23 May 2011

My Favourite Design Links 24/5/11

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I have decided to start a post to give out links that I find helpful, and that I'm sure others will too. "My favourite design links" will be posted every now and then. Check out these first six articles that are definitely worth reading!


14 Facebook applications to encourage fans engagement in 2011

Coincidentally last month, a reader wrote in and requested for ideas in increasing fan base and fans engagement on their page wall. During my research, I came across Appbistro, a market place for facebook page applications that saved me a lot of time in discovering new applications when I logged in as my Social @ Blogging Tracker page.

How to work from home - Rob Cubbon

I swapped the office cubicle for the spare room two years ago and I’ve never looked back. However, working from home isn’t as simple or as easy as it sounds. It certainly helped that I’d spent two years “easing myself in” – working at home temporarily whilst freelancing at other offices part time.

10 Easy steps to get more traffic to your blog

The blogosphere is a huge and very busy world with more than 100 million blogs and it is still growing. While blogs around the world attract an insane amount of traffic the competition is still very tough. Essentially it means that you have to stand out and teach yourself some basic traffic generation skills just to be noticed and that you need to learn the techniques used by professional bloggers and Internet marketers to build a high traffic and potentially very profitable blog based business.

5 Common blogging tips that aren't true - Rob Cubbon

Although I’m far from being an expert, I sometimes feel uneasy when I see certain blogging “rules” that don’t seem right to me. Here are the 5 pieces of blogging advice repeated again and again that I would really question the wisdom of.

Logo design process and walkthroughs for Vivid Ways - Chris Spooner

I recently finished up a project with Scott McIntyre of Vivid Ways and Jon Phillip of Spyre Studios. My part in the project was to work on a new logo design for the Vivid Ways website and brand. Here’s my design process and a walkthrough of how the final logo is created in Adobe Illustrator.

Tips on using a website builder to create your professional website

Finding new clients is an inevitable part of being a freelancer, but it can be even more time-consuming when you are not yet established. The phone, email, word-of-mouth, and networking are all tools for client acquisition. But, a website is the only channel that continues to attract clients while you sleep and underpins all your other marketing efforts.

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