Archive for February, 2011
How to get lawn care customers vol. 2 ebook now available
Posted on 28. Feb, 2011 by Lawn Care Business Marketing Tips - GopherHaul Blog.
How To Get Customers For Your Landscaping And Lawn Care Business All Year Long. Vol. 2
Is now available on amazon’s Kindle reader.
You can get it here at amazon.
Getting your lawn care business started is the easy part. Most get stuck finding custom…
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Custom Sticker Giveaway by Sticker Mule
Posted on 28. Feb, 2011 by Teylor Feliz.
Today we’ve again joined up with the amazing people over at Sticker Mule to give our readers some free custom stickers. Sticker Mule prints custom stickers in all shapes and sizes, and they are the easiest way to buy custom stickers & skins. They fix low quality artwork for free, and provide free shipping anywhere [...]
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10 Iconic Fonts and Why You Should Never Use Them
Posted on 28. Feb, 2011 by Design Shack.
The 10 fonts below are overused and patently annoying, and we give 10 good reasons to stop using all of them.
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Useful Analytics Tips and Resources for Designers and Marketers
Posted on 28. Feb, 2011 by Design Shack.
Being able to use analytics programs proficiently will make a designer more effective and more valuable to clients. In this post we’ll feature tutorials and articles from across the web that will show you how to improve in this area.
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5 Ways to Keep Yourself Focused at Work
Posted on 28. Feb, 2011 by Design Shack.
Today we are showing you 5 ways to improve your focus at work and how you can possibly discard activity that can divert your attention. Now these tips can be subjective but it may be effective for you!
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Design Inspiration: Paul Mitchell Kelly
Posted on 28. Feb, 2011 by Design Shack.
The perfect site for an interactive designer and graphic artist! I love that it rigidly fits your browser and the beautiful slideshow background.This site just ‘works’, it whisks you instantly into the world of Paul Mitchell Kelly! This design was f…
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Design Inspiration: Planet Logo
Posted on 28. Feb, 2011 by Design Shack.
A beautifully clean and crisp logo that immediately conjures environmental imagery. The spherical planet-like idea works really well with the leaves like countries falling from its surface!The colour palette is excellent and perfectly complements the s…
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Design Inspiration: GrooveMaker
Posted on 28. Feb, 2011 by Design Shack.
Complicated is the first that springs to mind when you open up GrooveMaker for the iPad! Fortunately it’s mostly an illusion, many of the buttons are in patterns that are repeated.A lot of thought has gone into the interface design here, buttons light …
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Design Inspiration: lo-mob
Posted on 28. Feb, 2011 by Design Shack.
Another iPhone App that’s attempting to recreate a classic lo-fi camera, and another beautiful interface! I love the detail put into the camera lens itself, you almost feel like you could see your reflection.More effort could have been put into the fee…
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Design Inspiration: Idiot Box
Posted on 28. Feb, 2011 by Design Shack.
An awesome logo that immediately makes an impact! I like the subtle use of colour and the way in which the text is overlaid using banners.I love the combination of styles here, the hand-drawn approach to the illustration contrasting with the pixelated …
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Useful Analytics Tips and Resources for Designers and Marketers
Posted on 28. Feb, 2011 by Vandelay Website Design.
The success of a website is far more dependent upon performance than it is on looks and appearance, although design certainly has an impact on performance. Being able to use analytics programs proficiently will make a designer more effective and more valuable to clients. In this post we’ll feature tutorials and articles from across the web that will show you how to improve in this area.
The resources in this post focus on Google Analytics and Google Website Optimizer, two of the most popular tools of the trade. However, there are many other tools and programs that can be used for these purposes, and while the specific steps of some of these tutorials may not apply outside of Google’s products, the principles will.
Educating Web Designers on Google Analytics
Pro Blog Design has a post that serves as a good intro to analytics. It covers the basics of what you should be paying attention to and how you can act on the information that you obtain.
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What You Need to Know About Freelance Invoicing and Accounting
Posted on 28. Feb, 2011 by Jared Latigo.
I could probably sum this up very quickly with the few words “keep it simple.” But because I want to provide you with enough information as to why you need to do that, I’ll elaborate a bit. This is not a list of great programs or apps to use but rather just explaining why it’s [...]
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5 Tools to Make a Web Designer’s Life a Little Easier
Posted on 28. Feb, 2011 by Nicholas Craig.
With so many projects to handle at the same time, not to mention other professional and personal responsibilities, designers sometimes feels too much of work pressure. Although it can kill the productivity and creativity yet how to escape it can be really tough. Sometimes, all a designer needs is a little help.
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Free Website Template – Efficient Start of Your Business
Posted on 28. Feb, 2011 by Katarina Klementi.
Try this the ready-made solution for your online project that deals with the business sphere – Free Business Website Template!
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Why their businesses failed.
Posted on 28. Feb, 2011 by Lawn Care Business Marketing Tips - GopherHaul Blog.
Knowing why businesses fail can be just as important as knowing why others succeed. Hearing success stories can be really interesting and entertaining. Those who succeed always have them and they tend to be these glossed over stories on how, they simpl…
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Best Practices for Product Image Placement
Posted on 28. Feb, 2011 by Smiley Cat: Christian Watson's Web Design Blog.
I’m in the process of redesigning an ecommerce product page which currently has the product images on the right hand side of the page. As part of the redesign I am proposing placing the image on the left. Why?Well, many other online retailers follow th…
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Why Wait for the Opportunity? Create Your Own!
Posted on 27. Feb, 2011 by Design Shack.
We can say that we think outside the box on every project, but we have to admit that when a client comes to us, they have one or two ideas in the bucket ready and those specs can be considered somewhat of a box that we must work in.
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50+ Best and Really Useful Photoshop Text Effect Tutorials
Posted on 27. Feb, 2011 by Design Shack.
We collected a huge list of 50+ best and really useful Photoshop Text Effect Tutorials for our readers. I am sure these tutorials will help you to create new style text effects.
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Paper vCard: Free PSD Web Page Template
Posted on 27. Feb, 2011 by Design Shack.
This professional single-page paper vCard PSD template is an exclusive Six Revisions freebie. The design aims for a clean, minimalist paper theme. It’s perfect for web designers, graphic designers, and creatives.
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Design Inspiration: Aribeo
Posted on 27. Feb, 2011 by Design Shack.
A wonderful portfolio site for a creative freelancer! I love that the sidebar remains stationary while you scroll through the gallery to the ‘about me’ section.The minimalism of this design is great and perfectly adorned with little handwritten comment…