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Relax with your beverage of choice and pick up some creative inspiration for your business website.

The sooner you know about working with a designer the better

By Lisa Penn | 30 June 2016
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Working with a web designer is a tricky business – it’s not a regular part of most people’s daily worlds! We do it all the time and thought we would share our top 10 tips for successful client projects (and equally successful relationships). 1. Designers don’t like deadlines Nobody does… but designers especially hate really […]

Why you shouldn’t design by committee

By Edward Solomon | 12 May 2016
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Ask web designers – any designers come to that – about design by committee and you’ll receive universally intolerant and contemptuous responses. There are all sorts of reasons why trying to take too active a role in dictating the design will turn a design creative against you, especially if multiple people have a hand in it. […]

If you design your own website, it will suck!

By Edward Solomon | 18 February 2016
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Don’t design your own website. Seriously. It will look terrible. Perhaps you think that WordPress.org or Wix are easy to use, so you can have a crack at designing a website for your business or organisation. Please don’t. It really will suck. We’ve seen it repeatedly. You think you’ll save the expense by doing it yourself. Maybe you even think the outcome […]

Refresh your website design now in time for 2016

By Edward Solomon | 2 September 2015
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The beginning of September always heralds the end of the summer holidays, back to school/work and a whole host of business priorities to kick-start Q4 (October-December). Among these ought to be a consideration of what to plan for the end of the year and the beginning of 2016. It never ceases to amaze us how […]

Why is your website more important than ever?

By Edward Solomon | 9 June 2015
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In case you haven’t already heard us saying so, responsive web design (RWD) is A Big Deal. We’ve talked about it, as have all the big names in marketing, and it turns out that it might be even more important than anyone thought. As the benefits of keeping your website mobile-friendly outweigh the cost of […]

10 ways to make your website make more money

By Edward Solomon | 11 May 2015
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Your website is an essential business tool. Having a good-looking site isn’t enough any more, though. Your website needs to work for you actively by attracting new business and driving your company forward. Very few SMEs or solopreneurs have significant funds to spend on their website. By focusing on certain key principles when developing and […]

How to make people love your website

By Edward Solomon | 6 February 2015
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In keeping with this month’s blog post theme, “Love your business”, here are our top 3 tips for how to make people love your website (and avoid a lot of arguments). 1. Get the design right This one is always difficult; everybody is a design critic. Some are more influential than others. The ones you need to […]

10 important questions you need to ask before buying a website

By Edward Solomon | 11 December 2014
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It’s not all about price, though the price is a big part. Here are 10 questions you should be asking your web design agency before commissioning the next redesign or new site build. What is the typical budget range for your projects? This is going to establish right off the bat whether or not the agency […]

The Ten Commandments of Design

By Edward Solomon | 6 March 2014
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1. Don’t use fancy fonts Unfortunately, with literally thousands of fonts available, it’s a fact that most of them are simply awful. You should certainly avoid any typeface that is made to look handwritten or like a script. Not every fancy font is truly a no-go, but if you’re starting out with a prospective web design, […]