25 Aug Creative Logo Design – Four Principles of Effective Logo Design
What makes an effective logo design?
A great logo is simple, appropriate, connects with the qualities of your company, conveys the intended message, and is relevant to the target audience.
18 Aug The Ten Most Overused Fonts in Graphic Design
You've seen them over again. They haunt you when you sleep and when you design. No matter how many times you tell designers not to use these fonts, they still use them anyway. You cringe when someone asks you what you think of their logo design that includes one of these fonts.
04 Aug Google Analytics – Five Reasons Why You Can’t Afford to Have a Website Without It
Most web hosts offer free basic statistics for your web traffic. However, if you’re relying on these primitive tools thrown in as a bonus to your hosting, you’re going to miss out on a gold mine of information. Below are the five most compelling reasons you should use Google Analytics to monitor and measure your website traffic.
04 Aug Web Design Essentials – Discover the Ingredients That Will Make Your Website #1
Web design is an art and a science. Not only are you trying to captivate new visitors but you are also trying to convince search engine robots to rank your website. So, the question is: how do you measure the effectiveness of a website? In this article on Web Design Essentials you’ll learn how to evaluate your website’s effectiveness and how you can improve it.04 Aug Photoshop Videos – Master Photoshop in Minutes with these Training DVDs
Photoshop Vidoes are a great way to learn Photoshop quickly and become proficient with all the techniques and tools. Usually produced on a DVD or available online, Photoshop training videos allow you to watch the masters like Scott Kelby, Dave Cross and John Falke teach Photoshop. You'll be able to get inside their heads’ and learn the how's and why's behind Photoshop's amazing power. You can pause and rewind if necessary to master the tricks and techniques while seeing and hearing them in action.04 Aug Before You Sign the Web Design Contract – What to Ask Before You Sign on the Dotted Line
Don't make the same mistake one friend of mine recently made when hiring a design company to do his organization's website. In this article, we'll discuss four things to consider before you sign the web design contract.
04 Aug Building a Highly Ranked Website in Google
Google. Millions of keywords. Billions of web pages. Competition like never before. So, how does Google (and all of the other search engines) select which page gets ranked #1 for a particular keyword, while another webpage gets ranked #10,567? Although, the exact formula for calculating Google's search engine ranking remains a mystery, there are a number of known factors that contribute to a page's ranking and several more that are debatable. To reach more of your audience, you'll need to build a highly ranked website in Google.
04 Aug How to FTP – and Make Your Website Public
You've finished building your website in one of the popular software programs and now you're ready to take your website public. You may have a domain name (www.yourname.com) or you may not. The question is, what do you do next? How do you take the website on your computer and allow the whole world to see it?