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Design Partner Story: Inspira Digital
Our design partners tell our story more compellingly than we can, so we've been conducting a series of interviews. We've just published the first one, with Luke Green of Inspira Digital.
Web Articles
- The Future of Careers in Web Design
- SNAP Summit » Blog Archive » 7 Things I …
- 10 Surefire Ways To Burn Money | Internet Marketing Strategy: …
- Top 10 Web Design Trends for 2010 | Web Design Tutorials and …
- Fire the “web designer”
- Juggling Multiple Clients
4 quick points to keep in mind as you prioritize your clients. - Making Your Content Management System Work for You: An …
Why content management systems fail and what designers can do to avoid this. - A List Apart: Articles: CMS and the Single Web Designer
Although dated, still a good introductory discussion of content management systems as they related to designers.
Resource Sites & Magazines
- The Secret to Landing Clients Nearly 100% of the Time - …
The author discusses how he stumbled on a process-based for turning prospects into clients. - Vitamin Features » The 5 hidden costs of running a CMS
Discusses the hidden costs of setting up and using a content management system. Webvanta can help insure these costs are minimized. Ask us how! - Professional Web Design Forums | How-To | Smashing Magazine
Explores how forums can meet your needs instead of waste your time.
Blogs
- Setting client expectations for search engine rankings and …
Focused on SEO, full of helpful advice for creating reasonable expectations concerning search results for your clients. - Client Juggling: The Art of Handling Multiple Projects
Read the story of someone who started from scratch and learned as she grew. - How to juggle time between multiple clients | IT Consultant …
Don’t let the focus on IT consultant scare you away. The challenge of learning to handle many clients is the same. - When a Client Doesn't Like Your Work - FreelanceSwitch - The …
“This article caters to situations when you’ve really done all you could…” - SitePoint
Industry news and trends for professionals.
Articles
- Search News, Press Releases, and Summaries
Smartbrief is a media company which compiles and publishes email newsletters and posts links on its site covering many topics in 20 industries. They work with trade associations to make it freely available. You can search right on their site.
Books
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Web Design for ROI
Turning Browsers into Buyers & Prospects into Leads
Lance Loveday and Sandra Niehaus
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Managing The Professional Service Firm
David H. Maister
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Getting to Yes: Negotiating Agreement Without Giving In
Roger Fisher, Bruce M. Patton, and William L. Ury
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A Designer's Research Manual: Succeed in Design by Knowing Your Clients and What They Really Need (Design Field Guides)
Jennifer Visocky O'Grady and Kenneth Visocky O'Grady
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