Web Designer Help

Over 80 Web Design Blogs To Follow On Twitter

Thomas Hardy — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 15:30:32 +0000

Twitter is a powerful tool that almost all web designers use, it is a great way to share ideas and keep in touch with the design world. So we have selected 80 of the best web design related blogs twitter feed, so you can easily keep up to date with them all.

Over 100 Stunning Logo Designs

Thomas Hardy — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 14:41:32 +0000

Logos are an integral part of a company, a good logo can make or break a website or a company. So we have collected over 100 stunning logo designs to help inspire you.

3 Important Skills a Freelance Web Designer Must Have

Thomas Hardy — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 12:17:33 +0000

The web design industry is getting tougher each day. If you are a freelancing, or planning to do so, you need to be able to do more than just designing websites if you want to survive in this competitive industry. Being a freelance web designer is not the same as working for an agency. You need to be a very organized person and able to multi-task. You will probably be using the left side of your brain more than the right side.

There are many not-so-fun things you will have to do as a freelance web designer, and having the right skills can help you stay in business longer and enjoy the freedom of working for yourself. If you don’t have all of these skills yet, I’d highly recommend you buying a few books or attend some courses. So here are the three important skills you must have if you want to be a successful freelance web designer.

1. Selling – Are you good at selling on the phone or in person? If not, you better to learn it quick. You don’t have to be the top sales person in your town, but you do need to be able to understand what your client’s needs are and tell them how your service can benefit their business. You have to communicate effectively with business people who have little to no computer knowledge. By having a strong sales background, a web designer will have much better chance in get a client to sign the contract and to keep them coming back for more work.

2. Search Engine Optimisation – People are expecting more from web designers as the industry is getting more competitive. Your competitors are offering more website features and work, therefore you have to at least offer the same if not better. Search engine optimization is one of those things that many businesses are looking for right now. They are understand the importance of top rankings in the search engines, and you can deliver this within their budget, you will stand a better chance of getting the work.

3. Networking – People usually trust friends and family members more than strangers. The more people you know, the better chance a friend of yours will mention your name and service when talking to their friends. They will be doing all the ‘hard work’ for you. So this is why it’s extremely important that you go out there and network with people. You can go to seminars, business meet ups, events..etc Be sure to have some business cards with you ALL the time. You are not only limited to the real world networking, you can also network with people online. Websites like Facebook and Myspace are places where you can do just that. There are also more focused networking websites on the net. Simple do a search for web designer networks and you will find many than you can join for free. These are just a few examples, not to mention there are forums and newsgroups.

Outstanding Orange Websites

Thomas Hardy — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 12:35:48 +0000

Here is a selection outstanding orange websites, if you know of any other outstanding orange websites then feel free to share them in the comments.

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Abrigo

Baney Design

C C Caleb

Champion Sound

Citrus SEO

Colour Pixel

Cubicle Ninjas

Daddy Design

Derby Kidz Talk

Mountain Lake Church

Paulo Vitor

Sketchen

Social Signal

Sprinkle Penny

Truskawka

Wanna Burger

Yes Insurance

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15 Gorgeous Green Websites

Thomas Hardy — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:39:11 +0000

Here is a selection 15 gorgeous green websites, if you know of any other great green websites then feel free to share them in the comments.

Base 6

Breeze

Bug World

Cocorino

Dot Case

Drop Bags

Emotions

Forty Agency

Frexy

Gisele Jaquenod

Green Globe

Hasan Yalcin

Le Moulin de Sauvage

Lifetree Creative

Sunrise Design

20 Beautiful Blue Websites

Thomas Hardy — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 16:35:24 +0000

Here is a selection 20 beautiful blue websites, if you know of any other great blue websites then feel free to share them in the comments.

Ann Designers

Ballpark

Bartelme Designs

Blue Bonnet Cafe

Campaign Monitor

Childrens Dental

Dezignus

El Pescadito

Envira Media

Get Me fast

Girl Scouts of Middle Tennessee

Global Creative Designs

Goplan 2.0

Lynnterpretation

Memigo Memory

Pixel House

Quinns Reef

Sohtanka

The Man in Blue

Titofelix

30 Awesome Logos

Thomas Hardy — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 09:51:16 +0000

The iPod Touch Winners

Thomas Hardy — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 13:08:54 +0000

I am pleased to announce that the winners for the iPod touches have been selected, with nearly 700 entries the competition was a big success so before I babble on anymore here are the 5 winners selected randomly using a random number generator.

687 kerry who’s favourite song is ABC by The Jacskon 5

563 George who’s favourite song is Firestarter by The Prodigy

104 Thomas who’s favourite song is Bat out of hell by Meatloaf

492 Harry who’s favourite song is American Idiot by Greenday

275 Alex who’s favourite song is Thriller by Michael Jackson

All the winners have been e-mailed. If you didn’t win thanks for entering and watch out for future competitions we will be running!

Web Designer Help – CSS Gallery

Thomas Hardy — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 13:59:13 +0000

We are pleased to announce that web designer help is now launching it’s own css gallery so you can submit your own sites or any site you feel people would get inspiration from.

Sites will be added everyday so you should subscribe to the RSS for your daily fix of inspiration.

20 Ravishing Red Websites

Thomas Hardy — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 16:38:43 +0000

A collection of 20 red websites, which will hopefully inspire you.