We often hear this cliché but what does it mean exactly? It means that to run a successful business, one of your main objectives should be to preserve cash in the business. How do you do that? Short answer is lease as opposed to buy and whenever a project can be done in-house as opposed [...]
Corporate Identity Design – Why Corporate Identity Guidelines are Important
What is your company’s brand identity? What does this identity say about your business? What image are your projecting to your clients and potential clients? A strong, unified brand identity is incredibly important. Your corporate identity can truly make your business shine. Benefits of a Strong Brand Identity “Corporate branding” may sound like something that [...]
15 Website Background Textures found around the office using an iPod
It’s the small things that complete a website. Something as simple as the background texture of your website can be the finishing touch you’re missing. Great content and design can be lost without the right background colour or texture. You don’t need to go far when looking for the right texture to use for your [...]
Why your Website is your Best Salesman
Some people believe that a website is simply a source of information; a static business card for your company that you place online. They believe that a website does nothing more than provide details about your company, list your products and services and let your visitors know how to contact you. A company website does offer [...]
CSS3 Tutorial: Gradients, Rounded Corners and Transforms – Part 2
After all the fun with CSS Gradients in my previous post, its time to get on to some other useful CSS tricks. With rounded corners and transforms, creating buttons and other interesting shapes becomes not only fun, but incredibly useful for designers and developers alike. Editing the shape has never been so easy. So without [...]
The Importance of Twitter Engagement
Social media is a powerful tool. Websites like Facebook, Twitter & Google+ give you the ability to deliver messages to a wide audience quickly and easily. However, social media isn’t just about broadcasting. The true power of social media involves actively engaging your followers. On Twitter, it’s not just about Tweeting, it’s about forming relationships [...]
Why Crowdsourcing Is A Bad Idea
Crowdsourcing, for those of you not familiar with it is distributed problem-solving and production process that involves outsourcing tasks to a network of people, also known as the crowd. In other words it’s taking a problem like say a logo design and outsourcing it to 10’s if not 100’s of people to see what comes [...]
5 Best CSS Finds
CSS seems to be taking over the interworld these days. Not only in design, but development and animation. Over my time binging on CSS tutorials and eye-candy, I’ve come across some pretty cool stuff. Unfortunately I know some people don’t have the time or patience to digg through countless websites looking. So to save you [...]
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