Your area of expertise is in web design, but does that mean the only way you can make money is through the hours of work you spend building websites? Of course not. It’s not just your skills that are valuable. Your knowledge is, too.
10 Social Media WordPress Plug-Ins To Keep Your Blog Relevant
We’re nearing the end of 2019, and more and more people have been asking: are blogs still relevant? We like to think that Twitter, Instagram, SnapChat and Facebook don’t need to be blog killers, but – like most technology – tools that can be used to enhance our blog readers’ experience.
Storytelling in Design: How to Create Compelling Website Designs
Storytelling in design is powerful. It can lay an obstacle-free path for your visitors and help them reach a conversion point. But this is only true if you knock them off their feet with one thing: A great storytelling experience! So in this post, I’ll discuss how you can leverage the power of storytelling in […]
Easy to Follow SEO Best Practices for Web Designers
Most graphic and website designers have a general knowledge about what search engine optimization (SEO) is and why it’s important. However, many still think that SEO is not relevant to the design process or can be implemented after the website is designed. Unfortunately, both of these beliefs are false.
Simple Tactics to Improve Your Website’s User Experience
If you are a business owner in this digital age, chances are a lot of your business funding has gone into the development of your business website and the improvement of your digital presence. So much so that you now need schemes like debt help UK to help you resolve some of your financial hurdles […]
Should You Provide Your Design Clients With Web Hosting?
Clients expect you to be the expert in all things technical. Clients are happy to pay you to make their life easier. Does that mean you should provide web hosting as an optional extra to go along with your website designs? Maybe, maybe not.
10 Ways to Be a Successful Freelance WordPress Web Developer
Many people dream of working from home so they can spend more time with their family and have a flexible schedule that is not subject to someone else’s control but are unsure just how to go about it. One way to make your dream come true and work from home is by becoming a Freelance […]
Basic Online Security Practices You May Be Overlooking As a Web Designer/Developer
As a web designer/developer, you create and design websites, and you consider the hundred and one elements that go into web developing and designing. The site you make, whether it’s for yourself or a client, must be aesthetically pleasing; all buttons should work; it should display on all screen sizes; and you must ensure the […]
Designer to Client: Challenges Designers Face With Clients On a Daily Basis
As a web designer, you have a creative mind, meaning you’re able to think outside the box and see things creatively that the average person wouldn’t see. In that same token, you’re also very tech-savvy and are able to understand and process the workings of the digital world. You put those things together, and you […]
Your Fees are Too Low: Your Expertise is Worth More Than You Think
If you’re not charging a premium for your experience as a website developer, your fees are too low. Even if your routine projects are generic, you bring some kind of expertise to the table that deserves additional compensation. Your expertise could be development speed, access to a network of professional programmers, an eye for typography, […]