Design Inspiration: the Anatomy of a Great Blog Ad
I just posted at the Blog Herald about how to design a great ad. I'd like to follow that up here with some further comments and examples for inspiration as we consider how to maximize the relatively small number of pixels and small share of a reader's attention many...
This is so wrong
As I was buzzing through my feeds this morning, I saw that one of my favorite logo design blogs, Brand New, had a review of Animal Planet's new logo. Check it out: Now, it was definitely time for Animal Planet to freshen up and modernize their logo, but whaaaaat the...
Reasons every blogger should participate in forums
As I look back over the last year and the growth of my design business and this site, I can point to one thing that made the most impact: participation in forums. I am not a big time forum participant. In fact, I've only regularly participated in two forums, but the...
Building trust with clients – being honest about mistakes
I spent a long time in a fairly high-pressure corporate environment, dealing with some high-profile clients doing database, analysis and production work that was complex and fraught with opportunities for mistakes. I made a lot of mistakes- especially in the first...
Holiday Wishes
I feel so used
I believe fully in the "I Follow Movement" now 8 months after the whole thing started, and I want to give commenters the little bit of Google juice I can as a result of their link being followed from the comment area. However... I have to say I'm getting a little...
Performancing Services Launches
Performancing has recently launched Performancing Services, offering three unique services designed to maximize the reach and impact of your online presence. I am pleased to be associated with some of the best online professionals around as part of the group who are...
Google is Officially Too Big For Their Britches
During the past several months, Google has made multiple decisions with regards to page rank, penalizing those who sell text links, etc. and I really haven't commented on it or even been impacted by it much. I could always sort of see their motivation, even if I...
When a blogging slump hits…
What do you do when you hit a blogging dry spell? Have you ever felt like you just didn't have any good ideas for posts anymore... what was once a deep well of creativity has run dry? I've been feeling a bit like that lately. I knew it would happen. It happens to...
The Best Contact Form Plugin for WordPress
Recently while working on a client site, I needed a contact form plugin that went beyond the very good, commonly used Secure and Accessible PHP Contact Form. We needed something with the flexibility to add custom fields, etc. I found a most excellent solution in...