Comment to Win a Free License for FlashMoto CMS
by Steven Snell on March 30, 2010
FlashMoto has offered to give a free license of their CMS to one lucky DesignM.ag reader. If you’re not familiar with FlashMoto it is a Flash CMS that allows users to easily manage the content of their Flash website. You can edit existing pages, add new pages, insert and manage image galleries, video and more.
The Houdini Guide to Getting Noticed Online
by AmberLee Fawson on March 30, 2010
Have you ever planned what you thought would be a brilliant, jaw-dropping week on your blog?
You pour your heart and soul into an ingenious post (or series) then sit back and wait for the praises to come pouring in.
But instead, you hear from just your usual readers, commenting politely and moving on.
Where are the trumpets? [...]
Chilli Blog
by Blog Design Heroes on March 30, 2010
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Interactive Flash Graphs and Charts For Your Website
by vitaly on March 30, 2010
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By Usama Alam Charts and graphs provide the visual representation of your data and help you facilitate the understanding of whatever it is you are trying to deliver. Whether you are publishing a survey report, an election result or a [...]
A Complete Guide to VPS Hosting
by Jacob Gube on March 30, 2010
Web hosting is a tricky business – there are a wide variety of options out there designed to fit a wide range of needs, but like with most things, there are trade-offs.
Shared hosting is usually cheap and easy, but the resources are limited.
Dedicated servers are powerful and customizable, but a certain level of technical knowledge [...]
Group Interview: How Did You Find Your First Client?
by Steven Snell on March 29, 2010
Last week we published the post Keys to Getting Your First Web Design Clients. As I was writing that post a while ago I was thinking back to my own experiences and wondering how the experiences of other designers compared. I decided to reach out to a number of designers and ask their input about how they landed their first clients.
For those of you who are just getting started, I hope this will serve as some encouragement as you will see that a successful design career can start from very humble beginnings. In total there are responses from 18 designers to the question:
How did you find your first client?
Danny Outlaw – Outlaw Design Blog
Being the cereal entrepreneur that I am, I was probably my own first client. Rather then building dummy sites to add to my portfolio when I first got started, I built websites for my own little online projects. As far as real first customers go, I got mine from browsing Craigslist. At the time, I didn’t really know where else to look for entry level design projects. It isn’t the ideal place to find design work from, but it is one of the places where many of the people looking for designers are on a tight budget. This translates to mean that they are usually much more willing to try out new talent.