click Edit Page to open up the WYSIWYG editor. Click the place where you want to insert the video, then click the video icon, and paste the code into the Insert Video field (as shown below). Click Save amp; Close and your all set. It#8217;s that simple./p
pimg src="http://freelanceswitch.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/video-insert.png" alt="" title="video-insert" width="550" height="387" class="aligncenter imageborder size-full wp-image-20198" //p
h4Using the HTML Widget/h4
pWe#8217;ve covered most of the basics of this site build. You can of course customize a site much further with Squarespace. I found it helpful to use the HTML Widget./p
pYou can use it to insert code into any section of your site. I used it to insert a branded image for FreelanceSwitch into the sidebar. You can control what pages it shows up on easily. I set it to show up on all pages. I also turned on the Powered by Squarespace widget as well. Both of these are controlled in the Architecture section./p
pTo add content to this go to any page you want it to show on, make sure you#8217;ve selected Content in the top right Squarespace Navigation panel, and hit Edit Widget HTML. You can add HTML here as shown. It#8217;s the same window that we use for editing content./p
pimg src="http://freelanceswitch.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/html-widget.png" alt="" title="html-widget" width="550" height="391" class="aligncenter imageborder size-full wp-image-20199" //p
h3Squarespace Features/h3
pI only touched on a few of the possibilities you can use Squarespace to build a site with. Here are a some additional features:/p
ul
liMany more widgets. You can use widgets to add features to your site, such as: social buttons, site search, blogging, and more building blocks./li
liThere is an advanced Code Injection feature to further customize your site./li
liForm Building amp; Data Collection features./li
liCloud Hosting of your site./li
liSquarespace Mobile, a href="http://iphone.appstorm.net/reviews/internet-reviews/squarespace-the-easy-way-to-blog/"iPhone/a and iPad Apps./li
liAbility to add a custom domain name./li
liAdvanced Statistic Tracking./li
liGalleries and Slideshows to a href="http://www.squarespace.com/photography"create a photography website/a or design portfolio./li
/ul
h3My Experience with Squarespace/h3
pMy experience with using Squarespace was great. It#8217;s really easy to use and ideal for building a site like the one I set up. I found the interface intuitive and the system got the job done quickly./p
pI do have a couple small gripes, and of course I didn#8217;t have the chance to use every feature of Squarespace./p
pAs Editor of FreelanceSwitch, I work in the backend of WordPress everyday. The Content Editor in Squarespace has similar functionality, but I like the size of the text in the backend of WordPress a bit better./p
pAnother small issue was found in the Blueprint theme. The strongSTRONG/strong HTML tag didn#8217;t have a font weight of bold in that default theme. So it#8217;s something that I had to add in the Custom CSS area. I#8217;m sure they#8217;ll fix this minor issue with that theme in the near future. I didn#8217;t notice any other small CSS issues though./p
pemOverall, Squarespace is a fun system to work with, which is rare to say about a CMS./em/p
h3What are the Downsides?/h3
pAs with anything, there are some drawbacks to using Squarespace. The two main things that I could see are that:/p
ul
listrongYou#8217;ll need to find some other email solution/strong #8211; While most web hosts will create an email and hosting package for you, when you are setting the site up with Squarespace, you are going to have to sort out email some other way. Gmail is a great solution for email though. It#8217;s what we use here at Envato./li
listrongThere#8217;s no FTP/strong #8211; The lack of FTP isn#8217;t horrible. Their browser file uploader works well. But for those times when you want to upload multiple files at once FTP would be nice to have./li
/ul
h3Is Squarespace Right for You?/h3
pIf you#8217;re setting up your freelance business site, putting together a client presentation, or a similar site, then I can confidently recommend Squarespace to you. If you have little coding skills, then it#8217;s a very helpful system for building a site./p
pIf you#8217;re an experienced developer, then Squarespace isn#8217;t aimed at you. While it does have the ability to tap into its structure and CSS, it doesn#8217;t have its database open to developers. It#8217;s a tradeoff really. Every CMS has a different focus and market. Squarespace is made to be easy to work with. Removing complicated options makes it easier for non-code savvy users to get up and running with the system./p
pIf you#8217;re more of a designer with some web chops like me, but don#8217;t have the time to spend ages customizing a site, then Squarespace is a good option to have in your arsenal for building client sites, or to use on your own promotional site. The time you#8217;ll save working in Squarespace is well worth its cost./p
pYou can try the system yourself with a a href="http://www.squarespace.com/pricing/"14 day free trial/a. Also, be sure to see the giveaway below, which gives you a chance to win a full year of Squarespace for free./p
h3Squarespace Giveaway Details/h3
pNow for the details of the a href="http://www.squarespace.com/"Squarespace/a giveaway. One of three winners will grab a full year of their Business class service for free (a $432 value for each winner)./p
h4How to Enter/h4
ul
liTo enter sign up for a free 14 day trial./li
liCreate a website with Sqaurespace./li
liPlace a link to your site in the comments below./li
/ul
pa href="http://www.squarespace.com/?channel=pamp;subchannel=freelanceswitch" style="margin:20px;"img src="http://freelanceswitch.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/get-started.png" alt="" title="get-started" width="257" height="44" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-20259" //a/p
pemWe#8217;ll be choosing winners based on merit. There is no limit to the type of site you can create. If you haven#8217;t built a site for your freelance business yet, this is an excellent time to do that. Wow us with your creativity! strongThe deadline to enter is Tuesday, November 8th 2011 before Midnight EST/strong. We#8217;ll update this post with the three winners#8217; information the week after the deadline./em/p
h4Terms and Conditions/h4
ul
liThis competition is not open to Envato or Squarespace employees./li
liEntries are accepted worldwide./li
liIf you do not respond within 7 days to a notification that you have won a prize, we reserve the right to select another winner./li
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9 Stand-Out Real Estate Themes for WordPress
A friend of mine just earned his real estate license and now he’s in the process of setting up office online. He’s already familiar with WordPress, so he came to me and asked if I had any advice on using WordPress for a real estate website. WordPress is really the hot ticket for building real [...]
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Twitter Marketing: Why You Don?t Need to Mass Follow Users
A few days ago Twitter�announced on their status blog�that all Twitter users are only allowed to follow a maximum of 1000�people a day.�This�rule was designed to cut�down on ‘follow spam’, the act of following many Twitter users in order to get them to follow you back or click on your links.
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How to the Choose Colors for Your Website
You may not realize it, but the color scheme that you choose for your website is one of the most important decisions you will have to make. Color is important because it effects not only your mind, but your body as well. Studies have shown that the color red can stimulate your senses, and even [...]
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Interview with artist: Tom Deininger
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Thursday, October 27, 2011
The Crazy Success of, I Want To Draw a Cat For You
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pWhen I first saw this video I was confused. Sure, the jingle was catchy and a href="http://freelanceswitch.com/money/making-web-video-that-sells-ebook-review/"the editing/a was swell, but, was this guy for real? Did people actually buy his terrible drawings? He doesn?t do this for a living?does he? I decided to put on my investigative journalism hat and see if I couldn?t get some answers about this crazy cat guy. I went straight to the source.span id="more-19421"/span/p
h3Crazy Ways to Make Money/h3
pThe crazy cat guy?s name is Steve Gadlin and he?s a Chicago-based comedian with a full-time gig as the manager of the web department for Weigel Broadcasting. His ?a href="http://iwanttodrawacatforyou.com/"I Want To Draw A Cat For You/a? campaign (if you can call it that) has been profiled on NBC Chigago, emThe Atlantic/em, WBEX 91.5, Yahoo!, and emThe Huffington Post/em. The whole thing wouldn?t have even taken off had it not been for Groupon./p
p?I?m always testing the limits of stupidity,? Gadlin says. ?I wanted a very simple business that I could use to perform experiments in viral marketing an advertising. In May 2010, the jingle popped into my head and I turned the site around pretty quickly after that.?/p
pHe emailed Groupon.com, a deal-of-the-day website that is localized in major markets across the country. Groupon started in Chicago, and Gadlin completely expected to get a funny rejection letter for his cat drawings. But that?s not what happened./p
pGroupon thought his idea was brilliant, and sold his $9.95 cat stick figure drawing for $3 a piece on Cyber Monday. He sold 1,000 before shutting the deal down./p
h3Success of the Crazy Cat Guy/h3
p?I?ve sold my cat drawings in most states, and in several countries,? Gadlin says. ?They?re buying them as tributes to their pets. They?re buying them as gag gifts. Or they?re buying them to one-up each other in random, absurd drawing requests.?/p
pAll in all, Gadlin says he has pocketed around $5,000 from this project. ?a href="http://freelanceswitch.com/inspiration/health-benefits-of-pets/"Cats/a are easy to draw,? he says. ?A circle for a head, a couple of triangles for ears, etc.?/p
pTo fill his 1,000 cat drawing quota from his Groupon sale, Gadlin has been drawing cats in bunches. He?ll do a set in the morning and then again at night. Some are easy and take under 30 seconds to complete while some come with specific requests?like a skinny cat that is impressed with his top hat./p
h3Create Demand with Creative Marketing/h3
p?I?ve learned a little creative marketing can create a demand where there was none,? Gadlin says. ?If you put the right product in the right context, you can sell anything. Creativity and a little know-how can pay off.?/p
pThe success of the project has also given Gadlin a crash course in business, especially e-commerce. ?I?m always involving myself in strange and creative projects,? he says. ?The only difference with this one is that from time to time, I sit at the dinner table and draw stick figure cats for hours. I?m having a blast connecting with all of my customers.?/p
pGadlin, who truly is involved in all sorts of wacky comedic stuff in and around Chicago, won?t be making a living off of his cat drawings anytime soon?but he still wants to draw one for you. Check out his other projects at a href="http://steev.org"www.steev.org/a./p
h4Over to You/h4
pThere are lessons to be learned through fun experimentation in business. Have you tried anything wacky to earn some additional income as a freelancer? What wacky demand could you create with the skills you have? How might you use viral marketing creatively? We#8217;d love to hear your crazy ideas below. /p
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pWhen I first saw this video I was confused. Sure, the jingle was catchy and a href="http://freelanceswitch.com/money/making-web-video-that-sells-ebook-review/"the editing/a was swell, but, was this guy for real? Did people actually buy his terrible drawings? He doesn?t do this for a living?does he? I decided to put on my investigative journalism hat and see if I couldn?t get some answers about this crazy cat guy. I went straight to the source.span id="more-19421"/span/p
h3Crazy Ways to Make Money/h3
pThe crazy cat guy?s name is Steve Gadlin and he?s a Chicago-based comedian with a full-time gig as the manager of the web department for Weigel Broadcasting. His ?a href="http://iwanttodrawacatforyou.com/"I Want To Draw A Cat For You/a? campaign (if you can call it that) has been profiled on NBC Chigago, emThe Atlantic/em, WBEX 91.5, Yahoo!, and emThe Huffington Post/em. The whole thing wouldn?t have even taken off had it not been for Groupon./p
p?I?m always testing the limits of stupidity,? Gadlin says. ?I wanted a very simple business that I could use to perform experiments in viral marketing an advertising. In May 2010, the jingle popped into my head and I turned the site around pretty quickly after that.?/p
pHe emailed Groupon.com, a deal-of-the-day website that is localized in major markets across the country. Groupon started in Chicago, and Gadlin completely expected to get a funny rejection letter for his cat drawings. But that?s not what happened./p
pGroupon thought his idea was brilliant, and sold his $9.95 cat stick figure drawing for $3 a piece on Cyber Monday. He sold 1,000 before shutting the deal down./p
h3Success of the Crazy Cat Guy/h3
p?I?ve sold my cat drawings in most states, and in several countries,? Gadlin says. ?They?re buying them as tributes to their pets. They?re buying them as gag gifts. Or they?re buying them to one-up each other in random, absurd drawing requests.?/p
pAll in all, Gadlin says he has pocketed around $5,000 from this project. ?a href="http://freelanceswitch.com/inspiration/health-benefits-of-pets/"Cats/a are easy to draw,? he says. ?A circle for a head, a couple of triangles for ears, etc.?/p
pTo fill his 1,000 cat drawing quota from his Groupon sale, Gadlin has been drawing cats in bunches. He?ll do a set in the morning and then again at night. Some are easy and take under 30 seconds to complete while some come with specific requests?like a skinny cat that is impressed with his top hat./p
h3Create Demand with Creative Marketing/h3
p?I?ve learned a little creative marketing can create a demand where there was none,? Gadlin says. ?If you put the right product in the right context, you can sell anything. Creativity and a little know-how can pay off.?/p
pThe success of the project has also given Gadlin a crash course in business, especially e-commerce. ?I?m always involving myself in strange and creative projects,? he says. ?The only difference with this one is that from time to time, I sit at the dinner table and draw stick figure cats for hours. I?m having a blast connecting with all of my customers.?/p
pGadlin, who truly is involved in all sorts of wacky comedic stuff in and around Chicago, won?t be making a living off of his cat drawings anytime soon?but he still wants to draw one for you. Check out his other projects at a href="http://steev.org"www.steev.org/a./p
h4Over to You/h4
pThere are lessons to be learned through fun experimentation in business. Have you tried anything wacky to earn some additional income as a freelancer? What wacky demand could you create with the skills you have? How might you use viral marketing creatively? We#8217;d love to hear your crazy ideas below. /p
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Rebound and Win a Dribbble Invite
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Freelance Advice: How to Make the Most of a Forum
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pA a href="http://forum.freelanceswitch.com/"forum of freelance professionals/a can be a lifesaver for the independent worker. /p
pIt offers an avenue for shared knowledge, inspiration, and the opportunity to connect socially and professionally.� /p
pWhether you?re trying to establish yourself in a forum that?s new to you, or you?re an old timer, here?s some do?s and don?ts to maximize your success./p
pstrongDon?t talk numbers/strong ? What freelancer doesn?t wonder how they stack up financially to their peers?� But a forum isn?t the place to nose around for numbers, or to broadcast your own figures./p
pIf you are compelled to talk profits, do so in general terms. Ask what marketing strategies yielded their best return, what seasons tend to be dry/profitable, or what steps others have found that boosted their bottom line./p
pstrongDon?t rush the relationship/strong ? Just like dating, don?t come on too strong when you join a new forum. Introduce yourself, then quietly read and learn the ropes.� Gradually answer a few questions that are within your area of expertise.span id="more-19212"/span/p
pYou?ll be more welcome with a few respectable posts, rather than coming on board with a glut of postings./p
pstrongDon?t rant /strong ? Everyone has days when they need to unload. But the forum?s not the best place for that. Ranting to an audience of forum readers, the majority of whom don?t know you, can easily backfire, making you look like a problem child. �Plus, it?s difficult to share enough background in a brief posting to enable readers to fully sympathize with your situation./p
pBut don?t bypass the forum as an avenue to work out professional grievances. Let your anger subside for a few days, compose a neutral message relaying the facts, then invite others to share their advise./p
pstrongDon?t name drop /strong ? If you?ve frequented a forum for years, it may seem like your old stomping grounds. �You may feel like you know everyone who visits, and who doesn?t./p
pIt may be tempting to warn your fellow freelancers about a nasty client by name or business name, but don?t do it. Even if you?re certain the named person never reads the forum (you can never be too sure) word is likely to trickle back somehow./p
pstrongDon?t alienate newcomers/strong #8211; Inside jokes were fun in high school, but they don?t have much purpose in a group of professionals.� Don?t make your threads so familiar that newcomers wandering by feel like an uninvited guest to a party./p
pAvoid messages where you refer to other members by name instead of handle, mention events without giving any background, or talk about issues that leave the majority of readers in the dark. If you?ve become tight with one or two of the folks on the forum, keep up with them off-line./p
pstrongDon?t typecast yourself/strong ? If you only post when you?re looking for a job, when you?re angry at a client, or when you?re panicking and need information, you?re likely to be sticking a (negative) label to your cyber forehead.� Avoid this by interacting on a variety of levels ? share answers when you have them, pass along industry news, ask for input, or congratulate another member./p
pstrongDon?t answer/strong ? Remember what your mother taught you: if you don?t have anything nice to say, say nothing at all.� If a post leaves you irate, or aghast at a newcomer?s apparent lack of knowledge, just don?t respond. Similarly, if a post has hit a collective nerve and is being nailed with heated responses, don?t feel you need to add your two cents as well.�Diffuse the situation with silence, rather than having an emotionally charged email with your name attached floating around forever in cyberspace./p
pForums can fill a huge hole for the independent worker, and using them correctly is key to building up a professional relationship. strongWhat tips and techniques have you found to help maximize the usefulness of a forum?/strong/p
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pA a href="http://forum.freelanceswitch.com/"forum of freelance professionals/a can be a lifesaver for the independent worker. /p
pIt offers an avenue for shared knowledge, inspiration, and the opportunity to connect socially and professionally.� /p
pWhether you?re trying to establish yourself in a forum that?s new to you, or you?re an old timer, here?s some do?s and don?ts to maximize your success./p
pstrongDon?t talk numbers/strong ? What freelancer doesn?t wonder how they stack up financially to their peers?� But a forum isn?t the place to nose around for numbers, or to broadcast your own figures./p
pIf you are compelled to talk profits, do so in general terms. Ask what marketing strategies yielded their best return, what seasons tend to be dry/profitable, or what steps others have found that boosted their bottom line./p
pstrongDon?t rush the relationship/strong ? Just like dating, don?t come on too strong when you join a new forum. Introduce yourself, then quietly read and learn the ropes.� Gradually answer a few questions that are within your area of expertise.span id="more-19212"/span/p
pYou?ll be more welcome with a few respectable posts, rather than coming on board with a glut of postings./p
pstrongDon?t rant /strong ? Everyone has days when they need to unload. But the forum?s not the best place for that. Ranting to an audience of forum readers, the majority of whom don?t know you, can easily backfire, making you look like a problem child. �Plus, it?s difficult to share enough background in a brief posting to enable readers to fully sympathize with your situation./p
pBut don?t bypass the forum as an avenue to work out professional grievances. Let your anger subside for a few days, compose a neutral message relaying the facts, then invite others to share their advise./p
pstrongDon?t name drop /strong ? If you?ve frequented a forum for years, it may seem like your old stomping grounds. �You may feel like you know everyone who visits, and who doesn?t./p
pIt may be tempting to warn your fellow freelancers about a nasty client by name or business name, but don?t do it. Even if you?re certain the named person never reads the forum (you can never be too sure) word is likely to trickle back somehow./p
pstrongDon?t alienate newcomers/strong #8211; Inside jokes were fun in high school, but they don?t have much purpose in a group of professionals.� Don?t make your threads so familiar that newcomers wandering by feel like an uninvited guest to a party./p
pAvoid messages where you refer to other members by name instead of handle, mention events without giving any background, or talk about issues that leave the majority of readers in the dark. If you?ve become tight with one or two of the folks on the forum, keep up with them off-line./p
pstrongDon?t typecast yourself/strong ? If you only post when you?re looking for a job, when you?re angry at a client, or when you?re panicking and need information, you?re likely to be sticking a (negative) label to your cyber forehead.� Avoid this by interacting on a variety of levels ? share answers when you have them, pass along industry news, ask for input, or congratulate another member./p
pstrongDon?t answer/strong ? Remember what your mother taught you: if you don?t have anything nice to say, say nothing at all.� If a post leaves you irate, or aghast at a newcomer?s apparent lack of knowledge, just don?t respond. Similarly, if a post has hit a collective nerve and is being nailed with heated responses, don?t feel you need to add your two cents as well.�Diffuse the situation with silence, rather than having an emotionally charged email with your name attached floating around forever in cyberspace./p
pForums can fill a huge hole for the independent worker, and using them correctly is key to building up a professional relationship. strongWhat tips and techniques have you found to help maximize the usefulness of a forum?/strong/p
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Power Over Others: It?s Not What You Think
When I started my career, oddly enough as an illustrator, I asked a famous artists why there were so many nasty peers in the business and why professionals of his level were so friendly and helpful. He smiled and said, ?there?s all the room at the top and precious little room at the bottom!?
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Wednesday, October 26, 2011
Site5 - Web Hosting for Web DesignersBeautiful Norway: 10+ Inspired Tourist Route Stops
This is a guest post from Antonina of�OpenBuildings�- a community-driven and openly editable encyclopaedia of buildings from around the world.� A great example of progressive government policy: In 2005 Norway launched The National Tourist Routes: a vast 15-year campaign re-evaluating the concept of tourism by transforming it into a culturally active product. To achieve that [...]
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Beautiful Norway: 10+ Inspired Tourist Route Stops
This is a guest post from Antonina of�OpenBuildings�- a community-driven and openly editable encyclopaedia of buildings from around the world.� A great example of progressive government policy: In 2005 Norway launched The National Tourist Routes: a vast 15-year campaign re-evaluating the concept of tourism by transforming it into a culturally active product. To achieve that [...]
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How to Create Successful Product Websites that People Love
You just launched a new product. You want people to tell others in their social network. You want word of it to spread like a virus from person to person, eventually resulting in more buzz, attention and sales.
And you want to do it using the internet. Purely online. No TV, newspapers or radio. No print [...]
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Create a Vintage Movie Intro Wallpaper in Photoshop
Vintage style is a favorite source of inspiration for designers,� and can be seen in type, illustration and web design anywhere you look. As the decades progress, “vintage” takes on a different meaning. The 1930’s is one of my favorite eras, and features pioneers of many of the typefaces, technologies and art styles we appreciate [...]
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A Compilation of Eye-Catching Art with Photo Manipulation
Photo manipulation art is a creative technique used to make photographs and designs look more artistic. This is applied through various editing styles like retouching, softening, or adding other design elements.
While critics of this technique question the randomness of the images used to express the artistry of the subject, it has nonetheless become an avenue [...]
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New Infographic: Browse ?n Move ? The State and Trends of Mobile Internet
Oh, mobile browsing ? one of the hottest topics these days isn?t it? Now that all the cool kids and their grandmas have Internet access on their mobile gadgets (90% of the population has mobile network coverage!), we can take a look at how they?re using it, where, and what should we expect from the [...]
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Tuesday, October 25, 2011
Create a Vintage Movie Intro Wallpaper in Photoshop
Vintage style is a favorite source of inspiration for designers,� and can be seen in type, illustration and web design anywhere you look. As the decades progress, “vintage” takes on a different meaning. The 1930’s is one of my favorite eras, and features pioneers of many of the typefaces, technologies and art styles we appreciate [...]
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Twitter Marketing: Why You Don?t Need to Mass Follow Users
A few days ago Twitter�announced on their status blog�that all Twitter users are only allowed to follow a maximum of 1000�people a day.�This�rule was designed to cut�down on ‘follow spam’, the act of following many Twitter users in order to get them to follow you back or click on your links.
When combined with�the already [...]
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Beautiful Norway: 10+ Inspired Tourist Route Stops
This is a guest post from Antonina of�OpenBuildings�- a community-driven and openly editable encyclopaedia of buildings from around the world.� A great example of progressive government policy: In 2005 Norway launched The National Tourist Routes: a vast 15-year campaign re-evaluating the concept of tourism by transforming it into a culturally active product. To achieve that [...]
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9 Email Designs for Content-Heavy Newsletters
I’ve recently been working on a project to design a daily email newsletter that will be powered by MailChimp’s RSS to Email option. In some ways using RSS limits the design, however by automating the email campaign the site owner can focus on creating content rather than delivering content. The challenge for this email campaign [...]
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How to transform your portrait into a zombie
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LogoBee.com ? Get a Professionally Designed Logo For your Business
There are plenty of logo design websites out there but most of them lack two things. First is trustworthy design, which appeals to the user and adheres to industry standards. As a client, you are investing money for something, which will be considered the ?face of your business? so without any doubt you would want [...]
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Part 1: Website Planning Developing Your Website Blueprint
Building a website is a BIG undertaking for any person and/or business. It doesn’t matter if you’re building a 4-5 page website or a 15-20 page website, you want to make sure you put the time in to make the site the best it can possibly be. I liken a website to my online real [...]
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Monday, October 24, 2011
4 Reasons You Should Add Photos or Illustrations to Every Blog Post
Humor me for a moment and go dig out a copy of the White Pages ? you remember, it’s that 10-pound behemoth gathering dust under the sink. Now, flip it open to any page and tell me the truth? Are you pulled into the content? Do you have any desire to continue reading or have [...]
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Photoshop Basic Tutorial: How to add Tattoos
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