In April, I talked about how crazy you have to be to start a business. For those who didn’t listen, or for those who already started a business, I figured I should help with another piece of the puzzle; your website. Unless you will only ever need one client, and you already know who they are, you will need an online presence. This means, at the...
Ever sit back and think about what you do for a living? Wonder about the people before you, that pioneered the road, broke the boundaries and built the industry you thrive within? Depending on your industry (and age) you may have watched it grow right before your eyes, you may have been on that forefront. But for me, and the world of websites, I saw it...
Most of us have looked at our own website at least once and had the overwhelming urge to have it completely redesigned. Whether the site has become outdated, no longer represents really what you do or, if you’re like me, you just get bored with the same look after awhile. Whatever your reasoning for wanting a new site design, here are 5 questions to ask...
Sitemaps are not just the page you create for search engines so that they can see all the pages you have on your site, a site map is also simply a map of the way your site is laid out. A sitemap is the backbone to your site, and should always be created prior to starting any design. These are the details that tell you what...
Yesterday, my new site design went live. *cue excited dancing music and me jumping up and down like a crazy woman!!* If you follow me on twitter, you probably saw my tweets about trying to redesign my site. I was frustrated because I was having trouble pulling myself out of my own head to work on my site. When I design a clients site, I don’t...
Quick story first: my parents have a poodle (Bella), who fell in love with a tortoise (Douglas) that friends of theirs had as a pet. So my parents friend gave Douglas to Bella as a pet. (yes, the poodle has a pet tortoise). Anyway, my parents left in their RV last week to go to Arizona for 2 weeks of relaxation, site-seeing and golfing. While...
