by Heath | Featured, Marketing, Tips, Web Design
How to get more clients for your web design business is THE big question and is often a freelance web developer’s greatest worry. Designing websites is a dream job, but if you don’t have clients paying you money then it doesn’t seem much different...
by Heath | Featured, Reviews, Tips, Tools, Web Design
One of my favorite parts about working with the Internet and in web development is that I get to use so many cool toys on my computer. I think a fascination with these sort of tools is a shared trait of web designers that helps push us into the web design industry....
by Heath | Featured, Project Management, Web Design
Trust is the number one asset your business can hope to obtain. Your ability to land a project or make an up-sale is directly related to the amount of trust you have established with your client or potential client. As their trust in you increases, so does the amount...
by Heath | Featured, Marketing, Web Design
Ten years ago, a website was thought of as just another channel to market a business, not much different than a newspaper or Yellow Pages ad, only with more information and color. Then along came blogging and Facebook, Twitter and Google ads. No longer is a website a...
by Heath | Featured, Project Management, Tips, Web Design
What I mean by the above cryptic phrase is that before you start a web design project you must begin with the end in mind, and it needs to be a very specific end. Don’t even start your first mock-up until the project has been fully “scoped”, or...
by Heath | Time Management, Tips, Web Design
The biggest hindrance to any web designer or developer moving up to the next level are the little bad habits that they have in their workflow that slow them down or distract them from productive billable hours. Here are 4 easy habits that will help you to streamline...
by Heath | Basics, Marketing, Tips, Web Design
At this point you should have a firm grasp on the basics of HTML, CSS, FTP and Photoshop, you should have your own website and portfolio and you should have started some basic marketing through connections that you already have. Hopefully you have created at least...
by Heath | Basics, Marketing, Tips, Uncategorized, Web Design
So at this point you should have a grasp of the basic elements of HTML, CSS, FTP, and Photoshop and you should have your own website. If not, go back and read Part 1 in this series and work on that before going further here. Now you are ready to start doing some...
by Heath | Basics, Tips, Web Design
If you have thought about becoming a web designer or are in the process of learning then you probably know that you need to learn HTML and, hopefully, you know that you need to learn CSS (Cascading Style Sheets). One of the big advantages to web design is that you...
by Heath | Basics, Web Design
There are 4 things required to create a website. Here is what you will need: A Website Host (The place to keep or store your website on the web) A Domain (The address for your website) A Website Design (The look and layout) Content (The information that people...
