Design Principles and Considerations

1. How to Choose a Web Design Company
It's time to decide who will build it. If you have the technical know-how or the money to hire a full-time Web staff, you can develop the site yourself. But if you're like most small businesses, you'll want to outsource the work....

2. Using Graphic Design on Your Website
Almost everything is available on the web… products, services, e-books, software, audios, videos, membership sites, or newsletters. Regardless of what you’re promoting, there’s a never-ending supply of prospects and customers on the wor...

3. Competition is Good, Copying is Bad
I've always been of the opinion that competition is a good thing. It encourages all of us to be better and make better products. While it might be true that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, copying someone else's work is simply wrong. ...

4. Web Copy - What You Should Know First
What you should know before hiring a web copywriter or writing your own web copy....

5. Choose and Use the Best Colors
Are you using the best colors for your web site? Many web designers often overlook the issues of color in web design. When choosing colors for your web site there are three main areas that should be addressed....

6. 5 Most Common Web Design Mistakes
These five mistakes should be avoided at all costs if you want to build an effective and successful web business....

7. How Google Indexes Content From Your Web Directory
In a fluke, I was able to notice something about the way Google indexes content from web directories. Excluding your template, the most important line of code is the first title you add to your main body....

8. Why Use a Web Design Template?
Many smart and savvy businesses are choosing to use a website template, and avoiding employing a professional designer. Why? Well, there are clear benefits: saving on cost, saving on time, and ensuring quality....

9. 10 Sizzling Ways To Improve Your Ad Copy
Could you sell your products or services without using graphics in your ad copy? Chances are that you could. But because the internet is a visual medium by which information is transmitted and we live in a society where seeing is believing...

10. Building Community Websites = Success Online
In this article I will discuss how important is it to build community websites rather than straight forward sales pitches. Selling online is about bringing people together, not about stuffing products down your visitors throats...