Make Money By Selling WordPress Themes

Posted on 24. Jan, 2012 by SmashingShare .

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How Behance.net Can Showcase and Improve your Designs

Posted on 02. Jun, 2011 by Aimee Sway .

In the creative world of graphic design, there can be much loneliness. Much like a writer sits in a self-imposed solitary confinement, so do designers as they develop their latest creations.  However, creative types do not have to work completely alone, nor should they. Just like writers need feedback on their prose, so do graphic [...]

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Earning with Youtube? Yes, It Is Possible

Posted on 25. May, 2011 by Aimee Sway .

Isn’t Youtube just for fun? No, you can actually earn from it and it is not an urban legend. In fact, if you know how to do it, the process can be rather easy. Let’s face it: we spend way more time on Youtube (as well as many other social networks) than we should have. [...]

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Launching an Online Business: 7 Steps How to Promote it for Free

Posted on 21. May, 2011 by Aimee Sway .

If you have been looking for a way to create another stream of income, building an online business is a good choice. Generally, overhead costs are low and it provides the perfect opportunity to reach millions of potential customers. This fact alone has led to the creation of many websites and online businesses which means [...]

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Facebook Page Branding Lessons

Posted on 14. May, 2011 by Aimee Sway .

Facebook is one of the most powerful social media marketing tools for your brand. This powerful social network attracts countless new users each month and allows companies to connect with their customers in unprecedented ways. However, while it’s important to build a brand presence on Facebook, there’s room for error if your efforts aren’t correctly [...]

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How to Promote Your Online Portfolio with Deviantart

Posted on 26. Mar, 2011 by JenniferMoline .

DeviantArt receives 100,000 new artwork uploads per day from over 13 million registered users – and if that number sounds impressive, bear in mind that there are 35 million unique visitors per month. If you could get even a fraction of that traffic to notice you, you could easily promote your online portfolio. Here is [...]

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How To Overcome 5 Common Freelance Design Struggles

Posted on 09. Dec, 2010 by Hilde Torbjornsen .

If you've been freelancing for a while, you're very likely to have seen a lot of challenges along the way. In this article we'll have a look at some of the most common struggles and give some tips on how you can deal with these in a better way. This article is meant as help for those that need a little boost in their situation and to prevent this from becoming problems for new freelancers.

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Market Your Graphic Design Business with Magnets and Stickers

Posted on 19. Oct, 2010 by JenniferMoline .

A magnet is something that the potential client can touch and feel as well as see. When you add a Kinesthetic element to your brochures or your envelope mail outs...

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Top Tips for Becoming a More Efficient Designer

Posted on 23. Sep, 2010 by Hilde Torbjornsen .

Most designers and creative professionals have lots and lots of projects going at the same time. One of the keys to being succesful is to do things effectively. The more you’re able to do, without loss of quality of course, the more projects you’re able to finish. This again will lead to more income, potentially [...]

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Should You Build Your Website or Ask Someone to Build It for You?

Posted on 21. Sep, 2010 by SmashingShare .

Once you have written your business plan, done your market research, decided what you’re going to sell, planned how you’re going to profit and mapped out your website’s navigation and content, you should be prepared to build your website. Are you, however, wondering whether to build your website on your own or hire a web-designer [...]

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What Color Should You Paint Your Website?

Posted on 13. Sep, 2010 by SmashingShare .

Get ready to face even more hesitation, doubt, and uncertainty - picking colors for your website is much harder than picking paint colors for your home. For one, your home isn’t visited by thousands of people, but your website - hopefully - is. If you choose the wrong color for your dining room walls, you can just dim the lights to avoid seeing it. Pick the wrong color for your website, however, and visitors will stop dropping by - putting your business in danger. To make sure you don’t scare any visitors away with a garish color scheme, choose your colors carefully.

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Why you should Start Up an Online Business While in College

Posted on 07. Sep, 2010 by Davy Kestens .

You are very fortunate to live in this amazing “digital age”. The internet, the most gigantic communication medium known to mankind, has created unprecedented opportunities and opened doors for millions to make millions easily and effortlessly. So, why wouldn’t you jump in and grab the opportunity? Still in college, well, that’s even a more compelling reason to kick off your exciting internet prosperity journey.

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