An Introduction to Progressive Image Rendering

An Introduction to Progressive Image Rendering

Images play important roles in websites, helping to improve conversions, enhance user experience and increase their engagement. There’s almost nothing better than an ideal image to draw the eye to…

User-Centered Design for Conversion Rate Optimization

User-Centered Design for Conversion Rate Optimization

Companies hire me to improve the conversion rate of their websites. Sometimes, their underlying belief is that the main problem resides in single, isolated elements such as CTA buttons. I…

Pitch the Promised Land – Designing Your Company Story

Pitch the Promised Land – Designing Your Company Story

It is important to stay on top of all of the emerging marketing trends and technology-driven tactics as best you can. But, you also have to realize that many of…

A Realistic Look at Social Media Marketing in 2017

A Realistic Look at Social Media Marketing in 2017

Are you one of the thousands of brands getting overshadowed by businesses that are Insta-famous? You don’t have to get lost in the shuffle on social media – nor do…

The Big CSS Media Query Mistake

The Big CSS Media Query Mistake

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Do you ever feel weird when everyone around you is doing something you would ordinarily think is wrong [or not quite ideal at the very least], but somehow no one…

Should You Be Using Snapchat in Your Digital Marketing Campaign?

Should You Be Using Snapchat in Your Digital Marketing Campaign?

The days of Facebook and Twitter as the dominant social media powers are over. Today, there are several social media networks, each with unique niches and trends. While it may…

UX Trends For Small Business Websites

UX Trends For Small Business Websites

With smartphone and tablet technology catching up to desktops and laptops, web design and user experience needs to catch up, too. If you toss together a design based off a…

What Do You Do When the Project You’re Working on No Longer Excites You?

What Do You Do When the Project You’re Working on No Longer Excites You?

Inspiration and passion are a designers’ daily bread. Without them we crumble, wither and are reduced to mere pixels pushing hacks. But the problem with passion and inspiration is they’re…

​Top 5 Myths About Professional Indemnity Insurance for Freelancers Sponsored

​Top 5 Myths About Professional Indemnity Insurance for Freelancers

Q: What’s less sexy than business insurance? A: Going out of business because you didn’t have business insurance. Designers, developers, artists — in fact, all kinds of creative workers who…

10 Tips to Help Resolve Creative Conflicts

10 Tips to Help Resolve Creative Conflicts

Collaboration is how things are accomplished these days. With collaboration, we can reach incredible creative heights. To get there, though, sometimes we have to slog through conflicts due to incompatible…

Project Management Tips for Creative Freelancers

Project Management Tips for Creative Freelancers

Creative agencies have a lot of choices when it comes to project management tools, but not every solution takes an integrated approach. Putting too many different systems into place means…

How to Become a Designer Without Going to School

How to Become a Designer Without Going to School

Humans have been creating art for thousands of years, with the oldest known human-made works of artistic expression dating back 40,000 years to caves in Indonesia. But despite nearly 40…

How to Create a Website Landing Pages With Elementor Plugin Sponsored

How to Create a Website Landing Pages With Elementor Plugin

When I tried to create a landing page for my business for the first time, I must admit, I struggled. I had no idea where to really begin or what…

Bookmark.com Utilizes AI to Create Beautiful, Responsive Websites Sponsored

Bookmark.com Utilizes AI to Create Beautiful, Responsive Websites

Growing up, we learn that each of us is unique. We all have different talents and specialties to share with the world. Most business owners, for example, are quite adept…

eversign Enables Electronic Signatures Anywhere, Anytime Sponsored

eversign Enables Electronic Signatures Anywhere, Anytime

Working remotely can be quite hectic – especially for freelancers. It seems like every minute of the day brings a new task or challenge. And when it comes to both…

Exploring the Current User Experience Trends for Admin Dashboards

Exploring the Current User Experience Trends for Admin Dashboards

The design techniques for admin dashboards are not as openly shared as website layouts. This is because you do not always find examples of admin designs open on the web….

Should You Be Cutting Corners When Creating Content? (Absolutely!) Sponsored

Should You Be Cutting Corners When Creating Content? (Absolutely!)

Henry Ford is a man who knew his stuff when it came to optimizing workflows. So when he spoke about how “most people spend more time and energy going around…

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