5 Steps for Successfully Offboarding Web Design Projects
As you draw closer to the finish line with a website, does your client see it just as clearly as…
7 Steps to Successfully Onboarding Design Clients
You’ve done the hard work: you’ve taken a lead and turned them into a paying customer. Congrats! Now, you have…
How to Sell Web Design Services
It’s becoming easier to design websites, what with Wix, Squarespace, and even now WordPress providing DIY site builder tools. On…
The Best Payment Gateway for Your eCommerce Site
There are so many decisions you have to make as a web designer and it can sometimes be a tricky…
Should You be Building Progressive Web Apps?
Take a close look at Monetate’s Ecommerce Quarterly Report for Q2 2018 and you might not be happy about the…
7 Spring Cleaning Essentials for Web Designers
It’s the first day of Spring! As you look to clean up other parts of your life (e.g. your home,…
Enhancing Website Design with UX Writing
Here’s the problem though: UX writers are not designers. No matter how many short sentences we write to succinctly communicate…
Is Social Media Hurting Your Web Design Business?
Social media is an interesting thing. As web design professionals, it can be a great opportunity to share your work…
How to Increase Mobile Engagement with Simpler Contact Forms
Contact forms are a necessity for websites. Without them, your clients would be relegated to handling website- or business-related matters…
The Journey to a 4-Hour Workweek: Work Less and Accomplish More
I recently began reading The 4-Hour Workweek by Tim Ferriss and have been blown away by what I’ve learned so…
Designing Mobile Websites for Voice Search
In January 2018 alone, consumers conducted over 1 billion voice searches. By 2020, it’s estimated that 30% of all online…
Grow Your Design Business with Lead Magnets
All of the work you do to grow your web design business requires an investment of time and energy. And…
The Right & Wrong Way to Use Templates
I’m a big fan of templates. They’re an essential part of any productive designer’s workflow and they can also be…
Quiz: Could You Become a Design Consultant in 2019?
According to a recent QuickBooks survey, the #1 reason freelancers go into business for themselves is because it lends them…
Common SEO Mistakes (and How to Fix Them with Design)
SEO is a complex matter and one that web designers and developers might feel is best left to copywriters and…