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7 Simple Steps to Becoming an Awesome Copywriter

Tweet With more content online and more competition being an industry leader is harder to do today than it was when businesses just started online. Text is possibly the easiest and most affordable form of content, but it is also

Tweet As a copywriter, certain days are definitely harder than others. Certain day’s content will flow, and writing is quite simple, yet other days you will stare at a blank piece of paper for hours, with nothing to put down.

Tweet While each website offers room for its own unique style and layout with your added dose of creativity, web designers are employed by a repetitive style of work – as far as process goes. Nailing down a detailed web

Tweet Most jobs get monotonous at a certain point, and web design isn’t any exception. Is there a way to avoid the boredom? How do you get inspired and where do you find the source of inspiration for a simple

Tweet As a senior designer and developer I have identified some problems that are common with a large number of web projects. The main one is the failure to make a good plan. Therefore I’ve pieced together this guide to

Tweet Slideshows have been around long before computers (It may be hard to imagine that long ago lol), but these days that is easy to forget! Early slides were pieces of glass carrying photographic images that were then projected on

Tweet The great thing about being a Web Designer & Developer is that it is a constantly changing field, full of bright minds that are also constantly changing and innovating. This has yielded not only a fun work environment for

Tweet Site speed is an increasingly important consideration for web designers. While it’s well known among marketers and SEO experts, site speed has often been overlooked in the world of design. And it’s time for change. Studies show that just

Tweet Paraphrasing one of Paula Abdul’s greatest hits from the days of old was never easier than doing it for BrushLovers, a website that offers great value for no cost. Adobe Photoshop brushes make all the difference for a designer

Tweet Brushes have come a long way (A LONG LONG WAY!), especially if you look at history! The first “brushes” used by man were simply sticks, split palm leaves, whalebone or even shavings of wood that they would use to

Tweet Adobe is going all out to ensure that developers can create sites that perform equally well on different types of modern devices, from mobile tablets and smartphones to laptops and desktops. Adobe Muse – Make It Mobile. Muse is

Tweet It takes a stretch of days at a time to get the coding and programming in place for your web app and if something goes wrong in the process, it hurts to start it all over again. At times

Tweet The web has changed the lives of many over the years – none have benefited more from this change than designers and developers! Many tools that programmers, designers, and developers use on a daily basis now live in the

Tweet Cloud computing stock photo by Shutterstock You may have noticed something in the past several years — a certain word overtaking the business blog-o-sphere. It’s called The Cloud, and it’s popular for a reason. Cloud computing is one of

Tweet Back again with another epic deal for you modern gentleman (and gentlegirls!) If you have used photoshop for any period of time (which you probably have) then you have most likely messed around with actions, or are at least

Tweet For many of us hurricane Sandy now seems like old news. For a while it dominated the headlines, but now we’ve come through the other end there are more important things to worry about. That’s not true of course

Tweet I had the honor of reviewing a Bamboo Tablet from Wacom, and today I will share my experience with this awesome art tool! The particular model I went with and will be talking about in this post was the

Tweet Its FRIDAY! *throws hands in the air, as if I did not bother to contemplate the consequences* In celebration I have a deal for you guys! What is it? Icons. Lots of super useful Icons! Plus Ribbons and Badges!

Tweet In todays internet world there are tons of different venues you can explore to get your very own site up on the web. Years ago when the web was just a baby the options were limited, you had to

Tweet Once upon a time, when the internet was just an infant, most software applications were completely hideous and not user friendly at all. Usually you were confined to your desktop as well if you were running a business –

Tweet Getting listed in Google News is an excellent way to achieve more visibility, create a very good impression about your website’s quality and credibility, and capture traffic for your website. Not all websites will be able to get listed

Tweet As a Designer, it is important to know your fonts! However, some of the best type nuts and typographers cant just look at a typeface and tell you what the font is or even what family it comes from.

Tweet Have you ever approached your boss about hiring a UI person, only to have to spend 45 minutes explaining what UI is and how improving UI can benefit the company? Have you ever tried to explain to your partner’s

Tweet The mobile phone industry has advanced in technology and its features throughout the years. You can now buy any kind of smartphone and you will be able to utilize them for many uses (it is like the swiss army

Tweet In web design today there are so many things to remember, that it is really nearly impossible to build it all from scratch every single time on every single project, this is where frameworks and kits come in. You