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Eric Karkovack (830 Articles)

Eric Karkovack is a web designer and WordPress expert with over two decades of experience. You can visit his business site here. He recently started a writing service for WordPress products: WP Product Writeup. He also has an opinion on just about every subject. You can follow his rants on Bluesky @karks.com.
How to Make Remote Meetings More Productive

How to Make Remote Meetings More Productive

Web Design

As remote meetings can be awkward and riddled with interruptions, we share some tips that will help you hold more productive calls.

How to Stay Calm When a Client Tries Your Patience

How to Stay Calm When a Client Tries Your Patience

Web Design

We take a look at some scenarios where patience between a designer and client is called for, and when it’s time to say “enough.”

5 Ways You Can Contribute to the Web Design Community

5 Ways You Can Contribute to the Web Design Community

Web Design

We share ideas that will hopefully inspire you to give a little bit of your time and skills to make the web design community a better place.

Jumping Through Hoops for Prospective Web Design Clients

Jumping Through Hoops for Prospective Web Design Clients

Web Design

You’ll start to spot those red flags for projects and clients you want to avoid. It is about understanding the types of clients you want to work with.

The Tasks Freelance Web Designers Should Consider Outsourcing

The Tasks Freelance Web Designers Should Consider Outsourcing

Freelance Design / Web Design

As every freelancer has different strengths and time can often be limited, there are some tasks you may want to pass along to someone else.

The Web Design Concepts That Were Ahead of Their Time

The Web Design Concepts That Were Ahead of Their Time

Web Design

Hard as it may be to fathom, the web has been a part of our world since CERN placed it into the public domain in 1993. And if you were…

How to Stop Design Clients Making Too Many UX Decisions

How to Stop Design Clients Making Too Many UX Decisions

UX Design

Leaving UX decisions to non-designers could be disastrous. We explore some ways you can keep your clients at a safe distance from UX.

The Five Types of Projects NOT to Include in Your Portfolio

The Five Types of Projects NOT to Include in Your Portfolio

Web Design

When it comes to designer portfolios, bigger is not necessarily better. While it’s tempting to list each and every project you’ve ever done, it may actually be counterproductive. That is,…

A Web Designer’s Secrets to Longevity

A Web Designer’s Secrets to Longevity

Web Design

Being a web designer for 25+ years is hard to fathom. So much has changed, and achieving longevity in web design is really not easy.

The Many Ways Web Designers Give Away Their Time (Without Realizing It)

The Many Ways Web Designers Give Away Their Time (Without Realizing It)

Web Design

We look at some common situations where designers essentially give away their time, and share how you can handle those situations.

How to Work with Web Design Technophobes

How to Work with Web Design Technophobes

Web Design

Let’s go out on a limb here and declare that web designers are generally pretty comfortable with technology. We know our way around computers, smartphones and other assorted gadgetry. Our…

The Most Important Thing Your Clients Should Know About Their Website

The Most Important Thing Your Clients Should Know About Their Website

Web Design
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