Before I begin writing anything of significance, I have a little exercise for you. Just scroll through these fonts below & mentally make a note of two things: The tone it sets – is it casual or formal? The age group it could possible be targeted at – kids, young adults, adults? Ready. Set. Scroll. Notice how it took you less than 5 seconds to figure if the design was casual or formal, for kids…
The domain extension that books your spot online for you & your entire family is here! .ME is the TLD that brings you & your family to the online world. The two-lettered domain extension could give your family a chance to be a single unit & make your presence felt. It’s your own ‘plot’ in the Internet real estate! Why Should You Get .ME? Stand Out From the Rest: .ME is unique & personal Short…
While roping in the big clients is certainly not an easy job, I believe it’s still only half the job. The considerable other half of the job is the management bit – communication, deliverables and deadlines. Most people do not see Web Project Management as an important or necessary part of the web services business. But is it? In this blog post, we point out the three most important reasons why project management is not…
The month of April brought along a few surprises. It was awesome to see that some of the best performing domain extensions are just about 2 years old. We’re excited that the new gTLDs are catching up & with such speed! Let’s take a look at the highlights for the month: 1) .TOP is No.1 : Great job on the .TOP! The domain has done extremely well & .TOP emerged on top (pun intended ;)) with more than…
SiteWars in association with Donuts is an online worldwide web design contest set to take place on WDD – the community for Web Designers & Developers. How does this work? We have answers to all your questions below! What is SiteWars in association with Donuts? SiteWars in association with Donuts is an arena where the best minds in Web Design & Development from around the world can battle for the honor of becoming a champion…
Most of us love our jobs and what we do and often find it challenging yet fun but roping in our marquee clients is also critical to our business. You maybe fantastic at designing but if you can’t get in the big clients, your service doesn’t get the credit and work it deserves. Pitching to the big clients is quite an art. We’ve put together a couple of things you can do to bag the biggies! 1)…
Web Development is not everyone’s cup of tea. Neither is SEO. Getting the two to work together is a super-power, only you as a developer have. In our previous post, titled ‘Common Web Design Issues to Stay Clear of for Good SEO’, we shared some basic tips for good SEO. On the heels of that post, we give you some more great ways you as a developer can optimise your website to the fullest to be picked…
Calls-to-action play a key part in helping convert visitors to leads or sales on any website you design. It’s all in the messaging, design and the placement. The type of site, the target audience and the desired action can give you a direction on how best to design these buttons. We tell you how you can design some kicka$$ calls-to-action to immediately convert your visitors into clients in just 3 pointers! 1) Know which all buttons you can have:…
Responsive is definitely the new way forward but with every new device comes challenges like resolutions, layouts, screens. And while we’re fairly sure you’ve found the tools that enable you to build these, we believe Google’s latest is a fantastic pre-building testing tool that you absolutely need! For all you web designers & developers, going responsive just got a whole lot easier. What is Resizer? Resizer is a superbly useful, highly intuitive & efficient tool…
We understand that as a designer, you hate to be told what to do or to be given guidelines to follow. While we don’t want to stop the creative juices, there are just a few things designers can keep in mind for the benefit of the website, more specifically, from an SEO point of view. We pen down for you some common issues with designing a website that can hinder SEO. Here’s what to avoid:…